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re: 2022 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 4/20/22 at 4:04 pm to Bryant91092
Posted on 4/20/22 at 4:04 pm to Bryant91092
Some photos:
Sweet success cucumbers:
Escamillo pepper:
This is either a Carmen or an Escamillo. I lost the tag.
Carmen:
New big dwarfs loaded up. I posted one of these the other day but I don't know how this plant is going to support all these flowers, and most all of them are setting fruit.
Zucchini. Not sure of type. I just bought it from the feed store:
Peppers:
Zephyr Squash. This plant makes a really cool look squash and makes a ton of them. Makes fighting the borers off later in the year worth it. No sign of them yet.
Islander peppers:
Brad's Atomic Grape. Apparently it just likes being in the ground a lot more than it likes being on my shelf inside
. These things better be Michelin star tomatoes for all the frustration I've had trying to grow them.
Sweet success cucumbers:
Escamillo pepper:
This is either a Carmen or an Escamillo. I lost the tag.
Carmen:
New big dwarfs loaded up. I posted one of these the other day but I don't know how this plant is going to support all these flowers, and most all of them are setting fruit.
Zucchini. Not sure of type. I just bought it from the feed store:
Peppers:
Zephyr Squash. This plant makes a really cool look squash and makes a ton of them. Makes fighting the borers off later in the year worth it. No sign of them yet.
Islander peppers:
Brad's Atomic Grape. Apparently it just likes being in the ground a lot more than it likes being on my shelf inside
. These things better be Michelin star tomatoes for all the frustration I've had trying to grow them. 
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Posted on 4/20/22 at 4:45 pm to bluemoons
Tomatoes seem to be doing better than I've had before. First time with any pepper plants. Cucumbers seem to be taking a while to get going.
I have a sprayer for peroxide and one for neem oil. Using concentrated pure neem oil mixed with water and dish soap this time instead of a premixed spray. Applying once a week for each. Any other preventative measures to take. Still very new to this all. Already lost one bell pepper plant and had to replace.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 4:58 pm to Bryant91092
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Those strawberries look great. When did you plant them?
October of 2020.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 5:04 pm to bluemoons
Everything looks great and super healthy! 
I may have to try some squash and zucchini one day. I’m not a big fan of them, but my wife is.
Wait a minute…..
I may have to try some squash and zucchini one day. I’m not a big fan of them, but my wife is.
quote:
Wait a minute…..
Posted on 4/20/22 at 5:10 pm to Jon A thon
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I have a sprayer for peroxide and one for neem oil. Using concentrated pure neem oil mixed with water and dish soap this time instead of a premixed spray. Applying once a week for each. Any other preventative measures to take.
That should be good for now. I try to leave my plants alone as much as possible and avoid spraying them with anything unless necessary. If you start seeing caterpillars, or if they’re a common problem, you could spray thuricide (Bt) once a week as well.
Looking good so far.
Stems on your tomatoes look a little thin, though. How much sun are they getting?
This post was edited on 4/20/22 at 5:11 pm
Posted on 4/20/22 at 5:22 pm to PillageUrVillage
Any ideas? This was super healthy just Sunday. Been frowning all week.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 7:49 pm to Prosecuted Collins
Does it perk up at night? If so it could just be adapting to the sun/under watered.
I have had the problem before where that wasn't the issue. I concluded that it was either soil that was too compacted or it was bacterial wilt. I read online about a bacterial wilt test and confirmed that was the issue. You can cut one of the vines by the base, touch the two cut ends, then slowly pull them apart. If a slimy substance stretches between the two cuts, it's probably bacterial wilt. I tried spraying and watering with a peroxide solution to attempt to kill the bacteria, but my plants died.
I have had the problem before where that wasn't the issue. I concluded that it was either soil that was too compacted or it was bacterial wilt. I read online about a bacterial wilt test and confirmed that was the issue. You can cut one of the vines by the base, touch the two cut ends, then slowly pull them apart. If a slimy substance stretches between the two cuts, it's probably bacterial wilt. I tried spraying and watering with a peroxide solution to attempt to kill the bacteria, but my plants died.
Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:04 pm to bluemoons
Thank you!!!
Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:05 pm to Prosecuted Collins
How hot does that sterlite container get on top of the concrete in the sun?
Posted on 4/20/22 at 9:17 pm to Prosecuted Collins
Getting my camp garden out in finally. I’m hoping the coast stays cooler at night to give the tomatoes a chance to get nice.
