Comments on: Clothesline season, garden disappointments, and corn http://10yearchallenge.com/2009/05/17/clothesline-season-garden-disappointments-and-fruit-pollination-update/ Suburban homesteading & fossil fuel reduction: Fruits, berries, vegetables, chickens, goats, and mason bees Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:26:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: sinfonian2 http://10yearchallenge.com/2009/05/17/clothesline-season-garden-disappointments-and-fruit-pollination-update/#comment-422 Thu, 21 May 2009 06:13:20 +0000 http://10yearchallenge.com/?p=863#comment-422 My peas did almost as poorly, but the second planting has germinated very well. I think it’s the time. Anyway, yeah, spinach is a cool weather crop, so maybe plant it outside in the spring. Save the seed from those if its not a hybrid variety!

Lastly, I too planted corn in my left over SWC pieces. I did 6 plants in a 31 gallon one though. My 18 gallon scraps were used up by carrots for the kids and a watermelon experiment.

]]> By: KitsapFG http://10yearchallenge.com/2009/05/17/clothesline-season-garden-disappointments-and-fruit-pollination-update/#comment-421 Mon, 18 May 2009 01:26:16 +0000 http://10yearchallenge.com/?p=863#comment-421 Gosh Sandy – that was pitiful germination on the Canoe Peas. Peas are notorious for low germination anyway, but that was unusually bad. I had a similar experience this spring when I tried to start my sugar snap peas in peat pots – not a one germinated. So I direct seeded them and pulled out the leftover 2008 seed – almost perfect germination. Seems the 2009 seed may not have been very viable for some reason.

The corn is looking good!

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