Minnesota Outdoorsman
General Category => Lawn & Garden => Topic started by: glenn57 on January 01/11/22, 04:12:19 PM
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So today I went to Menards, the house of bargains, I hear. Took advantage of the 15% bag sale. They wouldn't let me put the cute little cashier in the bag however. :pouty: :sleazy: :rotflmao:
Any how, they had the garden seed rack out, so I took advantage. But dang nabit I got watch more closely. :confused:
Anyone plant kaleidoscope carrots??? :doofus:
Anyone want that pack of do called hot peppers?? :doofus:
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Anyone plant kaleidoscope carrots??? :doofus:
Yep. They are fun, look cool, and taste good too!
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Cool looking carrots but would be weird biting into one. SO are you doing some real in advance prepping/hoarding Glenn. 20222 is a long ways off. You may want to get new lids for your canning projects. :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Cool looking carrots but would be weird biting into one. SO are you doing some real in advance prepping/hoarding Glenn. 20222 is a long ways off. You may want to get new lids for your canning projects. :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
OOPS!!🤪 :rotflmao:
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I hope the seeds will still germinate.
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yes I'll take the peppers!!! I'd even try the carrots!!! going there tomorrow..
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yes I'll take the peppers!!! I'd even try the carrots!!! going there tomorrow..
you can have the peppers.....gonna try the carrots myself!!!!!!!
remind me closer to the decoy show............it'll give me reason to go!!!!!!!!
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can do!! I meant on the carrots I would plant them too!! :rotflmao: :happy1:
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In full disclosure, it was my daughter who planted the colored carrots. We roasted them and left just a bit of the stalk on for added color. It made for a rustic, heirloom presentation and we served them at a big family dinner when everyone was over. It would have made a fine picture for the crockpot thread.
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Time to get the garden going. I started 7 tomato and 3 peppers today. They take the longest to grow before transplanting.
Tomatoes....Taxi....Saucey.....Siletz......Abu Rowan.....Kellogg's Breakfast.....
Gold Medal......Black Krim
Peppers.....Ace Bell.....King Arthur Bell....Early Jalapeno
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well my brother did text me the other day how many of those lucky tiger tomato plants i wantd, so it must be getting close. :scratch:
i did make a list of plants i needed to get when the time comes!!!!! does that count????/ :rotflmao:
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well my brother did text me the other day how many of those lucky tiger tomato plants i wantd, so it must be getting close. :scratch:
i did make a list of plants i needed to get when the time comes!!!!! does that count????/ :rotflmao:
Yup.....thinking about gardening. :happy1: :happy1:
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i spent some time with my brother at the cabin last week. he starts a pile of tomatoes from seeds. i asked if he has them started. he said there well on there way. guess he started 3 batches at 1 week intervals..... got some already 4 inches high some 2, and some just popping outta the dirt.
BUT......he warned me..... he left them in the care of his significant other......and was a bit scared!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: apparently she doesnt have a green thumb!!!!!!! :surrender: :doah:
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I have 30 Tomatoes now 3 inches tall under grow lights.
10 Peppers are up and growing. They take 2 weeks to germinate.
Cabbage, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Romaine, Pak Choi, Kohlrabi and Basil all starting to pop up.
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I'm guessing my tomatoes are getting a good start in someone's commercial greenhouse somewhere. Be interesting to see how they like their digs in the new area. Recently been watching the pheasants pick at stuff in last year's garden. No idea what they're attracted to (I left very little residue behind) but they keep coming back. Ate some buttercup squash last night that I froze last fall. Nummy! Need to source some glyphosate so I can scorch off another chunk of pasture this spring. After the snow melts and it greens up of course. :coffee:
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Ken, I just plant kalarbi in the garden straight from seed. Usually have some to eat my mid July ?
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Glenn....I start them just like the rest of the Kohl Crops. I'm eating them in June. They are easy to transplant. I use a method I learned 40 years ago from the Nat'l Gardening Center when I was a Nat'l. test gardener for them. Tested seeds before they came out in the catalogs.
I plant in a 3 foot wide row 3/2 pattern. The 3's are Broc, Caul, Cab. The 2's are Kohlrabi and Pak Choi for Chinese Stir Fry. They come out first and the other 3 fill in the empty space.