Put in 20 tomatoes, 12 peppers and eggplants, have left to do about 100 flowers of different kinds my kids picked seeds for, few rows of climbing beans, and some gourds.
My blackberries are loaded too.
Put in 20 tomatoes, 12 peppers and eggplants, have left to do about 100 flowers of different kinds my kids picked seeds for, few rows of climbing beans, and some gourds.
My blackberries are loaded too.
Posted on 4/22/22 at 10:25 am to eng08
Love everyone’s photos. This is my first year so I’m growing just a little of everything just to learn, not for a bountiful harvest. Been taking pics once s week just to see the progress. Might upload some soon.
Anybody not seeing bees? Last year, they were everywhere. This year, I haven’t seen many at all. Do they tend to cycle from one year to the next or what? I’m concerned about pollination rates; most everything is growing well, but now that flowering is starting, I’m hoping they arrive. I have a field of wild blackberries that are already ripening and didn’t see many bees then, either.
Anybody not seeing bees? Last year, they were everywhere. This year, I haven’t seen many at all. Do they tend to cycle from one year to the next or what? I’m concerned about pollination rates; most everything is growing well, but now that flowering is starting, I’m hoping they arrive. I have a field of wild blackberries that are already ripening and didn’t see many bees then, either.
Posted on 4/22/22 at 11:29 am to The Quiet One
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Anybody not seeing bees? Last year, they were everywhere. This year, I haven’t seen many at all. Do they tend to cycle from one year to the next or what? I’m concerned about pollination rates
That hasn't been an issue for me. But I have a hive in my yard.
I wouldn't be too concerned. There are many other insects that will also pollinate your flowers. Butterflies, moths, wasps, ants, and even mosquitoes. Bees are just the best at it. Believe it or not, even with a beehive sitting about 50 feet from my garden, I don't see many honeybees in there. Bumblebees are the main workers in my garden. Honeybees tend to scout large sources of food and focus their attention on them. Like when large nectar flows from specific sources are currently in bloom (like chinese tallow).
Posted on 4/22/22 at 11:48 am to Prosecuted Collins
I agree with bluemoons that it may be adapting, or some sort of wilt disease. I’ll also throw in root rot as a potential issue. That could cause some water uptake issues. Is this problem still ongoing?
Posted on 4/22/22 at 11:49 am to PillageUrVillage
A few days of over water fixed the plant right up. Must have missed it last time.
Posted on 4/22/22 at 11:50 am to PillageUrVillage
Man I'm getting very close to ordering a hive and getting prepped for next year. I think I've got a good spot figured out in the yard that the wife will be ok with. I'll have to make it "pretty" for her so I'm thinking of going with a Hoover hive.
Posted on 4/22/22 at 12:51 pm to BallsEleven
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Man I'm getting very close to ordering a hive and getting prepped for next year. I think I've got a good spot figured out in the yard that the wife will be ok with. I'll have to make it "pretty" for her so I'm thinking of going with a Hoover hive.
How big is your yard? I was interested in doing the same thing. How much space are you allocating for the hive, and where do you get the bees?
Posted on 4/22/22 at 1:04 pm to meeple
I’m on a half acre lot. The backyard is about 8500 sqft.
The SE corner is dead space and opposite of where the kids play so I’m thinking about creating a 10x10 mulch bed with landscape Timbers and setting the hive there. I will probably surround it with some wire fence/t-posts and get some sort of vine to grow up to give it a natural barrier to push bees up and discourage the kids.
The SE corner is dead space and opposite of where the kids play so I’m thinking about creating a 10x10 mulch bed with landscape Timbers and setting the hive there. I will probably surround it with some wire fence/t-posts and get some sort of vine to grow up to give it a natural barrier to push bees up and discourage the kids.
Posted on 4/23/22 at 10:58 am to BallsEleven
No bees in the garden. Ligustrums and honeysuckle vines stacked. Picked first squash today, still pulling carrots. Snap beans full of blooms and one row of tomatoes looking great, other 2 so so. Better bush plants only 12”-14” tall, each has one or two golf ball sized tomatoes. All my peppers except for the japs have peppers hanging. Japs got hit pretty hard by fungus, look to be bouncing back.
Posted on 4/23/22 at 1:55 pm to Capt ST
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No bees in the garden
Same here in Florida panhandle. I don't have a ton of things blooming but some are. Zero bees though
Posted on 4/23/22 at 2:22 pm to humblepie
All I am seeing is wasps and all different types.
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