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re: 2023 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 7/25/23 at 5:45 am to TDTOM
Posted on 7/25/23 at 5:45 am to TDTOM
Give it a whirl and see what happens.
I live in NW Florida and am still experimenting. I planted a cucumber in a container and moved it out of the boiling sun. It will get a lot of morning sun and some in early afternoon. Still enough time for it to mature.
Same thing with cantaloupe. I have tried spinach in the fall and never had much luck, so I almost gave up. This year I planted seeds in January and grew beautiful spinach, lettuce and chard, although I did have to cover them during some very cold spells.
Just do some experimenting in your area and find out. Good luck! Gardening where I am is MUCH different than
Louisiana.
I live in NW Florida and am still experimenting. I planted a cucumber in a container and moved it out of the boiling sun. It will get a lot of morning sun and some in early afternoon. Still enough time for it to mature.
Same thing with cantaloupe. I have tried spinach in the fall and never had much luck, so I almost gave up. This year I planted seeds in January and grew beautiful spinach, lettuce and chard, although I did have to cover them during some very cold spells.
Just do some experimenting in your area and find out. Good luck! Gardening where I am is MUCH different than
Louisiana.
This post was edited on 7/25/23 at 5:47 am
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Posted on 7/25/23 at 8:43 am to ChenierauTigre
Started these from suckers. Stuck them in the dirt about 3 weeks ago and made sure to keep moist.
IDK if I'm going to plant them or not because I'm tired of tomatoes. We put up 4 gallons of sauce already. I also have 3 Amish Paste plants started from seed. I'll feel bad throwing them away, though.
Posted on 7/25/23 at 9:37 am to TeddyPadillac
quote:I tried that and the leaves wilted. It seems to work just fine with plain water in a window.
Are you putting anything in the water to supplement root growth?
quote:These things are amazing. I will have one every year for sure.
Husky Cherry
Posted on 7/25/23 at 10:35 am to PillageUrVillage
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I usually do broccoli, cauliflower, mustard greens, collards, cabbage, carrots, onions, and garlic.
This year I'll probably just do cabbage, mustard greens, carrots, and onions. Maybe garlic, too.
Other good fall veggies are brussel sprouts, swiss chard, turnips, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, beets, radishes, spinach....to name a few.
quote:do you start from seeds or seedlings from the store? and when to plant the seeds? now?
I usually do broccoli, cauliflower, mustard greens, collards, cabbage, carrots, onions, and garlic.
This year I'll probably just do cabbage, mustard greens, carrots, and onions. Maybe garlic, too.
Other good fall veggies are brussel sprouts, swiss chard, turnips, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, beets, radishes, spinach....to name a few.
Posted on 7/25/23 at 8:30 pm to TDTOM
quote:
Can I plant eggplant right now?
I did 3 weeks ago and just seeded a few more today.
Posted on 7/25/23 at 9:10 pm to LSUJuice
wildflowers (zinnias, sunflowers, black eyed Susan’s) planted in may, blooming in July
Posted on 7/26/23 at 8:21 am to CarRamrod
quote:
Other good fall veggies are brussel sprouts, swiss chard, turnips, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, beets, radishes, spinach....to name a few.
quote:
you start from seeds or seedlings from the store? and when to plant the seeds? now?
Interested in trying spinach but don’t know where to start
Can this be done in containers?
If not, what are some fall vegetables that would do well in containers?
TIA
Posted on 7/26/23 at 1:13 pm to CarRamrod
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do you start from seeds or seedlings from the store? and when to plant the seeds? now?
Either/or on all of the above with a couple exceptions (carrots and turnips should be direct seeded). Look at the LSU ag center guide linked in the OP for timing. Those are all cool season crops. Fall planting is tricky: too early and you have this damn heat, too late and you have short days with low sun angle. Most of those cool season crops do fine (or are even enhanced) with a light frost, so as long as you have enough Oct/Nov sunlight, I would not rush fall planting.
This post was edited on 7/26/23 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 7/26/23 at 2:34 pm to LSUJuice
quote:I do not remember the date, but we were all excited about our first ever lettuce and broccoli crops last year and wham...frozen.
too late and you have short days with low sun angle. Most of those cool season crops do fine (or are even enhanced) with a light frost
Posted on 7/26/23 at 5:53 pm to AlxTgr
Last year (in SETX at least) we hadn't had anything close to freezing, then all of a sudden the day before Christmas eve it was 16 degrees. That's a much different thing than 30 degrees for 2 hours (i.e. light frost).