I also plant Kohlrabi seed like you do for later in the summer. Kohlrabi all summer.
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:happy1: :happy1:
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What's that 3-2 thing Ken?
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A 3 foot wide row. 3 Broccoli, Cauliflower or Cabbage across the row. Caul in the middle, Broc or Cab on the outside. Caul heads earlier and pulled out. Broc stay on the outside till freeze up.
Then the next row is Kohl or Head Lettuce or Pak Choi. They mature earlier. Pulled out and the Broc and Caul fill in the empty space. Then the next row across is Broc, Caul, or Cab. Then the next Kohl, Pak Choi or Lettuce.
You make the row wide enough to reach the middle from both sides. You wind up with more plants and less paths like most gardeners tend to do. I do the same with rows of onions that are 8 inches apart in rows 3 feet wide. Same with rows of Beets and Carrots....rows 8 inches apart in rows 3 feet wide.
Same with Beans. Scatter the seeds across the 3 foot row instead of single plants in a row. You want more plants and less paths.
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Man that is quite the operation Ken. Good for you. We are going all out with our usual 6 tomatoes. LOL There will be some other things too of course.
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We may try a few more things this year now that I got the final grade done behind our garage. The fight will be keeping the deer out of it.
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More activity from the flower bed I've been working on where I planted some daffodils from my Mom's place fall before last. Planted a couple of the mixed bulb indoor pots the wife was gonna toss last year just to see what would happen. So far I see a bunch of hyacinths and tulips coming up where I put them. All the spots where daffodils were planted are coming too as well as the jonquils I planted a few years back. They were the first things to bloom last spring. Stuff is really moving at a snail's pace tho. Gee, I can't imagine why. :scratch:
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I also have daffodils coming up. :happy1:
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i've been keeping an eye on my rubarb and no sign of life yet. my winter onions are there to.....no improvements there either!!!!!!
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So last year we ended up with 7 qts of spaghetti sauce from primarily roma's and I had 1 slicer mater plant. The sauce was really good. Should I plant more of a variety for sauce and soup?
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So last year we ended up with 7 qts of spaghetti sauce from primarily roma's and I had 1 slicer mater plant. The sauce was really good. Should I plant more of a variety for sauce and soup?
i'm no expert when it comes to making sketti sauce........but i would assume its more the seasonings you put into it that the tomato. i could be wrong. romas to me dont have alot of flavor, and are smaller then say better boy...beefsteak and big boy tomatoes. romas are meaty but a pain and you need more.
i look for meaty tomatoes like i mentioned!!!!!! maybe someone else can do a better job explaining iffin your just looking to make sketti sauce??/
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I figured out what tomatoes we had a few years ago that we really liked. Not too big but a nice round fruit. Early Girls. I see they like cold weather and mature in 50 days. The ones we had were like perfect round tennis balls. Hope I can find some at the garden place here.
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I completed pruning the Haralson & got most of the Honeycrisp & SnowSweet done yesterday. Got windy & I quit. The Fireside is going to be a PITA. Looks like it grew hair! The pear trees are pretty basic. The crabapples will get the "lawnmower prune job" & more if there's time. Crappy day today too. Besides, I had to get my nap in! 😴
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How much longer will it be safe to prune?
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I prune, cut branches off whenever I get around to it,never killed a tree yet!! :happy1:
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I do that on maples, ash, hackberries, river bitch, etc., glenn and it's fine. Oaks I prune only from November thru early April. On fruit trees, the way the temps are going, probably OK for a few weeks yet. The buds were just starting to show some signs of life on some of the trees yesterday. It managed to top out at a blistering 39 here so not much happening today. Supposed to be a lot of temps like that most of the week. By next weekend I see some upper upper 50's and low 60's. I'd like to be done by then if possible on our apples and pears. Give the cuts a chance to dry out and heal prior to extended periods of wet weather. Crabapples that pizz me off I'm not as concerned.
I see they found emerald ash borer in Waseca Co. roony. In Janesville I thought it said.
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I have a small 12' maybe oak tree that I cherish. One branch hangs out and is in the way when mowing. I better cut it right now then.
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How much longer will it be safe to prune?
Until they start to leaf out. I pruned my fruit trees 2 weeks ago.
