The jugs were brown glass—chemical reagent bottles that contained ethyl or iso-propyl alcohol. The lids had teflon gaskets. I wish I still had a source. It would be a pretty unusual plastic jug that could handle that vacuum.
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You mean cheap source. I found a 4 liter brown glass bottle with a teflon lid for 61 dollars. 
I had a thicker walled clear plastic 1 gallon jug from something maybe vinegar that could probably take quite a bit of vacuum. It might have been non-consumer vinegar like the 10% stuff.
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This is pretty scary. Something is going on with watermelons and it’s global. What other foods are being manipulated, altered, adulterated?
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"“This is probably due to the heat. The fruit, if slightly damaged, can begin fermenting. If enough fermentation occurs, which produces gas, enough internal pressure may build up for the watermelon to crack or pop,” Schneider says. “”
global warming is the closest conspiracy…
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Patiently waiting.
Well, waiting, anyway 
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Still trying to work though the tomatoes and Peppers Kent. Also trying to get nettles, plantain and goldenrod gathered and dried while it’s available. Potatoes don’t mind hanging out underground for a while and I really don’t like digging them up. Going back to containers next year, but I plan to get to at least some of them this week.
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What do you do with goldenrod? Just teas?
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Not trying to add pressure, just a good-natured reminder of interest. With the warm spring followed by late frosts, we never got as far as potatoes this year, except possibly for volunteers (which is one place no-till really shines ). Since we live in “Famous Potatoes” land, we can buy a boat load and follow your method as time allows. And I will temporarily suspend critical thinking regarding commercial growing methods 
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Yes, just as a tea to keep the kidneys flushed out Sean. Nettle tea for prostate health. I have not gotten into tinctures so far but plan to do more research this fall. Just gathering up stuff while it’s available…
I’m glad you are interested Kent. Took me some trial and error to get where I could dry them and never suffer the black plague. I agree about the potatoes. I know people in Montana and Idaho that can get 50 lb sacks of seconds for a couple of bucks. I guess the only reason to grow them at those prices is knowing for sure they are not contaminated and maintaining some seed stock in case it wasn’t available. I feel the same way about carrots. PITA for me to grow and I can buy seconds for 50 cents a pound but I still try and grow some anyway in the greenhouse.
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We planted the hydroponic strawberries in dirt today so the cucumber we also planted in the same pipe earlier in the season because it was struggling in dirt in the other greenhouse had to move to it’s own kratky bucket.
This is the rootsystem coming out of the net cup sticking down in the solution that we had to break off to get it out of the hole.
Quite impressive I think 
It is looking a little sad now replanted in the new bucket. We’ll see if it survives but it had to be done. If it dies then so be it.
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It’s starting to look like Brussels sprouts.
I wonder if these would need to have less light, if it is the light that starts the cabbage formation?
The plant I measured is about 160cm (64") and the one further into the jungle is even longer, weird.
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Many plants to reproduce-fruits set best need to be stressed to force into reproduce-before-you-die. Grapes. Tomatoes.
Always previously in old ground soil my wife Brussel sprouts have fruited well.
This year in new deep rich growers soil in the new raised bed they look like yours.
S.U.
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Ok, where she had the Brussels sprouts before was there shade from the trees?
I’m wondering if the length of the night matters, just like for Chinese cabbage, that they need darkness to develop?
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