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[–]Zapped[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (15 children)

Banana Peppers in #4. I'll look at the specific variety in the morning. Perfect for snacking right off the plant. I am in zones 3/4 in the southeastern US, so it does freeze, but we get plenty of rain. I had leaf lettuce this Spring that grew faster than I could eat until the heat made it bitter, so I may plant some more of that. I've thought about swiss chard and kohlrabi. Maybe carrots or beets. I've never had good results with broccoli.

[–]Node 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (14 children)

They grow some cauliflower around here with thick juicy leaf stems that are almost better than the cauliflower itself. Great cool weather crop.

I was looking at that curve in them and wondering. They could be the Ajis if they were straight.

Have a few chard plants and you can do a regular pick of the bigger leaves. Collard Greens do well in cool weather. They're frost tolerant, and it's even supposed to make them taste better.

https://territorialseed.com/collections/collard/products/collard-flash?variant=12786044371043

[–]Zapped[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

Collards are king around here, with kale and mustard greens popular, too. I've never been a big fan of greens, but if they're seasoned the right way, I like collard greens. Kale is good when roasted.

[–]factchecker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

greens make me go potty a lot.

[–]Zapped[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

Yes. They are high in fiber, along with folate, potassium, calcium, iron and vitamins A, C and K.

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

I miss a lot of posts and comments. If you post pics of your garden, give me a ping so I can come admire.

[–]factchecker 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

If you post pics of your garden, give me a ping so I can come admire.

I am growing some seaweeds out in my yard if you wanna stop over and look at it.

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Kelp

IRL I'm 2000 feet from growing seaweed in my yard, but not online. IRL I'm growing landweeds.

[–]factchecker 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

when i was a kid, we found wild strawberries in the forest up in oregon... we brought the plants home and they literally grew like weeds... we could pick a couple coffee cans of strawberries any any time.. the snow didnt bother these plants.. nothing bothered these plants.

i am just suggesting that if you can find wild berries, maybe try it..

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Not a lot of strawberries that grow in a place that doesn't rain for more than half the year. Blackberries along creek beds are a thing though. This is also why outdoor growers up in the mountains need irrigation systems.

[–]Zapped[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Sure thing.

I had trouble getting seedlings to survive the transfer this Spring. Do you have any advice? All the plants I have now were purchased as small plants. I think I had one cilantro that survived.

[–]Node 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I can't recall ever having a problem with transferring seedlings. I usually start them in those small plastic '6 packs', with I think 8 fitting in a standard 11 x 21 gardening tray.

I like to mix sand in with standard potting soil to make it less 'fluffy'. After a day or so of the wet paper towel treatment, insert seeds at the proper depth and keep warm. Once they've popped, keep them within about an inch of grow tubes in a 4 foot shop light fixture.

When the roots grow enough to hold all the soil together in the cell, carefully extract them and place in the hole you've made to fit.

This is where yours die? Possible problems include: Weather or soil still too cold, damage to roots from transferring too soon, or going to full sun while they're still too sensitive.

Are you going right from a light fixture to full sun, without acclimating them? If so, try going to filtered sun for a few days to a week first. Work them up to full sun gradually over the course of the week.

[–]Zapped[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It was still cool weather, so maybe that was it. I started them in those "jiffy" starter greenhouses with the expandable pods, with full sun in the afternoon. They did great up until transfer.