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  1. plantlover

    Tomato Problem Solver

    Another thing, use a soil mix without any fertilizer in it...Seeds don't need the fertilizer and you can't tweak the fertilizer for what you intend to grow -- potting soil has a general fertilizer that isn't meant for all plants.
  2. plantlover

    Tomato Problem Solver

    Dor, did you use regular potting soil? Most of the time, that stuff doesn't drain well enough. When you plant new ones, try adding a good amount of Perlite and peat moss to your soil mix, or as an alternative, plant the seeds in a soil-less mix altogether. This is awfully late for us to be...
  3. plantlover

    Tomato Problem Solver

    That is the best resource around, bar none! It's got tons of great information! It doesn't just pertain to growing in Texas. It has information about all sorts of diseases and pest problems and ways to deal with them. You can print the thing, too, and keep the printed copy as a resource.
  4. plantlover

    Lasagna Gardening?

    Dor, if I were you, I'd think twice about growing sweet corn. After living in Iowa (the largest corn producing state in the country,) for 22 years, I learned that corn takes up huge amounts of space and can shade everything planted around it. Moreover, you would have to plant a minimum of four...
  5. plantlover

    What do you plant in containers?

    Bernie, you are right! That was Plato who said "necessity is the mother of invention," but if I DARED to do the sort of thing you've done, mark my words: I'd have an eviction notice on my door real fast. The people who tend the lawn around here (they think they are gardeners, but they don't...
  6. plantlover

    What do you plant in containers?

    Holy tomatoes, Bernie! You've given container gardening an entirely new meaning.......You've taken it to the extreme, and I mean that in a GREAT way! I never would have thought to be a s creative as you've been! Your set up is positively ingenious!!!!! I'm envious....and boy do I ever understand...
  7. plantlover

    Recipe National Pig Day - Pork Recipes

    I buy pork all the time. As Dawn says, it's always the cheapest meat in the store...even cheaper than chicken. The only thing that's significantly cheaper is ground turkey, and that's not ground turkey breast. The cheap stuff is only 85% lean. I often rub the meat with a spice rub that draws the...
  8. plantlover

    Hello from Texas

    She's shared with me too, Dor! She's got some fabulous stuff! I sure hope you'll post some pictures, too, Weeze!
  9. plantlover

    Hello from Texas

    Glad to see you here, Weeze! There are a few Texans here, I think....but soon enough, I'm sure there will be many more! This place is very nicely laid out, and it's so easy to navigate.....It's really refreshing to be able to find things with such ease. Hope to see you here often! You're going...
  10. plantlover

    I made a boo boo!

    I second what Ron said....but I'll add that you can grow it as a houseplant.
  11. plantlover

    Hello From WA State

    Bernie, welcome! I'm one of many transplants here from elsewhere. We haven't met yet, but the moment you mentioned recycling, my heart smiled. Back where I came from, before my husband and I moved to Texas, we called that dumpster diving. We were living in a college town. I can't tell you how...
  12. plantlover

    Hi from Tennessee

    Sharon, good to see you here. Looks like we're going to be having a big GH family reunion! Susan
  13. plantlover

    What kinds of herbs will you grow this year?

    Lynn, as far as I know, yes, you can use the leaves just as they are as a sweetener. You can also dry them and grind them up in a coffee mill or herb grinder and use them that way too. That would be a good way to use them to sweeten tea or coffee. As for using them in lieu of something like...
  14. plantlover

    What do you plant in containers?

    Wow! Those look really neat! Actually, I think I may have seen something like that on an Amish farm in Iowa. Gosh, I sure wish I had grown up on a farm! There are so many neat things I have missed by not knowing about all these wonderful parts of farm life!!!
  15. plantlover

    ABC Flower Game

    C= Canna lily
  16. plantlover

    ABC Flower Game

    Z = Zebra plant
  17. plantlover

    Hi from Tennessee

    Welcome, Velvet! It's great to see you here! I bet you'll really like it here. We all do!!!!!!!
  18. plantlover

    What kinds of herbs will you grow this year?

    Cyndy, if you really like the taste of basil or want to make Pesto, check out Genovese basil....it's the best for Pesto!
  19. plantlover

    Recipe Pistachio dessert

    I have a similar recipe, but it calls for additional nuts and mini marshmallows. That's known as Watergate salad. I've got no clue how it came to get that name. Maybe it was served at the hotel by that name in Washington DC.
  20. plantlover

    What do you plant in containers?

    Dawn, at the risk of sounding incredibly stupid, what is a cream separator?


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