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re: 2023 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 5/10/23 at 5:22 pm to PillageUrVillage
Posted on 5/10/23 at 5:22 pm to PillageUrVillage
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Really haven’t been seeing many bees lately. My honeybees fly right over my garden most of the time. But usually I’ll see bumblebees galore. They’re usually the workhorses for my garden. Anyone else having this problem as well?
I'd look towards all the threads full of slapdicks recommending people spray every square inch of their yard with Talstar.
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Posted on 5/10/23 at 6:16 pm to BallsEleven
Most of the honey bees should be on the tallows these next few weeks. But I found this one yesterday (she's hard to see - 7 o'clock on the flower)
Posted on 5/10/23 at 8:19 pm to LSUJuice
Man, y’all’s sunflowers are way ahead of mine. I did pick our first couple of tomatoes this evening and more green beans. We’re gonna have to start blanching and freezing soon. My wife came and cut some zinnias out of the garden yesterday so that was a win.
Posted on 5/10/23 at 8:34 pm to LSUJuice
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Most of the honey bees should be on the tallows these next few weeks.
Need this rain to stop. I did see a few coming and going this evening though.
Is there any good sources showing general bloom/nectar flow dates in Louisiana? I’ve been curious on when the tallow flow would start.
Posted on 5/10/23 at 9:38 pm to BallsEleven
These pictures are a couple weeks old. This is the best success I have had with tomato's since I started in 2019. I started the tomato's from seed second week of January and put them in the ground last week of February. I live very close to warm water in South Louisiana I think my plant date for spring going forward is March 1.
Cherokee Purples
Ozark Pink
Tommy Toe
Full Garden
Cucumbers are doing ok on the trellis. They need to be trained every week.
Peppers were super slow this year. I am assuming because of the cold weather in April.
Shout out to the OGs in this thread. I put a vegetable garden in because of yall.
Cherokee Purples
Ozark Pink
Tommy Toe
Full Garden
Cucumbers are doing ok on the trellis. They need to be trained every week.
Peppers were super slow this year. I am assuming because of the cold weather in April.
Shout out to the OGs in this thread. I put a vegetable garden in because of yall.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 8:58 am to PillageUrVillage
My sunflowers are about a week or two behind yours. Not seeing much bee action either. Just bumblebees doing work. We picked 6 yellow squash and 12 cucumbers yesterday and I found one over ripened tomato deep in one of the bush tomatoes. I was so well hidden by the plant that I never noticed it. Not until I noticed an army worm invasion and started digging deep into the plant.
Does anyone know how long of a cycle the squash vine borers have, if not forever? I am hoping for some relief! At least for a few days of weeks. I am picking off over a dozen eggs per plant per day and spraying neem and BT every 7. One of the Blue Hubbard trap plants went down loaded with borers. I lost one small squash plant as well. And then there were 6... My other hubbard plants are just now beginning to flower. They were nuked with Bifenthrin last night since these daily rains are not helping with keeping 7 dust on.
I was so well hidden by the plant that I never noticed it. Not until I noticed an army worm invasion and started digging deep into the plant. Does anyone know how long of a cycle the squash vine borers have, if not forever? I am hoping for some relief! At least for a few days of weeks. I am picking off over a dozen eggs per plant per day and spraying neem and BT every 7. One of the Blue Hubbard trap plants went down loaded with borers. I lost one small squash plant as well. And then there were 6... My other hubbard plants are just now beginning to flower. They were nuked with Bifenthrin last night since these daily rains are not helping with keeping 7 dust on.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 9:26 am to convertedtiger
One of my cucumbers listened,
How tall do these grape tomatoes actually get?
This bush one is crowding out the companion basil I planted,
Here's one of the frost casualties I took a chance on. Came back from nothing but a green stalk,
How tall do these grape tomatoes actually get?
