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re: Garden Updates
Posted on 6/23/18 at 7:00 pm to gumbo2176
Posted on 6/23/18 at 7:00 pm to gumbo2176
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Lsuson:
Nawlins, you plant 4 plants per pot? That base must be wide because that’s a lot of weight once it grows verticals
Plants tied to the cages on 4 sides stabilize the pots pretty well. When the plants get real tall, and start leaning, I add bungee cords from the pots to the cages here and there.
I water once a day to saturation which adds weight to the pots also. I'm about done fooling with them at this point.
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Posted on 6/23/18 at 9:03 pm to Nawlens Gator
Do you do a fall tomato crop?
Posted on 6/23/18 at 9:33 pm to lsuson
No fall tomato crop. We have ample tomato puree in the freezer (42 quarts plus 5 left from last year).
We'll pull the tomato plants soon and plant collards mid August (only one per pot). We cook down the collard leaves about 3 times between Oct and Feb and freeze in quart bags. Still have 5 quarts left from last year. I love collards, especially after a frost.
For your info, we have tractors, garden implements, land, and have made big gardens in the past. I'm tired of all the work involved and have found growing in pots (no soil, all compost) is so much more efficient and we enjoy it more. Not much mulch needed in an 18" pot to eliminate weeds and watering is a snap. We have evolved to 'crowded pot gardening' (Ha).
Posted on 6/23/18 at 10:13 pm to Nawlens Gator
Can you send a pic of one of the pots with the plants and cage?
Posted on 6/24/18 at 1:36 pm to lsuson
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This is from week 1 of harvesting (82 tomatoes, 43 lbs).
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This post was edited on 6/24/18 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 6/24/18 at 3:02 pm to Nawlens Gator
You must prune a lot in each pot
Posted on 6/24/18 at 3:57 pm to lsuson
No pruning except the suckers in most pots.
I think my biggest problem comes from the trusses kinking from the weight of tomatoes on each truss. I started supporting the trusses with string looped back around the stalk. That worked pretty well. Kinking trusses limit the size of the tomatoes they support.
Posted on 6/24/18 at 6:17 pm to Nawlens Gator
My corn was looking great yesterday. Came home this afternoon to find the squirrels thought it was looking good, too. I had several dozen stalks and they picked me clean in a matter of hours. 
Time get the air rifle out and seek revenge.
Time get the air rifle out and seek revenge. This post was edited on 6/24/18 at 6:18 pm
Posted on 6/24/18 at 7:03 pm to BottomlandBrew
That freaking sucks
Posted on 6/24/18 at 7:03 pm to BottomlandBrew
Have you ruled out coons and deer? Traps from Pied Piper have solved my coon and squirrel problems. Leave the critter in the cage for a couple days and the rest of the critters freak out and stay away.
Posted on 6/24/18 at 7:08 pm to BottomlandBrew
That seem like a hell of a lot of corn for squirrels to eat. I think you'd need a herd of those little furry tailed rats to do that much damage.
Posted on 6/24/18 at 7:38 pm to Nawlens Gator
I haven't ruled out deer. We have some that hang around even though I'm in the middle of the city. What points me towards the squirrels was all the debris around the trees nearest the garden. Plus I spotted two in the corn when I got home.
Posted on 6/24/18 at 8:17 pm to BottomlandBrew
Time to make some rice.
Posted on 6/27/18 at 8:41 am to mylsuhat
Finally have my first Egg Plant!
It has been the best looking plant out of all of them, now that the cucumbers are nearing their end and the Bell Peppers haven't really been producing new buds, the egg plant has decided to actually produce something besides leaves and flowers
It has been the best looking plant out of all of them, now that the cucumbers are nearing their end and the Bell Peppers haven't really been producing new buds, the egg plant has decided to actually produce something besides leaves and flowers
Posted on 6/27/18 at 8:44 am to mylsuhat
my two tomato plants are freaking taking forever to develop.
I bought two from Lowes that were in the pot you can plant in the dirt.
I bought two from Lowes that were in the pot you can plant in the dirt.
Posted on 6/27/18 at 8:52 am to lsuson
I spent yesterday morning tearing down a 24 ft. long x 6 ft. tall trellis that had seen better days. It had been up for over 15 years and the posts in the ground were getting weak, the runners were warping due to heat and generally looking ratty.
I'll buy 4 new 4 x 4's for my posts and bury them 2 ft. in the ground and run 2 x 4 stringers across them so I can nail my hog wire to it for the plants to crawl on. I generally place the lower stringer about 1 ft. off the ground, one in the middle halfway up and the 3rd one near the top. I've grown a lot of cucumbers and beans on that old trellis over the years, but it's time to replace it before it falls over.
I'll buy 4 new 4 x 4's for my posts and bury them 2 ft. in the ground and run 2 x 4 stringers across them so I can nail my hog wire to it for the plants to crawl on. I generally place the lower stringer about 1 ft. off the ground, one in the middle halfway up and the 3rd one near the top. I've grown a lot of cucumbers and beans on that old trellis over the years, but it's time to replace it before it falls over.
Posted on 6/27/18 at 9:06 am to gumbo2176
I’m using aluminum EMT conduit as trellis with rebar stakes it sits on. Just tie my stuff on and it lasts forever.
Posted on 6/27/18 at 9:11 am to LSUvegasbombed
Always a good idea to take them out of those paper pots. They never break down as fast as their supposed to and end up choking the roots.
Everything is still going strong in my garden except the cucumbers have slowed down producing. Had an explosion of horn worms about a week ago that did a number on a few of my tomatoes and peppers but I was able to get them picked off before they did any real damage.
Everything is still going strong in my garden except the cucumbers have slowed down producing. Had an explosion of horn worms about a week ago that did a number on a few of my tomatoes and peppers but I was able to get them picked off before they did any real damage.
Posted on 6/27/18 at 9:43 am to TheDrunkenTigah
Just an update, sweet banana peppers are producing like crazy, as are my scotch bonnet peppers. My aji pineapple pepper plant looks fantastic, but has only given me 5 peppers so far. They are definitely the most interestingly unique peppers I’ve had, they are delicious. Cajun Belle peppers are starting to come in strong. I have only harvested one Carmen Sweet Pepper, but it too was delicious.
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