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re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 3/15/26 at 6:53 pm to Mr Sausage
Posted on 3/15/26 at 6:53 pm to Mr Sausage
I wish I could have an in ground garden like yours's. It is too rocky up here for that. What is that planted right in the middle? It looks like onions.
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Posted on 3/15/26 at 9:02 pm to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
It is onions: white, red, and yellow. Our soil is really sandy and not the best for growing vegetables. Over the last few years, I have built those rows up with mushroom compost and topsoil all on top of black filter material. Having the automatic irrigation helps immensely also.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 10:31 am to Mr Sausage
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Over the last few years, I have built those rows up with mushroom compost and topsoil all on top of black filter material.
You did not put the topsoil and compost directly on the sandy earth? According to many proponents of no-dig gardening adding compost and mulch directly on top of poor soil allows those materials to transform the soil underneath - taking poor soils and creating a rich, organic filled soil that holds moisture and filled with nutrients. Without digging and mixing.
Anyone here done exactly that and what were the results?
Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:06 pm to ChEgrad
That’s what I do…”transformed” parts of a gravel driveway to productive planting beds. But…for short lived and shallow rooted vegetables it’s fine to put a layer of barrier material underneath. Vegetables only live a few months. The key part is the “no till” part; tilling destroys the fungal network that promotes vigorous growth and produce production and uncovers/spreads unwanted seeds/roots/rhizomes.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 12:12 pm to cgrand
ready as we’re gonna be for the freeze tonight
Sprouted flowers and the herb garden are on their own. I’m going to bag the new citrus trees right before dark. I’m not too worried about the new stuff but if my figs get burnt I’m going to be pissed
Sprouted flowers and the herb garden are on their own. I’m going to bag the new citrus trees right before dark. I’m not too worried about the new stuff but if my figs get burnt I’m going to be pissed
Posted on 3/16/26 at 3:40 pm to cgrand
Going to cover my beds with 6 mil plastic and put heat lamps underneath the plastic. Hopefully that will keep things warm enough. I doubt I'll cover my satsuma and same for me with the herbs.
Posted on 3/16/26 at 8:12 pm to ChEgrad
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You did not put the topsoil and compost directly on the sandy earth?
I tried that at first but the naive seedbed wore me out trying to prevent a pasture with some random vegetables struggling to survive in grasses.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 7:15 am to Mr Sausage
32 here at the morning low. Should start to rise now. Fingers crossed for the peppers and tomatoes
Posted on 3/17/26 at 7:54 am to cgrand
Went down to 33 for us. Lost the cover over the peppers Sunday night sometime. The 40 mph winds decimated the peppers. They looked stripped. Everything else looks good. I'll reload with peppers this weekend. They'll go all summer so not a big loss.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 8:20 am to cgrand
We were forecasted to hit 31. When I left for work it was 38. I had covered my citrus trees to be on the safe side. Luckily I hadn't planted yet and brought all of my seedlings into the garage. Should be safe to plant tomorrow.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 10:02 am to PillageUrVillage
Damage report Hammond
Tomatoes are toast. The black plastic pot wasn’t enough protection. Pretty much all melted. Peppers are decent looks like two got damaged. Everything else is fine (eggplants, cucumbers, beans, and melons). Thai basil completely melted even under pots. Sweet basil burned but ok. Woody herbs are fine.
So I’ll have to replant all the tomatoes once this bullshite clears out. Could be worse
Tomatoes are toast. The black plastic pot wasn’t enough protection. Pretty much all melted. Peppers are decent looks like two got damaged. Everything else is fine (eggplants, cucumbers, beans, and melons). Thai basil completely melted even under pots. Sweet basil burned but ok. Woody herbs are fine.
So I’ll have to replant all the tomatoes once this bullshite clears out. Could be worse
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:31 pm to cgrand
It was 18 here yesterday and it roasted everything. Just going to put more seeds in the ground this weekend when it’s in the high 90s.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 1:33 pm to cgrand
My garden mostly survived here in BR. Tomatoes are a tad wilted, some of my potatoes have some singed leaves and I think I lost my green beans but all in all not too bad. Letting them get some afternoon sun before watering and covering again tonight. Fingers crossed!
Posted on 3/17/26 at 2:58 pm to Trout Bandit
Thankfully I hadn't put anything in the ground yet. Stuck my tomatoes in the shop under a light and lit my small heater buddy in the shop. I think it helped but couldn't really tell when I left for work this AM.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 4:45 pm to cgrand
No damage here. I watered everything well, covered with 6 mil plastic, and put some heat lamps underneath. Will do the same tonight but hopefully same result. Looks a hair warmer tonight.
Posted on 3/17/26 at 6:30 pm to bluemoons
Quick glance inside my frost cloth and my tomatoes and squash I planted in early February look fine. Harvested some yellow squash yesterday - delicious. Some uncovered Asian chili pepper seedlings (volunteers) look fine so don’t know if I even need to cover the (mostly) pepper bed.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 6:04 am to ChEgrad
Covered my spring garden with storage containers and tarps, vast majority of peas and radishes made it through single digit wind chills.
Now the task is to keep everything healthy through the next few days near 90.
Now the task is to keep everything healthy through the next few days near 90.
Posted on 3/18/26 at 4:06 pm to LSUfan20005
i went by the depot in hammond to get some lumber and swung by the garden center...they left all the vegetables outside during the freeze 
. 90% shriveled and/or dead
. 90% shriveled and/or deadPosted on 3/18/26 at 6:09 pm to cgrand
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90% shriveled and/or dead
Wow - that’s a tragedy
Posted on 3/18/26 at 7:54 pm to cgrand
I stopped by on Tuesday thinking they might have put them on sale. Instead, they had placed them on racks on pallets so they could easily move them in and out.
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