How Does Your Garden Grow??????
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xtsho
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My garden is going to be much easier this year. I've been hand watering but that was getting old. Took too much time. Most of the parts for my drip system showed up today. The rest will be here tomorrow. I can't wait to get it in and setup on a timer. Now I can go camping for a few days and not have to worry about my plants drying up in the middle of August. I have enough tubing to do the front yard as well.
too larry
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Nice. I have a shit ton of old soaker hoses. A pain putting down, a pain taking up.My garden is going to be much easier this year. I've been hand watering but that was getting old. Took too much time. Most of the parts for my drip system showed up today. The rest will be here tomorrow. I can't wait to get it in and setup on a timer. Now I can go camping for a few days and not have to worry about my plants drying up in the middle of August. I have enough tubing to do the front yard as well.
xtsho
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I've used soaker hoses in the past and I must have gotten the wrong ones because after a year they no longer soak but just spray from a few places. I'm hoping this system works out. I got a bunch of cheap Chinese drippers so I'm a little apprehensive about how they'll perform. I also got the easy lock thingy's so I can easily disassemble and get out of the way for the rototiller and hook back up very easily. I want to enjoy my yard and garden this summer not work for it.
xtsho
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You must be up north. Here in Portland my peas are already blooming. But I am a bit antsy and always get thing in earlier than I should. Doesn't really hurt the peas because they sprout when they sprout. But I think I stunted my peppers by putting them out when it was too cold. No frost anymore where I'm at.We're still getting frosts here. I put in 6 60' rows of peas but the ground is still too cold for anything else. Damn black flies are sure doing good tho.
Novabudd
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Im in Nova Scotia , a bit north of you. Peas dont mind the cold but its too early for everything else. Likely be 1st of june before everything is in. I have 100 cabbage sets in the greenhouse along with 100 cucumber and 60 Heritage Pink tomatoes. I've tried peppers before but never had success. Plants grow to a good size and look great but never produce fruit.
Good luck with your garden
gjs4786
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If you start them indoors I think you'll find your success rate will dramatically improve.Im in Nova Scotia , a bit north of you. Peas dont mind the cold but its too early for everything else. Likely be 1st of june before everything is in. I have 100 cabbage sets in the greenhouse along with 100 cucumber and 60 Heritage Pink tomatoes. I've tried peppers before but never had success. Plants grow to a good size and look great but never produce fruit.
Good luck with your garden
Novabudd
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Maybe. When i tried before i used sets from a garden center. I fckd up somewhere tho cause everyone else had good luck with peppers.
Roger A. Shrubber
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when your peppers start to flower you have to cut back on the N, and bump up the p and k, too much N and they won't grow many flowers, so not many peppersIm in Nova Scotia , a bit north of you. Peas dont mind the cold but its too early for everything else. Likely be 1st of june before everything is in. I have 100 cabbage sets in the greenhouse along with 100 cucumber and 60 Heritage Pink tomatoes. I've tried peppers before but never had success. Plants grow to a good size and look great but never produce fruit.
Good luck with your garden
SAMMYB913
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I don't give em anything but Alaskan Fish fertilizer & coffee grounds & mine are 30" tall & full of fruit & flowers
Roger A. Shrubber
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had the same problem a couple years ago, did some reading, several sites said cut back on the N, did and started getting peppers instead of big plants with no peppers
SAMMYB913
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I was going to get into adding a bunch of stuff like kelp , alfalfa etc. But my buddy said he only uses Alaskan Fish fertilizer & had kick ass results so I just took his advice
Roger A. Shrubber
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i don't add anything special, i just give them the lowest N food i have once they start flowering, which happens to be jack's blossom booster, 10-30-20. they seem to like it a lot more than the classic, and they keep growing flowers and fruit
SAMMYB913
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Those are some high numbers , I don't mess w/ adding stuff , I did when I first started, I grew weed & used Advance Nutrients & a few others , , now I'm thinking of growing a cover crop for N instead of messing w/ anything else
too larry
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I gave away 9 Cherry tomato plants to the folks at the thrift store today. 8 in gallon pots that I took to the store, and 1 in a 3 gallon pot I put on my friend Nina's front porch. {she is 80+ and can't carry a heavy load anymore} Cherry is my least favorite of all I have going, and I had the most of them.
