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re: 2023 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 6/15/23 at 6:42 am to PillageUrVillage
Posted on 6/15/23 at 6:42 am to PillageUrVillage
Ananas Noir tomato plant is producing some big ones. The biggest has been 1.7 pounds. Can of Pam for scale.
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Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:59 am to Longer Tail Tiger
I am growing for the first time "Wood's Famous Brimmer." Not sure if that is the exact same as the one you are mentioning. This one is more pink/red than purple. It is big and delicious, and it might have earned a "perennial" spot in my tomato garden.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 9:55 am to guedeaux
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I am growing for the first time "Wood's Famous Brimmer." Not sure if that is the exact same as the one you are mentioning. This one is more pink/red than purple. It is big and delicious, and it might have earned a "perennial" spot in my tomato garden.
I'm glad to learn of your experience growing Brimmer thus far, which sounds great!
I think it's the same variety and believe I erred when I stated they have a purplish color. I do distinctly recall Brimmer being huge and delicious!
Quite a bit of my memory has tended to fade and/or deceive me, especially with the passing many years. While it's no excuse, the last time I saw and ate a Brimmer tomato was likely around 60 or more years ago.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 3:28 pm to PillageUrVillage
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Little Wizard Pea Sheller. If you look several posts before that one, cgrand posted a link to it.
Posted on 6/15/23 at 6:08 pm to TheBoo
The Gold Medal F1 (left) and Captain Jack (right) pumpkins have sprouted and I got the netting over them. I know the netting won’t be able to stay on there long. But that should give them time to at least get big enough to have a fighting chance before the vine borers start attacking. And I’ll have to thin the seedlings down in a few days.
Watermelons are getting big. These are Crimson Sweet. I also have a few more on the back side of the box that are smaller, but growing.
Speaking of vine borers, they’ve been attacking the blue hubbard squash plant and that thing is still kicking. You can sort of see it in the grow bag in the background of the first picture. I’ve noticed a few holes in the stems with some frass but the plant is still going strong. I pulled off a leaf stem where one had entered and opened it up to find a dead vine borer inside. So the Imidacloprid is still doing its thing. I will say that it’s getting a little annoying having to go out every day and pluck off the flowers, though.
ETA: I also planted sugar pie pumpkin seed and they’re starting to sprout also. Got them covered as well.
Watermelons are getting big. These are Crimson Sweet. I also have a few more on the back side of the box that are smaller, but growing.
Speaking of vine borers, they’ve been attacking the blue hubbard squash plant and that thing is still kicking. You can sort of see it in the grow bag in the background of the first picture. I’ve noticed a few holes in the stems with some frass but the plant is still going strong. I pulled off a leaf stem where one had entered and opened it up to find a dead vine borer inside. So the Imidacloprid is still doing its thing. I will say that it’s getting a little annoying having to go out every day and pluck off the flowers, though.
ETA: I also planted sugar pie pumpkin seed and they’re starting to sprout also. Got them covered as well.
This post was edited on 6/15/23 at 6:09 pm
Posted on 6/15/23 at 8:36 pm to PillageUrVillage
Was out of town for almost a week and today is about our 4th day of upper 90s to 100 temps and high humidity. I am about ready to call the spring garden about done. The tomatoes have fought blight the whole time this year and tonight were blown all over and covered with leaf footed bugs. The peppers are going well but are mostly toppled from wind. The green beans are succumbing to the heat and the squash are about done too. The eggplants and flower garden look great. I might nuke most of it and plant the summer peas, peanuts, and pumpkins.
Posted on 6/16/23 at 7:18 am to Mr Sausage
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I am about ready to call the spring garden about done.
Same. I’ve already pulled half of my tomatoes and all of the squash. Sunflowers are all done. Butternut I’ll have to try again another time. It never really did anything. I’ve had enough of the beans and cucumbers. I’ll probably just leave the peppers and purple hulls and let the watermelon and pumpkin vines go where they may.
Posted on 6/16/23 at 7:19 am to Mr Sausage
The leaf footed bugs have finally showed up in force. I've been applying BT weekly. I guess I'm adding permethrin to that now. Haven't seen any nymphs, just adults screwing each other on my beans and tomatoes.