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Wish I could've done mine then. Between windy weather, activity in the lambing barn and other weekend obligations, it's been a struggle to get at tree pruning this year. That and the lack of snow. Several years there's been enough snow that I can stand on top of it to reach what needs to be pruned in the Fireside and Haralson tree. No need to climb in the Gator box or on a ladder. Between climbing on and off of equipment or standing on concrete, I don't know which I dislike more these days.
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Erratic spring.....need consistent weather. My brother has bee collecting Maple Sap for 10 days now. Buds here aren't swelling yet.
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The buds are swelling some on the apple trees so after finishing pruning the Honeycrisp & SnoSweet trees tonite (and doing chores :rolleyes:), I went down to the CRP to see if there were any pussy willows. Sure enough, I hit the jackpot on what appear to be the female bushes. Perfect timing I was told as they have none at the flower shop. The weather should stay cool enough so they'll hold this week and the male bushes will kick in. Ought to keep me in gin for a while. :happy1:
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So the wife noticed on our Apple tree Sunday afternoon that something has chewn the bark off of the bottom 4"-5" of the trunk when it was under the snow. Will I be able to put tree wrap on it to help it heal or is the tree going to be toast? The trunk is about 6" in diameter. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks.
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if it's all the way around the tree I don't think it will make it... Dotch chime in or Ken!!
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Yes....is it all the way around the tree? If it is.....it most likely won't survive.
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I agree with Ken. Had a couple 4" - 5" diameter crabapple trees the bunnies did that to a couple years ago. One of the trees never flowered or leafed out, just croaked. The other one flowered and leafed out, getting my hopes up. Looked kinda sickly though. It was dead the next spring. Ah hates rabbits! :angry: My Dad was able to save a couple apple trees the voles had girdled under the snow when I was a kid. The trees had numerous suckers that he was able to graft into the trunk using some grafting wax and wrapping it. I remember running across the directions for the process in the stuff we hauled out of the house a few years ago. Be damned if I know where I might've put it. :doah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y_pe9xFHY4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y_pe9xFHY4)
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there is an article in todays st cloud times about why there is a shortage of canning lids. it was in the opinion section, so for whatever its worth.........
speciffically speaking of ball and kerr lids.......... the areticle says ball or kerr no longer are being made by them. a few years prior to the so called pandemic an outfit called Newll Brands bought them out. this outfit decided to not sell ball and kerr to every store handling canning supplies, only to places like amazon, wallyworld and ACE hardware.
they apparently also closed a couple faculities around the country of those 2 places!!!! they said prices are high going to wallyworld and ACE but not as high as going threw amazon.......go figure!!!
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interesting Glenn.. self inflicted pain again for the greed of a few...
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Thanks guys. Yes the barked is chewed all the way around the trunk. :pouty:
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Thanks guys. Yes the barked is chewed all the way around the trunk. :pouty:
That's to bad.....probably have to replace it. 6 inch diameter.....that's been there for awhile. What variety is it?
From now on in the fall, make sure you wrap all your trees with tree wrap.
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I try to put tree wrap & guards around anything I don't care to lose. The 2 crabapples we lost were expendable. Just some SWCD tree sale trees advertised as Red Splendor that turned out to be a run of the mill mix of spiny, white-flowered Siberian crabs I couldn't care less about. On the edge of the EQIP planting, the redosier dogwood will fill in the gaps. Fine by me. Mowing around those crabapples is like mowing around cactuses. I've got a 100' long row of aronia berries (chokeberries) that I am concerned about. They've been there ~15 years. The rabbits never touched them up until this winter. They chewed the snot out of them and a lot of other shrubby stuff that didn't matter. The suckers on the apple trees that started about 2' in length got chewed down to ~6". Less stuff for me to pick up. Glad I put cages around the hydrangea and burning bushes last fall. Between those and spirea, absolute cottontail candy.
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Between those and spirea, absolute cottontail candy.
Allst I can say is... :fudd:
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Sorry I said that wrong. About a 6" circumference trunk. We have had it about 5 years. Ya, something under the snow sure liked it. If it isn't the deer on top of the snow it is something under it getting the trees. :crazy: :angry2:
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I would try to wrap it to, just to see any ways... sad
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I put the white plastic tree wraps around mine. Protects them from winter damage and accidently hitting them with the zero turning radius riding mower.
