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re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:06 am to PillageUrVillage
Posted on 2/28/24 at 7:06 am to PillageUrVillage
Anybody else have trouble with their dogs eating the veggies? My greens look like they've been grazed by deer. Didn't get a single green bean last year. Watching my wife's dog spend 2 hours trying to get a watermelon in his mouth was pretty entertaining, though.
I put up a hot wire around the gardens and he'd just power through that sucker then attack it and pull it down. He's a 70 lb catahoula that is about as dumb as they get but tougher than all hell. Can't figure out how to keep him out short of building a pretty serious fence. Anything I can spray to keep him away? I put his turds in the flower beds and that keeps him out but I don't want to do that in a veggie garden.
I put up a hot wire around the gardens and he'd just power through that sucker then attack it and pull it down. He's a 70 lb catahoula that is about as dumb as they get but tougher than all hell. Can't figure out how to keep him out short of building a pretty serious fence. Anything I can spray to keep him away? I put his turds in the flower beds and that keeps him out but I don't want to do that in a veggie garden.
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Posted on 2/28/24 at 8:27 am to Loup
My black lab loves cucumbers. I had to wrap my garden with chainlink. Originally ran 2x4s around raised beds to keep her out of there (she grubbed the tops of all my green beans). Eventually wrapped the whole garden with chainlink. It's only 17x24 and has existing fence on 2 sides. At least the old girl is a healthy eater.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 10:34 am to Lesser Scaup
Has anyone here grown mini cucumbers? My wife wants them, and I have zero experience.
Posted on 2/28/24 at 4:45 pm to Loup
My lab ate pretty much everything but the hot peppers, okra included. She’d taste the peppers and if they were too hot she’d drop them, go to next plant. Put up 3 strands of electric fence.
Posted on 2/29/24 at 10:13 am to PillageUrVillage
What drip irrigation system are y'all using? Plan on setting one up this year, and they have tons of options on Amazon.
Posted on 2/29/24 at 10:36 am to cdhorn28
I've just kinda built my system out from Drip Depot.
I may start planting some tomatoes this weekend. Long term forecast looks good. Will wait til next weekend for squash, zucchini, peppers, and cucumbers.
I may start planting some tomatoes this weekend. Long term forecast looks good. Will wait til next weekend for squash, zucchini, peppers, and cucumbers.
Posted on 2/29/24 at 11:00 am to bluemoons
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Drip Depot
This is exactly what I was going to suggest.
I am currently using a Mister Landscaper kit that I bought from Lowes and it has been fine, but it's a little inferior. When I inevitably have to replace it I plan on putting something together from them. They have all you would need. I ordered my fert injector from them last year.
Posted on 2/29/24 at 10:21 pm to PillageUrVillage
Does anyone in central/south Louisiana ever grow grapes other than muscadine? I noticed on the plant list at my local garden center that they sell Mars and Niagara varieties. My kids absolutely love grapes and I certainly don’t mind eating them either. Did a little research on these varieties and they need 100-200 chill hours. Looking at the LSU Ag chill hours maps and I seem to have that base covered (St Landry parish). And depending on where you look they are either rated for zones 5-8 or 5-9. I’m in 9a.
Seems like most people I’ve talked to grow muscadines, but I don’t know if they’ve ever tried the others. Just wondering if it’s feasible.
Seems like most people I’ve talked to grow muscadines, but I don’t know if they’ve ever tried the others. Just wondering if it’s feasible.
This post was edited on 2/29/24 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 3/1/24 at 5:39 am to PillageUrVillage
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Did a little research on these varieties and they need 100-200 chill hours
Isn't that about the same as muscadines?
Posted on 3/1/24 at 6:29 am to Loup
For muscadines some websites say 100+, some say 200-400. So that seems to be the case. I do know that if we couldn’t grow them around here my local garden center wouldn’t sell them. I know the owner personally and only selling plants that are recommended for the area is kind of a big deal for him. I’m gonna talk to him about them next time I can make my way over there.
