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Blue_In_AK

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26. it sounds like your crops are similar to ours.

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #25)

Sat Aug 22, 2015, 12:27 AM

Aug 2015

We have really good luck with cabbage, broccoli, kale, lettuces, peas, beans (in hot years like this one), zucchini, Swiss chard, beets, carrots, potatoes. Things that require a long season like corn, winter squash, etc. are much more challenging. Some people pull it off, but it takes work. We always have gigantic pumpkins at our state fair, but when I tried to grow one a few years ago, all I got was about 15 feet of vine with a 2" diameter "pumpkin," that got nowhere near ripening. LOL.

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Congrats!! 2naSalit Aug 2015 #9

We have that issue with spinach, too. Blue_In_AK Aug 2015 #21

Thanks. 2naSalit Aug 2015 #25

it sounds like your crops are similar to ours. Blue_In_AK Aug 2015 #26

That's funny... 2naSalit Aug 2015 #27

Here are some winners from last year's state fair Blue_In_AK Aug 2015 #28

Wow... 2naSalit Aug 2015 #30

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That's awesome. Blue_In_AK Aug 2015 #20

let me know if you want to try the new short growing ones from our project NRaleighLiberal Aug 2015 #22

Those sound great, Blue_In_AK Aug 2015 #23

no, just wrong classification. There are few true determinates - NRaleighLiberal Aug 2015 #24

That project looks very cool, Blue_In_AK Aug 2015 #29

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