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Gardening => Vegetables and Fruit => Topic started by: bestofour on Dec 14, 2011, 12:50:40 PM

Title: Growing in the greenhouse
Post by: bestofour on Dec 14, 2011, 12:50:40 PM: I am proud to say that I have butter crunch lettuce growing in my greenhouse and a few tomato plants have broken ground. I have to admit though that it has been unseasonably warm and in all actuality I probably could have grown them outside but it will get cold sooner or later and they'll be safe.
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Post by: bestofour on Dec 27, 2011, 10:14:33 PM: We had a salad from the green house butter crunch lettuce. The tomato plants are growing - slowly - but they're growing.
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Post by: Tina on Dec 28, 2011, 01:04:58 AM: That is wonderful, Sheri.
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Post by: bayou girl on Dec 28, 2011, 12:58:26 PM: that's great sheri! eat some for me!!
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Post by: bestofour on Dec 29, 2011, 09:44:00 AM: It's actually been so warm I could have probably grown that lettuce outside but it sounds so fancy to say "growing in the greenhouse."
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Post by: bayou girl on Dec 29, 2011, 09:17:37 PM: Quote from: bestofour on Dec 29, 2011, 09:44:00 AM
It's actually been so warm I could have probably grown that lettuce outside but it sounds so fancy to say "growing in the greenhouse."
i like the sound of it too. and while the days have been warm enough, i know you have to have had some nights like ours that would have froze the lettuce, so the greenhouse is good.
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Post by: bestofour on Jan 17, 2012, 06:56:21 PM: Well well well. Everything in the green house looks pitiful. I suppose from those few cold nights we had last week and I didn't even think about turning on the heat. But the volunteer petunia is going strong. How is that possible. Right out in the weather. Not even close to a tree or shrub for protection. Mother nature.
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Post by: Penny on Jan 18, 2012, 06:40:42 AM: That sucks, hopefully you'll be able to salvage some of the things.
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Post by: Bonnie on Jan 18, 2012, 07:43:30 AM: Poor Johnny won't get any fresh salad.
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Post by: bayou girl on Jan 18, 2012, 10:21:48 AM: maybe these few warm days that are coming will help you out sheri.
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Post by: bestofour on Jan 19, 2012, 07:16:09 PM: Oh I'm not upset over it. Bonnie should have told Johnny to remind me to turn on the heater.
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Post by: bestofour on Feb 13, 2013, 04:01:39 PM: I planted lettuce seeds in the greenhouse in November and over the weekend this is what I harvested. Still got some growing.

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Post by: Tina on Feb 13, 2013, 04:30:46 PM: Nice!
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Post by: bayou girl on Feb 13, 2013, 09:59:16 PM: i guess i'm going to have to plant some lettuce. what kind is that sheri?
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Post by: bestofour on Feb 13, 2013, 11:51:42 PM: it's butter crunch. I love it.
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Post by: bayou girl on Feb 14, 2013, 04:37:21 PM: i will be putting it on the "to grow" list, it looks really, really good.
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Post by: bestofour on Feb 14, 2013, 07:17:30 PM: Once you eat it you'll never be happy with store bought again. Do you have an all year farmers market close by? The one I go to is where I first found this. A lady grows it all year long in her green house. She sells it for $5.00 a head. They're small heads so it takes 3 for us to have a bowl of salad that will last more than one day. It saves me a little $$$ when I can harvest a few heads myself.
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Post by: bayou girl on Feb 14, 2013, 07:54:48 PM: We do but it is awkward to get to and I've never been there. I have to find the seeds now.
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Post by: bestofour on Feb 14, 2013, 08:09:43 PM: I get my seeds at Lowe's.
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Post by: bayou girl on Feb 14, 2013, 10:40:36 PM: gotcha! i'll go there tomorrow when i get off work. it is literally around the corner from the library.