CJ WATER TEMPS AND FISHING THREAD FOR FALL 2015 & 2016

[crappiemax]

Well they busted 3 Male Perverts (all in their 60's) at CJ ...LMAO

That's it, CJ's out for me.

[crappiemax]

Hey Intimidator
Can you post a pic of your PVC cages for your tomato plants when your plants come down?

[INTIMIDATOR]

Hey Intimidator
Can you post a pic of your PVC cages for your tomato plants when your plants come down?

You just make two 10 foot ladders and tie strap them together to make a triangular cage.
I wanted mine to last a long time so I put wooden dowels in the 1/2 inch "step" so when I screwed it all together, it was very sturdy.
As you can see, they fold up nicely and can be stored neatly in the garage or hung from bike racks.
I also made a top piece, that you can easily take off, for all 3, so they are even more stable.
It only took a long winter day to do all 3....used a 1/2 inch hole saw, which is a pain on pvc....take each hole slug out of the hole saw before you cut another or it takes forever to get multiple slugs out!lol

[crappiemax]

Thank You. that looks easy enough. I'm definitely going to containers for the tomatoes next year.
I agree with removing each plug from the hole saw. I made 12 corn hole sets one year and had the same problem there.

[INTIMIDATOR]

When I took them down last weekend, I still had 150-some Green tomatoes...my entire family shows up to get them for fried green 'maters.
I just put the green ones in the house and over time they ripen!

When you build the PVC cages just put the extra work in the first time...I pvc glued all the joints before I screwed them in, and wired the ladders together to keep everything square and level...once you get going it is pretty easy. With painting them and storing them inside during the Winter, they SHOULD last my lifetime.

The best thing about container gardening, you can control everything...except the sun! The root system will grow in cooler temps because the barrels heat up with UV rays...as long as the roots are warm and vibrant the plant will stay healthy. You can control water, food, and if the barrels are placed on concrete or away from the other (more Hearty) garden stuff, you have better control of bugs or disease also!
I do the same with all my SUNFLOWERS (seeds for Dale and I), herbs, cucs, certain peppers, mescaline salad, and leafy lettuce....I have a slow drip irrigation set-up (with rain Barrels) incase we ever leave for vacation! Springfield MASTER GARDENERS sold AWESOME rain barrels for "next to nothing" for ECO purposes!

[cjpolecat]

When I took them down last weekend, I still had 150-some Green tomatoes...my entire family shows up to get them for fried green 'maters.
I just put the green ones in the house and over time they ripen!

When you build the PVC cages just put the extra work in the first time...I pvc glued all the joints before I screwed them in, and wired the ladders together to keep everything square and level...once you get going it is pretty easy. With painting them and storing them inside during the Winter, they SHOULD last my lifetime.

The best thing about container gardening, you can control everything...except the sun! The root system will grow in cooler temps because the barrels heat up with UV rays...as long as the roots are warm and vibrant the plant will stay healthy. You can control water, food, and if the barrels are placed on concrete or away from the other (more Hearty) garden stuff, you have better control of bugs or disease also!
I do the same with all my SUNFLOWERS (seeds for Dale and I), herbs, cucs, certain peppers, mescaline salad, and leafy lettuce....I have a slow drip irrigation set-up (with rain Barrels) incase we ever leave for vacation! Springfield MASTER GARDENERS sold AWESOME rain barrels for "next to nothing" for ECO purposes!

My wife puts green mators in paper sacks and puts them in the basement, that works too CJ Polecat

[fished-out]

Yep, they give off ethylene gas, which ripens them. If you want them even faster, put a ripe banana in with them. The banana also gives off ethylene. Works in a box, and you can layer them as long as you use several layers of newspaper between the layers; best check them often.....

[INTIMIDATOR]

Yep, they give off ethylene gas, which ripens them. If you want them even faster, put a ripe banana in with them. The banana also gives off ethylene. Works in a box, and you can layer them as long as you use several layers of newspaper between the layers; best check them often.....

I have a soon-to-be 14 year old son....he gives off gas too...I think it's Methane? I don't know about ripening my Tomatoes, but it does sometimes make me want to puke!!!lol

[cjpolecat]

Sounds like a chip off of the old block, who is the cook anyway, There's the problem...CJP

[Lowellhturner]

Once the oak leaves start going into the lake in large numbers it releases tannic acid that many fish can readily detect in minute amounts and is an ancient signal that cold water is coming soon and to start GORGING themselves on whatever is left of the food chain...some states apparently will not allow oak fish attractors to have the oak leaves left on them.