This post was edited on 7/26/23 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 7/28/23 at 9:29 pm to LSUJuice
Okra looking pretty good. Cajun delight in the foreground and Clemson spineless in the row behind it.
Posted on 7/29/23 at 7:53 am to LSUJuice
My damn squash and cukes just WON'T DIE !!!
About to get my second picking of peas, then I'll probably cut them down and hope for a fall crop on the regrowth.
About to get my second picking of peas, then I'll probably cut them down and hope for a fall crop on the regrowth.
Posted on 7/29/23 at 7:59 am to bamarep
One thing I'd like to add as a "lesson learned" is landscape cloth. It's a game changer. Not the cheap shite you get from Lowe's but the good stuff. I bought a 500ft roll off of Zon and it absolutely changed my garden this year.
Keeps weeds to a minimum and has great moisture retention. I bought all the stuff to do drip irrigation and made all the leads up but didn't need it. I mulched with a good hay from the local co-op but I honestly don't think I needed the high dollar stuff. Any old hay will work as a mulch.
All of my peppers, maters, cukes, squash, zukes, and cabbage were planted in the cloth and the yields were the best I ever had.
Highly recommend the high end landscape cloth.
Keeps weeds to a minimum and has great moisture retention. I bought all the stuff to do drip irrigation and made all the leads up but didn't need it. I mulched with a good hay from the local co-op but I honestly don't think I needed the high dollar stuff. Any old hay will work as a mulch.
All of my peppers, maters, cukes, squash, zukes, and cabbage were planted in the cloth and the yields were the best I ever had.
Highly recommend the high end landscape cloth.
Posted on 7/29/23 at 8:35 am to bamarep
Agree on the landscape cloth. Also I use cardboard with decent success. I was thinking through some other lessons learned over the course of the season and was going to put together a post at some point.
I was also pretty surprised at how long my spring stuff held on through this heat. I wanted new summer crops, so I cut it all out, but next year I might do differently.
I was also pretty surprised at how long my spring stuff held on through this heat. I wanted new summer crops, so I cut it all out, but next year I might do differently.
Posted on 7/29/23 at 9:11 am to bamarep
I think a heavy mulch layer is more beneficial than the cloth. I use it on several of my rows. But the row I skimped on the pine straw has had the poorest results. All the rows have irrigation to the plants.
Did whack a SVB on my butternut plant this morning. Doesn’t seem to matter what bed I put them in, they find the plants. Trying one last time for an okra crop. Hopefully these take off so I can get some in freezer before duck season. Peppers and eggplants are on a tear. But sun scald has been an issue with the peppers.
Did whack a SVB on my butternut plant this morning. Doesn’t seem to matter what bed I put them in, they find the plants. Trying one last time for an okra crop. Hopefully these take off so I can get some in freezer before duck season. Peppers and eggplants are on a tear. But sun scald has been an issue with the peppers.
Posted on 7/30/23 at 8:44 am to Capt ST
Sun scald has been brutal this year. I even thought about putting up some of black mesh cloth (comes in tarp size) and see if that'll help.
Yesterday I cut down all my green bean and butter bean rows. The butter beans never did do much.
One thing this year that I tried just as a WTF lets see what happens. I bought bags of black beans and black eye peas from the grocery store and planted them. BOTH put out like gang busters. The black eye peas put out better than anything else I planted. I have gotten 3 bushels off of them so far and they are full of blooms again as we speak. Just food for thought.
Yesterday I cut down all my green bean and butter bean rows. The butter beans never did do much.
One thing this year that I tried just as a WTF lets see what happens. I bought bags of black beans and black eye peas from the grocery store and planted them. BOTH put out like gang busters. The black eye peas put out better than anything else I planted. I have gotten 3 bushels off of them so far and they are full of blooms again as we speak. Just food for thought.
Posted on 7/30/23 at 2:56 pm to bamarep
Did black beans a few years ago. Just wasn’t worth the squeeze for me. Too much space and TLC for a couple lbs of dried beans. Got purple hulls loaded with blooms right now.
Posted on 7/30/23 at 5:18 pm to bamarep
I’m about to give up on trying to keep my landscape watered. There is no amount of watering right now that’s too much
this shite sucks
this shite sucks
Posted on 7/31/23 at 12:11 pm to cgrand
50% Sun Shade sold by Lowes is the ticket.
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