Posted on 6/16/23 at 7:48 am to PillageUrVillage
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Butternut I’ll have to try again another time. It never really did anything. I
Same here. I thought about trying it again in the winter.
Posted on 6/16/23 at 8:05 am to Mr Sausage
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I am about ready to call the spring garden about done.
I'm just now getting my first tomatoes and green beans
Peppers are going nuts, I trim the yard long beans every day but they are sending out new shoots left and right, I have my first few okra starting along with a couple of watermelons. Hopefully the tomatoes last a couple more weeks so I can get a decent amount from them. The only thing I really missed out on was cucumbers. Just way too late on those. Next year I guess I will start them in trays and transplant.
Posted on 6/16/23 at 10:16 am to ApisMellifera
Tomatoes are starting to roll and I've got 10-12 cucumbers that will need to be picked over the next couple days.
Peppers are lagging but the plants are loaded. I'm going to start making some salsa this weekend so I'll have to go to the farmer's market to get some peppers.
The prize:
Peppers are lagging but the plants are loaded. I'm going to start making some salsa this weekend so I'll have to go to the farmer's market to get some peppers.
The prize:
Posted on 6/16/23 at 10:55 am to PillageUrVillage
I couldn't help but notice you've placed some wood under your watermelons to prevent rotting of the bottom side of the melons. I'd been thinking of possible materials to place under melons and believe your technique is the best!
By the way, your Crimson Sweet watermelons look great!
By the way, your Crimson Sweet watermelons look great!
Posted on 6/17/23 at 7:34 am to Longer Tail Tiger
Thanks! Yeah I have some old treated pine fence boards that I cut up into small pieces. They kind of naturally bow a little so it helps prevent moisture from staying underneath the melons. I think the dry weather we’ve been having had also greatly helped with that.
Posted on 6/17/23 at 8:33 am to PillageUrVillage
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Imidacloprid
Pillage, want brand did you buy? I have watermelon and pumpkins planted at my farm and need to stray them with something.
Not something I can check daily as the farm is 50 miles.
Posted on 6/17/23 at 10:14 am to bbvdd
I used this stuff and just watered it in. No spraying. It says 12 month protection, but I’ve reapplied recently just to be sure. I figured since I’m just trying to make one contained plant radioactive what could it hurt. I’ve just been diligent about plucking off the flowers before they open so as to protect pollinators from potential harm.
Clothianidin is one of the other active ingredients.
This post was edited on 6/17/23 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 6/17/23 at 10:34 am to PillageUrVillage
Gotcha, mine are not to the point of flowering yet, so I’ll wait to spray that stuff. Will try and keep them covered in seven dust when I can get over there.
Posted on 6/17/23 at 1:37 pm to PillageUrVillage
Notes from today's visit:
1. It's oppressively hot, even at 7am.
2. Despite the heat, beans, tomatoes, and cucumbers still kicking.
3. GDCK (coral) met a violent end.
4. Against my better judgement, went ahead and planted okra and eggplant that I had started in soil blocks. If the heat gets them I'll just direct seed.
5. Sweet potatoes coexisting with beans. I expected the bush beans to be spent by now, but both seem to be ok together for now.
6. Cantaloupe still producing after the a-hole squirrels took the first ones. Need to make a better cage.
1. It's oppressively hot, even at 7am.
2. Despite the heat, beans, tomatoes, and cucumbers still kicking.
3. GDCK (coral) met a violent end.
4. Against my better judgement, went ahead and planted okra and eggplant that I had started in soil blocks. If the heat gets them I'll just direct seed.
5. Sweet potatoes coexisting with beans. I expected the bush beans to be spent by now, but both seem to be ok together for now.
6. Cantaloupe still producing after the a-hole squirrels took the first ones. Need to make a better cage.
Posted on 6/17/23 at 2:42 pm to LSUJuice
Researching rain dances
who’s got one they like?
who’s got one they like?
Posted on 6/17/23 at 4:06 pm to cgrand
It always rains after I spray with neem or use Sevin. I even checked the radar, no rain in sight, sprayed, rain 2 hours later.
Posted on 6/17/23 at 7:59 pm to cgrand
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Researching rain dances
who’s got one they like?
Water your lawn in the morning. It'll rain in the evening.
Just had a storm blow through. Got half an inch but the wind blew my garden to shite
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