I worked on a ginseng farm, they didn't harvest until after 4-5 years of growth.
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Old Piney
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I'm in central New Jersey we don't have any wild sugar maple but do have beech and ironwood, especially in the more hilly forests
linde
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Pretty country the East Coast. My Grandmother lived in Connecticut. Been all thru N.J
Old Piney
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I finally got out and did some paddling im my favorite playground the NJ Pine Barrens the clear tea-colored cedar water works magic on my soul View attachment 1718591447454.jpeg
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Fertilized and watered 84 gal. 90's F temperatures all week. Plants are ready to rock and roll! Should see them fill out pretty well in the next couple weeks. Knee high by mid June on some of them! For corn knee high by the 4th of July means a good yield. So we should be on track for a full canopy and tall plants!Got the plants top dressed with 3 lbs Healthy Grow and 7 lbs Cottonseed meal. Watered with about 84 gallons. Should be ready for the 90's all week. Going to get really hot later in the week around 95 for a 3 days! The volunteer ended up being male so it was removed. They had a bit of moisture in the ground still saturday from the rain thursday night, but they were ready for water sunday.
Plants are exploding with growth! Couldn't get them to fall over by watering so must have a good solid tap root going!
Growing about half a foot per week now!
Thinned a few mutants and runts. Be careful not to break the plants, they are brittle at this stage!
mountainoutlaw
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Sundew?
Old Piney
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Yes on kind of three that grow in the pines, there's also a pitcher plant that grows there and several kind or orchids
xtsho
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We have a different variety out here in the west. It's called Aralia californica and is from the same Araliaceae family as American and Chinese ginseng. "Panax quinquefolius (American), Panax ginseng (Asian)"
Aralia californica, known by the common name elk clover though not actually a clover, is a large herb in the family Araliaceae, the only member of the ginseng family native to California and southwestern Oregon. It is also called California aralia and California spikenard.
Aralia californica, known by the common name elk clover though not actually a clover, is a large herb in the family Araliaceae, the only member of the ginseng family native to California and southwestern Oregon. It is also called California aralia and California spikenard.
Thats some big algae/moss! NE is definitely pretty humid place! Looks like a really awesome quiet place. I have family in Massachusetts and their house had a preserve at the end of the neighborhood, where we would always go. Beautiful pines and ferns.
I did some fishing and swimming down at the lake. Mostly eating and visiting. Woke up sore, was a great place to rest. Use real worms, they work the best. Watch out for tree branches.
Heat is on!
I did some fishing and swimming down at the lake. Mostly eating and visiting. Woke up sore, was a great place to rest. Use real worms, they work the best. Watch out for tree branches.
Heat is on!
Cool mantis checking out the Haze after a night of torrential rains. Beautiful long antennae! Love praying mantis, they are beneficial and are a special insect.
Few more views from Sunday garden picnic party. I have fun with it. Dogs had a good time!
Starting to shade the soil. Will help keep the soil cool and controls weeds. Canopy is working on closing in.
mountainoutlaw
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Man that's a nice patch. Where you filling your jugs at?
Thanks! Gets a little better every year! Just fill them up with the hose at the barn which pumps water from a well. Haul them back to the plot around the field in a truck.
They love the water quality. I bet the mountain spring water is the best for the plants! I recommend getting another reservoir if you have to. Plants love the deep watering when its needed. Takes a while and they get several rounds of watering like a prolonged rain event.
Deep, less frequent watering is better than regular light watering for promoting a healthy root system. Watering should be done to the depth of root each time as needed.
They love the water quality. I bet the mountain spring water is the best for the plants! I recommend getting another reservoir if you have to. Plants love the deep watering when its needed. Takes a while and they get several rounds of watering like a prolonged rain event.
Deep, less frequent watering is better than regular light watering for promoting a healthy root system. Watering should be done to the depth of root each time as needed.
mountainoutlaw
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I got a bigger one....let's see.....big 150,
However, the natural spring actually comes out of the ground and starts around my spots, never runs dry, fill up as needed.
It would had been awesome if I just gravity fed slow drip irrigation to just one main plot.
Due to the terrain , my style is more "spot" growing to hedge risk , separate harvest times, and rocky earth. So my plant sites wind up being a few here and there (lots of 6-9 instead of one main area, )
I have patches, large areas of workable earth,close by spring and creek,, I'm thinking of doing more of a plot style as pipeline since I have that luxury and I've always been a spot style grower, something exciting and diff, the plot and row style could be really efficient.
Last round goes out end of this week, finally.
However, the natural spring actually comes out of the ground and starts around my spots, never runs dry, fill up as needed.
It would had been awesome if I just gravity fed slow drip irrigation to just one main plot.
Due to the terrain , my style is more "spot" growing to hedge risk , separate harvest times, and rocky earth. So my plant sites wind up being a few here and there (lots of 6-9 instead of one main area, )
I have patches, large areas of workable earth,close by spring and creek,, I'm thinking of doing more of a plot style as pipeline since I have that luxury and I've always been a spot style grower, something exciting and diff, the plot and row style could be really efficient.
Last round goes out end of this week, finally.
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mountainoutlaw
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Real farmers smoke out of homegrown sweet potatoes....I'm stoned....I actually grow bongs,
Vegans eat your heart out....organic bongs of brain blistering chronic.
Apples also work finely
Vegans eat your heart out....organic bongs of brain blistering chronic.
Apples also work finely
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Thats a big reservoir. The ground is your reservoir though. I used to hike up from the creek nearby, but that was a killer workout. Thankfully am able to get the water back there easier now.
Do diagonal rows to minimize visibility from above and space the plants out more evenly. Would be great to see a plot like that. Works well, they shade themself out. Nice place to find shade under the canopy!
Have made pipes out of apples, works well. Have a snack afterward if you get hungry, you can eat the pipe!
Smoking a bit more in the summer to help cope with heat and fatigue.
linde
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That's awesome having a spring on your property. Hell you a can run a moonshine still and water your plants at the same time.
mountainoutlaw
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Yes
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