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re: 2023 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 4/29/23 at 6:43 am to Lucky_Stryke
Posted on 4/29/23 at 6:43 am to Lucky_Stryke
Some other varieties I've planted besides Cherokee purple is purple boy (it's a cross with better boy for for uniform shape and disease resistance) German Johnson and German queen. Parks improved whopper and my new variety this year is big beef.
Purple boy I tried last year for first time. I started from seed and it was so far behind the other that it never did much. This was more my fault for starting late and I did neglect my garden due to work last year so I'm trying again this year.
German Johnson and German queen both produce really good tasting tomatoes that I think are comparable to Cherokee purple but not quite as good but damn close. They just don't produce many tomatoes but I'd take quality over quantity all day.
Parks improved whopper I tried twice and couldnt get much out of it again once was last year and due to work I didn't really get much from my garden period but it just didn't impress me so that why I replaced with big beef this year.
I wanted to try Cherokee carbon but couldn't find it anywhere. It's another cross. I only plant 8-10 tomatoes as I'm the main one who enjoys them. Half are usually Cherokee purple and the rest are ones to try and have fun with to see taste wise..but I always have some German Johnson and queens as well.
I tend to stay away from the determinate stuff like celebrity, better boy and etc. Just doesn't interest me.
Purple boy I tried last year for first time. I started from seed and it was so far behind the other that it never did much. This was more my fault for starting late and I did neglect my garden due to work last year so I'm trying again this year.
German Johnson and German queen both produce really good tasting tomatoes that I think are comparable to Cherokee purple but not quite as good but damn close. They just don't produce many tomatoes but I'd take quality over quantity all day.
Parks improved whopper I tried twice and couldnt get much out of it again once was last year and due to work I didn't really get much from my garden period but it just didn't impress me so that why I replaced with big beef this year.
I wanted to try Cherokee carbon but couldn't find it anywhere. It's another cross. I only plant 8-10 tomatoes as I'm the main one who enjoys them. Half are usually Cherokee purple and the rest are ones to try and have fun with to see taste wise..but I always have some German Johnson and queens as well.
I tend to stay away from the determinate stuff like celebrity, better boy and etc. Just doesn't interest me.
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Posted on 4/30/23 at 5:26 pm to Lucky_Stryke
garden scenes on this spectacular day
here’s the Black-eyed Susans, just keep getting bigger. Easily my biggest current propagation success story. They’ve gone crazy
other random locations
here’s the Black-eyed Susans, just keep getting bigger. Easily my biggest current propagation success story. They’ve gone crazy
other random locations
This post was edited on 4/30/23 at 5:27 pm
Posted on 4/30/23 at 7:41 pm to cgrand
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What is this one? That’s a neat looking plant! Very pretty!
Posted on 4/30/23 at 7:49 pm to PillageUrVillage
That's a bromeliad.
Posted on 4/30/23 at 7:52 pm to PillageUrVillage
These strawberries are still doing very well! We’re still picking about this much every 2 to 3 days. But some plants are starting to send out runners. So I don’t know how much longer they’ll produce like this.
And I think I may have my first successful year with onions. Kind of excited!
Got a Cherokee Purple about as big as my fist.
And my little friend is back. He can hang around.
And I think I may have my first successful year with onions. Kind of excited!
Got a Cherokee Purple about as big as my fist.
And my little friend is back. He can hang around.
Posted on 4/30/23 at 8:04 pm to PillageUrVillage
quote:the fact that he is there tells you that your ecosystem is healthy and in balance
And my little friend is back. He can hang around.
Posted on 4/30/23 at 8:07 pm to ChenierauTigre
quote:anyone have any experience propagating these? I’d like to split this one and install some pups up in an old oak in the branch valleys. I’m hoping it’s as easy as stuffing the hip with peat moss or similar and wiring them in place till they root
That's a bromeliad
Posted on 4/30/23 at 8:09 pm to cgrand
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the fact that he is there tells you that your ecosystem is healthy and in balance
I’ll take it!
Posted on 5/1/23 at 7:27 am to PillageUrVillage
here’s a ground cover situation that happened by accident but I like it, and all of it was free.
