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re: 2019 Garden Thread
Posted on 1/26/19 at 6:29 pm to DownSouthTiger
Posted on 1/26/19 at 6:29 pm to DownSouthTiger
Downsouth you are right about the sunsugars. The best cherry tomatoes I’ve ever tasted. Grew some this fall and we would eat them before they made it into the house they were so good. LSU ag center states Dasher’s have really good resistance to mold, pests, etc. May have to try your recommendation though.
This post was edited on 1/26/19 at 6:31 pm
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Posted on 1/27/19 at 7:58 am to PillageUrVillage
I have four pots and I am thinking:
Cherry tomatoes
Bell peppers
Cucumber
Jalapeños
I am gonna grow from seed this year. Anyone have any recs for a pepper that’s hotter than a jalapeño but not as hot as a habanero?
Cherry tomatoes
Bell peppers
Cucumber
Jalapeños
I am gonna grow from seed this year. Anyone have any recs for a pepper that’s hotter than a jalapeño but not as hot as a habanero?
Posted on 1/27/19 at 9:01 am to Tornado Alley
Cayenne
Posted on 1/27/19 at 9:49 am to Tornado Alley
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Anyone have any recs for a pepper that’s hotter than a jalapeño but not as hot as a habanero?
If you want an extensive list of peppers in that range, look up "Scoville Scale" on the net and they list peppers according to their heat range=====all the way from regular Bell Peppers to Carolina Reapers.
Posted on 1/27/19 at 9:14 pm to lsuson
Dasher is listed to have lots of disease resistance but I find it dies off quick. Marketmore 76 is sold all over the place and does great t ok me
Posted on 1/28/19 at 8:59 am to Tornado Alley
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Anyone have any recs for a pepper that’s hotter than a jalapeño but not as hot as a habanero?
Look into Lemon Drop peppers. About as hot as a cayenne, and supposedly bursting with citrus flavor. I'm growing them this year, and its the pepper I'm most excited about.
Posted on 1/28/19 at 3:54 pm to DownSouthTiger
I'm planting Dasher II's this year. Just trying something different. One of my coworkers planted them last year and they did really well.
The past few years I've done Poinsett 76's. I've had great success with them. Very hardy and disease resistant. They taste great, too.
The past few years I've done Poinsett 76's. I've had great success with them. Very hardy and disease resistant. They taste great, too.
Posted on 1/28/19 at 9:40 pm to PillageUrVillage
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Had to look that one up. A little too high on the Scoville scale for me. What do you do with all those hot peppers, anyway? I want to learn how to make my own hot sauce one day, but I want something no hotter than Louisiana brand hot sauce.
No doubt you can make sauce to whatever temperature you want. I use ghost peppers for mine. I also use red/yellow/orange bell peppers to add more volume to the sauce and reduce the heat. Onion, garlic, etc are also in there to contribute to the flavor profile.
This post was edited on 1/28/19 at 9:41 pm
Posted on 1/28/19 at 10:45 pm to PillageUrVillage
I'm going with the sweet success again just because of how much they produced. I had some disease issues with them, but I'll just succession plant.
Question: do you guys re-use container soil if your previous plants got disease? I let all of my tomato plants go in the fall, and all died of some fungus. They were too close together and kept falling over, but I didn't really care because it was getting cold anyway. Everything I've read online says you need to replace container soil if plants got diseases, but I'd obviously rather not do that if I don't have to. Any input?
Question: do you guys re-use container soil if your previous plants got disease? I let all of my tomato plants go in the fall, and all died of some fungus. They were too close together and kept falling over, but I didn't really care because it was getting cold anyway. Everything I've read online says you need to replace container soil if plants got diseases, but I'd obviously rather not do that if I don't have to. Any input?
Posted on 1/28/19 at 10:55 pm to bluemoons
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Question: do you guys re-use container soil if your previous plants got disease?
It would be fine to use if you solarize/sterilize it. Unless you do that, I wouldn’t reuse it.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 11:07 am to bluemoons
I have multiple containers and try to rotate plantings in them
Posted on 1/29/19 at 12:42 pm to PillageUrVillage
I may just replace it. Too much to sterilize.
What are yall’s target planting dates? I’m aiming for 2nd weekend in March to transplant everything.
What are yall’s target planting dates? I’m aiming for 2nd weekend in March to transplant everything.
This post was edited on 1/29/19 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 1/29/19 at 12:42 pm to PillageUrVillage
I have done well with pojntsetta 76 but honestly I do alot of trial plantings every year and Dasher has always been one of the worst I ever tried and I did it several times. Marketmore 76 is hard to beat if you look at lowes and walmart type places most of the time whe. They have packs of cucumbers alot of them are Marketmore.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 12:44 pm to bluemoons
I try to pl lant early as I could usually last week of February if I dont see any frosts coming in extended forecast. I also use my seed trays many times until they fall apart and I never sterilize or even wash them. I buy in bulk from Greenhouse Megastore
Posted on 1/29/19 at 12:54 pm to DownSouthTiger
If the Dashers don't do well for me, it'll be back to Poinsett 76 next year.
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What are yall’s target planting dates? I’m aiming for 2nd weekend in March to transplant everything.
I want to have my tomato and pepper transplants in the ground by the end of February or first week of March. I used to start seeds in February and transplant them by the end of March, but my dad has taught me to do them much earlier. He always plants his tomatoes toward the end of February and just covers them if we have a late frost. By the time the heat and humidity starts to effect the plants, they're usually close to finished anyway. So, I'm taking that lesson from him this year.
Cucumber and bean seeds I'll be sowing once it's consistently above 60 degrees. Probably mid to late March. Cucumbers especially since they rely on pollinators aren't in any rush. Last season I planted them early and had lots and lots of flowers, but my pollinators didn't really show up until mid to late April. I was hand pollinating for a few weeks.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 1:11 pm to PillageUrVillage
I have been debating direct sowing my cucumbers and squash. Both varieties I'm growing at parthenocarpic. I'm thinking I may start squash and like 2 cucumber plants early, transplant when I plant out everything else, then direct sow the rest at that time. That way the cucumbers are kinda succession planted too.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 2:53 pm to bluemoons
I’ve always direct sowed cucumbers, beans, squash. Never had an issue with them sprouting. Add a few seeds in each hole and pinch off plants if they all sprout.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 4:00 pm to lsuson
Do you think it would be too early to do so late February/early March in South LA?
Posted on 1/29/19 at 4:03 pm to bluemoons
If the temperature fluctuates from warm to cool, it may delay germination. They like consistent temps above 60. But it couldn’t hurt to try.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 4:17 pm to PillageUrVillage
Where do yall get peppers and other things from? Local stores have your basic things like cucumbers and tomatoes and such, but where do you find the specific peppers you are talking about above?
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