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re: 2020 Garden Thread
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:14 pm to BallsEleven
Posted on 4/26/20 at 1:14 pm to BallsEleven
Had to put up bird netting for the first time ever. Had 3 big tomatoes I had to throw away.
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Posted on 4/27/20 at 6:37 pm to LSUlefty
Sliced up my first tomatoes. They were really sweet. Sprinkled a little Tony’s on them and they didn’t last long. The kids tore them up!
This post was edited on 4/27/20 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 4/28/20 at 8:37 am to PillageUrVillage
Checked the garden yesterday while watering; I've got about 30 tomatoes now on the vine that should be ready to pick in the next two weeks.
Jalapenos finally starting to produce tiny peppers as well as my bell pepper plants.
All of my corn is about 6 to 8 inches tall at this point after planting 2 weeks ago.
My cucumber plants look a little rough from all of this weather that we have been having but they are growing well and I'm starting to see the first bit of small fruit buds on several plants.
On top of all that, my citrus trees are doing great along with my blueberry bushes. Looks like I'll have plenty of berries to eat in June and come Novermber/December it appears I will have about 300 plus satsumas to eat off my mature tree and about 10 to 15 on each of my young trees I planted this past winter and this spring.
Jalapenos finally starting to produce tiny peppers as well as my bell pepper plants.
All of my corn is about 6 to 8 inches tall at this point after planting 2 weeks ago.
My cucumber plants look a little rough from all of this weather that we have been having but they are growing well and I'm starting to see the first bit of small fruit buds on several plants.
On top of all that, my citrus trees are doing great along with my blueberry bushes. Looks like I'll have plenty of berries to eat in June and come Novermber/December it appears I will have about 300 plus satsumas to eat off my mature tree and about 10 to 15 on each of my young trees I planted this past winter and this spring.
This post was edited on 4/28/20 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 4/28/20 at 9:10 am to BayouBengal51
Dudes if things keep going the way they are, I'm going to have so many damn tomatoes 
. When I planted all my seedlings out, they came down with some bacterial issue pretty quickly. I thought I was going to lose them so I went and planted 8 backup plants in bags. well, peroxide treatment worked on the bacterial issues, and now I have 20 tomato plants when I intended to have 12, and they are all completely loaded down ha. I've been picking a couple of cherries, but haven't had any big tomatoes ripen yet. I've got a couple of the atomic torch variety starting to turn.
I've been picking squash, zucchini, and cucumbers consistently. I'm about to start a second round of cucumber seeds just because my plants are starting to look kind of ratty.
The blossom end rot deal I was having with my peppers seems to have worked itself out. I'm hoping it was just an inconsistent water issue. I had an awful aphid infestation on my two eggplants a week or so ago, but I think I've gotten that under control too.
All in all everything is doing great. Just ready for something besides squash, zucchini, and cucumbers to start ripening. Made some pickles yesterday.
. When I planted all my seedlings out, they came down with some bacterial issue pretty quickly. I thought I was going to lose them so I went and planted 8 backup plants in bags. well, peroxide treatment worked on the bacterial issues, and now I have 20 tomato plants when I intended to have 12, and they are all completely loaded down ha. I've been picking a couple of cherries, but haven't had any big tomatoes ripen yet. I've got a couple of the atomic torch variety starting to turn. I've been picking squash, zucchini, and cucumbers consistently. I'm about to start a second round of cucumber seeds just because my plants are starting to look kind of ratty.
The blossom end rot deal I was having with my peppers seems to have worked itself out. I'm hoping it was just an inconsistent water issue. I had an awful aphid infestation on my two eggplants a week or so ago, but I think I've gotten that under control too.
All in all everything is doing great. Just ready for something besides squash, zucchini, and cucumbers to start ripening. Made some pickles yesterday.
Posted on 4/28/20 at 12:20 pm to bluemoons
What are y'all using to spread water soluble fertilizer?
