Experiment: Pumpkins

In spirit of Halloween we carved pumpkins! They came out great and were lit up for a few nights on the porch. We had a blast making a mess cleaning them out, getting seeds and pumpkin goo everywhere! We roasted the seeds and found a few we forgot out on the porch. So we did what any plant loving gardener would do, planted them! We checked them daily and for about a week...nothing. A week and a half later, we have pumpkins sprouting! They will soon be transplanted and put in the garden. I highly recommend ANYONE trying this, from what we've read it is one of the easiest things to grow and with little work! We're so excited and have high hopes of carving our very own pumpkins next year, not to mention maybe some yummy pumpkin pies!

That's only 2 weeks after planting the seeds!

Experiment: Cloning Tomatoes

So I accidentally broke the main stem on one of my big boy tomato plants and tried to save it however it was to broken so instead I cut it off hopefully saving the plant, and placed the remaining part of the stem on a cup of water which I will keep in there for a few days changing the water everyday.  Hopefully if all goes as planned the stem ill begin to root and I can place it right next to its ol' friend in the new tomato box and successfully clone a big boy plant!  I also am doing the same with a big sucker off my other cherry plant I will get pics up asap and keep everyone posted on hows it goes!

Experiment: 5 Gallon Bucket Growing

This week we checked out a different nursery and found a bunch of beautiful tomato plants.  We bought 4 of them different varieties, a big boy, better boy, super 100, and a phoenix and planted them in 5 gallon buckets!  Were going to give container growing a shot and see how it works compared to our raised beds! ***EDIT*** I did the bucket soil wrong and to save my plants Janelle and I are making a new bed today to transfer them into!!!! At least now I know what to do next time!