<p>okay - if it doesn’t stop raining all my plants are going to float away! It’s been raining every day for 4 days with periods of very heavy rains. I can see some of the plants are getting flattened.</p>
<p>@abasket - I have never heard of that, but that all sounds delicious</p>
<p>Garlic Scapes: <a href=“http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GCIjVlDm-iQ/T6bUC0dv1hI/AAAAAAAAAd4/01Er4-DoqGQ/s1600/garlic_scapes.jpg”>http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GCIjVlDm-iQ/T6bUC0dv1hI/AAAAAAAAAd4/01Er4-DoqGQ/s1600/garlic_scapes.jpg</a></p>
<p>Thanks for the recommendations! Going to try the freezer thing with my cilantro and dill. I harvested basil today and made pesto. </p>
<p>My dill froze (which wasnt the intention). I’ll trade you some mint for your dill?</p>
<p>Wow, abasket, I will have to look into that! Bet my rabbits will not touch it. </p>
<p>Harvested 8 cherry tomatoes today. But, that big 3’ long branch that broke doesn’t seem to be happy in the dirt I stuck it into. Not gonna make it, I fear…</p>
<p>Love garlic scapes but they’re usually hard to find- sometimes at farmers markets. </p>
<p>I have my own compost from vegetables and leftovers, they don’t have to be aged. I usually put it directly to the plant and the plant does wonderful. However, you have to age manure, can’t put it directly to the plant, it’s too hot, might kill the plant.</p>
<p>It’s easy to grow garlic and garlicscape. I usually stuck any leftover garlic to the ground and every year I get tons of it. Much milder in taste than old garlic, a bit nutty. It depends on the garlic, some have garlicscapes and some don’t.</p>
<p>Maybe the diff is that compost IS an aged product. Thx. You can buy aged manure. </p>
<p>Jym, maybe you looked, but I see this about tomato cuttings <a href=“Kitchen Gardening - FineGardening”>Kitchen Gardening - FineGardening. Says start with little light, then gradually increase exposure.</p>
<p>Also, just a comment- I often collect rainwater from my downspout (It has a tube extension I can pull off,) which my veggies seem to prefer to tap water. </p>
<p>Yes, weirdly after never knowing about garlic scapes. Our local Farmers Market was selling them today!</p>
<p>Looking Forward, how do you use the scapes??</p>
<p>My farmers mkt was out of them today (ha, this thread put them on my mind.) All the early folks had snatched them up. I first had fresh scapes years ago, in a salad, about an inch or so long, just loved the mild taste. (So good that we asked what they were.) Some do pesto (seems you can do pesto with almost anything,) I’ve also quickly sauteed or grilled them, pretty much treating them like scallion greens.</p>
<p>One of my questions about what to grow is always if I can use that much. I’ve had great luck freezing thin strips of yellow or green bell peppers. </p>
<p>I grow garlic and use chopped scapes in omelets and frittatas. </p>
<p>Thanks, Lookingforward. I’ve stuck other shoots in the soil and they survived, so cross your fingers for this big monster. It doesn’t look too happy though :(</p>
<p>Gardenguides.com advice said to cut off the first pepper pod before it fully matures or changes color. That’s supposed to redirect the plant’s energy to produce more pods and to grow more “bushy.” I think I will try it.</p>
<p>Jym, do you have any rooting hormone? That might help. </p>
<p>I don’t know what that is but it made me laugh!!</p>
<p>Missed that! Watching the World Cup game.</p>
<p>A liquid
<a href=“http://www.dipngrow.com”>http://www.dipngrow.com</a></p>
<p>Also comes in powder. Or homemade</p>
<p><a href=“How to Make Home Made Plant Rooting Hormone – Willow Water – Deep Green Permaculture”>http://deepgreenpermaculture.com/diy-instructions/home-made-plant-rooting-hormone-willow-water/</a></p>
<p>There isnt a retailer near me, and not sure I have the skills to mix that stuff, shrinkrap. </p>
<p>That article said 6" cuttings. Did you say you have flowers or teeny tomatoes on it? I’d think the plant would be terribly confused whether and how to feed those, versus putting energy into forming new roots. I’d cut it back and pinch any flowers or buds. Second idea: set it, as is, in a pot of water with Miracle Grow. The Israelis do a lot with hydroponics, no?</p>
<p>I put a lot of plant food in the soil. Can try the water idea, but I have to figure out what to put it in. Its pretty big. An old gallon jug maybe…</p>