I've got a MG hose attachment but I really don't like it because it feeds water into the chamber to push out the water/fert mixture through a hole in the top. That results in a strong initial mix but an ever increasing watered down formula the more I spray and it is hard to tell when it is done.
I'd rather something with a small tube going down in the container so you can easily tell when you are done.
I picked my first eightball zucchini yesterday a little bigger than a baseball. Can't wait to make some stuffed zucchini.
I've got a MG hose attachment but I really don't like it because it feeds water into the chamber to push out the water/fert mixture through a hole in the top. That results in a strong initial mix but an ever increasing watered down formula the more I spray and it is hard to tell when it is done.
I'd rather something with a small tube going down in the container so you can easily tell when you are done.
I picked my first eightball zucchini yesterday a little bigger than a baseball. Can't wait to make some stuffed zucchini.
Posted on 4/28/20 at 12:45 pm to BallsEleven
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What are y'all using to spread water soluble fertilizer?
Two gallon pump spray, foliar application in the mornings.
Posted on 4/28/20 at 12:59 pm to BallsEleven
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I picked my first eightball zucchini yesterday a little bigger than a baseball.
damn im jealous....friggin borervine moths!!
Posted on 4/28/20 at 1:39 pm to BallsEleven
I just use a 2 gallon watering can. I get about 15 plants with 5 second pour on each. Although not sure if that’s the right amount per plant.
Posted on 4/28/20 at 2:10 pm to jyoung1
First time posting in here and first time veggie gardening. A few weeks ago I made a raised 4x8 bed out of cedar boards. Being that we got a late start, we bought vegetable plants from Perino's for about $3/each. We got squash, snacker cucumbers, jalapenos, creole tomatoes, candy cane peppers, and bell peppers.
Also in a different rectangular pot, we took abunch of bottoms from store bought green onions and planted. Those grow so quickly!
Fingers crossed that I get some produce.
Also in a different rectangular pot, we took abunch of bottoms from store bought green onions and planted. Those grow so quickly!
Fingers crossed that I get some produce.
Posted on 4/28/20 at 2:21 pm to Downtown Devin Brown
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bottoms from store bought green onions
I'll never buy green onions again. When I lived in florida I tried this and just put the in a cup of water and left out on the back patio. I came out a few days later and they had grown a solid 3-4 inches.
Speaking of onion, some of my yellow granex have started forming bulbs. My garlic has also started swelling at the base a bit (had to pull one to make room for my growing cucumbers).
I guess I will give my 1 gal pump sprayer a shot since I already have it for fertilizing. Seems like it would take a long time though.
Posted on 4/28/20 at 2:31 pm to BallsEleven
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I guess I will give my 1 gal pump sprayer a shot since I already have it for fertilizing. Seems like it would take a long time though.
That's why I just do a foliar spray for the liquid stuff since it's such a fast uptake that way. I have organic solid fertilizer for my side dressing that I do every couple of months for the slow release.
Posted on 4/28/20 at 7:10 pm to BallsEleven
Do yall think that a good rainpour benefits plants, even if they hsve enough water already?
I feel like everytime it rains, the next day I see noticeably more growth. Idk if I’m just making that up.
I feel like everytime it rains, the next day I see noticeably more growth. Idk if I’m just making that up.
Posted on 4/28/20 at 7:25 pm to jyoung1
Yes. And I’m not a hundred percent sure, but I believe it has to do with pH. Water out of the tap is alkaline because of all the chlorine. Plus it usually has all kinds of other added minerals and such. Rainwater is slightly acidic and I would guess is probably more oxygenated.
ETA: So I decided to do some reading on the topic just out of curiosity. And here is a pretty good article on the topic. A lot in there that I didn’t realize.
Rainwater vs tap
ETA: So I decided to do some reading on the topic just out of curiosity. And here is a pretty good article on the topic. A lot in there that I didn’t realize.
