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re: 2022 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 5/1/22 at 8:43 pm to meeple
Posted on 5/1/22 at 8:43 pm to meeple
I’m not 100% sure, but that sort of looks like spider mite damage. I’ve never actually seen, other than pictures on the internet, or had a problem with them so I’m not too familiar. If I remember correctly neem and horticultural oil will smother and repel them.
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Posted on 5/1/22 at 9:06 pm to PillageUrVillage
I looked it ip and it looks like what I’ve got.
Do you have any recs for specific need oil? Something like this?
Do you have any recs for specific need oil? Something like this?
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Organic Neem Bliss 100% Pure Cold Pressed Neem Seed Oil - (16 oz) High Azadirachtin Content - OMRI Listed for Organic Use
Posted on 5/1/22 at 9:10 pm to meeple
That’s exactly the stuff I use.
Posted on 5/1/22 at 9:16 pm to meeple
As long as it’s cold pressed you’re good. Extract like that is cheaper in the long run. Just get a spray bottle, mix it up according to the label, and go to work.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 7:20 am to BallsEleven
Thanks guys. Ordered some and will be here tomorrow.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 8:32 am to BallsEleven
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BallsEleven
Looking good!
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I want to get more strawberries. What I may do is put a bunch along the outside of the beans and cucumbers and have them planted there year round.
When it warms up they’ll start sending out runners. Get you some peat pots with some potting mix, put first clone plant in the pot and anchor it down with a rock. Keep it watered until it roots. Once it does that you can cut it away from the main plant. And just like that, you have a free strawberry plant!
Posted on 5/2/22 at 1:48 pm to PillageUrVillage
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And just like that, you have a free strawberry plant!
That's right. I was trying to remember how to split it yesterday and was meaning to look it up. Now that you mention it I do remember the runners last year.
Posted on 5/2/22 at 4:31 pm to BallsEleven
I'm about 99.5% sure I over-fertilized my new raised garden bed. Is there anything I can do besides dig it out some and replace with garden soil?
Posted on 5/2/22 at 7:06 pm to jigem
Why do you say that? What’s it look like?
Posted on 5/2/22 at 9:41 pm to jigem
Is anything planted in there?
Posted on 5/3/22 at 9:29 am to PillageUrVillage
quote:Yes, 3 tomatoes, a bell pepper, 2 jalapenos, and 2 habaneros.
Is anything planted in there?
quote:It's my first year trying to do a small garden. I built the 8'x4' raised bed (the width of 3 landscape timbers tall) probably a month or so ago and planted at that time.
Why do you say that? What’s it look like?
I put what Clegg's calls a half-yard of raised bed mix and a couple bags extra plus about 10 bags of black kow in the bed and mixed the best I could.
Soon after planting, the tomatoes looked great and the peppers started getting what looked like nutrient burn based on pictures I've seen online. Fast forward to today and the peppers haven't grown any and the tomatoes hit a plateau. All the plants' leaves are turning yellow and falling off.
I say it's nutrient burn because I can't imagine what else it'd be, and I had a feeling in my gut that I put too much black kow. I also have a couple peppers in pots right next to the planter (planted at the same time), and I couldn't ask for prettier plants.
Posted on 5/3/22 at 11:15 am to jigem
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I had a feeling in my gut that I put too much black kow
It's composted and shouldn't be hot. I've seen people plant stuff directly into just black kow with no problems. So I don't know if that's your issue. Did you add any other fertilizer? Spray anything? I wouldn't bother trying to dig out the soil if the bed is already planted.
Posted on 5/3/22 at 1:37 pm to LSUlefty
I just noticed that a few of my plants have leaves that are shriveling a bit. It's just here and there, but it is various vegetable types. Any idea what's going on and how I can remedy them? TIA!
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quote:Well that makes me feel a little better.
It's composted and shouldn't be hot. I've seen people plant stuff directly into just black kow with no problems. So I don't know if that's your issue.
quote:No, just the raised bed mix and the compost.
Did you add any other fertilizer? Spray anything?
Here's an album with what I'm working with ( LINK ). The peppers in the pots were planted at the same time as the ones in the bed. The smaller potted jalapeno and Carolina reaper were actually saved from the bed after about a week and a half of struggling. They made a good recovery in the pots I think.
I could pretty much watch the tomatoes grow daily, but they've since stopped, and their fruits haven't grown anymore either.
Posted on 5/3/22 at 8:52 pm to jigem
And we have a peanut up.
Posted on 5/3/22 at 9:18 pm to jigem
If you scroll back in the thread I posted the LSU ag center soil test results for the Cleggs mix (with a little peat moss mixed in). While all the nutrient levels showed high, I don’t think they would cause nutrient burn. I have even added a couple rounds of miracle grow to mine and have not had issues with my plants.
The first question I ask when people are having problems with their raised beds is how much are you watering?
The first question I ask when people are having problems with their raised beds is how much are you watering?
Posted on 5/3/22 at 10:41 pm to Whatafrekinchessiebr
Maybe once a week or so unless we get some rain. I don’t have a very strict schedule for watering. I’ll poke my finger in the soil and dig around every once in a while and it never feels too wet or dry. Just very slightly damp usually.
Should raised beds be watered more or less?
Should raised beds be watered more or less?
Posted on 5/4/22 at 12:47 am to jigem
I’d side dress with some fertilizer and drench the roots with one tbsp Monterey disease control mixed in a gallon water. Cleggs raised bed soil drains very fast on its own so you could try a deep watering first.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 6:42 am to geauxtigers810
I’ve done two what I would call deep waterings last week. They didn’t respond much to it. Maybe I could start watering more since it drains so quickly.
Posted on 5/4/22 at 6:52 am to jigem
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Should raised beds be watered more or less?
Typically they need to be watered more but you want to be wary of overwatering.
I was watering my bags every 2 days but recently bumped it up to every other day and the plants have responded well.
Since you said the tomato plants seemed to have plateaued I would also hit them with a dose of miracle grow tomato/vegetable or another quick release fertilizer. I typically apply it every 2 weeks until everything starts flowering well then back off.
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