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Our raised-bed veg. garden (with pics)
Posted on 4/8/13 at 9:53 am
Posted on 4/8/13 at 9:53 am
planting complete, next is the drip irrigation installation.
Any suggestions, ideas or questions, please feel free.
Any suggestions, ideas or questions, please feel free.
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Posted on 4/8/13 at 10:04 am to 10Percenter
Cool house
Posted on 4/8/13 at 10:06 am to MillerMan
No kidding, I've never seen windows like that.
Posted on 4/8/13 at 10:08 am to Specktricity
house is about 25 years old
Posted on 4/8/13 at 10:08 am to 10Percenter
You have a fine spread.
Posted on 4/8/13 at 10:11 am to JAB528
thanks, i hope i didn't mix to much rabbit manure with the soil, i have been told it is pretty hot.
Posted on 4/8/13 at 10:12 am to 10Percenter
Whatcha got planted? I can't quite make them out.
Posted on 4/8/13 at 10:18 am to 10Percenter
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i have been told it is pretty hot
It is. If IIRC it's just below chicken shite, but I was a kid the last time I fertilized anything.
Posted on 4/8/13 at 10:19 am to TigerTitleHunter
That is a lot of dirt to raise it up that high
Posted on 4/8/13 at 10:19 am to TigerTitleHunter
Awesome house and garden. Also interested in what you planted.
Posted on 4/8/13 at 10:22 am to TigerTitleHunter
Tomatoes(better boy, beef master, big beef, and cherry) Bell Peppers( green, red, and yellow varieties) Egg Plants, Peppers( Tabasco, Banana) and Cucumbers.
Posted on 4/8/13 at 10:33 am to 10Percenter
looks solid
Are you planning on expanding over the years? You have plenty of room to have a large garden.
Are you planning on expanding over the years? You have plenty of room to have a large garden.
Posted on 4/8/13 at 10:38 am to Salmon
As far as consumption, I think this may be more than we need. I may want to add a melon garden next year though.
Posted on 4/8/13 at 10:42 am to 10Percenter
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Tomatoes(better boy, beef master, big beef, and cherry)
You probably want to put your tomato cages up sooner than later. It will be a pain if they get too big.
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Bell Peppers( green, red, and yellow varieties) Egg Plants, Peppers( Tabasco, Banana)
I like to keep my peppers tied to sticks for support. If you wanted to do that you should do it soon as well. It will damage the roots if it's done when they're bigger.
Other than that it looks good.
Posted on 4/8/13 at 10:47 am to TigerTitleHunter
great advice, i was thinking of using sticks for tomatoes as well. I was worried of the cage damaging branches, thus causing infection. any thoughts?
This post was edited on 4/8/13 at 10:49 am
Posted on 4/8/13 at 10:56 am to 10Percenter
That's alot of dirt but looks great. I've got 36 tomatoe plants in 9 18" pots, 4 per pot. Planted 3 per pot last year and had hundreds of tomatoes. 4 per pot is experimantal. Miracle Grow tomatoe food works wonders.
Posted on 4/8/13 at 11:00 am to 10Percenter
I think just tying them really wouldn't be enough. I've normally just used tomato cages but this year I'm going to tie them as well. Take a look at my bed below. That's for four plants. I've got the cheap cages from home depot. If I did it over I would make sturdy ones . Something like in the video below. Never had an issue with plants being damaged by a cage.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 4/8/13 at 11:55 am to 10Percenter
Looks nice.
I have been planting raised beds for 25 years..
One problem you may have down the road is not be able to rotate your tomato crop.
After 8-10 years of rotating between 2 beds my tomatos developed a soil born diease that I still have today.
For this reason I now grow tomatos in containers. But a few small bed might be better than one large one. This would allow you to rotate crops.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
I have been planting raised beds for 25 years..
One problem you may have down the road is not be able to rotate your tomato crop.
After 8-10 years of rotating between 2 beds my tomatos developed a soil born diease that I still have today.
For this reason I now grow tomatos in containers. But a few small bed might be better than one large one. This would allow you to rotate crops.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Posted on 4/8/13 at 12:16 pm to 10Percenter
I did this this year. I just did an 8x8 deal with 2x10s.
Just bought the sack top soil from the stores. The dirt I got from Lowes was superior to the brand from Home Depot. It was heavier and holds moisture much better.
I planted tomato, bell, jalapeno, squash. I have it too crowded I think.
It was amazing what I had learned from my father that I had forgotten. Specifically to plant the tomato plants 1/2 way down or more. I planted them like flowers and the wind just beat them to hell and back. I replanted, fertilized and things are looking pretty good.
Just bought the sack top soil from the stores. The dirt I got from Lowes was superior to the brand from Home Depot. It was heavier and holds moisture much better.
I planted tomato, bell, jalapeno, squash. I have it too crowded I think.
It was amazing what I had learned from my father that I had forgotten. Specifically to plant the tomato plants 1/2 way down or more. I planted them like flowers and the wind just beat them to hell and back. I replanted, fertilized and things are looking pretty good.
Posted on 4/8/13 at 12:33 pm to tigerfoot
We are also trying to do the whole organic deal this year. I'm worried about homemade pesticides not doing the job but we will give it a shot.
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