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Post by OregonRed on Jun 1, 2015 11:48:16 GMT -5
yep, I grow my culinary herbs out back, so I can go get them as needed I have planted more chives at the CG this year tho, because I like the flowers and then I can have more... I'm going to plant parsley too - or did I? - and just leave it... if it gets out of hand, i'll just juice it. I prefer cilantro, so hard to grow without bolting.
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Post by Mumsey on Jun 1, 2015 16:57:54 GMT -5
Right, once cilantro bolts it becomes coriander.
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Post by canadiyank on Jun 1, 2015 18:52:14 GMT -5
I grew "slo-bolt" cilantro this year. Didn't seem to make a difference. The bees like it when it's flowering so I let it and let it self-seed. Sometimes I harvest the coriander seeds.
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Post by mrsk on Jun 1, 2015 20:27:06 GMT -5
Carrots have often frustrated me, but I was told to plant them and water, then cover with a board. Check every few days, and when you see white specks, lift the board an inch, place a rock under one edge, wait a couple of more days, and bingo, you have carrots.
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Post by brownrexx on Jun 2, 2015 9:27:31 GMT -5
I read something a long time ago on another forum about planting small seeds (like carrots) and they said that they stomp on the soil after planting to give the seeds good contact with the soil. I think that the board idea keeps the row moist and maybe also presses down the soil a bit.
I had never thought about this previously so now when I plant seeds I either press the soil down firmly with my hand or walk on the row. I used to just fluff the soil over the seeds but pressing it down to eliminate air pockets seems to make sense and I also try to keep new seeds moist until they germinate. I rarely have any germination problems.
Another good rule of thumb is to only plant seeds twice as deep as the seed's thickness. If you plant deeper, the seed may not have enough energy to make it to the surface and it dies. In the past I planted seeds too deep many times and ended up with what I thought was spotty germination.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jun 2, 2015 10:21:22 GMT -5
I do seem to have a problem with carrots myself. I guess I will try mrsk's method. I wonder if I have any carrot seeds around. Need to look.
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Post by OregonRed on Jun 3, 2015 10:37:56 GMT -5
MrsK - excellent! I just may try that!
I would love to have a designated bed for carrots - sandy soil - that sort of thing,
(If I had the garden in my back yard, I could plant when we have a rainy forcast, so they would stay wet too ...)
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