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I would try to wrap it to, just to see any ways... sad
Ya, I am going to give it a try for sure.
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How long do vegetable seeds last? Do you guys buy fresh seeds every year? I’ve got seeds dated 2013 that I’m throwing out, but I also have some that are just a couple years old. Also, does it depend on the type of vegetable how long they last?
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Do veggie seeds expire?
Most vegetable seeds will last through their expiration date if kept cool, dry and away from sunlight. Baker Seed guarantees seeds for at least two years after purchase. Most seeds last three to five years after purchase, but those dates can vary depending on the variety.
this is what I found just looking around Cooperman... hope it helps...
a little more
How do you know if vegetable seeds are still good?
One method to check for seed viability is the water test. Take the seeds and place them in a container of water. Let the seeds sit for 15 minutes. If the seeds sink, they are still viable; if they float, discard, because they probably will not sprout.
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I keep my seeds in small zip lock bags in the refrigerator. They seem to germinate well even after 5 or more years.
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yea i'd throw the seeds from 2013. but a couple years old should still work!!!!!! i usually end up with more seeds then i need from year to year, but usually only from last years purchase and they grow fine!!
i plant my own dill, let some seed out, and keep them, replant them and it grows, i've had some 3-4 years old and they do fine.....but after that i throw them and start fresh.
what amazes me are tomato seeds. when i can, i throw the discard in the garden. if they havent started growing before it freezes, its amazing how many "volunteers" i get the next spring. yet a tomato plant will croak the second it freezes. i usually bury the discard for the most part, then they wont grow!!!!
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Sounds good Glenn....But I have found that dill comes up on its own. I just leave some heads on and they always come up some where. Just leave as many as you want, pull out the rest and never have to reseed again.
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Sounds good Glenn....But I have found that dill comes up on its own. I just leave some heads on and they always come up some where. Just leave as many as you want, pull out the rest and never have to reseed again.
:happy1: oh yea.....i have volunteers of that too!!!!!!! :rotflmao:
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Thanks all, I went to Glennmart today and bought a bunch of new seeds. I grow a heirloom tomato my great uncle use to grow when he was alive, and we keep those seeds going. We haven’t had a decent garden since before we moved north, but this summer we are.
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Good for you coop! :happy1:
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I'd like to hear more about that heirloom.
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Excellent.....Heirloom??
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sounds like he might have share to some seeds!!! :happy1:
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Thanks all, I went to Glennmart today and bought a bunch of new seeds. I grow a heirloom tomato my great uncle use to grow when he was alive, and we keep those seeds going. We haven’t had a decent garden since before we moved north, but this summer we are.
so what kind of seeds you get :scratch: Asian beetle seeds!! :sleazy: :evil: :mooning:
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Excellent.....Heirloom??
Isn’t that the right word? We have always taken the seeds from these tomato plants and stored them in paper towel in a jar until the next season. my great uncle was a farmer and his hobby was growing giant vegetables. These tomatoes are big and very meaty.
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Yes....right word. I have some with 1 of them developed in the 1920's. Save seed every year. Evidently you don't know the name of it. There are lots of Heirloom Tomatoes.
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Yes....right word. I have some with 1 of them developed in the 1920's. Save seed every year. Evidently you don't know the name of it. There are lots of Heirloom Tomatoes.
Ken, I don’t no the name of the tomato. Everyone in our family has been growing them for years. My great uncle’s given name was Toland, so we have always called them Toland’s tomatoes. Looks kind of like a beefsteak?
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Thanks all, I went to Glennmart today and bought a bunch of new seeds. I grow a heirloom tomato my great uncle use to grow when he was alive, and we keep those seeds going. We haven’t had a decent garden since before we moved north, but this summer we are.
so what kind of seeds you get :scratch: Asian beetle seeds!! :sleazy: :evil: :mooning:
No Glenn, the only place I’ve seen those seeds is at Menards. You know, the Walmart of home improvement stores.
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:rotflmao: :rotflmao: Yea but I got an 11% rebate. :evil: :rotflmao:
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Yes....right word. I have some with 1 of them developed in the 1920's. Save seed every year. Evidently you don't know the name of it. There are lots of Heirloom Tomatoes.
