re: 2023 Fall Garden Thread

IF, and that's a big if, mine produce anything, I am going to put them in my greenhouse with a damp towel over them and hope that works. But first the temps need to come down or they will cook in there. I have never grown sweet potatoes, and I am trying it in a giant pot. We'll see.

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I just started some pepper seeds(5 varieties-I think) from a variety pack in those little seed starter pots

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Not sure where you are, but with fall coming up in a couple months, those pepper plants won't like weather if it gets cold where you are located.

All my pepper plants do very well during the heat of summer so I get them in the ground no later than April.

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Not sure where you are, but with fall coming up in a couple months, those pepper plants won't like weather if it gets cold where you are located.

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Yeah, like I said, this is mostly practice.

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All my pepper plants do very well during the heat of summer so I get them in the ground no later than April.

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I still have both jalapeno and bells making from my spring plantings, but those were store bought. I really haven't done anything from seed before, and I bought these too late for spring. I also bought a paste tomato variety pack that I will plant for next year. Hoping I learn from this to do better next spring.

When I moved to NW Florida from Louisiana (where you could plant a turd in the ground and it would sprout a plant), I had to learn how to grow stuff by experimentation. Here, if they say plant it in full sun, you will fry it. So partial sun is where it needs to go. Even okra gets angry in full sun.

Same with the climate. Planting spinach or lettuce in February means it will bolt quickly and you'll get nothing. Last year I planted spinach in late December, and grew the best spinach I have ever grown.

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Why don't you grow your kale and chard over winter? That would give you more space for all that other stuff in March.

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I do grow it from fall through winter and into early spring but prefer fresh plants for the warmer weather.

I've got the room.

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Do you notice a difference in flavor between the cool season greens vs warm? I always assumed the warmer the weather, the more bitter the taste.

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Not so much with Swiss Chard, but a bit with Kale and definitely with things like collard greens that really mellow out in flavor once a cold snap hits.

I grow collards in my fall/winter garden and they get better once the temperatures get to the 40's or under at night.

Looking like we’ll get a tiny bit of relief next week. More than just lower temps, I desperately need rain!

With the overcast and cooler weather yesterday, my pumpkins look like they have sprung back to life. I've been irrigating the crap out of them over the past few weeks. But the excessive heat just hasn't been allowing them to thrive and they haven't been putting out near as many flowers. Hopefully that turns around with the cooler weather.

Looks like this coming weekend will have chances of rain for me. I think I'm going to get some cabbage seeds in the ground. I'm going to need to start looking for carrot seeds as well.

Once again, hot and dry weather decimated my strawberries. I'll have to talk to my local garden center and see when they'll start taking orders for bare root plants. I've almost always been able to keep them things alive throughout the summer. But these past 2 years it seems like there was nothing I could do to keep them alive.

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Dang. I have 6 strawberry plants in pots to give away and nobody wants them.

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Have you tried setting them out on the curb or end of the driveway with a FREE sign?