How Does Your Garden Grow??????

[too larry]

I have blooms on peppers, green beans and melons. Just a day or two away from blooms on the acorn squash.

 

[too larry]

I have blooms on peppers, green beans and melons. Just a day or two away from blooms on the acorn squash.

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[too larry]

Damn if RIU will let me post pictures in a timely manner. Will try again tomorrow.

 

[farmerfischer]

Damn if RIU will let me post pictures in a timely manner. Will try again tomorrow.

It was fucking up on me the other day.. Everytime I clicked the upload file button nothing would happen..

 

[blake9999]

When I uploaded the latest pics of my tomatoes yesterday, instead of the usual 15 seconds to upload it took a few minutes. I went out on the back porch for a smoke and it was done by the time I got back. Still a few hickups but it's working ( mostly).

 

[socaljoe]

they seem to be, but 85 is as high as we've gotten yet. i'm sure they would, but would probably require daily watering at those temps. i chose black buckets to keep shit from growing in the pots, if you expect it to be that hot, you might want to pick white ones, or wrap them in something white or reflective

Thanks for the info.

You've sold me, I'm going to try them out, maybe just do a few and see how they perform. I've got two yellow pear and two beefsteak plants, so maybe one each in a hempy and one each in the ground as a comparison.

 

[too larry]

I was bragging about the blooms on the peppers yesterday. Last night after supper I took the wife on a tour of the garden, and low and behold what I found.

 

[too larry]

I broke down and made it rain today. An hour and a half on the field corn and pole beans, an hour and a half on the peas and sweet corn, then an hour on the green beans. We have 7 days of possible rain starting Monday, so I'm just getting an early start on it.

 

[socaljoe]

Looking good, Larry. I don't know what the problem is, but I've never had any luck growing peppers. I've tried many kinds over the years, and it just doesn't work out. I'm not done trying, and hopefully someday I'll crack the code.

 

[blake9999]

Wish I still had the land for a decent garden, but that day will come again. I'm saving a grand a month for the auctions and will buy some nice property again soon.

 

[blake9999]

Looking good, Larry. I don't know what the problem is, but I've never had any luck growing peppers. I've tried many kinds over the years, and it just doesn't work out. I'm not done trying, and hopefully someday I'll crack the code.

I decided to go with the generic 'California Wonder' bell peppers this year, and they not doing too bad.

 

[too larry]

I got the rest of the blueberry bushes cleaned, ferts added, tilled in, mulch and water applied. In fact, all the fruit trees but one peach {in the foreground} and one unknown bush {way in the back} are done. I did stretch the mulch kind of thin, but my in the shower time on Fridays is 12 noon, so lunch was 1130.

 

[Sour Wreck]

I broke down and made it rain today. An hour and a half on the field corn and pole beans, an hour and a half on the peas and sweet corn, then an hour on the green beans. We have 7 days of possible rain starting Monday, so I'm just getting an early start on it.

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damn, you got corn ~!!!!!!

 

[too larry]

Looking good, Larry. I don't know what the problem is, but I've never had any luck growing peppers. I've tried many kinds over the years, and it just doesn't work out. I'm not done trying, and hopefully someday I'll crack the code.

Since I've gone to the big beds with lots of mulch, I've done alright. I used to grow peppers in rows without mulch, and they were hit or miss. I will hook up soaker hoses to mine when I take the time. They like to be moist, but not too wet. When using soakers, you have to remember to turn them off when it rains.

 

[too larry]

damn, you got corn ~!!!!!!

Not really. The damn things are silking, and most are knee high.. I guess I should have watered from the start. I need to plant more, and get soaker hoses on them from the start. Still plenty of time.

 

[Sour Wreck]

Not really. The damn things are silking, and most are knee high.. I guess I should have watered from the start. I need to plant more, and get soaker hoses on them from the start. Still plenty of time.

lol, i meant numbers. i have 5 plants.

my garden must expand next year !!!!

 

[too larry]

Here is what my sandy ass land grows when left alone.

 

[too larry]

lol, i meant numbers. i have 5 plants.

my garden must expand next year !!!!

Mine has been getting smaller. I have two oaks that are sucking water and food, so each year I enlarge the circle around them where I don't plant.

 

[socaljoe]

Since I've gone to the big beds with lots of mulch, I've done alright. I used to grow peppers in rows without mulch, and they were hit or miss. I will hook up soaker hoses to mine when I take the time. They like to be moist, but not too wet. When using soakers, you have to remember to turn them off when it rains.

I had to chuckle at that last line. After May, we won't get rain until usually October. Maybe some summer thunder showers that are brief and just serve to bump the humidity.

Last year, I had my "best" pepper plants yet. They were in fabric grow bags, 15 gallon I think, planted 3 per. They weren't happy at first with the bagged soil used in the mix, but they started doing better eventually. I'll figure it out eventually...

 

[Sour Wreck]

Here is what my sandy ass land grows when left alone.

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here is what my land grows. just about everything, including cactus...