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re: The 2021 Garden Thread
Posted on 4/23/21 at 5:49 pm to ChenierauTigre
Posted on 4/23/21 at 5:49 pm to ChenierauTigre
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But that is some sad arse looking beans.
I’ve considered pulling and replanting. But there’s good new growth in there. Might as well let em ride. If they don’t do something with the coming warm spell this week, I’ll pull em and sow new seeds.
Edited for autocorrect hating me.
This post was edited on 4/23/21 at 5:51 pm
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Posted on 4/24/21 at 12:55 pm to PillageUrVillage
The leaves in my eggplants are turning dark. What does that mean?
This is rain from last night
This is rain from last night
Posted on 4/24/21 at 10:25 pm to PillageUrVillage
I’ve never grown onions before, do they typically have this many folded shoots?
They do get a fair amount of wind being exposed to the opening of an open field to the south.
They do get a fair amount of wind being exposed to the opening of an open field to the south.
Posted on 4/25/21 at 5:14 am to PTBob
quote:Are they turning purple?
The leaves in my eggplants are turning dark. What does that mean
If so it might be a phosphorus deficiency.
Posted on 4/25/21 at 8:10 am to awestruck
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Are they turning purple?
If so it might be a phosphorus deficiency.
That would be my guess as well. Young plants go through that after transplanting sometimes. They’ll usually grow out of it.
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I’ve never grown onions before, do they typically have this many folded shoots?
I don’t have the most experience with onions. I’m still trying to figure them out myself. But mine do that as well.
Posted on 4/25/21 at 11:30 am to jyoung1
Yeah mine usually have a decent amount folded over, especially as they get taller.
Posted on 4/25/21 at 3:12 pm to jyoung1
If the shoots have splotches on them, hit them with a fungicide. Mine got something over that wet spell. I’ve been spraying every 7 days and vast majority look to be making a comeback.
Posted on 4/25/21 at 6:36 pm to Capt ST
Thanks, about 1/10 shoots have the splotches on them.
Would hydrogen peroxide work or what kind of fungicide?
Would hydrogen peroxide work or what kind of fungicide?
Posted on 4/25/21 at 7:48 pm to jyoung1
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, do they typically have this many folded shoots?
Yes, especially when planted too far apart. The shoots are hollow and once the get tall enough their weight and weather conditions will pull them over, and once pulled over, they never go back straight up.
I've grown onions for a few years now and have had mixed success. The first two years I got beautiful yellow and red onions and for the past several years, all I get are lots of green tops and onions no bigger than spring onions. Spring onions are more like shallots in the respect they get bigger than the green onion bulbs you see in stores, but not near as big as full size onions.
Mine usually only get about 1 in. in diameter but are great for cooking as they are mild.
Just pinch off some of the bent over shoots to use as green onions but take them from several plants and not the same one.
This post was edited on 4/25/21 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 4/25/21 at 7:58 pm to jyoung1
I’m alternating Daconil and copper.
Posted on 4/25/21 at 9:18 pm to PTBob
Eggplants should improve a lot with warmer temperatures. They, along with okra, like warm and hot weather.
The heavy, frequent rain we've been having and the cool, chilly nighttime temperatures we've had tend to slow down eggplant and okra.
I'm in my upper 70s and have been growing vegetables, since I was a young boy.
One of my older cousins used to plant Brimmer tomatoes. The ones he grew produced the largest tomatoes I've ever seen. They were huge and flavorful.
At that time, to the best of my knowledge and memory, everyone else I knew planted Louisiana Pink, Louisiana Red, and Gulf State Market tomatoes. Those varieties had excellent flavor, thin skin, and you could smell them when they were fully ripe. None of us planted hybrid varieties until some time after I became an adult.
Over the years, I've planted a pretty wide range of vegetables.
I just enjoy planting, tending to, and watching plants grow and become productive, plus it has the added benefit of engaging in healthy exercise.
The heavy, frequent rain we've been having and the cool, chilly nighttime temperatures we've had tend to slow down eggplant and okra.
I'm in my upper 70s and have been growing vegetables, since I was a young boy.
One of my older cousins used to plant Brimmer tomatoes. The ones he grew produced the largest tomatoes I've ever seen. They were huge and flavorful.
At that time, to the best of my knowledge and memory, everyone else I knew planted Louisiana Pink, Louisiana Red, and Gulf State Market tomatoes. Those varieties had excellent flavor, thin skin, and you could smell them when they were fully ripe. None of us planted hybrid varieties until some time after I became an adult.
Over the years, I've planted a pretty wide range of vegetables.
I just enjoy planting, tending to, and watching plants grow and become productive, plus it has the added benefit of engaging in healthy exercise.
This post was edited on 4/26/21 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 4/26/21 at 10:36 am to gumbo2176
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onions no bigger than spring onions.
Well that's disappointing, do you grow from seed/seedlings or bulb? I've heard that growing from bulb results in smaller onions (Mine were started from bulb).
Posted on 4/27/21 at 5:23 am to jyoung1
Cross posted from F&D board. I’m starting to get really into hot sauce and I’ll be growing a variety of peppers this summer to make a few different fermented sauces. I’ve done some very general research on fermenting peppers using a brine. If any of y’all have any tips on recipes, ratios, websites where I can learn more, etc. that would be awesome. Right now I have these peppers growing: hot banana, cayenne, mammoth jalapeño, habanero, ghost pepper, fresno, 7 pot, anaheim, caterpillar red, cherry bomb red, and scotch bonnet yellow, and Trinidad scorpion chocolate. For the super hot peppers, I figured I would mix those with a sweet pepper for fermentation. Appreciate any help/experience y’all could share. I currently have them all in containers because it easy for me to move them around based on weather conditions and plant needs.
Posted on 4/27/21 at 5:49 am to AyyyBaw
My advice is to seek out someone from Puerto Rico for advice. Puerto Ricans make the best fermented hot sauces. Wishing you much success. 
Posted on 4/27/21 at 10:41 am to AyyyBaw
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fermenting peppers
I’ve never done the fermentation method. If you go this route, please share your results and thoughts on it with us.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 1:23 pm to PillageUrVillage
Beans are stuck like this. I haven’t watered in at least 2 weeks so I’m. It sure what to do.
What do y’all think?
Posted on 4/28/21 at 2:03 pm to BallsEleven
That's pretty much how mine have looked all month.
It took until this week for both my beans and cucumbers to get going. With the warmer weather this week they are finally climbing the trellis. If I were you I'd give them a few more days and if they don't make a move I'd re-plant.
It took until this week for both my beans and cucumbers to get going. With the warmer weather this week they are finally climbing the trellis. If I were you I'd give them a few more days and if they don't make a move I'd re-plant.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 2:11 pm to PillageUrVillage
So fricking annoying 
I’ll have to run to the store some time this week just in case.
I’ll have to run to the store some time this week just in case.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 2:16 pm to BallsEleven
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Beans are stuck like this. I haven’t watered in at least 2 weeks so I’m. It sure what to do.
What do y’all think?
Hit that bad boy with a heavy dose of well balanced fert and give it a few days
Posted on 4/28/21 at 3:23 pm to BallsEleven
My beans are 5-6 ft. tall and have beans 4-5" long. But the plants would not win a prize in the state fair. Cucumbers are looking really good and are blooming up a storm. I am in NW Florida and we have had a lot of chilly weather and a lot of storms. No standing water in the sandy soil though.
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