OT: How's It Growin'?

dbCooper

Seems to be more than a few gardeners and farmers on the forum.  A thread about the progress/results of folks labor seems interesting to me.  A couple items of note from me...

One of my tomatoes is always a Early Girl, this one may be a Easy Girl as already has some babies...

Normally I'll get two harvests from my peppers.  Last year a serrano was late for the second picking, only about half way developed when frost warnings came.  Never tried it before but I potted and took inside.  Got my peppers!  It did not overwinter well, mostly dead looking.   Trimmed it way back to only green healthy leaves, about 6" high.  Lots of new growth the past several weeks.  Curious as to what it does in year two...

 

poster

Wish i was as far along as you. Frost warnings here at night for the rest of the week still

SciAggie

We started late last year, so this year we wanted to get a jump on the garden - and started too early. Oh bother...
it’s coming along ok though. 

Our latitude is about 32 degrees. Maybe that explains the tilt on the photos?

JohnInCarolina

You missed an opportunity here to title this one "Garden: How I Grow It"  

caliking

I don’t really know what’s going on here, but my contribution was to build the boxes

dbCooper

JohnInCarolina said:

You missed an opportunity here to title this one "Garden: How I Grow It"  

Yeah, and not my first such miss.  Maybe can do better when cucumbers start producing.   🙂

Mattman3969

@caliking - I had to abruptly close that pic because Mrs3969 was close enough to see it and wants that exact type of setup.  Very nice garden area you have there. 

caliking

Mattman3969 said:

@caliking - I had to abruptly close that pic because Mrs3969 was close enough to see it and wants that exact type of setup.  Very nice garden area you have there. 

That's been caliqueen's project for the last 14 months. I did my part by procrastinating re: building the boxes, from March until August lat year. She's got all kinds of stuff growing out there. There's a bit more on the other side of the yard, too.
  

alaskanassasin

WeberWho

My wife and I started plotting out a garden last fall. I should say my wife did. I've only helped put up a wire fence and stakes. (Still need to figure out a gate yet for it) My wife has had the itch and done tons of research and will take most of this year and chalk it up as a learning experience of what does and doesn't work.

My wife sent me this and I couldn't agree more. 

fishlessman

put mine in monday, have a ways to go.  for the tomatoes i just do san marzanos now, seems i have almost no problems with them an 4 plants yield a years worth of sauce. most of my raised beds are hot peppers and one full of cherry tomatoes

fishlessman

some things ive learned. mint grows everywhere except in the mint garden, it even grows a foot underwater in the river. horseradish is uncontrollable, dont even try. russian red garlic comes up yearly, the whole plant is edible. dont even look at the cranberries til november, they will be fine. love plants that replant themselves

fishlessman

alaskanassasin said:

theres enough there to kill me 50 times over

alaskanassasin

This is my hanging garden. I’ve heard a lot about them and wanted to try it.

Canugghead

Getting ready, all from last year's seeds, except marigold and Thai basil



Perennial sage, green onion, mint, oregano, thyme



Working on prepping planting beds and planters. Won't put tomatoes in the ground till 1st week in June, in case we get a late frost.

Also experimenting with self wicking planters (the wine juice buckets in 1st photo). Soil is still moist and reservoir half full after more than a week: some folks say soil should go through dry/wet cycle, being moist all the time is not necessarily a good thing,  anyone have experience in this?

Botch

alaskanassasin said:

This is my hanging garden. I’ve heard a lot about them and wanted to try it.

Do you get dirt in your eyes when you pull weeds?  

Eoin

A really slow start here as we've had low temperatures all spring, just looking like warming up a bit now. We have the usual chillies and tomatoes growing in the greenhouse and some chard outside, which seems quite happy with the cold weather.

GrateEggspectations

Y’all are growers; not showers.

buzd504

I decided to dig a new tomato patch in March of this year.

Planted March 21 (first day of spring).

As of this morning:

dbCooper

One jalapeno plant had a few low-hangers.  Took them off early so those at the crown can get more of the good stuff.

Gulfcoastguy

Well my dad had to stop picking blueberries, no more room in the freezer for them even though plenty are on the vines. Most of the garden is starting to play out except for the hot peppers and butternut squash that I planted. As much rain as we’ve had we should have planted rice.

johnmitchell

Doing great in my front yard

alaskanassasin

 Honey I can’t till the rows, the tiller is occupied 

nolaegghead

They have pills for this.

alaskanassasin

Hook_emHornsfan_74

We have had record rains here in West Texas. Our cucumbers are going crazy and we are having to give away zucchini we have to much.  What started out as a covid hobby, has turned into something SWMBO and I have enjoyed doing together.  We use special water to make them grow sideways. 

dbCooper

My cukes have some very unwelcome visitors, cucumber beetles. Nasty bugs, they can wipe out entire plants in under a week due to a bacteria they can transfer to the plant stem.  Have had that happen in some past years.

Spraying them with a insecticidal soap.  If anyone has a better method please share.  Internet pic of one of them...

Gulfcoastguy

dbCooper said:

My cukes have some very unwelcome visitors, cucumber beetles. Nasty bugs, they can wipe out entire plants in under a week due to a bacteria they can transfer to the plant stem.  Have had that happen in some past years.

Spraying them with a insecticidal soap.  If anyone has a better method please share.  Internet pic of one of them...

Soak 10 cigarettes in a gallon of water for 24 hours. Strain the cigarettes out. Add 2 tsps of Dawn dishwashing detergent. It will kill any bug that it hits so avoid using it when bees are at work.

Eoin

Bugs don't like surfactants, so some soap in a sprayer is good. A little chilli powder or garlic mixed in works too. Never heard of using tobacco, but at the current pack price here, that's an expensive cocktail.

Gulfcoastguy

Eoin said:

Bugs don't like surfactants, so some soap in a sprayer is good. A little chilli powder or garlic mixed in works too. Never heard of using tobacco, but at the current pack price here, that's an expensive cocktail.

Nicotine is a quick acting poison, something for people to consider. The vast majority of the price is taxes meant to discourage the use. You can use the very cheapest brand, the bugs won’t care. Now some nights hades are sensitive to nicotine but not cucumbers. Anyhow it will knock flying moths right out of the air.

dbCooper

@Gulfcoastguy @Eoin

Thanks for the responses.  I'll be getting some Nico/Soap/Chili potion brewed up.  Hopefully the stuff below deters them until the homebrew is ready.