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re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 5/16/24 at 8:27 pm to PillageUrVillage
Posted on 5/16/24 at 8:27 pm to PillageUrVillage
With all the negativity and craziness out there, thank goodness for gardening. What a great way to escape. That is all.
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Posted on 5/17/24 at 8:53 am to Hobie101
Anybody else going crazy with this rain? Couldn't even water my garden when I got home from work yesterday.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 3:27 pm to Loup
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Anybody else going crazy with this rain?
Yeah, for once it rained without me first watering.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 3:33 pm to Loup
I'm a little concerned about blossom end rot with all the rain, but nothing I can do about besides grab the tomatoes as soon as they reach the breaker stage.
Wind flattened my corn.
Butternuts looking good tho
So is my row of perennials
Couldn't get to the onions before the rain, but oh well. Hopefully they'll dry out just fine.
Wind flattened my corn.
Butternuts looking good tho
So is my row of perennials
Couldn't get to the onions before the rain, but oh well. Hopefully they'll dry out just fine.
This post was edited on 5/17/24 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 5/17/24 at 4:20 pm to LSUJuice
I watched guy on YouTube salvage his corn using twine to support it. Might be worth a shot.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 5:03 pm to LSUJuice
Try that tomato weave thing on your corn, Juice. Why wouldn't it work?
Posted on 5/17/24 at 6:05 pm to ChenierauTigre
The weave kept my tomatoes from getting completely torched.
Posted on 5/18/24 at 6:53 am to Mr Sausage
First harvest of the year out of my volunteer bed. Desi squash. I slice them and roast in the air fryer. Makes a good snack.
Posted on 5/18/24 at 7:55 am to Hobie101
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With all the negativity and craziness out there, thank goodness for gardening. What a great way to escape. That is all.
Posted on 5/18/24 at 4:27 pm to ChenierauTigre
Yeah the weave would work, just don't know if I can get to it. Have a power line down in the yard and minor house damage, and we're on the way out of town. So the corn is on its own.
Posted on 5/18/24 at 7:22 pm to LSUJuice
Based on my experiences as an old timer, I think your corn will be as productive or at worst nearly as productive as it would have been.
The stalks likely won't be close to as upright as they would've been, but they'll lift themselves up sufficiently to make nice ears well above ground level.
The stalks likely won't be close to as upright as they would've been, but they'll lift themselves up sufficiently to make nice ears well above ground level.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 9:31 am to LSUJuice
I used the weave (or a variation of it) on my green beans that were supposed to be bush but are runners. I went on vacation last week and with all the storms fully expected to come home to a mess.
All 60 tomato plants still standing and my corn held it's own in the wind.
Left with juvy squash and cukes and came home to a nice basket of fruit from both. I also game home to baby green beans. I'll try to post some pics after I do a little weeding and tilling so you bastards don't give me shite about the weeds.
Whoever posted the line about the garden being a nice reprieve from the madness is spot on the money. One of my boys was over a few weeks ago and came out in the garden where I was working. He just smiled and said to me "Pops you happier than a hog in slop messing around out here aren't you?" Yep, I absolutely am. I enjoy it, there a reward for my efforts and none of my shite has a "bioengineered" label on it when I can it.
Happy farming fellows.
All 60 tomato plants still standing and my corn held it's own in the wind.
Left with juvy squash and cukes and came home to a nice basket of fruit from both. I also game home to baby green beans. I'll try to post some pics after I do a little weeding and tilling so you bastards don't give me shite about the weeds.
Whoever posted the line about the garden being a nice reprieve from the madness is spot on the money. One of my boys was over a few weeks ago and came out in the garden where I was working. He just smiled and said to me "Pops you happier than a hog in slop messing around out here aren't you?" Yep, I absolutely am. I enjoy it, there a reward for my efforts and none of my shite has a "bioengineered" label on it when I can it.
Happy farming fellows.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 11:02 am to bamarep
quote:No judgment here. I gave up on a weed free garden years ago
I'll try to post some pics after I do a little weeding and tilling so you bastards don't give me shite about the weeds.
quote:It's very true. A way to connect with nature and reap the rewards of hard work sewn. None of the other foolishness of the world matters in the garden.
Whoever posted the line about the garden being a nice reprieve from the madness is spot on the money.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 12:01 pm to Hobie101
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With all the negativity and craziness out there, thank goodness for gardening. What a great way to escape.
That and it's also good to have the ability to grow your own food in case shtf. I would encourage you all to stock up on garden supplies like seeds, fertilizer, pest/disease treatments, etc.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 12:31 pm to DarthTiger
Peaches are really starting to ripen. Going to make a cobbler tonight. They're small but that's my fault. I'll be culling twice as many next year.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 4:51 pm to Loup
Got a few sex toys on the vine.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 6:44 pm to Loup
Do you guys spray anything on plants as they start producing flowers to keep off pests or do you only treat if you notice something on plants?
Just wondering if there is any preventive measures is should be doing to protect against bugs or disease.
TIA
Just wondering if there is any preventive measures is should be doing to protect against bugs or disease.
TIA
Posted on 5/19/24 at 6:55 pm to LSUTiger23
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Do you guys spray anything on plants as they start producing flowers to keep off pests or do you only treat if you notice something on plants?
Just wondering if there is any preventive measures is should be doing to protect against bugs or disease.
I spinosad and permethrin if the plants aren't actively flowering. I have a puff sprayer for diamatacious earth that I hit bugs with as I see them otherwise.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 7:02 pm to LSUTiger23
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only treat if you notice something on plants
For the most part, this. I’d rather not use insecticides if I don’t have to. I’ve been seeing some cucumber beetles here and there. But they don't usually cause enough damage that my plants can’t handle them. My main concern is stink bugs, leaf footed bugs, and caterpillars. Especially hornworms. If I see those I will start spraying.
Posted on 5/19/24 at 8:35 pm to PillageUrVillage
Been seeing these little bastards recently. Sevin dust has taken them out. After our big wind storm last week, i staked my squash to start going up some poles. Wrapped the base of the plant with foil because why not.
Black eyed peas, cream zipper peas, butter beans, and okra have entered the garden. Spent the afternoon pulling weeds out of the aisle next to the potatoes that got out of hand. Low 90s high humidity and no wind made that some kind of enjoyable. Burned the remnants with the propane torch and put mulch down. The pool and cold beers felt great after that fun.
Black eyed peas, cream zipper peas, butter beans, and okra have entered the garden. Spent the afternoon pulling weeds out of the aisle next to the potatoes that got out of hand. Low 90s high humidity and no wind made that some kind of enjoyable. Burned the remnants with the propane torch and put mulch down. The pool and cold beers felt great after that fun.
This post was edited on 5/20/24 at 8:31 am
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