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re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 5/4/24 at 6:35 pm to bamarep
Posted on 5/4/24 at 6:35 pm to bamarep
With the rain earlier this week, we went ahead and dug up alittle more than half our potato row. Didn’t want them to start rotting and it’s really only about a week early.
Surviving garlic look good.
Onions are getting ready to get harvested.
Tonight’s dinner is fresh green beans, au gratin potatoes and grilled red stag steaks.
Surviving garlic look good.
Onions are getting ready to get harvested.
Tonight’s dinner is fresh green beans, au gratin potatoes and grilled red stag steaks.
This post was edited on 5/4/24 at 6:36 pm
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Posted on 5/4/24 at 6:50 pm to Mr Sausage
quote:Those look great. Any early read on yield per plant? We're counting down to the last week of May and getting a little impatient.
With the rain earlier this week, we went ahead and dug up alittle more than half our potato row. Didn’t want them to start rotting and it’s really only about a week early.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 6:54 pm to Devious
We planted the potatoes on a row that needed rehabbing so I expected our yield to be lower than previous. These were planted and then we put mushroom compost on top of them. We probably averaged 3-4 nice size potatoes per plant and then some small ones. I also only mounded once on them. We only had one goofy looking misshaped one. We’ll call it a success with the hot weather we’ve had this spring.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 6:56 pm to Mr Sausage
quote:The kids always enjoy finding those
We only had one goofy looking misshaped one
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:19 am to Devious
I spent some time cleaning my garden yesterday. Should pick my first 3 tomatoes and cucumbers today. Also picked a couple more zucchini.
Other than a couple SVB eggs, I’ve noticed no pest issues yet. I think this is the longest I’ve ever gone without having to spray neem or something more serious for pests. I’ve also had good bee activity around the garden.
I sprayed a chemical pesticide around the area of my garden before planting to try to create some kind of barrier. I’m wondering if I’m seeing the effects of that now.
Other than a couple SVB eggs, I’ve noticed no pest issues yet. I think this is the longest I’ve ever gone without having to spray neem or something more serious for pests. I’ve also had good bee activity around the garden.
I sprayed a chemical pesticide around the area of my garden before planting to try to create some kind of barrier. I’m wondering if I’m seeing the effects of that now.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:26 am to Mr Sausage
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You guys that grow garlic, what’s your process after you pull it up?
Pretty similar to onions. Pull them and lay them in a shady spot for a couple of weeks to cure. I didn’t grow garlic this past fall. But last year I laid them under my patio and put a fan on them for a couple of weeks. Once the skin is dry and paper like you can cut the tops off and store them inside in a cool, dry, dark spot.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 12:48 pm to PillageUrVillage
Just ate my first tomato from the garden in 2024. So much better than store bought.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:16 am to PillageUrVillage
My dad would make us braid it like a girls hair and then he would hang it up in our storage shed
This post was edited on 5/6/24 at 3:40 pm
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:53 am to Mr Sausage
First beans of the season.
Unless this is some disease, I think I got a purple bean in my seed packet.
Corn has tassels and silks.
Cucumbers escalated quickly.
Onions not quite ready.
Needed to get these carrots up before the rain Sunday and the heat this week.
Unless this is some disease, I think I got a purple bean in my seed packet.
Corn has tassels and silks.
Cucumbers escalated quickly.
Onions not quite ready.
Needed to get these carrots up before the rain Sunday and the heat this week.
This post was edited on 5/6/24 at 7:03 am
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:11 am to LSUJuice
Any idea what’s after the strawberries? I’ve hit them with neem oil.
Soil is very high in ph (7.26). Any way to quickly adjust? One of the plants seems stalled, the other is sending runners. They aren’t flowering anymore.
https://i.imgur.com/AivVWKz.jpeg
Soil is very high in ph (7.26). Any way to quickly adjust? One of the plants seems stalled, the other is sending runners. They aren’t flowering anymore.
https://i.imgur.com/AivVWKz.jpeg
This post was edited on 5/6/24 at 7:12 am
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:49 am to meeple
Looks great 
Posted on 5/6/24 at 8:04 am to Athletix
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Getting a low flower to fruit ratio on my Cantaloupe. Watermelon and all other plants are fruiting just fine. However, I’m getting no flowers turning into fruit on my cantaloupe. It’s odd.. talking 40+ flowers and none of them fruiting.
are they all male flowers, or are you seeing female flowers as well and they aren't getting past the flower stage?
I had a similar issue last fall with my pumpkins. Tons of male flowers when it first started and no female flowers. I fed it some flower boom fertilizer, I think it was just the simple miracle gro one you'd put on your flowers to bloom more, and that helped tremendously and saw some female flowers soon after. and i literally took a male flower and went make him have flower sex with the female flowers i had. I think he liked it, and he was successful impregnating his female companion.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:35 pm to meeple
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the other is sending runners. They aren’t flowering anymore.
you have to pull the runners if you want to keep making berries. you'll get berries until early June or so if the weather doesn't get stupid and then let the runners go and those will be next year's plants.
as far as the holes could be lots of things. I haven't had much luck with neem as a deterrent, so I just plant extra and call it a loss.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 1:58 pm to TeddyPadillac
Been weeding and feeding last couple days. Picked a tomato and a cucumber, got plenty that will be ready soon. Onions look like they need another couple weeks. White variety has the largest bulbs, purple not doing nearly as well as they did last year for some reason. Might just need more time.
Planted a row of eggplant and 2 rows of peppers. Planted another bed in flowers for the wife, hell of a vacation.
Planted a row of eggplant and 2 rows of peppers. Planted another bed in flowers for the wife, hell of a vacation.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 2:21 pm to meeple
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Any idea what’s after the strawberries?
