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Using up some of this yarn making a string bag. Acrylic is apparently not ideal but it’s what I’ve got. I may or may not finish, feeling kind of lazy.
It seems I’ve been too ambitious… 5 of the 6 golden nugget pumpkin seedlings sprouted then have grown super fast and the 20 gallon grow bags were ordered too late.
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(Plus to fill all 5 would take like fifteen or sixteen 25l bags of potting mix. To fill two containers would be a little over six which is more doable but I wanted four plants.)
That’s a lot of money and a lot of labour shoveling it in. (Especially with 4 of the jack be little just sown. They might survive in the last four remaining 30cm pots though and are more stakeable.)
Would it be super bad to just scratch out holes in the grass and plant the golden nuggets in ground? I haven’t had the soil tested for toxic metals yet because I have not been able to get to the post office, and am weird about the thought of the soil tainting the fruit.
It might not be tooo bad… Apparently fruiting stuff is lower risk.
While I haven’t had mine tested specifically yet, from the research gate map from 2018 my spot looks low for lead contamination. There has also been exposure to cat poop and a buried pet bird but that was about 4/5 years ago.
Just feels weird. With their size I’m going to have to decide soon but don’t want to accidentally give anyone gross produce. And Melbcat might be having some purée too.
You could put a barrier under each developing fruit to protect them from the soil - a plastic lid or a plank or a brick or something would work. Not cardboard - gets too soggy when wet.
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A late merry Christmas to all. Hope it was pleasant whatever your activities were. I ate lots of food, stayed out of some arguments, patted a dog, and am now in bed.
Still so warm in the hotbox bedroom. I had plans of leaving at like 7 am tomorrow but it's not happening I think. The beauty of driving is I can push it back. It'll be hot regardless... Leaving at 8:30 won't be that much worse on Boxing Day, surely, especially when most people will probably be staying indoors
Had planned on watching the last episode of Shrinking but CBF now, I'll watch it when I get back. It turned so soapy I kind of hate it now.
I did finish the first series of Northern Irish cop show Blue Lights yesterday though and that was really entertaining. Looking forward to s2.
Not sure where you’re going but the Boxing Day match at the MCG is sold out for tomorrow with the expectation of 90k+ people.
I’d avoid that area like the plague tomorrow if you leave later.
Going to be a low of 23 tonight. Hope you’re able to get some relief somehow with it being so warm tonight.
28.7° checking in!
Also Santa with Muscles is free on YouTube if you really have nothing better to do
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