this was an old bed next to my driveway that was mostly gravel and red clay. The liriope was already there but pretty stunted. I improved the bed soil and stuck some maypop, honeysuckle and vinca vines in there that I dug up
Now it’s fully vegetated and the plant cover holds moisture and dumps a ton of organic materials into the bed, while completely keeping weeds at bay. I never pull but an occasional random weed out of there
this was an old bed next to my driveway that was mostly gravel and red clay. The liriope was already there but pretty stunted. I improved the bed soil and stuck some maypop, honeysuckle and vinca vines in there that I dug up
Now it’s fully vegetated and the plant cover holds moisture and dumps a ton of organic materials into the bed, while completely keeping weeds at bay. I never pull but an occasional random weed out of there
Posted on 5/1/23 at 8:21 am to cgrand
here’s another example of ground cover courtesy of Mother Nature...this is wild strawberry
it makes tiny red berries that provide food for the animals in the bed, crowds out weeds and holds moisture. It comes back every year but is easily controlled as the other plants around it keep it in check. Stays low to the ground and plays well with others
it makes tiny red berries that provide food for the animals in the bed, crowds out weeds and holds moisture. It comes back every year but is easily controlled as the other plants around it keep it in check. Stays low to the ground and plays well with others
Posted on 5/1/23 at 8:53 am to PillageUrVillage
So jealous of those strawberries. I have my red rocks in place for the next batch that is maturing right now, I really don't want to have to kill mockingbirds.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 3:17 pm to cgrand
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anyone have any experience propagating these? I’d like to split this one and install some pups up in an old oak in the branch valleys. I’m hoping it’s as easy as stuffing the hip with peat moss or similar and wiring them in place till they root
I think it would probably work. Just make sure its reservoir stays filled with water. But, they would probably not survive a winter outside because they are tropical rainforest plants. Mine have to go into the greenhouse every winter.
I have two clumps of bromeliads that self-propagate. About 45 years ago, a good friend of mine gave me a painted fingernail bromeliad. At that time she told me it was rare. Now I have quite a few of them. If you ever make it into the Florida Panhandle, I would give you some.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 3:52 pm to ChenierauTigre
I didn’t think about the freeze, oh well
Now that I do think about it my wife brings that one inside during freeze days
Are you potting your splits then?
Now that I do think about it my wife brings that one inside during freeze days
Are you potting your splits then?
Posted on 5/1/23 at 5:01 pm to cgrand
Not potting them. They used to be in 2 hanging baskets. They they grew into large balls of plants. I have left them that way (that way they count as one plant and my spouse bitches less than if I had in excess of 10). 
They could be divided out though. The bottoms are just a conglomeration of spaghnum moss and I stuff one in a large urn when it's warm enough to go outside. The other just sits on the ground under a tree.
I have plants that are as old as I am that my mother and grandmother passed down to me.
They could be divided out though. The bottoms are just a conglomeration of spaghnum moss and I stuff one in a large urn when it's warm enough to go outside. The other just sits on the ground under a tree. I have plants that are as old as I am that my mother and grandmother passed down to me.
Posted on 5/1/23 at 5:40 pm to ChenierauTigre
I’d love to see them if you have a pic
Posted on 5/1/23 at 6:53 pm to cgrand
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anyone have any experience propagating these? I
They pretty much do it on their own. I started out with a couple plants about 20 years ago and right now I have at least 50 of them I pulled from my front garden that if anyone wants some, they are free for the taking.
My neighbor took about 20 of them and about 10 aloe vera a few days ago.
Edited to add this: Once you plant them in the ground or even in a pot, a single plant will put out pups that fill the area. They are akin to things like banana plants, elephant ears, amaryllis as far as being invasive.
This post was edited on 5/1/23 at 6:56 pm
Posted on 5/2/23 at 5:43 am to gumbo2176
I wasn't able to do much this weekend, had a cubscouts campout Friday-Sunday. I was able to get into the hives Sunday though and check things out. I finally have 3 mated queens in them and laying. 2 had to be purchased. I guess my yard isn't a good mating site, too wide open and queens are too big of a target for birds maybe? The nuc I had brought to my buddy's house ended up getting a mated queen off it so I may just bring my queen cells there from now on.
Golden Cordovan from The Bee Supply
VSH-Pol line from Evergreen Honey in Jennings
My lone mated queen.
I already had real low mite levels, but now with such a long brood break, they should be even lower. Hopefully I can get their numbers back up quick and not miss too much of the nectar flow.
Golden Cordovan from The Bee Supply
VSH-Pol line from Evergreen Honey in Jennings
My lone mated queen.
I already had real low mite levels, but now with such a long brood break, they should be even lower. Hopefully I can get their numbers back up quick and not miss too much of the nectar flow.
Posted on 5/2/23 at 7:08 am to Lucky_Stryke
Getting a TON of volunteer tomatoes in my Spring bed (radishes, broccoli, chard). My seed tomatoes are not ready to plant yet - what does everyone do with their volunteers?
Posted on 5/2/23 at 7:27 am to LSUfan20005
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what does everyone do with their volunteers?
I put a few volunteers in my raised beds to replace some that died in the freeze. The volunteers got big a lot quicker than what I reseeded in small pots. I'm guessing the soil temp stayed higher.
Posted on 5/2/23 at 3:24 pm to Loup
Well, everything I read said it wasn't as likely to happen, but I have SVB eggs all over my butternut squash. What should I do about this now, besides picking them all off?
I have Bt... besides injecting it a couple inches above the soil, should I elsewhere? Will they enter near the top of the vine where the eggs are?
I have Bt... besides injecting it a couple inches above the soil, should I elsewhere? Will they enter near the top of the vine where the eggs are?
This post was edited on 5/2/23 at 3:41 pm
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