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The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener Radio Show from
March – Oct weekly
Heard on Joy 1340 AM & 98.7 FM Milwaukee, WI Saturday mornings 7-8 AM CST http://player.listenlive.co/41841
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In segment one: Joey and Holly talk about what to start indoor and what not to and why.
Mainly, people start seeds indoors in order to get a jump on the gardening season. areas where short growing seasons, starting seeds indoors allows you to gain a few extra weeks of growing time, which can make a difference when it come to getting a harvest or continual harvest before frost frost comes in the fall.
What not to start indoors
Root crops:
Potatoes
Sunchocks
Carrots
Radishes
Beets: can start and thin but better for direct sow
Parsnips
Turnips
Rutabagas
Cucumber
Leaf leatus
Spinach
Melons
Corn
Beans
Peas
Swiss Chard
What is best to start indoors and easiest :
Tomatoes
Brassicas, Broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Cabbage, Kolribie
Peppers
Eggplant
Leeks
Onions
herbs
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What kind of soil mix
Peat pellets?
Is a heating matte needed?
Are grow lights needed?
In segment two Joey and Holly go over several things that can trip up a new gardener and sometime all gardeners.
Things that trip up a new gardener and sometimes all gardener:
We have been victim to a few of these items on the list
1.Time :
A: for most gardening is a hobby a fun weekend activity
B: there is some cost like any hobby a garden does not take care of itself
2. I don't have much space or any ground
A: containers, Straw Bale gardening, community garden, indoor gardening under the happy leaf led grow light
3. I don’t know everything i'm going to kill all my plants:
A: Join the club, as any gardener from Joe Lamp’l to P. Allen smith to you local university extension officer in you county no one know everything and we all are learning with every plant and season
B: My plant does not look good, what is wrong with it? First question to ask is are you watering too much or not enough? If you answer yes then you are that is one of the biggest reason plants die for new gardeners.
4. What does Partial shade loving plants mean and what is ok to plant there and what if i plant in full sun plants.
A: Partial shade loving plants means that that are not Partial shade loving plants the correct term is Partial shade tolerating plants meaning the plants will grow in 4 - 6 hours of direct to indirect light and they will not die.
If you plant these in full sun they will love it. Not everyone has full sun all day. Some vegetable that are shade tolerating
Beets, beans, cabbage, leeks, herbs, Carrots, chard, kale, lettuce
B: cool weather crops such as lettuce and Spinach it is best to grow in partial shade as these types of plants are heat sensitive and day length sensitive
5. Growing zones
A: The USDA Hardiness Zone Map divides North America into 11 separate planting zones; each growing zone is 10°F warmer (or colder) in an average winter than the adjacent zone. ... To find your USDA Hardiness Zone, enter your zip code in your favorite search engine
B: It is guide to help you to know what plants will and will not grow in your area
6. How do I know what information that I can trust and follow?
A: trusted sources, authors radio host university extension offices, Youtubers that have lots of videos and their information is the same as other youtubers and it matches other sources cross reference.
B: If there is a youtube channel that has 1 video with a million view and they talk about putting bleach in your soil to get great tomatoes that is a red flag.
In segment Three Joey and Holly welcome their gust for the week
Atina Diffley is an organic farmer, public speaker and author of the 2013 Minnesota Book Award winner, Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works--a memoir based on Atina’s life running the Gardens of Eagan organic vegetable farm. Her website: https://atinadiffley.com/
1. Where did the idea for the book, Turn Here Sweet Corn come from?
2. What is Turn Here Sweet Corn about?
3. What is soil biodiversity and why is it important to all types of vegetable growers?
4. Why is organic farming important?
5. You won a huge ecological lawsuit. Please tell us more about that.
6.Where can we find out more about you?
In segment four Joey and Holly answer gardener's questions via email and phone call.
1.How tall does a seedling need to be before planting it outside
A:The general rule of thumb is that when a seedling has three to four true leaves, it's large enough to plant out in the garden (after it has been hardened off)
2. Q 8: Nathan, ask I have failed miserably at gardening the past few years. So last year I did nothing but work on getting better soil. This year my goal is to start earlier with better seeds/seedlings. My question is can I put my seeds for seedlings out in my greenhouse right away or must I start indoors? I live in green bay. I am thinking starting tomatoes second week of April? Thanks.
A: Thanks for reaching out. You can start tomato seeds 2nd week of April in your greenhouse. You just need to make sure the temperature is around 68- 70 degrees and there is proper ventilation if needed. Depending on your greenhouse set up, that might not be warm enough. We start ours indoors as we don’t have a greenhouse, but we can watch them and know what temperature it is in our grow room area. Here is also a helpful link with other links listed in the article that will definitely help you: https://www.almanac.com/content/starting-seeds-indoors#
Q:Ash from the fireplace is it good for raised beds. Is this correct?
A: In small amounts, It sweetens the soil(raises the PH). Depends on what you are growing. It will raise the alkalinity of the soil which will harm plants that prefer more acidic soil. adding to much ash will make it more alkaline and most plants don't like that.
Q: How do you keep squirrels from eating all the bird seeds?
A: There are a couple of different ways in which you can fight the squirrel problem one you could attach cones to the bird feeders add a lubricant or a slinky to the pole . A more effective way is to either mix hot chili powder in with you or birdseed or they do have that type of bird seed available on the market birds cannot taste the heat in the chili powder but the squirrels can taste the heat and will go elsewhere.
Q: Can I use pressure treated lumber for raised beds ?
Pressure treated lumber is now treated with a copper material not arsenic as it was in the nineties. It is safe to use pressure treated lumber for raised beds. There maybe some leeching of the copper into the soil. However there are small traces of copper in your soil that is part of what plants need to use to grow it will last considerably longer
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