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re: 2025 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 1/30/25 at 3:46 am to AlxTgr
Posted on 1/30/25 at 3:46 am to AlxTgr
Accidentally bought the short stubby carrot seeds but they seemed to make it through the cold ok. Strawberries look good but lost a lot of maturing fruit unfortunately. I’m worried this stretch of warm weather is going to awaken some of my blackberries a little too early.
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Posted on 1/30/25 at 8:19 am to Wolfmanjack
Do you know what kind of carrots these are? I had a free seed package of koral carrots I planted so I am anxious to try them.
Posted on 1/30/25 at 11:06 am to TimeOutdoors
I’ll check when I get home this evening
Posted on 1/30/25 at 4:17 pm to Wolfmanjack
that's what happens when its cold outside
Posted on 1/30/25 at 5:06 pm to Pezzo
Picked those before the cold weather
Posted on 1/30/25 at 6:30 pm to PillageUrVillage
What are some of your favorite, not so hot peppers to grow?
Posted on 1/30/25 at 8:28 pm to robot55
Marconi, Carmen, and Shishito.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 9:43 am to robot55
Jimmy Nardello.
All my seeds have been started. Got pretty good germination on everything that I really cared about. I'm going to try to do some yard work this weekend. Planning to go ahead and top my beds off with some compost and get my garden area cleaned up.
All my seeds have been started. Got pretty good germination on everything that I really cared about. I'm going to try to do some yard work this weekend. Planning to go ahead and top my beds off with some compost and get my garden area cleaned up.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 12:53 pm to PillageUrVillage
quote:Do these show up at places like Lowe's? Or, does one have to start from seed?
Shishito.
Posted on 1/31/25 at 3:12 pm to AlxTgr
I don’t recall seeing them there. But to be fair, I don’t usually buy many of my plants from them. So they may have some and I’ve just never seen them. I try to start as much as I can from seed. If for some reason I do need transplants I usually go to my local garden center. And they normally don’t have shishito.
This post was edited on 1/31/25 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 2/1/25 at 9:49 am to Wolfmanjack
quote:
Accidentally bought the short stubby carrot seeds
Your soil isn’t loose enough.
Go get bags of perlite and add that to the soil. Lots of it. You should be able to stick your pointed hand down into the soil and it easily go all the way into the soil. That’s what you need for growing long carrots.
Posted on 2/1/25 at 2:14 pm to TeddyPadillac
who else is burning piles today LOL
what a glorious day in the bayou state
what a glorious day in the bayou state
Posted on 2/2/25 at 7:36 am to TeddyPadillac
It’s the variety, they are “short conical shaped” carrots! I have no problems growing long carrots when I plant a different variety.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 4:05 pm to Wolfmanjack
First time gardener here.
I built a 10’ x 4’ x 2’ raised bed last fall and filled it with a bunch of dead branches and all of the fallen cypress needles from my yard. I have about 8 inches of freeboard left.
What should I use to fill the rest of the way? I was thinking peat moss then soil.
What’s a rough guideline on how many items I can plant? I’m in mandeville. So any advice on things that do well is appreciated.
I built a 10’ x 4’ x 2’ raised bed last fall and filled it with a bunch of dead branches and all of the fallen cypress needles from my yard. I have about 8 inches of freeboard left.
What should I use to fill the rest of the way? I was thinking peat moss then soil.
What’s a rough guideline on how many items I can plant? I’m in mandeville. So any advice on things that do well is appreciated.
Posted on 2/2/25 at 5:26 pm to mikie421
80cf = 3 cy
that’s a lot to bag. Consider a bulk truck dump.
depending on where you are you could buy “garden” mix which is ground up bark and sand, and amend it with organics (composted manure is easy enough). It won’t have any clay in it which means you’ll be missing minerals and it will probably drain so fast it will be hard to keep moisture in the summer.
there’s a dude in Hammond that mixes his own garden soil (forest products, sand, clay, manure & compost) that I filled my beds with and it’s ready to grow right out the truck. A year or so of age will be even better
Since it’s new soil, you need to get the fungi going.
good luck…it’s all about good dirt and time
that’s a lot to bag. Consider a bulk truck dump.
depending on where you are you could buy “garden” mix which is ground up bark and sand, and amend it with organics (composted manure is easy enough). It won’t have any clay in it which means you’ll be missing minerals and it will probably drain so fast it will be hard to keep moisture in the summer.
there’s a dude in Hammond that mixes his own garden soil (forest products, sand, clay, manure & compost) that I filled my beds with and it’s ready to grow right out the truck. A year or so of age will be even better
Since it’s new soil, you need to get the fungi going.
good luck…it’s all about good dirt and time
Posted on 2/3/25 at 10:51 am to cgrand
I just purchased 5 CY from a local nursery as well. $50/CY and $50 delivery fee. With the 2ft tall beds I add logs, shredded cardboard, and pine nuggets for the first 12-14" and fill with 10-12" of soil.
"Since it’s new soil, you need to get the fungi going"
I am a big believer in mycorrhizal additives when transplanting trees. I grow lionsmane, shittake, and oyster mushrooms from time to time and put the leftover bricks in the beds, even though it is technically the wrong kind of mycorrhizae. I do add leaves most of the time, so that should get the process going as well.
"Since it’s new soil, you need to get the fungi going"
I am a big believer in mycorrhizal additives when transplanting trees. I grow lionsmane, shittake, and oyster mushrooms from time to time and put the leftover bricks in the beds, even though it is technically the wrong kind of mycorrhizae. I do add leaves most of the time, so that should get the process going as well.
This post was edited on 2/3/25 at 11:09 am
Posted on 2/3/25 at 9:22 pm to TimeOutdoors
quote:yes the easiest way is to add rotting leaves
I do add leaves most of the time, so that should get the process going as well.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 6:21 am to PillageUrVillage
My 2nd year for my garden. I have large elevated planters. My question is, what do I need to do to the soil (if anything) to restore nutrients for this upcoming planting season? All tips and advice is appreciated!
This post was edited on 2/4/25 at 6:22 am
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:25 am to LSUTiger23
The best thing you can do is have a soil test done. This will tell you exactly what is going on in your soil and what, if anything, needs to be done.
Adding fresh compost is always a good way to refresh the organic matter in the soil.
Adding fresh compost is always a good way to refresh the organic matter in the soil.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 8:13 am to PillageUrVillage
yes…those boxes are small enough where you could add a few inches of compost and get right. You cannot go wrong with adding organics
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