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re: 2023 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 1/27/23 at 9:23 am to PillageUrVillage
Posted on 1/27/23 at 9:23 am to PillageUrVillage
Getting some poor germination/growth rates out of my seedlings so far I think because my starter setup is in the garage and its been getting cool at night...no less than 50*.
Gonna grab some heating mats.
How long do y'all run them...all day...just when air temp is below a certain threshold?
Gonna grab some heating mats.
How long do y'all run them...all day...just when air temp is below a certain threshold?
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Posted on 1/27/23 at 9:30 am to meeple
quote:I wouldn't sweat it too much. Plants do everything they can to help us not kill them lol
hopefully vegetables are somewhat forgiving
If you're really concerned, read the stuff LSU Ag Center puts out. Don't overthink it. As long as there's nutrients, sunlight, and water, you'll be fine.
Posted on 1/27/23 at 10:20 am to meeple
quote:
I tend to overanalyze everything.
I think we may be related.
Case in point, it took me over a week to decide on a grow-light. Finally had to just pick.
This post was edited on 1/27/23 at 10:23 am
Posted on 1/27/23 at 10:58 am to PillageUrVillage
Searched, couldn't find - anyone use the Birdie raised beds? I really miss home grown tomatoes and want to get started back into gardening. Raised beds seem like a good way to get my feet wet again.
Posted on 1/27/23 at 3:48 pm to Unobtanium
YouTube Charles Dowding. Checkout his channel. If he can’t motivate/inspire anyone to grow a garden then no one on the web can. I have been growing a spring/summer/fall garden for 10 years now and I have grown a lot of different vegetables in different fashions. Pots, raised beds, rows with a tractor, small gardens and big. If I were to pick one method for the rest of my life just to feed my family I would follow everything this man says. He makes raised beds with compost, no borders. Every December he adds a 1” layer of compost to all his gardens and never tills. He makes his own compost. It’s the fertilizer. He never buys fertilizer. He experiments and has the numbers to prove all of his work. Check him out it’s pretty amazing.
Posted on 1/27/23 at 6:21 pm to MadtownTiger
I bought the vivosun ones off Amazon that included a thermostats and it goes on/off. Added a splitter and have a floodlight to help the little greenhouse with temps
Posted on 1/29/23 at 4:52 pm to eng08
Been gone since Thursday and it’s rained it’s arse off. Rolled the dice last week when it got down to 33 degrees. 
Posted on 1/29/23 at 6:16 pm to Mr Sausage
Nice! I don’t have any yet. But I did feed the plants with some calcium nitrate. LSU AgCenter recommends side dressing with calcium nitrate in late January to early February and again in mid March to early April.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 8:45 am to PillageUrVillage
Regarding sunflowers, is it preferred to start these from seed indoors so birds do not eat them?
LSU Ag says to transplant when 4-6" high.... but my question is, how fast do they take to get to this height? I don't want to start them too early and not be able to put them out, leaving me with stalks in my house.
LSU Ag says to transplant when 4-6" high.... but my question is, how fast do they take to get to this height? I don't want to start them too early and not be able to put them out, leaving me with stalks in my house.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:03 am to meeple
I’ve direct sown and started them indoors. Never really had a problem either way. They grow pretty quick. I’m planning on starting some indoors, but I’m going to wait till the first week of March. They’ll probably be ready to transplant a few weeks after that.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 10:00 am to PillageUrVillage
Any tips to control leaf footed bugs? I lost ~50% of my tomatoes to them last year.
ETA: I looked through the "pests controlled" sections of the data sheets for the pesticides listed on the OP. I didn't see leaf footed bugs, do they go by another name?
ETA: they also got murdered by caterpillars even though I routinely applied BT.
ETA: I looked through the "pests controlled" sections of the data sheets for the pesticides listed on the OP. I didn't see leaf footed bugs, do they go by another name?
ETA: they also got murdered by caterpillars even though I routinely applied BT.
This post was edited on 1/30/23 at 10:06 am
Posted on 1/30/23 at 10:19 am to PillageUrVillage
Im so upset, my seed trays i started a few weeks ago, then re planted due to the stems being long as yall recommended, were outside this weekend, when the rain came..... Flooded the trays....I ended up seeding 2 new trays... but do you think if i just cover the seedlings with new soil they might survive? The rain flooded the trays and washed out most of the soil just leading the seedlings floating in the cells..
This post was edited on 1/30/23 at 10:20 am
Posted on 1/30/23 at 10:34 am to MadtownTiger
quote:
How long do y'all run them...all day...just when air temp is below a certain threshold?
I run them all day, but only until a couple weeks post-germination. I've found that tomato seedlings get kinda leggy with heating mats running all day.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 10:55 am to CarRamrod
Yeah you can just add more soil they should mostly be ok
Posted on 1/30/23 at 11:47 am to MadtownTiger
quote:
How long do y'all run them...all day...just when air temp is below a certain threshold?
All day while getting them to germ. After that I take it off unless. Only time I may keep it on after they have sprouted is for peppers to encourage growth.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 7:25 pm to BallsEleven
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What do y’all think about this garden fabric raised bed? Not sure if I should roll with that or get a metal one. This one would keep everything organized but it’s garden fabric and not a hard material.
What do y’all think about this garden fabric raised bed? Not sure if I should roll with that or get a metal one. This one would keep everything organized but it’s garden fabric and not a hard material.
Posted on 1/30/23 at 10:19 pm to meeple
I’ve started them from seed before and transplanted them. They grow fast so I wouldn’t plant them more then say 4 weeks before the last frost
Posted on 1/30/23 at 10:23 pm to Tornado Alley
These go 9n sale for 40 bucks every so often. I have 3, might get a 4th if the go on sale soon.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 1/31/23 at 5:31 am to Tornado Alley
quote:
garden fabric
As long as you buy it keeping in mind it won't last and expect to replace it after a few seasons. Shovels slip and cut where they shouldn't, stitches pop, stuff happens.
Even my current bed gets beat up from the occasional bump with the zero turn. There are parts that will probably need to be replaced in the next year or 2. When I do make repairs I'll probably swap to the concrete retaining wall blocks w/ treated 2x6 boards.
Posted on 1/31/23 at 6:18 am to BallsEleven
quote:
garden fabric
As long as you buy it keeping in mind it won't last and expect to replace it after a few seasons.
They’ll also dry out faster. So plants will require more frequent watering during dry spells.
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