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re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 6/29/24 at 11:39 pm to Sir Drinksalot
Posted on 6/29/24 at 11:39 pm to Sir Drinksalot
quote:
Is there no tomato that can beat the Louisiana heat?
My cherry tomatoes are still producing pretty well
My beefstakes are still flowering but not setting fruit. I'm hoping I can keep them alive until the fall
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Posted on 6/30/24 at 7:57 am to jennyjones
Hail storm yesterday afternoon pretty much flattened my garden. Naturally a couple hours after finishing the irrigation system. Guess I’ll start making plans for the fall garden.
Posted on 6/30/24 at 11:41 am to Capt ST
This cicada with a chrome belly was on my tomato plants.
Posted on 6/30/24 at 6:25 pm to 81Tiger
Cool find. Spent the last 2 mornings pulling weeds from the garden. Let things get out of hand in June. Tomatoes are done. I constantly fight blight. It’s like it instantly shows up once the tomatoes start growing. Green beans are done. But should have black eyed peas and okra by the 4th.
It’s frickin hot.
It’s frickin hot.
Posted on 7/1/24 at 10:08 am to Mr Sausage
My mini cucumbers are starting to come in, but only from one pant. The other beautiful vine just looks to have all male flowers. There were two bumblebees working them hard this morning, so maybe I'll finally get some from that vine.
Posted on 7/1/24 at 8:26 pm to AlxTgr
My black cherry tomatoes are thriving
Posted on 7/1/24 at 10:33 pm to Bayou
My tomatoes up here have been a bust thus far. Seemed like we went from freeze warnings to 100 temps in 3 weeks. Got a stretch of nighttime temps in the 60s, if they don’t set any fruit I’m going to start prepping for fall.
Posted on 7/2/24 at 7:14 am to Capt ST
quote:
My tomatoes up here have been a bust thus far.
Same here. Didn't even get that many cherry tomatoes.
Posted on 7/2/24 at 7:21 am to AlxTgr
I have plenty of mini cucumbers, and they taste fine, but they all quickly turn into yellow hot air balloons 
also no one told me that dill is a fall/winter crop so my pickle ambitions withered away a few weeks ago.
also no one told me that dill is a fall/winter crop so my pickle ambitions withered away a few weeks ago.
Posted on 7/2/24 at 9:32 am to Sir Drinksalot
quote:On the vine or stored? Ours are doing great in the fridge.
they all quickly turn into yellow hot air balloons
quote:I moved mine to mostly shade under our overhang and it's holding on.
also no one told me that dill is a fall/winter crop so my pickle ambitions withered away a few weeks ago.
Posted on 7/2/24 at 10:21 am to Sir Drinksalot
quote:
also no one told me that dill is a fall/winter crop so my pickle ambitions withered away a few weeks ago.
Yeah my dill died in the heat as well. I've been having to buy fresh dill for my pickles, and i've been making a ton of pickles as my pickling cucumbers are still doing really well.
I had Dill, Parsley, Thyme, Rosemary, Lavender, Cilantro. All in pots but all got watered regularly on the timer. The Dill, Parsley and Cilantro all bolted and died. Somehow the Thyme is doing really well. The Rosemary and Lavender has been in the same pot for 2.5 years now doing fine.
Posted on 7/2/24 at 11:21 am to AlxTgr
on the vine.
It sucks - I have so many of them...but they all look stupid.
More like melons than cucumbers.
It sucks - I have so many of them...but they all look stupid.
More like melons than cucumbers.
Posted on 7/2/24 at 11:23 am to TeddyPadillac
thyme, rosemary, lavender are perennials.
cilantro, parsley, dill are reseeding annuals…they flower, set seed and die.
cilantro, parsley, dill are reseeding annuals…they flower, set seed and die.
Posted on 7/2/24 at 11:23 am to Sir Drinksalot
I know mine go from flower to ready faster than normal cucumbers, so i check on them twice a day.
Posted on 7/2/24 at 11:26 am to TeddyPadillac
My rosemary, thyme, sage, basil, curry, lavender, lemongrass, oregano and mint all look great.
Cilantro and dill burned up. They looked so wimpy...I'm having a hard time accepting they will do better in the cold weather?
chives appear to be healthy but not interested in growing at all.
I'm going to try drying my sage to burn and making some teas by drying some of the others.
Do you do anything out of the ordinary with your herbs? always looking for ideas....
Cilantro and dill burned up. They looked so wimpy...I'm having a hard time accepting they will do better in the cold weather?
chives appear to be healthy but not interested in growing at all.
I'm going to try drying my sage to burn and making some teas by drying some of the others.
Do you do anything out of the ordinary with your herbs? always looking for ideas....
Posted on 7/2/24 at 2:15 pm to cgrand
quote:
thyme, rosemary, lavender are perennials.
cilantro, parsley, dill are reseeding annuals…they flower, set seed and die.
well then that makes sense. thanks.
sucks with the dill. The whole point of growing that was so i didn't have to spend $10 every time i wanted to make a big batch of pickles just on dill.
I guess i'll be alright in the fall when i replant cucumbers, and dill.
Posted on 7/2/24 at 5:50 pm to TeddyPadillac
dill, parsley and cilantro will all over-winter. Plant in the fall and harvest till it gets hot and they bolt. I always let mine flower and go to seed and they usually come back
treat them like lettuce
treat them like lettuce
Posted on 7/3/24 at 10:12 am to AlxTgr
quote:I went from no cucs to 40 of em in a matter of a couple weeks when the bees found my stuff. Cucumbers came out my ears for a bit, on three or four plants. My celebrities finally have made about 25 or so tomatoes, but they are so slow to turn this year...my FIL who is an awesome gardener had said the same thing in his garden. I am about to tear out everything except peppers and get ready for the fall.
My mini cucumbers are starting to come in, but only from one pant. The other beautiful vine just looks to have all male flowers. There were two bumblebees working them hard this morning, so maybe I'll finally get some from that vine.
Posted on 7/4/24 at 8:58 am to TeddyPadillac
I had some pretty decent overlap with my dill and cucumbers. Dill hung on until early June, and I was getting cucumbers in late April.
Posted on 7/4/24 at 11:15 am to LSUJuice
anyone else doing projects today?
progress is slow but at least there’s cloud cover
progress is slow but at least there’s cloud cover
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