This bush one is crowding out the companion basil I planted,
Here's one of the frost casualties I took a chance on. Came back from nothing but a green stalk,
Posted on 5/11/23 at 1:59 pm to AlxTgr
Anyone else's container garden struggling today? Almost all my plants are wilted pretty badly and hoping it's just the sun finally coming out and them struggling after all this rain and NOT my neighbor poisoning his yard. Tell me I am not alone. It's happening to almost all my tomato and squash plants. Herbs seen fine. Never experienced this before.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 2:29 pm to Prosecuted Collins
I imagine the heat and humidity is stressing some plants today.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 2:39 pm to Prosecuted Collins
My squash are all wilting today. They did yesterday and popped right back up.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 2:46 pm to meeple
Thanks! Everything has been really happy until today, hoping it's an anomaly.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 3:51 pm to Prosecuted Collins
Had this LSU white uniforms beauty pop up out of a pot randomly. This plant is over a year old and it didn’t have these last year.
Posted on 5/11/23 at 8:25 pm to iwyLSUiwy
African iris
great landscape plant
stick it in the ground in a sunny spot
great landscape plant
stick it in the ground in a sunny spot
Posted on 5/12/23 at 5:38 am to cgrand
Has anyone tried planting a wildflower patch in their yard?
Along the side of my house, the grass doesn't fill in great. Combo of my grass being bermuda and that area receiving sun for half the day and the soil pretty much being fill dirt. It is a long stretch going to the fence that is just a big bare brick wall you see when driving up.
I'm thinking of either trying to do a mini wildflower patch there to add some color or planting some native azaleas that may enjoy the afternoon shade.
Along the side of my house, the grass doesn't fill in great. Combo of my grass being bermuda and that area receiving sun for half the day and the soil pretty much being fill dirt. It is a long stretch going to the fence that is just a big bare brick wall you see when driving up.
I'm thinking of either trying to do a mini wildflower patch there to add some color or planting some native azaleas that may enjoy the afternoon shade.
Posted on 5/12/23 at 5:53 am to BallsEleven
do it
these are all perennials that I dug up out of the woods or grew from seed. Go get a couple bags of wildflower seed and mix them all up and sow liberally. It’s great to see how the beds change every year as they re seed
There’s also native wildflower banks you can order seed from. I’m planting them everywhere I can from now on
Posted on 5/12/23 at 7:30 am to BallsEleven
I bought a wildflower bag this year and poured them along a back fence line and side fence. Have over 100 flowers that are starting to bloom
Posted on 5/12/23 at 7:54 am to DaBeerz
right on
an easy way to broadcast seed (many will be tiny) is to mix in the seed with some bed dressing like peat moss or finely chopped organics and then just spread that out with a rake. Sand also works but the organics are easier to get evenly distributed
now is a good time to do it while everything is wet
an easy way to broadcast seed (many will be tiny) is to mix in the seed with some bed dressing like peat moss or finely chopped organics and then just spread that out with a rake. Sand also works but the organics are easier to get evenly distributed
now is a good time to do it while everything is wet
Posted on 5/12/23 at 9:52 am to cgrand
I may try something like this on the south side of my house. I’ve been wanting to do more landscaping anyway. 
Posted on 5/12/23 at 10:23 am to PillageUrVillage
Going to try to get in and get some pics this weekend. Finally starting to dry out a little.
Got some tomatoes coming on, cucumbers everywhere, squash and zucchini loading up. Been picking jalapenos for a week or so. Bells starting to pop. Got a potful of snap beans and new potatoes yesterday. Corn is starting to tassel.
Business is picking up.
Got some tomatoes coming on, cucumbers everywhere, squash and zucchini loading up. Been picking jalapenos for a week or so. Bells starting to pop. Got a potful of snap beans and new potatoes yesterday. Corn is starting to tassel.
Business is picking up.
Posted on 5/12/23 at 10:45 am to Devious
Speaking of tomatoes. I picked this sucker yesterday cause I didn’t want it to split anymore. It had already started turning so I’ll let it ripen on the countertop.
Numbers on the scale didn’t come out too good in the picture. But that’s a 17.244 oz Cherokee Purple.
They are coming. It’s about to be a tomato avalanche over here.
Numbers on the scale didn’t come out too good in the picture. But that’s a 17.244 oz Cherokee Purple.
They are coming. It’s about to be a tomato avalanche over here.
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