From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 7/4/23 03:51, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   > ...   
   >> Nothing grows really well for me.  I have   
   >> a black thumb.  But last year I got tons   
   >> of peppers, goji berries, white onions tops.   
   >   
   >    do you need some midday shading?   
      
   I have no idea ...   
      
      
   >> This year the garlic failed (again), the   
   >> pepper seeds 100% failed, and the eggplant   
   >> seeds 100% failed.   
   >   
   >    as far as i know both peppers and eggplant   
   > need warmth and even moisture.  eggplant can   
   > sprout a lot faster than peppers.  70F - 90F   
   > temperature range for sprouting.  so if you   
   > are trying to sprout them in a place that   
   > isn't uniformly moist or warm they may not do   
   > as well.  that's about the extent of my   
   > eggplant and pepper sprouting knowledge - i   
   > normally get all my starts from our local   
   > greenhouse because we do not keep it very   
   > warm here and also we just don't have a good   
   > spot to sprout many plants.   
      
   That explains a lot of things.  When I planted   
   my pepper seeds and my eggplant seeds, the   
   nights were down to 35-45F and the days   
   were 50-70F.  I am wondering if they will   
   come up in August or if they just rotted   
   sitting there getting watered every day.   
      
   I could plant later, but the growing season is   
   too short, so I am stuck with the greenhouse.   
   And I can't grow indoors due to my wife mold   
   allergy.   
      
   I was trying to do as much a I could from seeds   
   as the recession and market changes have impacted   
   my income greatly.  It was worth a try.  At   
   least I finally got onion and tomatillo seeds   
   to come up!   
      
   >   
   >> The bilberries are finally flowering and   
   >> flowering a lot.  The choke berries have   
   >> a lot of fruit on them, and it looks like   
   >> I may finally get some black berries.   
   >   
   >    :)  success!  :)   
   >   
   >    around here we have some small wild   
   > raspberries that are black that will grow   
   > in any sandy soil barren location if given   
   > a chance.   
      
   You got my full attention.  Wild means   
   they have not been hybridized for unnatural   
   levels of carbohydrates.   
      
   I need a botanical name so I can chase   
   them down at one of the wild plant web sites.   
      
      
   > blackberries i won't plant   
   > because they are so hard to control and i   
   > have enough projects already...   
      
   No problem for me.  I can see for you   
   because you have a green thumb and   
   know what you are doing.  Me, on the   
   other hand with my black thumb, can   
   kill anything edible I want just by looking   
   sideways at it.  Unfortunately, it does not   
   work on weeds, who just laugh at me.   
      
   Thank you!   
   -T   
      
   >   
   >    songbird   
      
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