do you kno how to care 4 these types of fruits and veggies? help me out

[themanwiththeplan]

I was @ my local lowes/home depot type outlet & seen the had a small selection of veggies, fruits, etc.

I think i wanna grow:
peaches (forget the kind of 1 yr trees they carry)
tomatoes (i know for sure they have big boy and better boy but 4got the rest)
jalapenos
raspberrys (latham i believe was the kind they had in abundance)

if anyone has any experience with any of these would you be kind enough to share what you know about each's requirements and care instructions?

how many of these plants need a partner plant of another variety for pollination?

 

[Azoned]

I'll do the best I can...

trees in general-
plant them in the BIGGEST hole you can afford!!!

tomatoes are heavy feeders. They like water....just not too much while fruiting or the fruits will split....and will not set fruit in temps much over 90`F

Raspberries seem to like acid soils high in humus.

Peppers are another nightshade, like toms-
Don't stress for water or you will make the peppers hotter. If you have a short season, you can grow them in pots and bring them in. They will go perennial, if they don't freeze or desicate over the winter.

the pepper and toms will self-pollinate. A little regular physical agitation will do the trick. Like, give them a ride on the washing machine or a fan blowing on them...

regards,
Azoned

 

[cues]

Trees in general, plant in early autumn, in a square hole with the sides pricked with a fork (helps prevent the roots from just 'spinning' in the hole). Also, add a piece of perforated pipe from the bottom of the hole to the surface for deep watering. You can plant in spring but be prepared for daily watering. The reason for autumn planting is to enable the roots to become established. Although the plant appears to go dormant in winter, the roots are growing.
Tomatoes and peppers are exactly the same as growing weed in their soil, light and heat requirements. Especially feeding, needing a veg and flower (fruit) feed. I use my waste from my res changes in my hydro system. They also need as much sun as possible. With tomatoes, it's important to Know if they are determinate (vine/cordon) or indeterminate (bush). determinates need pruning to a central stem and support. Indeterminates generally dont.
Raspberries I can't help with. Never grown them. Sorry.
For companion planting I would go for Tagetes minuta (African marigolds) and/or Pyrethrum Daisies as they both help prevent aphids.

 

[cindysid]

When planting trees I also fill the hole with water and let it drain, then fill again before putting in the tree. Make sure you spread the roots as much as possible without damaging them. A lot of the trees at HD or Lowe's are really root bound. On the subject of tomatoes, they are fairly heavy feeders, but be careful not to overdue it with Nitrogen or you will have 8ft trees with few tomatoes! Adding a little epsom salts to the planting hole of the tomatoes and peppers is also a good thing, along with egg shells. I prefer the heirloom varieties of tomatoes and I like to grow my own seedlings. I have 10 plants that I bought from Lowe's and about 20 that I grew from seed, and even though the store bought are 3 weeks older, and producing a few ripe tomatoes, they pale in comparison to my home growns which are full of big green tomatoes and will produce a lot more. Hope this helps!

 

[dank smoker420]

i have peppers and they are easy to grow. i have them on my porch which gets about 6 hours of full sunlight then mostly shade the rest of the day and they are doing good. i planted them late last year and they didnt flower but they are now already growing peppers.

 

[themanwiththeplan]

Trees in general, plant in early autumn, in a square hole with the sides pricked with a fork (helps prevent the roots from just 'spinning' in the hole). Also, add a piece of perforated pipe from the bottom of the hole to the surface for deep watering. You can plant in spring but be prepared for daily watering. The reason for autumn planting is to enable the roots to become established. Although the plant appears to go dormant in winter, the roots are growing.
Tomatoes and peppers are exactly the same as growing weed in their soil, light and heat requirements. Especially feeding, needing a veg and flower (fruit) feed. I use my waste from my res changes in my hydro system. They also need as much sun as possible. With tomatoes, it's important to Know if they are determinate (vine/cordon) or indeterminate (bush). determinates need pruning to a central stem and support. Indeterminates generally dont.
Raspberries I can't help with. Never grown them. Sorry.
For companion planting I would go for Tagetes minuta (African marigolds) and/or Pyrethrum Daisies as they both help prevent aphids.

so i could literally feed fox farm grow big for veg and tiger bloom in flowering and follow their feeding schedule?

how will i know which types of tomatoes grow on a vine and which grow in a bush? i prefer a bush variety for the sake of ease of growing since i wont have to build a trellis or use a tomato cage.

from my understanding btw i believe blueberries are acid loving plants but raspberry plants like a ph around 6 imo. i may be wrong. im not sure. i think raspberries self pollinate. ive read lots of different things that contradict each other online about latham raspberries. some sources say they grow 4-6 feet...some say they grow to 10 ft but i dont believe it considering raspberries are a shrub/bush

 

[cues]

Re; Fox farm and tiger bloom. Yes, exactly.Keep the feed at the high end once established. They like an EC of 2.0 to 3.5.
The packets (if seeds) or labels (if plants or plugs) should tell you which type they are. If not, you will have to look them up on the net to find out.
I forgot to mention dwarf bush types but these are more suitable for hanging baskets which can be hard work as they need watering twice a day.
I can tell you that big boy and better boy are both bush types. They will still require some staking but not much. A simple cane and string for each should suffice.
The other advantage to bush types is the produce their fruit over a long period of time. The vine types tend to come all at once at the end of the season.
A pH of 6 is an acid soil to gardeners. They take their nuetral as being at pH 7.0. I don't know if you know how pH works but 6.0 is 10x as acid as 7.0. 5.0 is 100x as acid as 7.0. etc. Greenkeepers also take neutral as being 6.0. Maybe all grass is the same after all