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    From Dan Purgert@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 6 13:55:08 2023
    Can't remember if I mentioned this here (sorry if I did ;)), but due to circumstances that totally should've been forseen, the garden didn't get watered by our house-watcher while we were away on vacation a couple of
    weeks ago.

    Caused the potatoes and onions to wilt a bit prematurely, and rather
    than risk them dying and rotting I just pulled everything up.

    Things were small (as I half expected):

    - Most of the potatoes were only about fingerling sized, though I did
    get a few that're closer to 2.5-3" (~6-8cm) in diameter.
    - Onions are all basically "pearl" sized at about 1" (~2.5cm).
    - Garlic was juuuust starting to bulb up, so would've been too much
    effort to save (the biggest bulb was just over 0.5" or so, and
    the cloves were miniscule).

    Prepared a few dishes so far with the onions (sandwiches mostly).
    Hopefully the other bed isn't "too close" for next season (2024), since
    these homegrown ones make the grocery store's taste like cardboard.


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  • From Snag@21:1/5 to Dan Purgert on Wed Sep 6 10:55:02 2023
    On 9/6/2023 8:55 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
    Can't remember if I mentioned this here (sorry if I did ;)), but due to circumstances that totally should've been forseen, the garden didn't get watered by our house-watcher while we were away on vacation a couple of
    weeks ago.

    Caused the potatoes and onions to wilt a bit prematurely, and rather
    than risk them dying and rotting I just pulled everything up.

    Things were small (as I half expected):

    - Most of the potatoes were only about fingerling sized, though I did
    get a few that're closer to 2.5-3" (~6-8cm) in diameter.
    - Onions are all basically "pearl" sized at about 1" (~2.5cm).
    - Garlic was juuuust starting to bulb up, so would've been too much
    effort to save (the biggest bulb was just over 0.5" or so, and
    the cloves were miniscule).

    Prepared a few dishes so far with the onions (sandwiches mostly).
    Hopefully the other bed isn't "too close" for next season (2024), since
    these homegrown ones make the grocery store's taste like cardboard.



    Did you consider watering it to see if it was all truly dead before
    you dug it all up ? "Wilted" isn't always "dead" .

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  • From Dan Purgert@21:1/5 to Snag on Wed Sep 6 19:13:07 2023
    On 2023-09-06, Snag wrote:
    On 9/6/2023 8:55 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
    [...]
    Caused the potatoes and onions to wilt a bit prematurely, and rather
    than risk them dying and rotting I just pulled everything up.
    [...]

    Did you consider watering it to see if it was all truly dead before
    you dug it all up ? "Wilted" isn't always "dead" .

    Yes, but I only "lost" about 2 weeks of growing time (considering when
    we went on vacation / when frost allegedly is / having 6 weeks to get
    some green manure started). So figured best route was pull the plants
    and know I'd be getting some reduced harvest vs. "losing it all".


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