Ken, I don’t no the name of the tomato. Everyone in our family has been growing them for years. My great uncle’s given name was Toland, so we have always called them Toland’s tomatoes. Looks kind of like a beefsteak?
OK....probably lost the name in the past. I have 7 that I plant some of each year. Yellow ones, purple ones, brown ones, pink ones.
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HEY DOTCH.......question. iffin ya didnt kill them brain cells, :rotflmao: do you remember looking at my soil test last year?? there was a lot of nitrogen in the test if i remember correctly. would it be a good idea to maybe not putting in any fertilizer this year?????? last year i put in chicken poo.....thinking of cow poo this year............
or anyone's opinion for that matter. it would be this composted stuff you can buy!!!!!
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If I remember right, think you emailed it to me. After my nap I'll see if I can find it. Most of us, myself included, have their garden soil tests jacked. Nitrogen as such usually isn't one of the criteria measured but the organic matter is related to the capacity the soil has for mineralized nitrogen.
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Do you plant potatoes Glenn?
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Do you plant potatoes Glenn?
no, gave them up a long time ago. Took up to much room and them damn potato bugs drove me nuts!!
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But they're nutritious! Just think of all the animal agriculture we could replace if everyone ate bugs! :rolleyes: I'll take a nice thick ribeye, med rare, thank you very much. Screw the bugs! :doah:
Anyway, I dug thru my emails & PM's (geez you send me a lot of smut... :rotflmao:) and could only find a discussion about organic matter & a reference to the aluminum sulfate someone thought you should apply. :scratch:
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I asked because you never put cow manure where you plant potatoes......causes potato scab.
I always plant reds to get those baby reds in July and August. Best potatoes of the year.
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Thanks Dotch, and that's Mikey that sends it!! :happy1: :rotflmao: I'm going to put some in I guess.
Ken this cow manure comes in a bag kinda manure, not from straight out the backend!!! :rotflmao:
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No difference.....still cow manure. I use it also. Made the mistake of planting potatoes where I put some a few years ago. They all were scabby. Still OK to eat.
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I see my chives are coming up!!! more for my cottage cheese!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1: :happy1:
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Did you plant them Mike or do they just keep coming up? I like them but have never planted them. I have some dill that just comes up every year and I never planted it.
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Barry they always grow back!! that's what I like about them!!! started with one small set and keep getting a little more!!!
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I see my chives are coming up!!! more for my cottage cheese!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1: :happy1:
what a horrible way to ruin chives!! :confused: :pouty: :mooning: :rotflmao:
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Did you plant them Mike or do they just keep coming up? I like them but have never planted them. I have some dill that just comes up every year and I never planted it.
that's because the reseed!!! :happy1:
You can freeze dill!!!
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I see my chives are coming up!!! more for my cottage cheese!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1: :happy1:
what a horrible way to ruin chives!! :confused: :pouty: :mooning: :rotflmao:
sooo what do you use chives for?? or ya don't?? :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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I see my chives are coming up!!! more for my cottage cheese!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1: :happy1:
what a horrible way to ruin chives!! :confused: :pouty: :mooning: :rotflmao:
sooo what do you use chives for?? or ya don't?? :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
:mooning: NOT cottage cheese!! :mooning: :crazy:
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oh no answer!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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My mom would put chives on mashed potatoes.
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You get all the good spuds. That sounds good, Roony.
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They heave a mild onion taste. So where ever you want onion flavor. Good on salads or mashed potatoes as roony says.
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eggs too!!!
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eggs too!!!
:scratch: Buttered noodles? :confused: :sleazy: :nerd: :evil: ;) :laugh: :laugh:
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eggs too!!!
:scratch: Buttered noodles? :confused: :sleazy: :nerd: :evil: ;) :laugh: :laugh:
I don't eat buttered noodles... but chives would help if I had too!!! :rotflmao:
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:mooning: :mooning: :pouty: i used to plant and grow all kinds of those spices but they just kept coming. i dont use them enough and they got old so i dug them up and got rid of them!!!!! i'd dry them too. now just but the small bottles when i need some!!!!!
heck i used to even grow my own garlic!!!!!!
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some times when I have scrambled eggs I'll fold in some cottage cheese with chives... very tasty!!!
