My first ever balcony ear of corn!

Michael Liriano

@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)

• West Haven, Connecticut

29 Jun 16

@TheHorse jajaj you sneaky gardner lol

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Jun 16

Yay! I ate some of the tomatoes out at Kaiser, where they pulled out my beautiful (secretly planted) snow peas. I'll have my revenge: I planted a couple of corn seeds among their tomatoes. Heh.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

30 Jun 16

Yes, but they are called "container gardens" when you plant food in them. Planters are for flowers.

I am surprised that you have ears on your corn. They need other ears around to pollinate.

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Marlina

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

17 Jul 16

@TheHorse So your are into "this thing"?

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

17 Jul 16

@ElizabethWallace No, I just have horse sense. Hah.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

30 Jun 16

@TheHorse So, you are smarter than you appear in your portrait.

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23404)

• United Kingdom

29 Jun 16

Yes we have had tomatoes from planters and hanging baskets and aubergines too! You know I am not a lover of corn but I am going to be cremated having two pound of corn kernals in my coffin so as I burn the kernals will pop all over the place!

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vanny

@vandana7 (100617)

• India

17 Jul 16

I thought they bury you all, since when cremation came into picture..

vanny

@vandana7 (100617)

• India

17 Jul 16

I thought they bury you all, since when cremation came into picture..

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23404)

• United Kingdom

17 Jul 16

@vandana7 These days more people are cremated than buried as it is incredibly expensive to bury someone now.

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Reine25

@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

30 Jun 16

Now, since the corn and.sunflower are ok now, looking.forward to the tomatoes ;))

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Jun 16

Lemme check on them!

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NJ Chicaa

@NJChicaa (120130)

• United States

29 Jun 16

no I haven't. I've grown herbs in planters but never veggies.

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Jun 16

I'm pleasantly surprised that veggies work.

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

29 Jun 16

Meals in planters!

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Jun 16

A new concept! Maybe it will sweep the nation!

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (80736)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

29 Jun 16

@TheHorse I have experimented with vegetables in flower pots but I haven't been successful. Right now I have tomatoes, cucumbers, salad and onions growing in my greenhouse and also pumpkins in the garden. Your corn looks great.

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suziecat7

@suziecat7 (3350)

• Asheville, North Carolina

29 Jun 16

I grow all my vegetables in pots on the garage roof though I never tried corn. This year I've got a few different tomatoes, red peppers, onions, green beans, cantaloupe and a blueberry bush. I have different degrees of success each year. Congratulations on your success. I may try corn next year :))

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suziecat7

@suziecat7 (3350)

• Asheville, North Carolina

29 Jun 16

@TheHorse I try a melon every year. Last year I got a few baseball-sized winter melons. They were small but still good but I only got three :))

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Jun 16

Cantaloupe! You've inspired me! But in drought-stricken California, that might be too much for me to try.

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Jun 16

@suziecat7 Three?That sounds like harvest to me!

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (49722)

• Mojave, California

29 Jun 16

We did get red peppers but like I told you on the last post they took a turn for the worst after. I need to learn this stuff because I think this will be the only way we eat in the near future sad to say. I will take any wisdom you have.

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Jun 16

I hope the zombie (or other) whatchamacallit doesn't happen. But I do like growing my own stuff--or at least knowing how to.

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (49722)

• Mojave, California

29 Jun 16

@TheHorse I do not know about the apocalypse. I mean to many people and I am poor. I am well aware how things work in this world. I am not trusting anything anymore. Humanity has lost most of its respect with me. OK to be poor and knowing, but not OK to be poor and trusting.

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Jun 16

Oh, and I'm not sure about peppers. I've never tried to grow them.

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koopharper

@koopharper (7601)

• Canada

29 Jun 16

We have but right now we have plenty of space for that outside. More than we can prepare, plant or harvest.

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koopharper

@koopharper (7601)

• Canada

29 Jun 16

@TheHorse We do have an outdoor garden. My wife and I worked separately this year simply because I wanted to add a garden and left the tried and true one to her.

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Jun 16

Sounds great. Have you planted yet? I saw a picture of Going to the Sun Road in Montana the other day. It was still snowed under. But the picture was from Logan Pass, at about 7,000 feet.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

29 Jun 16

My wife has grown herbs in planters but not vegetables. Your picture of the corn reminds me of the time when I was about ten and I tried to grow corn in our backyard in Wilmington, NC. I knew nothing about soil or fertilizer at the time. I just went into the back part of the back yard, dug holes, and planted my corn seed I'd bought for ten cents. Only a few came up, the tallest about six inches. But it did yield a 3/4 inch ear of corn. No, I did not eat it. I dried it and kept it as a souvenir for years.

