I couldn't tell any difference by price. My theory is the daytime high brings in moisture in the warm air that condenses on the inside wall during the overnight low temperature. The moisture seems to cause the ball to peel on the inside. You could keep it in air conditioning and it should last a long time. :)
Regards,
Hal
I've got a ball that has the color moded into it, sure it never changes, but it'll last forever, even the desert sun has no effect on it, and I got it for free too. I just make sure the finger holes are down and hindden.
It's a mabled green colored bollowing ball.
-- "In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening towards an east that would not know another dawn. But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go again."
Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars
That's so funny! I did that in my garden 15 years ago and friends thought it was silly. Now it's working everywhere. I too have a bowling ball. I copper leafed the surface and it now looks like a blue/green patina copper orb.
They also sell copper balls in...a catalog? I can't recall which. Maybe Tuscano, or Gardener Supply. One of the catalogs have them and they're not too expensive.
I got the idea after seeing a short clip on t.v. that showed a guy who has used them to mark his pathways around his home, driveway,etc and he gets them at second hand stores who want to get rid of them for a few pennys. This one was left behind in a trailer.
-- "In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening towards an east that would not know another dawn. But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go again."
Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars
I saw the same show!
BTW, I planted some of those seeds in potting soil in pots last friday and so far the one vine has come up. Hay I've got some vine seeds from Hawaii, one is part of the MG group and has small clusters of lavender flowers and the other is an unknown that has small white flowers BUT has fine hair on it's leaves and vine that seems to keep most bugs off of it. Want a few to try?
-- "In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening towards an east that would not know another dawn. But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go again."
Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars
animaux expounded:
So did I, there were other unusual gardens in it too, if I recall.
Yes. If I recall it was the show on HGTV...but a special...oh what's the guys name...John James? I know he pops his head in here from time to time PAUL James. Phew. I still have a marble.
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I have a small one and paid probably $20 for the ball itself, and another $25 for the holder, I've had it 5 years. I usually bring everything in for the winter but it has been left out once or twice in zone 5 Connecticut, looks fine... The holder needs to be painted though :o)
Colleen
Oh don't say that....he paid alot of money for them,,,,
Old_Dodger, I crossposted your question over to a couple of groups where the experts on this subject hang out.
n.
Lets try this again :-) Note the groups that were added. n.
Ok, thanks north. I think Alan Connor posted something on this a while ago but I can't seem to find it. We'll see what the other groups can add.
Thanks.
You might give the yahoogroup "Organic Homesteading Gardening" a try.
I have no clue if the seeds I buy and store are non-hybrid or not and if their seeds will sprout. I just buy enough seed to last 20 or so years, of course I rotate these every chance I get (while we still have places to buy seeds, ect...)
n.
As long as you keep the seeds dry they will last a long time. I keep mine in a plastic one gallon container in the fridge and have viable seeds that are up to ten years old. You can even freeze them if you seal them in a container, used to keep heirloom field pea seeds that way. I keep all the seeds in the containers in paper envelopes, the smaller batches in el cheapo coin envelopes, the rest in el cheapo small size mailing envelopes. YMMV
George
old_codger wrote:
Depends on the seed. Some die immediately (... coffee), some can sprout after hundreds of years (... mullein).
What kinds of vegetables and root crops do you like?
You want heirloom seeds. That is, NON-hybrid.
Hybrids, well, they work if you have nothing else, and if you have a steady supply to buy more when what you have is gone, but be aware that hybrid offspring will look nothing much like the parent(s).
Your local garden center / feed store. They'll have types that thrive in YOUR climate.
What you really want is to get a garden going. Then you can see in practice what you're now asking in theory. And the best way to keep seeds, long-term, is on a succession of live plants.
Nothing to do with preserving, so I've removed that bit.
Henriette
What do you buy. Just a mix of veggies and grains?
I do a garden every year but it's just veggies, peppers and the like. No grains.
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