How Does Your Garden Grow??????

too larry said:
I saw a few that size, but there was at least one a couple of inches long. Lots of blooms on the Armenians, but still no fruit setting.
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Yeah, these are just forming, like a couple days old. I'd have some slightly bigger ones, but I've been plucking them to allow the plant to get a good foothold.

Given that these new cukes are all parthenocarpic varieties, I'm hoping that the process will be expedited as I don't need pollination for fruit set. We'll find out together over the next few weeks.
 
Progress update on the new cukes. They're moving along nicely, daily vertical growth is noticeable.

If you look at the left side of the picture you'll see two very small plants, those are called H-19 Little Leaf cucumbers. They look dwarfed compared to the other plants, but they have the same number of nodes, just in a tighter arrangement, and as the name implies, smaller leaves. (Some dummy covered part of the camera :dunce:)

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The Kratky hydroponic tomato experiment is ongoing. Looks like the Brandywine plants will need replacing, not sure what happened, but they've stalled out...new seeds have been started to take their place. The Toronjiña plants took a bit to settle in, but they're doing fine...putting down a lattice of roots into the water. I'll have some update pics later in the week.
 
Roger A. Shrubber said:
i'm pissed today. yesterday i had 5 little crook neck squash growing on one plant, this morning i have no crookneck squash growing...dunno if it was a bear, a deer, a rabbit....something ate them, left half of one on the vine for me....if i could, i'd inject one of the ripe ones i already picked with laxative and put it back outside next to the plant......
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been the story of my garden. I had 1 real triumphant watermelon one day, had zero watermelon and one mess in the yard the next day. Definitely upping security next year.
 
Some development on the cukes. About half of the plants are to this point, with flowers opening or about to open. Should be getting my first harvest within a couple weeks, hoping for a heavy harvest within a few weeks.

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The Kratky hydroponic tomatoes are doing well. They took a minute to adjust to my fiddling, but all seems well now. I had thought the Brandywine plants were done for, but they've rebounded and are on the way. This pic is of the Toronjiña.


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socaljoe said:
Some development on the cukes. About half of the plants are to this point, with flowers opening or about to open. Should be getting my first harvest within a couple weeks, hoping for a heavy harvest within a few weeks.

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The Kratky hydroponic tomatoes are doing well. They took a minute to adjust to my fiddling, but all seems well now. I had thought the Brandywine plants were done for, but they've rebounded and are on the way. This pic is of the Toronjiña.


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Nice.

I picked a regular cuke yesterday. It was little ended, but the first one I had in a while. Still no fruit on the Armenians. Lots
of blooms, but no fruit setting.

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Some of the little transplants are leggy. I'll have to add soil before they vine.

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too larry said:
Nice.

I picked a regular cuke yesterday. It was little ended, but the first one I had in a while. Still no fruit on the Armenians. Lots
of blooms, but no fruit setting.

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Some of the little transplants are leggy. I'll have to add soil before they vine.

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Those vines are coming right along. Bet they're loving that mushroom compost.

Depending on how this batch does (and so far it's looking promising) I may not grow regular (monoecious) cukes again. Pollination is too hit or miss here, and the heat throughout the summer doesn't help one bit.
 
socaljoe said:
Those vines are coming right along. Bet they're loving that mushroom compost.

Depending on how this batch does (and so far it's looking promising) I may not grow regular (monoecious) cukes again. Pollination is too hit or miss here, and the heat throughout the summer doesn't help one bit.
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I'm planting them in a soil mix with lots of mushroom compost. But the areas where the two cukes are is the only part of the garden that didn't get it in bulk. I'll spread it heavy once they all go toes up.
 
Beachwalker said:
View attachment 4191438 Does anybody know what this plant is?

it likely grew from a seed in my bird feeder and it's growing huge!
-thanks in advance
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American Pokeweed "Phytolacca americana"

It's poisonous. Birds like the berries. They are not affected by the toxins. Some people eat the leaves when they are young but you have to boil them a couple times changing the water to rid them of the toxins. Nothing I would bother with.

It can be invasive. It grows from a large taproot and if you remove it you have to get the whole thing because it will keep coming back. Nice looking plant though.
 
Now that the night temperatures are dropping into the mid fifties at night everything is slowing down and things are coming to an end here in the Pacific Northwest. I'm going to get some fall crops crops in and things that still have time to grow like radishes, beets, carrots, lettuce, peas, kale, and turnips.

Last of the cucumbers other than a few stragglers and small ones that have stopped growing.

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Gourds
I don't know what I'm going to do with them. Maybe make a bong. My girl wanted them but I know she won't do anything with them and they'll end up sitting in a box taking up space. She wants me to grow some of those Dipper Gourds that you can make ladles out of next year. I asked why and she said because she wants them. Good enough for me. I've found that life is easier if I do what I'm told.

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After being stunted early my peppers made a comeback.

Green They might be boring but I do a lot of Cajun style cooking and they are part of the holy trinity. Onions, bell pepper, and celery.

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Poblano

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Carolina Reaper. There's only a couple so far so I hope there is enough time for some more to set. Although I just grew them for kicks and the occasional guest that drinks too much and decides they're macho enough to try and eat one.

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xtsho said:
American Pokeweed "Phytolacca americana"

It's poisonous. Birds like the berries. They are not affected by the toxins. Some people eat the leaves when they are young but you have to boil them a couple times changing the water to rid them of the toxins. Nothing I would bother with.

It can be invasive. It grows from a large taproot and if you remove it you have to get the whole thing because it will keep coming back. Nice looking plant though.
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Thanks for the info! yeah it's just growing wild I take loppers & machetes to it but it just gets bigger! .. I hate to chop it down cuz it's kind of to the side and I'm sure the birds are enjoying the berries
 
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