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Tue, Jun 11, 13 at 14:10
| This is my first post and my first true garden in the valley of the sun and I worked hard for it. :) I had bermuda (need I say more?) All started when my 5yr old little boy 'planted' (pushed in damp unprepared earth) pumpkin seeds last Halloween after carving. Saw the first signs of life (or realized what I was looking at) and decided to add to it in Feb/March.- corn, cucumber, zucchini, romaine, pole and bush beans, carrots and watermelon a little later. Corn put out nice ears after I hand pollinated.(i was a proud mama corn) And half were yummy- others I guess I waited too long to harvest or to eat because were starchy. Now what do I do with the stalks? How should I proceed? pull them out? Also my pole beans are beautiful, but because of the heat (i assume) are not putting out. My little bush beans gave me about 30. still putting out slowly. romaine is pretty much a goner. I have 10 pumpkin harvested and the poor little patch is still flowering although mostly trampled by the "BAD DOG" (who also dug up some carrots). What to do with pumpkin in June?- going to carve and set outside one nite I guess. Keep the neighbors guessing. Anyway...What do I do now? I am over the zucchini. corn is done. Is it time to put other stuff in the ground? Do I just pull one out and put in another? Does the soil need a 'rest' or mending? I want to keep going with other plants but not sure how to proceed. Thank you for any and ALL advice. p.s. anybody know how to carve zucchini into a canoe? |
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| Hi beanz - these are all Vegetable Gardening issues rather than food preservation - the focus of this forum - so I hope you don't mind if I refer you to that forum. I put a direct link for you below. When you post there please be sure to include your zone or location in the box provided as you are clearly far ahead of most of us here in garden time. Dave PS: as to the corn stalks, yes you just pull them |
Here is a link that might be useful: Vegetable Gardening forum
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| hey beanz box, you're a newbie, guess you'll learn to navigate the forum in time. Back home we planted runner beans between the corn after it came up and the soil was worked for the first time. Presto! Two crops in one space and no bean poles needed. |
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| thank you for the advice and direction appreciate your time :) Dave...zone 9 AZ |
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