2011 Veggies

littlegrower2004 · May 29, 2011

well heres a nice garden update!

strawberries, corn, radishes, squash, cantaloupe, cayenne, lettuce, cucumber, watermelon, tomatoes, and snow peas.

DST · May 30, 2011

Thanks Ryan, that's also what the wife said. And cheers McP, been fighting mites in my garden as well which is really doing my head in!!! LG, awesome update mate, lovely variety you got. I wish I had a garden, growing everything in pots does your head in a bit, lol. Have a good one veggie heads,

Peace, DST

mcpurple · May 31, 2011

wow LG, every thing sure has grown alot. and are you radish pics of them flowering. if so are you gonna let them seed and then save them for later use?

the weather here is so dam bi polar one day its summer the next winter again, my melons are not liking it, i also might have to buy some cantaloupe starts if mine dont start taking off soon

DST · May 31, 2011

If I remember I'll post up a pic of my leek that has gone into flower. Looks crazy!

littlegrower2004 · May 31, 2011

yep MC those radishes have started to flower and if they seed well have to collect some and see how they do once they dry out a bit. should still have some time to do another run before it gets too hot. the cantaloupe has exploded here in the last couple weeks and has a nice amount of flowers. i would say the corn is getting close to 5 ft!! the tomatoes are out of control and the couple starts from last years seeds are doing well.

DST · Jun 1, 2011

3rd time lucky, here are those "Leek flowers" I mentioned.

Tasty Toms

Cucumber finally growing now....

Red Icebergs coming along

The Kropsla (lettuce basically.)

Peace, DST

littlegrower2004 · Jun 1, 2011

very nice DST! those flowers on the leeks are pretty bitching! my grandpa grows leeks and they havent flowered yet but they do have the bulb up top. all the others look real good as well and i am glad your cucumbers are coming around for you.

DST · Jun 1, 2011

my wife was saying when they start looking like they are starting to droop and loose seeds you can snip them offf, dry them over a bag and collect the seeds. Leeks forever. Yah!

mcpurple · Jun 1, 2011

all this talk about leeks and now im gonna have to go what the hell this so called leek is. :mrgreen:

DST · Jun 2, 2011

It's only Wales national vegetable and symbol. It's called Prij in Dutch, and is part of the Onion and Garlic family.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leek

whodatnation · Jun 2, 2011

DST said:
It's only Wales national vegetable and symbol. It's called Prij in Dutch, and is part of the Onion and Garlic family.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leek

i was gonna say it looks like the garlic my aunt has growing around her place. Your garden is look happy DST.

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So I think I have my game plan set-up for next year... I needed some time to aclimate lol
But for this year its gonna have to be nothing but small potato's but Im not even growing potato's lol my veggies are a joke lol so I just said fk it and threw a bunch of seed around,,, i mean c'mon it fking JUNE! fk you colorado!

Anywho, next year will be much MUCH better :-)

peace peeps

littlegrower2004 · Jun 2, 2011

whodat- theres still plenty of time for you to do some stuff. im sure you could pull off radishes if its been cold as well as lettuce since both are mainly winter crops. you can do some snow peas which fight the frost. in a couple weeks you could probably get some tomatoes growing and by late august could have some nice harvest coming your way. dont give it up!!!

mellokitty · Jun 2, 2011

well, we here (BC) are having the coldest spring in 50 yrs.
my man said the lady at the hardware place was telling him how they were sold out of clear poly because the farmers were all rushing out to cover their crops and the drywallers are all PO-ed about it.

i'm dancing a jig because stuff is finally starting to *sprout, ffs. "...before it gets too hot..." *pfft* (<- i mean that in the friendliest sense possible, of course

)

Chronic Monster · Jun 2, 2011

Subbed, what an awesome thread this is

DST · Jun 2, 2011

Well it's one of the hotest Springs here in The Netherlands for a long time. Hopefully doesn't mean we will have a wet summer.

Seemingly brocolli likes direct sun but every morning when it has been baking recently my brocolli leaves have been looking a bit limp (looks like heat.) I check the pots and they seemed quite heavy so I moved them the other day next to the window where the sun goes at around 2pm. Today though even though the pots where a decent weight, the leaves done their floppy thing, but then I decided to hose them and give them some water and they seemed to perk up. Any thoughts? I was thinking they are just big drinkers and just like some fresh juice in the morning, but I am not 100%. The soil was still reasonably moist before the fresh drink.

Cheers veggers,

DST

whodatnation · Jun 2, 2011

IDK D... I guess I would try to giv it a little water every day instead of a heavy soak, maybe a misting everyday as well... Just my thoughts and I have never grown it before... jusst my thoughts.

And LG~ Im not giving up by any means, I was just expressing my frustration with my super early starts being a waste of time.
I buried several packs of seeds yesterday... Next year will be top of the line though! I'll probably have another 4x8 bed at another location and I will have killer starts to work with.

littlegrower2004 · Jun 2, 2011

haha yeah you did start your stuff a bit early! glad to hear you didnt gve up! hope all the seeds pop up and you get something for all the hard work you put into getting the plots ready. seems like that was months ago hah.

billcollector99 · Jun 2, 2011

My tomatoes are taking off as are the squash

DST · Jun 2, 2011

Hey Bill, the squash look exactly like my pumkin. The pumkin are going fekkin boss. My wife had to jam one out that had started to grow between one of the metal struts in the greenhouse and the glass. They are climbing all over the shop, bloody triffids!

Thanks for the response whodat. I am thinking they just need to feel the flow and wick water on a daily basis from quite near the surface as I transported them in as seedlings into the bigger pots, so the weight is probably at the bottom of the pot where the roots have still to reach, and the top is being used and drying out. I'll be doing that until I see a change.....that and feeding my fat pigeon that appears everyday.

And welcome to chronic monster, thanks for the kind words about the flat country!!! Peace to you bru.

DST

whodatnation · Jun 2, 2011

Sounds like a plan D! My only concern is the bottom staying too wet for too long, but your the man and Im sure youll work it out. peace.

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