How Does Your Garden Grow??????

[mwooten102]

I've cut okra, but don't have enough for a mess yet. It was so dry when they were young, they are not quite knee high.

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we cut them and freeze them as we go.

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[mwooten102]

here's my tomato wall. its San marzano on the left and slicers on the right, with green zebras as a divider.


volunteer pumpkin I let the chickens peck at.


my planter boxes with green beans, okra and collards.
there's kale and peppers on the right.





ambrosia cantaloupe and marigolds in front of the fence I built the week before last.


a tomato that is clearly in on my secret.


grow out bunnies before harvest


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[sandhill larry]

here's my tomato wall. its San marzano on the left and slicers on the right, with green zebras as a divider.


volunteer pumpkin I let the chickens peck at.


my planter boxes with green beans, okra and collards.
there's kale and peppers on the right.





ambrosia cantaloupe and marigolds in front of the fence I built the week before last.


a tomato that is clearly in on my secret.


grow out bunnies before harvest


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Your garden is all looking good. We had about 20 straight days with heavy rain and no sun. Most of my tomatoes are cashed, and I pulled up the squash vines yesterday and replanted. I've been lax on posting, but the garden has been running in high gear the last few weeks. We cut the first melon yesterday.

 

[dubekoms]

I've gotta question for the tomato experts. The flowers on mine seem to be falling off without setting any fruit. Out of 6 flowers I'm only getting like one tomato growing from them. They seem to be growing pretty vigorously beside that no nutrient deficiency's or pests etc. Any advice?

 

[dubekoms]

Oh and here's my hop plantthis is its first year so I'm just letting it grow wild no pruning. I think I might just stick it in the ground next year, 10 gallon pot really isn't big enough..

 

[mwooten102]

I've gotta question for the tomato experts. The flowers on mine seem to be falling off without setting any fruit. Out of 6 flowers I'm only getting like one tomato growing from them. They seem to be growing pretty vigorously beside that no nutrient deficiency's or pests etc. Any advice?

could be many things from lack of pollinators to high temps rendering pollen sterile.

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[thumper60]

I've gotta question for the tomato experts. The flowers on mine seem to be falling off without setting any fruit. Out of 6 flowers I'm only getting like one tomato growing from them. They seem to be growing pretty vigorously beside that no nutrient deficiency's or pests etc. Any advice?

food with lots of calcium,common prob with tomatoes or to hot

 

[sandhill larry]

food with lots of calcium,common prob with tomatoes or to hot

Too much rain, then too hot has done in my tomatoes. I'm still picking ripe tomatoes, but most all the leaves are dead. The wife has three on the porch that are just now starting to bear. She showed me little worms on them this morning. I had the neem handy, so I sprayed with it. But they were bud worms, not horned tomato worms. I'll hit them with something a little stronger when I get in from work.

 

[thumper60]

Too much rain, then too hot has done in my tomatoes. I'm still picking ripe tomatoes, but most all the leaves are dead. The wife has three on the porch that are just now starting to bear. She showed me little worms on them this morning. I had the neem handy, so I sprayed with it. But they were bud worms, not horned tomato worms. I'll hit them with something a little stronger when I get in from work.

hey larry does neem work on the horned worms,i have used sevin for yrs

 

[sandhill larry]

hey larry does neem work on the horned worms,i have used sevin for yrs

I think it helps as a preventive, but once you get them, you have to spray or dust with something that will actually kill them. I have some garden insecticide mixed in a sprayer that I use on my peas and tomatoes.

 

[sandhill larry]

I sprayed my young pea patch, as well as the tomato plants on the porch. I'm just waiting to pick the last few melons and acron squash, then I can plow up most of the south side of the garden.

 

[sandhill larry]

New squash seedlings.


Old Armenian cucumbers are just about played out.



But replants are blooming and vining.

 

[sandhill larry]

Okra is doing real well. The wife has made lots of pickled okra. Need to hide it when her cousin comes to visit. That lady will eat a pint at one setting.

 

[ANC]

Please don't plough the fields. That is 1800's style farming.
The video I linked is 1 of a series, you can look for the rest on youtube. The first ones are more theory, but the rest are on the farm, showing you how you can get better results that ploughing your field and breaking up the aggregate that helps water drain. They have some really neat tricks and you don't even need a tractor.

 

[sandhill larry]

Please don't plough the fields. That is 1800's style farming.
The video I linked is 1 of a series, you can look for the rest on youtube. The first ones are more theory, but the rest are on the farm, showing you how you can get better results that ploughing your field and breaking up the aggregate that helps water drain. They have some really neat tricks and you don't even need a tractor.

I know about no-till. My little 2 acre plot gets the least amount of tilling possible. When I disc, it turns the top 5-6 inches of dirt.

I have three tractors and am always on the lookout for number four.

 

[sandhill larry]

I saw little Armenian cucumbers on the vines today. Thunderstorm hit before I got a picture.

I thought I had done a good job cutting the okra on Friday, but after yesterdays cutting, not so sure. Look how big some of those buggers are. I set a few of the biggest ones aside to see if the seeds will work. The wife bakes some in the oven for lunch today. Put a couple tbs olive oil in a gallon bag, mixed in some red pepper flakes, black pepper and Adobo seasoning, and tossed the cut up okra around in for a minute or two. Bake @ 425F for 15 minutes on a cookie sheet, add Parm and bake for 8-10 more minutes. Really, really good.

 

[ANC]

I know about no-till. My little 2 acre plot gets the least amount of tilling possible. When I disc, it turns the top 5-6 inches of dirt.

I have three tractors and am always on the lookout for number four.

If you are disking 6", you are just moving the compacted layer a bit deeper down the soil.

 

[sandhill larry]

I picked the first Armenian cucumber off the 2nd planting this morning. It's a good thing too. The Munchers are just about played out.

 

[sandhill larry]

Yesterday I pulled up the last of the crook neck and zuke squash.



Just a few more acorn squash to pick, then I can get rid of those vines too.

 

[sandhill larry]

Yesterday I side dressed the young squash and the peas. Used the push plow to work in the fertilizer on the peas.