New Grower from New York

BrooklynXpat

BrooklynXpat

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Good Evening THPers.[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]I just wanted to introduce myself to the forum, my name is Matt and I was born and raised in Brooklyn NY and my wife and I recently purchased our first home in Oceanside , Long Island last summer. Grew up my whole life in an apartment and always wanted to grow vegetables - i guess not being able to do something makes you want to do it more. [/background][background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]I am currently finishing up the rebuild process after Sandy and decided i wasn't going to wait another year to start growing vegetables so I built some raised planters out of cedar and bought some starts from CCN (4 tomatoes, 2 eggplants & 8 peppers). I also plan on trying to get some more starts from nurseries if they got a good selection.[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]I plan on starting a GLOG very soon and will show some of the few pics i have thus far in my first time growing journey![/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Hoping to get some nice weather soon so my babies can stay outside full time :)[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Matt [/background]
 
:welcome: from sunny South Florida! :woohoo:
 
Hi, and welcome from France !

Running a glog is a good idea, best way to improve yourself I think.

Long Island, is a great place I guess. That were my favourite writer (Marguerite Yourcenar) used to live.
 
¡Hola! and welcome from south FL
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BrooklynXpat said:
[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Good Evening THPers.[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]I just wanted to introduce myself to the forum, my name is Matt and I was born and raised in Brooklyn NY and my wife and I recently purchased our first home in Oceanside , Long Island last summer. Grew up my whole life in an apartment and always wanted to grow vegetables - i guess not being able to do something makes you want to do it more. [/background][background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]I am currently finishing up the rebuild process after Sandy and decided i wasn't going to wait another year to start growing vegetables so I built some raised planters out of cedar and bought some starts from CCN (4 tomatoes, 2 eggplants & 8 peppers). I also plan on trying to get some more starts from nurseries if they got a good selection.[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]I plan on starting a GLOG very soon and will show some of the few pics i have thus far in my first time growing journey![/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Hoping to get some nice weather soon so my babies can stay outside full time :)[/background]

[background=rgb(255, 244, 228)]Matt [/background]
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:welcome: from the U.P. of Michigan, good luck with your season. We probably have a similar climate, though I don't have the tricky situation of having an apartment in downtown New York, haha! Anyway, with eggplant, if you've never grown before, they really need a headstart to produce fruit. I would start seeds in January under grow lights to have a good shot at getting fruits in Northeast climates.
 
You may already know this, but Hicks garden center in Hicksville is huge and has an excellent selection of just about everything. I have found some interesting heirloom tomatoes there and I'm sure they will have a better selection of chilies than HD. Prices are what you'd expect on LI, but the selection and quality are excellent.
 
Hendrix1326 said:
:welcome: from the U.P. of Michigan, good luck with your season. We probably have a similar climate, though I don't have the tricky situation of having an apartment in downtown New York, haha! Anyway, with eggplant, if you've never grown before, they really need a headstart to produce fruit. I would start seeds in January under grow lights to have a good shot at getting fruits in Northeast climates.
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I used to live in apartment in nyc - now i have a house on long island :). Thanks for advice on eggplant - next season i will be starting from seed, this year i am doing all starts. Good luck with your grow season. I will be in detroit in 2 weeks for business :)
 
SacFly said:
You may already know this, but Hicks garden center in Hicksville is huge and has an excellent selection of just about everything. I have found some interesting heirloom tomatoes there and I'm sure they will have a better selection of chilies than HD. Prices are what you'd expect on LI, but the selection and quality are excellent.
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Never heard of hicks garden but will check it out when im around that neck of the woods- thanks for advice. Other than some herbs this year, i don't plan on doing anymore starts and I will be growing from seed next season since ill have more time and less renovation going on.
 
Plants are in the ground :)
 
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