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Jun 16

That's pretty cool. I wonder why they survived but didn't grow taller. The soil? Out at Ground Squirrel Gardens, I've had some reach three feet, but the ground squirrels always get them. In Oakland, we had some seven footers! At the preschool, we have some that are four foot tall already.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

29 Jun 16

@TheHorse My uncle, who was a farmer, told me I was luck it grew as tall as it did in what was basically beach sand. Now when I lived in CT where my wife grew up, the garden we planted was in a part of the yard that had once been pasture for the dairy herd before my Father-in-Law built his house. Our corn grew over six feet tall in that garden and we had fresh corn for weeks.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472087)

• Switzerland

30 Jun 16

The cilantro that I seeded four weeks ago it's almost ready to be cut. Nobody believes that I can grow coriander here, but I do very well, in vases in a shaded area of my greenhouse. Your corn looks healthy.

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Jun 16

Cilantro is temperamental for me. One year it's be all over the place. The next, I can't get it to grow no matter how I baby it. This was in Oakland, where we had our "very urban garden."

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Jun 16

@LadyDuck I actually love cilantro, both in Thai and Mexican food. I should try it on my balcony.

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minisam

@miniam (9154)

• Bern, Switzerland

30 Jun 16

@LadyDuck I have loved coriander since young age, hubby hates them so l now do not eat my food with coriander

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17713)

• South Africa

30 Jun 16

that is awesome - So glad you didnt eat this one before it got bigger - how the beans doing/

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Jun 16

The beans are getting a bit tired now. I ate one today and it was pretty good. The snow peas are gone--too hot. I'll see what happens with this ear of corn. I hope we get some in Berkeley too. I'll head down there tomorrow.

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Anna

@annaroselock (805)

• United Kingdom

30 Jun 16

Nice! I used to plant things with my mum when I was little

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Jun 16

Must have been fun. I never did garden with my parents. But we had gardens and 5th or 6th grade at school and I never forgot.

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Anna

@annaroselock (805)

• United Kingdom

30 Jun 16

@TheHorse I'm sure we did things at school too

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Yogesh Sharma

@ModernDayWriter (3318)

• New Delhi, India

29 Jun 16

Ladyfingers, tomatoes, onions, green chillies and many more..

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Jun 16

Of those, I've only tried tomatoes. What are ladyfingers?

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Yogesh Sharma

@ModernDayWriter (3318)

• New Delhi, India

4 Jul 16

@TheHorse what you say may be okra

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@allknowing (137781)

• India

30 Jun 16

What a beautiful sight that is. I had 3 last year grown in a pot but I was not happy with the size. Yours looks pretty healthy.

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Jun 16

I always worry about size too.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

29 Jun 16

That must be very satisfying for you to see that developing. I don't grow any vegetables.

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Jun 16

It really is! I can't sy it's "effiecient" in terms of time and effort, but it's really satisfying knowing I CAN grow my own veggies. I hope the corn at the preschool yields some ears.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111938)

• United States

29 Jun 16

that is neat there.No never had.Enough problem with the garden

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Jun 16

I planted another squash plant in Ground Squirrel Gardens today. Tomorrow, I'll volunteer at the preschool and see how the corn and sunflowers are doing there.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (342112)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Jun 16

There is no real reason why you can't grow vegetables in containers. There are often articles about container-growing in various magazines and the advice includes veggies.

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Jun 16

Good to know. I've just kind of learned by doing. It all makes sense.

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Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43418)

• Denver, Colorado

30 Jun 16

Never tried it. Maybe we should, just to see what happens.

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@TheHorse (220253)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 Jun 16

Learning is always good. Usually I just do it because I like the look of the plants. I'm happy to have some actual corn. In Oakland, when we had seven foot plants, we got many ears of corn. We'd just hose the ant off and eat them right there. The kids loved it.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

30 Jun 16

When we first moved here before the trees branched out and shaded our deck, I grew cherry tomatoes, peppers, lettuce and basil. I can't grow anything now. It's too shady. Let your corn grow a little longer, I'm sure it will mature soon.

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