Rainwater vs tap
This post was edited on 4/28/20 at 7:54 pm
Posted on 4/29/20 at 11:00 am to PillageUrVillage
Great read pillage.
Speaking of rain, these storms need to chill. My Tabasco plants are taking to to the chin with all the wind. Between the 2, I’ve lost probably 1/3 of good size branches.
Everything else seems to be doing fine though. I do need to get sturdier poles for my tomatoes though.
Last night was my chicks’ first experience being in the coop with a storm. My wife scared the heck out of me around 430 when she said the roof of the coop was gone. But it was dark and she couldn’t see good, it ended up being fine. They probably got a hell of a scare though.
Speaking of rain, these storms need to chill. My Tabasco plants are taking to to the chin with all the wind. Between the 2, I’ve lost probably 1/3 of good size branches.
Everything else seems to be doing fine though. I do need to get sturdier poles for my tomatoes though.
Last night was my chicks’ first experience being in the coop with a storm. My wife scared the heck out of me around 430 when she said the roof of the coop was gone. But it was dark and she couldn’t see good, it ended up being fine. They probably got a hell of a scare though.
This post was edited on 4/29/20 at 11:02 am
Posted on 4/29/20 at 11:20 am to BallsEleven
Learned my lesson this morning, tying up all my pepper plants. I only lost one that broke completely. But it looks like a damn tornado went through the rest, blown down to 45 degrees.
We needed rain badly, but not all that.
We needed rain badly, but not all that.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 1:00 pm to jyoung1
Yeah, that was a bit rough.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 10:12 am to PillageUrVillage
Tomato supports
Do you prefer stakes or cages? Using stakes and feel like cages would do much better. Wouldn’t have to worry about getting behind on tying up branches (maybe I’m a lazy backyard gardener). Reason stakes are better?
Do you prefer stakes or cages? Using stakes and feel like cages would do much better. Wouldn’t have to worry about getting behind on tying up branches (maybe I’m a lazy backyard gardener). Reason stakes are better?
Posted on 4/30/20 at 10:39 am to Stateguy
Most of my tomatoes are supported with cattle panels.
I do have some in buckets that would be better supported with stakes since they don't start a foot into the ground, but I got tired of replacing rotten stakes and split bamboo poles.
I do have some in buckets that would be better supported with stakes since they don't start a foot into the ground, but I got tired of replacing rotten stakes and split bamboo poles.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 11:29 am to Bill Parker?
Trying to get familiar with plant diseases. Is this blight?
Most of the pics i googled showed big brown/dying spots. But on my leaves the edges are browning only, and then small spots are showing in middle of leaf.
Not a problem or anything yet, just curious.
Most of the pics i googled showed big brown/dying spots. But on my leaves the edges are browning only, and then small spots are showing in middle of leaf.
Not a problem or anything yet, just curious.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 12:04 pm to jyoung1
Also, saw something interesting in one of my “wild” tomato plants that sprouted up around my garden area presumably from last fall’s fallen fruit.
I know it’s a deficiency of some sort (the leaf yellowing in new growth around base of leaf), and I googled and I’m guessing it is nitrogen or an iron deficiency from my mostly clay soil, but wondering if anyone else knows for sure?
Could also have something to do with the stress of all that water it got, probably more rainfall in one night than all the previous days of its life combined. And poor drainage.
They don’t get any fertilzer or anything so it’s just cool to see them showing signs of deficiency.
I know it’s a deficiency of some sort (the leaf yellowing in new growth around base of leaf), and I googled and I’m guessing it is nitrogen or an iron deficiency from my mostly clay soil, but wondering if anyone else knows for sure?
Could also have something to do with the stress of all that water it got, probably more rainfall in one night than all the previous days of its life combined. And poor drainage.
They don’t get any fertilzer or anything so it’s just cool to see them showing signs of deficiency.
This post was edited on 4/30/20 at 12:07 pm
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