How Does Your Garden Grow??????

[socaljoe]

My okra is kicking it. When it doesn't rain everyday, it wilts in the noonday sun. But this was early morning, when they are loving life.

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I should try my hand at okra next year. I know it loves heat, and we have that in abundance.

 

[too larry]

I should try my hand at okra next year. I know it loves heat, and we have that in abundance.

As dry as it is where you are, you shouldn't have any of the fungal issues I had this year. They keep on keeping on until a killing frost. If black spot hadn't got on mine so bad, I would still be eating okra everyday.

 

[socaljoe]

As dry as it is where you are, you shouldn't have any of the fungal issues I had this year. They keep on keeping on until a killing frost. If black spot hadn't got on mine so bad, I would still be eating okra everyday.

Are you growing Clemson Spineless, or a different/multiple variety(ies)? I watched a YouTube video where the guy was growing red okra, super neat looking.

 

[too larry]

Are you growing Clemson Spineless, or a different/multiple variety(ies)? I watched a YouTube video where the guy was growing red okra, super neat looking.

There are a lot of cool strains out there. But yes, I'm growing Clemson Spineless. I grew some last year and saved half a gallon of seeds. Did a saved seed run early on this year. They started out great, but faded fast. Not sure if it was the seeds or not. After that I bought a pound at the Co-Op.

 

[socaljoe]

By the way Larry, my lacto-fermented pickles are awesome. Beats any store bought pickle on flavor hands down.

If you ever want to try your hand at that, shoot me a pm. It's a very simple process.

 

[too larry]

By the way Larry, my lacto-fermented pickles are awesome. Beats any store bought pickle on flavor hands down.

If you ever want to try your hand at that, shoot me a pm. It's a very simple process.

Thanks. I'll give it a try when I make some cukes. It will be next year before I have enough to do anything with. I'm making a few Armenians, but just 2-3 a week. That deer that got in the garden trimmed my vines for me.

 

[socaljoe]

Did some maintenance on my tomato plants today. The Toronjiña plants grow tall and lanky, so support is a must. On the other hand, the Brandywine are stout and solid.

Toronjiña:




Brandywine:

 

[xtsho]

My okra is kicking it. When it doesn't rain everyday, it wilts in the noonday sun. But this was early morning, when they are loving life.

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Mine didn't do too well. But it did grow so that's making me optimistic that I can get a halfway decent crop next year. I just have to time it right so it's growing at the hottest time of the season. I'm not giving up.

 

[too larry]

Mine didn't do too well. But it did grow so that's making me optimistic that I can get a halfway decent crop next year. I just have to time it right so it's growing at the hottest time of the season. I'm not giving up.

That looks good. You might have to try a small hoop house to get a longer season. I planted my first round too early and it didn't do much because of the cold.

 

[Beachwalker]

They put new trees out in front of my house on the sidewalk does anybody know what kind of tree this is? Thanks

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

They put new trees out in front of my house on the sidewalk does anybody know what kind of tree this is? ThanksView attachment 4209730

that just looks like an Elm to me, not sure if it's some special kind. i'm not an expert, but i've seen a shitload of them, and they all looked like that

 

[Beachwalker]

that just looks like an Elm to me, not sure if it's some special kind. i'm not an expert, but i've seen a shitload of them, and they all looked like that

Thanks, they didn't have a tag on it

 

[thumper60]

it should be a new hybred,new England lost most of the its dutch elm in the 70s-80s to disease

 

[xtsho]

Last pictures of the season. I let everything go pretty early. Got busy. Pretty soon I'll be ripping everything up and preparing the beds for next year.

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

Last pictures of the season. I let everything go pretty early. Got busy. Pretty soon I'll be ripping everything up and preparing the beds for next year.

damn, there's a house in there, i thought you lived in one of those gourds

 

[undercoverfbi]

Last pictures of the season. I let everything go pretty early. Got busy. Pretty soon I'll be ripping everything up and preparing the beds for next year.

Looks like thanksgiving

 

[Grow for fun only]

Absolutely INSANE. This is the biggest diameter i've ever seen on a tree!

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

Absolutely INSANE. This is the biggest diameter i've ever seen on a tree!

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big baobab

 

[xtsho]

Absolutely INSANE. This is the biggest diameter i've ever seen on a tree!

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I want one in my front yard!

 

[xtsho]

big baobab

They live to be over 1000 years old