Slugs and/or snails more than likely. They're more active at night so you may not see them during the day. I get fruit like that often. As it gets warmer I find myself getting more and more bad strawberries. Sometimes I'm throwing about half of them out.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 4:32 pm to TeddyPadillac
quote:I need a cigarette now
i literally took a male flower and went make him have flower sex with the female flowers i had. I think he liked it, and he was successful impregnating his female companion.
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:02 pm to cgrand
Finally got mine looking decent enough to photograph.
Butternut, cucuzza, candy roaster, and tromboncino squash are starting to climb and flower. I have Chinese long beans and some kajari melons on the trellis to the left. Random poblano that needed a home as well.
I let volunteers take over this bed. I have what I'm assuming are desi and scallop squash, okra, peppers, and cherry tomatoes in it. I'm going to be pissed if all the peppers are Tabasco.
Container eggplants and peppers are looking healthy. I replaced the peppers that I lost with some volunteers.
Black Krims are growing way faster than the rest of the tomatoes. They didn't do worth a shite last year.
Pretty curious about this one. Dwarf Tamarillo from Baker Creek. The leaves smell pretty funky. Took about a month for the seeds to sprout but it really took off once it warmed up. Supposed to make a small tree. Will have to take it inside during frosts.
My Rio Grande peach tree is about to collapse. 3 years old. I culled about 200 off of it and couldn't stand to remove more. Hopefully they get bigger and I can keep the deer off. They're starting to smell like peaches.
Prickly Pear cactus and an Aji Charipita pepper. I got drunk last Cinco de Mayo and stole a paddle from the Mexican restaurant's landscaping. It's growing pretty quick. My wife left the pot empty for a year so I claimed it and planted the pepper. The day after planting it I got the whole "I was gonna use that" spill. Too late.
I'm glad the cactus is spineless. I'd be up at night wondering how sharp the spines are if it had them.
Hope I get a few squash before the vine borers get after them. There are eggs all over them.
The shite thing about a bermuda lawn is that you can't keep it out of the beds. I gave up on pulling it. It grows up from under the borders.
Butternut, cucuzza, candy roaster, and tromboncino squash are starting to climb and flower. I have Chinese long beans and some kajari melons on the trellis to the left. Random poblano that needed a home as well.
I let volunteers take over this bed. I have what I'm assuming are desi and scallop squash, okra, peppers, and cherry tomatoes in it. I'm going to be pissed if all the peppers are Tabasco.
Container eggplants and peppers are looking healthy. I replaced the peppers that I lost with some volunteers.
Black Krims are growing way faster than the rest of the tomatoes. They didn't do worth a shite last year.
Pretty curious about this one. Dwarf Tamarillo from Baker Creek. The leaves smell pretty funky. Took about a month for the seeds to sprout but it really took off once it warmed up. Supposed to make a small tree. Will have to take it inside during frosts.
My Rio Grande peach tree is about to collapse. 3 years old. I culled about 200 off of it and couldn't stand to remove more. Hopefully they get bigger and I can keep the deer off. They're starting to smell like peaches.
Prickly Pear cactus and an Aji Charipita pepper. I got drunk last Cinco de Mayo and stole a paddle from the Mexican restaurant's landscaping. It's growing pretty quick. My wife left the pot empty for a year so I claimed it and planted the pepper. The day after planting it I got the whole "I was gonna use that" spill. Too late.
I'm glad the cactus is spineless. I'd be up at night wondering how sharp the spines are if it had them.
Hope I get a few squash before the vine borers get after them. There are eggs all over them.
The shite thing about a bermuda lawn is that you can't keep it out of the beds. I gave up on pulling it. It grows up from under the borders.
This post was edited on 5/6/24 at 6:04 pm
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:41 pm to Loup
Looks great!
Sethoxydim will kill the bermuda in your beds without harming your plants. That’s if you don’t mind using chemicals. I’ve resorted to it before due to a pretty bad takeover and it worked very well.
ETA: I’ve been kinda slacking on looking after my garden lately. The wife and kids want a pool, so I’m in ground prep mode lately.
Some of my onion tops are starting to lay over so I need to get in there and pull some. I imagine the rest will be along shortly. First couple of sunflower heads have opened. Cucumbers are climbing! Tomatoes and peppers are loading up. The shishitos are about to do their thing. And my wife and kids have been picking a crap ton of blackberries! I have 4 gallons in the freezer already and we’ve been eating enough to make us sick!
Sethoxydim will kill the bermuda in your beds without harming your plants. That’s if you don’t mind using chemicals. I’ve resorted to it before due to a pretty bad takeover and it worked very well.
ETA: I’ve been kinda slacking on looking after my garden lately. The wife and kids want a pool, so I’m in ground prep mode lately.
Some of my onion tops are starting to lay over so I need to get in there and pull some. I imagine the rest will be along shortly. First couple of sunflower heads have opened. Cucumbers are climbing! Tomatoes and peppers are loading up. The shishitos are about to do their thing. And my wife and kids have been picking a crap ton of blackberries! I have 4 gallons in the freezer already and we’ve been eating enough to make us sick!
This post was edited on 5/6/24 at 7:48 pm
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:45 pm to PillageUrVillage
quote:
Sethoxydim will kill the bermuda in your beds without harming your plants. That’s if you don’t mind using chemicals. I’ve resorted to it before due to a pretty bad takeover and it worked very well.
I'll try that out if I gets bad. Last year I just let it roll. I really want to get rid of the damn purslane.
quote:
Looks great
Thanks!
Posted on 5/6/24 at 8:16 pm to PillageUrVillage
quote:
I’ve been kinda slacking on looking after my garden lately. The wife and kids want a pool, so I’m in ground prep mode lately.
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