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re: 2022 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 4/23/22 at 2:42 pm to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
Posted on 4/23/22 at 2:42 pm to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
Tons of dragonflies here!
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Posted on 4/23/22 at 4:17 pm to humblepie
Ditto on Florida Panhandle. Quite a few bumblebees and wasps. Have tons of blueberries, peaches, etc. coming along so something has been busy.
Posted on 4/24/22 at 5:54 am to PillageUrVillage
Pillage you ought to have some full supers by now in your area. Privet should hit here in the next week. I’m having to cut queen cells back every few days even after splitting all my hives. After the privet, I’m going to split again before the tallow hits.
Posted on 4/24/22 at 9:48 am to Columbia
Did a split about 3.5 weeks ago. I just added my super a week ago. They were definitely bringing in some nectar. I’m going to add another super when the first is about 2/3 full.
Posted on 4/24/22 at 11:46 am to Prosecuted Collins
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Tons of dragonflies here!
Haven't seen many yet, but last year I had tons of them flying and landing in my garden. I have many plants with 4 ft. stakes---pepper plants and eggplant with at least 20 metal stakes driven in the ground.
Many days last year I'd go out to water the garden and there would be a dragonfly on the top of each stake and the funny thing is, they'd all be looking in the same direction, every last one of them.
I've also got loads of lizards in at least 3 different varieties that patrol my garden eating harmful bugs.
Posted on 4/24/22 at 11:49 am to humblepie
I'm in N.O. and all I have blooming right now and setting fruit are tomatoes, several varieties of peppers, eggplant, cucumbers and yard long beans.
I just got my okra and soybean seeds in the ground the last 2 days. I had to wait for my ground to dry out enough to pull rows for planting the seeds, and that happened Friday and Saturday.
I'm late on planting my okra seeds, but they will produce heavily until I pull them in mid September, so I'll have more than I need by then.
I just got my okra and soybean seeds in the ground the last 2 days. I had to wait for my ground to dry out enough to pull rows for planting the seeds, and that happened Friday and Saturday.
I'm late on planting my okra seeds, but they will produce heavily until I pull them in mid September, so I'll have more than I need by then.
Posted on 4/24/22 at 8:13 pm to ChenierauTigre
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Have tons of blueberries
Talk to me about this please. I was warned away from attempting blueberries in ground in this area. Do you have them in containers?
Posted on 4/24/22 at 8:39 pm to humblepie
mine are loaded...first time I’ve seen them like this. I dumped a bunch of fireplace ash around them all winter to try and add some acidity so maybe it worked
me, the birds and the squirrels are all eyeballing them. We will see who wins
me, the birds and the squirrels are all eyeballing them. We will see who wins
Posted on 4/25/22 at 10:53 am to cgrand
Tomato pruning question. It may be a dumb one I've done a little research on youtube this season for my Tomato plants to prune. I've gotten good results getting the suckers out of the way. However, I have on plant that has split two major branches and both seem to be doing well. It does not appear to be a sucker that shot off into it's own branch. I can't really stake both of them due to surrounding plants/etc.. Do you just choose one to continue growing up the stake? Pretty soon one will collapse under its weight.
Posted on 4/25/22 at 11:39 am to Jon A thon
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Do you just choose one to continue growing up the stake?
Yep. Do it all the time. Pick the stronger one and snip the other.
Unless it’s a determinate.
Posted on 4/25/22 at 11:55 am to cgrand
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me, the birds and the squirrels are all eyeballing them. We will see who wins
I kept wondering what was getting my blueberries last year, then one day I looked outside and saw one of our dogs eating blueberries straight off the bush
Posted on 4/25/22 at 5:36 pm to jchamil
What’s going on with my bell pepper plants? At least half the leaves look like this.
Posted on 4/25/22 at 5:54 pm to HogBalls
Leaf miners. Neem oil, spinosad, pyrethrin, or other chemical insecticides will control them.
Posted on 4/25/22 at 6:25 pm to PillageUrVillage
Thanks!
Posted on 4/26/22 at 2:00 pm to PillageUrVillage
I'm getting bottom rot on my tomatoes. What's the best way to prevent this?
Posted on 4/26/22 at 4:24 pm to SaDaTayMoses
Calcium.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 5:23 pm to humblepie
I live north of I-10. I have about 20 blueberry bushes planted in the ground and they are loaded with berries. I do, however, have chicken wire enclosures around all of them to discourage critters.
If you live on the beach, you should have them in pots. Our soil is somewhat sandy and has clay, but the soil is loose. I have also added lots of compost and have a sprinkler system. I just broadcast 10-10-10 fertilizer on them in early spring. I am not a blueberry expert.
And you should have more than one variety.
If you live on the beach, you should have them in pots. Our soil is somewhat sandy and has clay, but the soil is loose. I have also added lots of compost and have a sprinkler system. I just broadcast 10-10-10 fertilizer on them in early spring. I am not a blueberry expert.
And you should have more than one variety.
This post was edited on 4/26/22 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 4/26/22 at 5:37 pm to ChenierauTigre
Yep I have white sand not really any soil so it sounds like containers for blueberries is probably the correct choice.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 6:17 pm to humblepie
Bottom rot on tomatoes is caused by a lack of calcium, but I would be surprised if your soil needs more calcium. Usually uneven watering causes the plant to take the calcium from the fruit, then there is a calcium deficiency in the tomato. I'd take a mirror and look at the blossom end, if it's bad, break the tomato now and throw it away.
Posted on 4/26/22 at 6:28 pm to SaDaTayMoses
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I'm getting bottom rot on my tomatoes. What's the best way to prevent this?
BER occurs when there isn’t enough calcium in the developing fruit. But that doesn’t always mean that your soil is calcium deficient. Most of the time it’s caused by irregular watering and too much nitrogen. You’ll need to control the moisture level and back off on high nitrogen fertilizer whenever the plant starts flowering and fruiting. Occasionally I still have it occur when we get abnormal amounts of rain, but doing those two things has significantly decreased BER occurrences for me.
I always prepare the transplant hole with bone meal. That provides my soil with plenty enough calcium. Some people use lime.
I read a pretty good write up on it a while back. I’ll see if I can find it.
ETA: https://www.earthsciencegrowing.com/expert-advice/blossom-end-rot-myths-realities/
This post was edited on 4/26/22 at 6:31 pm
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