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viridian · 04-03-2009, 10:38 AM

Hello!

I was looking for an online gardening forum, and this looks like a nice one.

I grew up with gardening parents and grandparents, but this is my second year of gardening on my own property. I'm currently trying to figure out how to do succession planting - which is completely boggling my mind.

I also enjoy learning about herbal medicine. This year I'm focusing on veggies, but I look forward to growing and using more medicinal herbs in the future.

I grow heirloom and organic seeds whenever possible. I tend to pick out the weirdest heirlooms that I can find. Gold tomatoes, purple mustard, "blue" potatoes, etc.

I look forward to conversing with you all in the forums!

Thomas W · 04-21-2009, 07:12 AM

Hi viridian and welcome! :-D

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Originally Posted by viridian

... I'm currently trying to figure out how to do succession planting...

Could you explain what it is?

viridian · 04-21-2009, 08:54 AM

Succession planting - as I understand it - is planting a plant in place of another when the first one is harvested. For example, I currently have a row of mustard greens. I'll harvest the mustard in a month or so, and then I'll have an empty row. So I'll plant ... something in that row. Probably another kind of leafy veggie.

But then there's the need for crop rotation - not planting the same or related plant in the same spot over and over again. So maybe not a leafy vegetable.

So I'm trying to coordinate the list of veggies that we'll eat, the times that it's appropriate to plant those plants, and not depleting the soil by planting the same thing in the same spot repeatedly.

I'm not doing so well thus far. This is my first year of direct sowing stuff in the garden, and the onions, carrots, and chard that I planted didn't come up.

(I think I planted them too deeply.) At least the mustard seedlings are happy.

Weather permitting, I'll replant the others this weekend. Thankfully, I'm having better luck with the seedlings I started indoors.

Thomas W · 04-24-2009, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by viridian

Succession planting - as I understand it - is planting a plant in place of another when the first one is harvested. For example, I currently have a row of mustard greens. I'll harvest the mustard in a month or so, and then I'll have an empty row. So I'll plant ... something in that row. Probably another kind of leafy veggie.

Nice, it's sad to look at bare soil. It's so unnatural ;-)

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Originally Posted by viridian

But then there's the need for crop rotation - not planting the same or related plant in the same spot over and over again. So maybe not a leafy vegetable.

So I'm trying to coordinate the list of veggies that we'll eat, the times that it's appropriate to plant those plants, and not depleting the soil by planting the same thing in the same spot repeatedly.

I'm trying out a 4 year crop rotation plan I picked up from the late John Seymour, including 4 beds: Potatoes, roots, Brassicas and mixed plants.

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Originally Posted by viridian

I'm not doing so well thus far. This is my first year of direct sowing stuff in the garden, and the onions, carrots, and chard that I planted didn't come up.

(I think I planted them too deeply.)

I'm following the advice my mom gave me. Cover the seed with only as much dirt as the seed is thick. It's working very well for me.

jam · 09-14-2009, 04:35 AM

can one of you lucky gardeners please help me on a plant. Ok i live in alabama and was wondering if i could raise a sweet fern shrub known as comptonia peregrina in a pot i know these are northern plants and i know these plants are hard to get to grow in the ground so i was thinking how about a pot. i would love to try to raise one in the south in a pot. please help me on this one

decktile · 03-21-2010, 01:02 AM

Hi,
I am new bee here.
I also enjoy learning about herbal medicine.

collin2 · 11-28-2011, 12:42 AM

08Would recommend NY Escort the 3M wrap NY Escorts course at William NY Asian Escort Smiths done by Andrew Gamble, also the Grafityp NY Asian Escorts course as already mentioned which from memory is done by James Deacon (could be wrong put 90% sure he does it).

04-03-2009, 10:38 AM	#1
viridian Green Gardener Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3	Hi from North Carolina Hello! I was looking for an online gardening forum, and this looks like a nice one. I grew up with gardening parents and grandparents, but this is my second year of gardening on my own property. I'm currently trying to figure out how to do succession planting - which is completely boggling my mind. I also enjoy learning about herbal medicine. This year I'm focusing on veggies, but I look forward to growing and using more medicinal herbs in the future. I grow heirloom and organic seeds whenever possible. I tend to pick out the weirdest heirlooms that I can find. Gold tomatoes, purple mustard, "blue" potatoes, etc. I look forward to conversing with you all in the forums!

04-21-2009, 08:54 AM	#3
viridian Green Gardener Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3	Succession planting - as I understand it - is planting a plant in place of another when the first one is harvested. For example, I currently have a row of mustard greens. I'll harvest the mustard in a month or so, and then I'll have an empty row. So I'll plant ... something in that row. Probably another kind of leafy veggie. But then there's the need for crop rotation - not planting the same or related plant in the same spot over and over again. So maybe not a leafy vegetable. So I'm trying to coordinate the list of veggies that we'll eat, the times that it's appropriate to plant those plants, and not depleting the soil by planting the same thing in the same spot repeatedly. I'm not doing so well thus far. This is my first year of direct sowing stuff in the garden, and the onions, carrots, and chard that I planted didn't come up. (I think I planted them too deeply.) At least the mustard seedlings are happy. Weather permitting, I'll replant the others this weekend. Thankfully, I'm having better luck with the seedlings I started indoors. Last edited by viridian; 04-21-2009 at 08:55 AM. Reason: added stuff

03-21-2010, 01:02 AM	#6
decktile Green Gardener Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2	Hi, I am new bee here. I also enjoy learning about herbal medicine. __________________ decktile \| decktiles

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09-14-2009, 04:35 AM	#5
jam Green Gardener Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2	can one of you lucky gardeners please help me on a plant. Ok i live in alabama and was wondering if i could raise a sweet fern shrub known as comptonia peregrina in a pot i know these are northern plants and i know these plants are hard to get to grow in the ground so i was thinking how about a pot. i would love to try to raise one in the south in a pot. please help me on this one

11-28-2011, 12:42 AM	#7
collin2 Green Gardener Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 11	08Would recommend NY Escort the 3M wrap NY Escorts course at William NY Asian Escort Smiths done by Andrew Gamble, also the Grafityp NY Asian Escorts course as already mentioned which from memory is done by James Deacon (could be wrong put 90% sure he does it).