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Need help in applying SFG to a yard for a wedding.
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Ha-v-v
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Need help in applying SFG to a yard for a wedding.
Hello,
I am helping my friends with applying the SFG principles to their yard in time for their wedding.
The wedding is August 8th, 2010. This coming Sunday, May 30th is when we begin building and planting. We have a question please:
They are mostly into edibles (not so much flowers, but a few flowers would be nice for color). My friends want some viney edibles to grow up along the 6 foot fence, and we are wondering what viney edibles will grow fast enough to be a few feet high by August 8th?
In general, what grows fast, so we can have more growth in this short time frame?
Thank you so much!
Julian
I am helping my friends with applying the SFG principles to their yard in time for their wedding.
The wedding is August 8th, 2010. This coming Sunday, May 30th is when we begin building and planting. We have a question please:
They are mostly into edibles (not so much flowers, but a few flowers would be nice for color). My friends want some viney edibles to grow up along the 6 foot fence, and we are wondering what viney edibles will grow fast enough to be a few feet high by August 8th?
In general, what grows fast, so we can have more growth in this short time frame?
Thank you so much!
Julian
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Cucumbers and pole beans would be good ones. They should be more than a couple feet (maturity is like 55-65 days). If you check your local plant stores they might have some starts for cucumbers.
Squat_Johnson- Posts : 440
Join date : 2010-05-25
Location : Beaver Dam, Kentucky, zone 6a
Re: Need help in applying SFG to a yard for a wedding.
Any melon would be at least that high by then. Pole beans and cukes as stated. Vining tomatoes. June through August would see any plant in Fresno - or almost anywhere in the US go from baby to pickable in that time barring catastrophe.
Re: Need help in applying SFG to a yard for a wedding.
Nasturtiums - they are colorful, edible (flowers and leaves), and there are varieties that grow 6-8' tall.
Here's one (and I'm sure you could find others - most Lowes & Home Depot carry both vine and bush varieties).
http://www.burpee.com/product/annual+flowers/nasturtium/nasturtium+fordhook+favorites+mix++-+1+pkt.+%2830+seeds%29.do
Here's one (and I'm sure you could find others - most Lowes & Home Depot carry both vine and bush varieties).
http://www.burpee.com/product/annual+flowers/nasturtium/nasturtium+fordhook+favorites+mix++-+1+pkt.+%2830+seeds%29.do
Re: Need help in applying SFG to a yard for a wedding.
Scarlet runner beans have a lovely red flower and are edible Im growing them because I like red and in good soil they seem to take off, as opposed to last year and my sad soil I found my scarlet runner beans I believe at walmart.
I have found it cheaper on amazon 55 seeds for 2 something. The site I posted says they can grow to 12-15 ft. I have a friend that would take the scarlet runner bean and make tee pees for her grands. I plan on making a tee pee for my youngest to "like" the garden.
And this sounds so great.
I used attend Ft. Miller Jr High a long long long time ago My oldest friend still lives there The wedding sounds just lovely
Happy Gardening
Ha-v-v
Scarlet Runner Bean Info
I have found it cheaper on amazon 55 seeds for 2 something. The site I posted says they can grow to 12-15 ft. I have a friend that would take the scarlet runner bean and make tee pees for her grands. I plan on making a tee pee for my youngest to "like" the garden.
And this sounds so great.
I used attend Ft. Miller Jr High a long long long time ago My oldest friend still lives there The wedding sounds just lovely
Happy Gardening
Ha-v-v
Scarlet Runner Bean Info
Ha-v-v- Posts : 1119
Join date : 2010-03-12
Age : 64
Location : Southwest Ms. Zone 8A (I like to think I get a little bit of Zone 9 too )
Re: Need help in applying SFG to a yard for a wedding.
sweet potato vines also (get the actual sweet potato slips).
any bean, cuke, melon, pumpkin, squash. Those purple beans would look neat.
any bean, cuke, melon, pumpkin, squash. Those purple beans would look neat.
Re: Need help in applying SFG to a yard for a wedding.
You could put edible flowers in the front squares. They provide a lot of color and are edible also. It's always kinda whimsical to pick a flower and start eating it as it get some of the funniest reactions. CLICK HERE For a good page on edible flowers that should give you some fun ideas.
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SirTravers- Posts : 327
Join date : 2010-03-01
Age : 51
Location : Hobbs New MExico, Zone 7A/7B
Re: Need help in applying SFG to a yard for a wedding.
What about some annual vining flowers? Mix them in with the veggies for "pretty."
Claire
Claire
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Certified SFG Instructor- Posts : 759
Join date : 2010-03-05
Age : 84
Location : Cleveland Heights, Ohio (5b)
Re: Need help in applying SFG to a yard for a wedding.
You could try a "three sisters" planting: corn, pole beans, and squash. If desired, replace the corn with sunflowers to use as a support for the beans.
semiuseless- Posts : 7
Join date : 2010-05-17
Location : DFW, TX (AHS Heat Zone 9)
Summer wedding in Fresno CA
I live in Fresno and this is my first year of SFG. I am definitely not the expert but at least I live in Zone 9b. To ensure a "bountiful" garden for the occasion, you may want to skip seeds except for sugar peas or other beans or peas. My sugar peas have pretty pink flowers. Maybe petunias in the front rows, depending on the color theme, if that's important. Or "edible flowers such as pansies. I put Sluggos safe snail bait all around my petunias so they had a chance to survive! My cabbages are starting to shape like cabbages. Maybe supplement with landscape cabbages. My tomatoes are trained vertically. See You Tube "Grow Your Garden" for vertical information. My Early Girl is the most splendid, with 7 vertical clusters of tomatoes on the main stalk. Each bunch will mature at different times. Don't forget sun shade when we get the heat waves. Bell and hot peppers because they come in different colors.
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