re: 2019 Garden Thread

Its not too late for okra? I may give it a whirl in a pot. What about hot peppers?

I want to try quite a few different things in pots and learn before going all out in the yard with a bed. I have been building lists of wants and using at least 3 different sources on times when to plant them.

So far the satsuma, meyer lemon, 4 different blueberries, and 2 apple trees that I have put in are all rolling along. I had neglected pruning my satsuma so had to take care of that this year but glad to see new growth already. A little apple scab on the smallest apple tree that stays wet b/c of drainage (need to fix soon).

My wife expressed her desire to grow grape vine the other day so I'll have to jump on that before she changes her mind.

Also have an olive tree that I just put in that is doing well. I don't eat them but it was free so oh well.

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Its not too late for okra?

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Not at all. They thrive in hot weather. And if you’re in south Louisiana it’ll be hot until October. Plenty of time to grow okra.

My harvests on tomatoes was average at best, but since I had 15 plants i overcame that by having more plants. My celebrities did well, but the Cherokee’s did poorly. My peppers are kicking arse. All my leaf veggies did well like always except my broccoli. Onions and garlic was a learning experience. They need only 1” of water a week. Lesson learned. My cucumbers are in full swing and have probably 10 almost ready to pick. Probably will pickle them. I think I’m going to smoke the cayenne peppers and grind them after to make my own dry seasoning mix. Only peppers that haven’t produced yet are the 7 pot primo even though it has flowers and the Trinidad scorpion/ghost pepper hybrid. I may try to make a pepper jelly with the habaneros. One plant I wished I would have planted this spring was tomatillos. They were so good last year in a fresh salsa verde. Next spring for sure.

I planted 4 patio tomato plants in smart pots 6 weeks ago. They all produced tomatoes similarly but now do not show any new tomatoes. Are they done or should i continue to maintain?
I also put some peppers into smart pots at the same time. I have gotten a few jalepenos and 2 bellpeppers. Assuming those should still produce moving forward?
Anything specific I should be doing to them. I fertilized when i got them.
Thanks. No real room for a garden so trying to grow some vegetables in smart pots this year on the patio.

I thought it might’ve just been the cooler nights last week, but two of my tomato plants are steady setting fruit. Looks like I’ll have to keep working to keep them alive for the foreseeable future . The varieties are Big Beef hybrid and the Sarandipity dwarf. I’m in SELA and it’s been in the 90s for awhile. The big beef probably has 15 baby tomatoes on it.

How often are y’all watering your tomatoes on containers?

Same. Sometimes everyday if it’s really hot and really sunny. My heirlooms have slowed down a little but they’re still setting a few fruit.

No. They just haven’t matured yet. As soon as you see some color, you can pick them and they will ripen perfectly on your counter inside.