How Does Your Garden Grow??????

Sour Wreck · Jul 20, 2018

too larry said:
Most years I hit the wall in August, and just walk away from the garden.

I'm hoping to get the new stuff set up where it's easier to deal with. The plan is to put the cukes out in the broad bean patch using netting tied to the fence. I already have two sprinklers setup and mulch around the beans. I just need to amend the soil along each side and bring in a little more mulch.

The reason I am having to plant more squash is mine isn't doing shit. What has came up isn't really growing like it should. {the seeds are new, and not coming up very good. In the cups I will be able to tell if it's the seeds or poor soil or too hot temps}

I am making a few cukes, but not like I should be. The Picklebush was a flash in the pan. Two to three weeks of good fruit, then they all died. The last round {Tendergreen} are just now maturing. We had one at lunch today.

it was 108 here today. i already hit the wall. but my peanuts still live on...

GreenHighlander · Jul 22, 2018

A few shots of my little garden.
A bed with parsley, onions, cabbage, strawberries, and one broccoli plant. Lettuces, kale, cilantro, and sunflowers in the containers. A tomato plant is strung to an apple tree to left.

Found a junco nest in my lettuce. It had 4 eggs last I looked.

Some tomatoes , basil, and two pepper plants.

First year of producing plums for this tree

Cheers

too larry · Jul 22, 2018

We had a strong storm come through yesterday while I was at work. Corn, peas, tomatoes and peppers all laid down. I did some quick half assed repairs to get tomatoes off the ground, but it was almost dark when I got in. Will do more tonight when I get home.

too larry · Jul 22, 2018

Both trays of cukes are up. Looks to be near 100% germination.

too larry · Jul 22, 2018

And Hatch peppers do turn red.

thumper60 · Jul 22, 2018

too larry said:
We had a strong storm come through yesterday while I was at work. Corn, peas, tomatoes and peppers all laid down. I did some quick half assed repairs to get tomatoes off the ground, but it was almost dark when I got in. Will do more tonight when I get home.

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u should have known better! gotta stake them matters just like the other plants I get more damage trying to stand them back up

thumper60 · Jul 22, 2018

sunflowers doing good top of gh is 9ft

thumper60 · Jul 22, 2018

too larry · Jul 22, 2018

thumper60 said:
u should have known better! gotta stake them matters just like the other plants I get more damage trying to stand them back up

I had one stake in each of the kiddie pools, with all the cages tied together. The dirt gave way and the stakes slipped. I used the opportunity to cut out a lot of the Yellow Pear. It had grown over the top of all the other tomatoes.

But yea, I have to put in some T-posts and run the trellis netting around everything.

too larry · Jul 22, 2018

thumper60 said:
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Do you do anything special when planting sunflowers? I planted a few, and they didn't come up. If I had thought of it, I would have put a few seeds in cups when I did the other stuff.

thumper60 · Jul 22, 2018

too larry said:
Do you do anything special when planting sunflowers? I planted a few, and they didn't come up. If I had thought of it, I would have put a few seeds in cups when I did the other stuff.

I started those in march indoor, late April put right in the ground inside green house the packet said giant so they ya go.larry we got some of the best soil in the world here,but man some shitty growing weather

too larry · Jul 22, 2018

When I was straighten up the peppers I broke off one of the Hatch. I went ahead and ate it. It was pretty mild until I got down to the seeds.

Roger A. Shrubber · Jul 24, 2018

no squash growing yet, but the bee's are out there doin their thing, so it's just a matter of time

Beachwalker · Jul 25, 2018

Just bought this, how do I use it to stop blossom-end rot on tomatoes?

Was planning on spraying it on initially? Also adding it to nutrient solution.. I have never used this before, will this work ?

What's the proper ratio for both spraying and watering in? -thanks in advance for any info!

First tomato yesterday, planted them 14th of May (as sweet as it looks! :mrgreen:

BLT's today!)

Roger A. Shrubber · Jul 25, 2018

just water with it once a week, at about 200 ppm, it's got a lot of N so replace a feeding with it.

https://www.fertilome.com/product.aspx?pid=7dc115e5-1fcb-434f-9da7-3ed4c3c0d64f
i use this once a week, get around the N that way

Beachwalker · Jul 25, 2018

Roger A. Shrubber said:
just water with it once a week, at about 200 ppm, it's got a lot of N so replace a feeding with it.

https://www.fertilome.com/product.aspx?pid=7dc115e5-1fcb-434f-9da7-3ed4c3c0d64f
i use this once a week, get around the N that way

Thanks for the information! I looked at that type product too (I think it was from bodine) but I wasn't sure which way to go, and they just shipped this stuff and they won't take it back

Was hoping to also use this 'indoors' by replacing the GH Flora Grow part with this, will that work ?

Roger A. Shrubber · Jul 25, 2018

Beachwalker said:
Thanks for the information! I looked at that type product too (I think it was from bodine) but I wasn't sure which way to go, and they just shipped this stuff and they won't take it back

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Was hoping to also use this 'indoors' by replacing the GH Flora Grow part with this, will that work ?

probably. i use it with jack's, in veg. if you're mixing it with anything, add the cal-nit first, and make sure it's dissolved good before you add anything else

Beachwalker · Jul 25, 2018

Roger A. Shrubber said:
probably. i use it with jack's, in veg. if you're mixing it with anything, add the cal-nit first, and make sure it's dissolved good before you add anything else

Got it, Thank you!

socaljoe · Jul 25, 2018

Made my first batch of pickles today from the garden. I guess I'll find out if I did good in about 2-3 weeks.

socaljoe · Jul 25, 2018

too larry said:
Sounds good. Our salad was cherry and brandywine tomatoes, bell and jalapeno peppers, Armenian and picklebush cukes. Also had the Indian broad beans cooked with potatoes, okra and a pot of peas. {all of that but the potato was out of the garden} The wife has been cooking the okra in the nuker. Just put a littler olive oil in a glass bowl. Add salt, pepper, garlic, parm or whatever, cover with stretch wrap leaving a gap at the ends. Then cook on high for 3-5 minutes, according to how much you have. Pretty damn good.

I have been eating salad, stir-fry, broad beans and okra everyday for lunch for a couple of weeks now.

I thought of this post a few days ago when picking some tomatoes and cukes. I ended up making a nice little tomato and cucumber salad using black krim tomatoes, Armenian cucumbers, red onion, salt, pepper, olive oil, red wine vinegar and some crumbled feta. Mix it all up and let it set in the fridge to marinate, damn tasty.

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