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re: It's almost garden time boys!
Posted on 4/1/17 at 11:00 am to PillageUrVillage
Posted on 4/1/17 at 11:00 am to PillageUrVillage
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Paul Robeson Did some of these a few years ago and they are fanfrickentastic. Probably the best tasting tomato I've ever eaten. I wanted to do some this year but forgot to order my seeds. Definitely gonna try to remember next year.
Yeah, I've heard great things. It took longer to germinate than the others that I started from seed. You're garden looks great and is a little further along than mine.
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Posted on 4/1/17 at 11:07 am to LSUlefty
Pecan trees just bloomed two days ago here. Time to plant.
Posted on 4/1/17 at 11:15 am to LSUlefty
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You're garden looks great and is a little further along than mine
This year I prepped my dirt with Fertilome high yield ammonium sulfate, triple super phosphate, and potash. Results are fantastic so far. The 2 biggest things I did different this year was I cover cropped over the winter, and mulched. I've never had plants look this good. Especially this early. I just pray that they stay this healthy and produce a crap load of veggies.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 10:29 am to PillageUrVillage
protect your plants. Stormageddon is heading our way if it hasn't already.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 10:49 am to LSUlefty
Plants look ok after that bad cell came through earlier. Hopefully that's about as bad as it gets. I know we aren't out of the woods yet though.
I just spent 45 minutes trying to get through Lafayette. The thruway is flooded.
I just spent 45 minutes trying to get through Lafayette. The thruway is flooded.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 1:08 pm to PillageUrVillage
how do you guys protect your plants for a storm?
Posted on 4/2/17 at 1:32 pm to Motorboat
Tie em up real good to a stake. That's about all I can do.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 1:39 pm to Motorboat
I had all of my tomatoes caged already, but I went and bought some extra bamboo and string for extra support. Hope that's enough.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 5:37 pm to PillageUrVillage
For anyone who hasn't tried them, my new favorite pepper is the sweet Italian "Carmen". Those suckers ripen to red and are deliciously sweet. I will never grow red bells again. Carmen is extremely prolific. I planted some in pots and put in greenhouse over winter where they produced the entire time. Unfortunately, they are too small for stuffed peppers, but are delicious to eat raw or for cooking. Highly recommend. 
Posted on 4/2/17 at 6:00 pm to ChenierauTigre
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Carmen Italian Sweet Pepper
I'm interested.
Is this something you found locally as a starter plant or did you have to mail-order seeds?
Posted on 4/2/17 at 7:31 pm to Chuker
I think I've seen some at the big orange store. I may be mistaken. I'm gonna go look tomorrow.
Will have to try some next year if not this year.
Will have to try some next year if not this year.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 7:59 pm to PillageUrVillage
Just built a 4x8 bed in the backyard. Pretty excited
Plan on planting on Easter weekend. Tomatoes, squash, zucchini and okra if room
Plan on planting on Easter weekend. Tomatoes, squash, zucchini and okra if room
Posted on 4/2/17 at 9:22 pm to LSUlefty
My sugar snaps today. I'll pick a full batch by Wednesday.
Posted on 4/3/17 at 12:17 am to fillmoregandt
I don't plant okra until after my tomatoes are done to save space. They'll grow are summer long and into the fall.
Posted on 4/3/17 at 8:03 am to Chuker
You can get them at Lowe's and Home Depot. The great thing about them is the seeds you harvest from your peppers have a high success rate. Last year I harvested the first pepper and planted several more plants from the seeds. They all went nuts producing. So buy one plant now and make a lot more this season from the seeds.
Posted on 4/3/17 at 10:00 am to ChenierauTigre
Garden survived the storm. Everything looks to be in good shape.
This morning when I went to check on it, I decided to pull a few suckers off of my tomato plants. The plants are so full of water that when I pulled the suckers the plants started dripping like a leaky faucet from where the sucker was pulled. Good thing I'm on a slope, it should drain pretty good today.
This morning when I went to check on it, I decided to pull a few suckers off of my tomato plants. The plants are so full of water that when I pulled the suckers the plants started dripping like a leaky faucet from where the sucker was pulled. Good thing I'm on a slope, it should drain pretty good today.
Posted on 4/3/17 at 12:25 pm to PillageUrVillage
Mine is fine as well
Posted on 4/3/17 at 12:41 pm to LSUlefty
Anyone grow out of 5 gal buckets? Was thinking of buying a couple, drilling some holes in the bottom, filling them up with potting soil and put differebt seeds in each one. Any tips?
Posted on 4/3/17 at 1:43 pm to LSUvegasbombed
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Anyone grow out of 5 gal buckets?
My wife's grandpa starts his this way every year. There's room for maybe a half dozen seeds, depending on the plant. Stuff like tomatos he will start that way then transplant them to individual spots until they get large enough for in the ground. His individual spots are just 3 inch PVC that he but into maybe 4 inch sections, and he has them all lined up on old lumber, with a garden hose rigged up to 1 inch PVC with holes drilled in it so he can water all of the stuff in his redneck greenhouse. But he has like 5 acres to farm on so he does a lot of the seedlings and planting in there before moving them out.
Posted on 4/3/17 at 2:09 pm to LSUvegasbombed
I did the bucket thing a few years ago before I started my garden. Plants did great and produced pretty good. The problems I came across was by summer time the dirt would get depleted and dry pretty quick. I was having to water twice a day.
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