ETA: After a little more reading it seems the concern with most grape varieties in the south is Pierce’s disease. A bacterial disease carried by leaf hoppers. Muscadines are apparently resistant. They’re self pollinating so I guess if I wanted them to thrive I’d probably have to put some fine mesh netting over them when the bugs are out.
ETA: After a little more reading it seems the concern with most grape varieties in the south is Pierce’s disease. A bacterial disease carried by leaf hoppers. Muscadines are apparently resistant. They’re self pollinating so I guess if I wanted them to thrive I’d probably have to put some fine mesh netting over them when the bugs are out.
This post was edited on 3/1/24 at 7:09 am
Posted on 3/1/24 at 2:01 pm to Trout Bandit
I just brought my seedlings in from outside to get some of this magic rain water. Last time I put them in the rain, there was a growth explosion. I am planting this weekend and putting cloches over them. They have been outside every day for two weeks for 6 hours a day.
Posted on 3/1/24 at 9:43 pm to ChenierauTigre
Better get the painted rocks out tomorrow.
Potatoes are up.
Decided to go ahead and pull the dirt away from the onions and some were starting to show some bulb action already.
Prepping the tomato bed tomorrow or Sunday. Going to try the weave to hold them up.
Posted on 3/2/24 at 8:16 am to Mr Sausage
quote:In two weeks. Wow, that's fast. How did you manage that? It's usually 3-4 weeks for me.
Potatoes are up.
Posted on 3/2/24 at 8:18 am to Mr Sausage
How do the wood chips work for you as mulch? I stumbled onto a hell of a deal on a DR chipper that'll do up to 6" limbs for $800. I need to put that dude to use.
Posted on 3/2/24 at 10:19 am to Devious
Those potatoes were planted in fresh mushroom compost.
That mulch is a no float cedar bagged mulch. It’s usually the cheapest at Hone Depot. It does its job. I just add soil on top and keep layering the rows.
That mulch is a no float cedar bagged mulch. It’s usually the cheapest at Hone Depot. It does its job. I just add soil on top and keep layering the rows.
Posted on 3/2/24 at 1:41 pm to Mr Sausage
I noticed you have a nice bed of carrots. How did you prepare the soil for those? I've tried growing them both in the ground (amended soil w/ sand) & in a raised bed with low nitrogen growing soil mixed with bone meal, epsom salt, etc and I can't get them to grow too far beyond germination.
Posted on 3/2/24 at 2:36 pm to DarthTiger
Keep putting seeds down. Carrots are really finicky. Keep the soil loose and keep it moist. My first round of seeds was really successful in the fall. That’s what you see all green and bushy. We’ve been eating on those lately. The second batch of seeds didn’t germinate well. The third did alittle better but not great. My water was turned off after freeze threats started and I think that contributed to low yields. Once they are up, they grow really well. It’s getting them past that vulnerable seedling start.
Posted on 3/2/24 at 3:57 pm to Mr Sausage
quote:Interesting. I'll read up on it.
Those potatoes were planted in fresh mushroom compost.
Posted on 3/2/24 at 8:54 pm to Mr Sausage
Harvested carrots today. I seeded them in two batches in the fall: the first in mid October and then again in early November. The October carrots look great. The November ones are thin and disappointing. The greens never even got very tall. I suspect starting them three weeks later made such a difference because of day length during that critical period.
Added a layer of fresh homemade compost, then seeded green beans in the carrot bed.
Also harvested spinach. It was fussy and took its sweet arse time (also potentially because of day length, trying to grow it over winter). But ended up with a decent harvest.
Added a layer of fresh homemade compost, then seeded green beans in the carrot bed.
Also harvested spinach. It was fussy and took its sweet arse time (also potentially because of day length, trying to grow it over winter). But ended up with a decent harvest.
This post was edited on 3/2/24 at 9:00 pm
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