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Yesterday's rain finally brought them around, at least one anyway. I see by the time stamp the jonquils were flowering here about 2 weeks sooner last year. :pouty:
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:rotflmao: I looked at my garden notes from last year!!! On the 4th of April last year the G man tilled my garden. :doofus: :rotflmao:
2 days later I put fertilizer on the lawn
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Man that is a big difference.
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We had our dock in on 4/6 last year & it might be 5/6 this year. :crazy:
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i'm pretty much ready for the garden and lawn stuff once it warms up!!!!! :doah: :confused: yesterday picked up 75 lbs of 10-10-10 fertilizer and a bag of cow manure!!!!! cow poo is for the garden 10-10-10 is for the lawn, and asparugus i gotz some grass seed to put down to!!!!
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Last year my early March planted radishes were rollin'. Looked at the garden this a.m. Just a little too frozen. :pouty:
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Question for anyone who has one, do these lawn sweeper dealies work on anything other than leaves? Reason I ask, the backyard is covered with hundreds of sticks 6" - 12" long & thousands of small spruce cones. I hate raking but rather than have the mower turn the sticks into small weapons fire on the vinyl siding, I still do it. I see them on sale & occasionally on CL, etc. Just wondering if they're worth it.
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Dotch, personally I would never own one based on my experience with them. My grandparents had one, and of I recall thru didn't pick sticks up worth a crap.
Not a fan either of having a lawnmower fire stuff at the side of the house so I make enough passes where it shoots the stuff away from the house till I know where it won't.
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Bought one last year, because we got tired of raking pine needles and cones. We had a bumper crop of cones last year. We had to mess around with the height to get it to pick up well. Once we figured that out, it did a pretty good job of picking up. The biggest problem is dumping it. There’s a rod that, in theory, you pull and it tips the hopper, but with all of the loose stuff in there it doesn’t make it easy to unload. If you try unloading multiple loads in the same area, the tractor needs to drive over the pile, or you can try backing up to the previous pile, but you sort of get tangled up in all of the previously dumped stuff. Works best to get it loads close to a burn area and then feed it slowly to the fire.
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found this Dotch;
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1. Agri-Fab 45-0492 44 Inches Lawn Sweeper · 2. Agri-Fab 45-0218 26-Inch Push Lawn Sweeper · 3. Ohio Steel 42swp22 42 Inches Sweeper · 4. Agri-Fab 45-0320 42-Inch ...
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Added some square footage to the raised bed....
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HD are those 10 or 12 inch sides??
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found this Dotch;
The Best Lawn Sweeper for Sticks: Maintain A Neat Lawn All ...https://gardensquared.com › best-lawn-sweeper-for-sticks
1. Agri-Fab 45-0492 44 Inches Lawn Sweeper · 2. Agri-Fab 45-0218 26-Inch Push Lawn Sweeper · 3. Ohio Steel 42swp22 42 Inches Sweeper · 4. Agri-Fab 45-0320 42-Inch ...
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Will a lawn sweeper pick up small sticks?
Note, lawn sweepers are not meant to clean up large branches and rocks, so be sure to pick those up by hand before going over your lawn with a sweeper. The Agri-Fab lawn sweeper, mentioned above, is the best lawn sweeper for small sticks and twigs as well as other lawn debris.Jul 26, 2019
Good info mikey. Thanks! :happy1: FF has the orange one on sale for $299 & the black pull-type one for $259. I could see using it to harvest pine cones for the Mrs. to decorate with too. No style points for picking them up by hand! :cool:
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I’ve got the orange 44” one. It was about $300.00.
Caution: It will also pick up dog turds.
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found this Dotch;
The Best Lawn Sweeper for Sticks: Maintain A Neat Lawn All ...https://gardensquared.com › best-lawn-sweeper-for-sticks
1. Agri-Fab 45-0492 44 Inches Lawn Sweeper · 2. Agri-Fab 45-0218 26-Inch Push Lawn Sweeper · 3. Ohio Steel 42swp22 42 Inches Sweeper · 4. Agri-Fab 45-0320 42-Inch ...
1. Agri-Fab 45-0492 44... · 2. Agri-Fab 45-0218 26-Inch... · 3. Ohio Steel 42swp22 42...
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Will a lawn sweeper pick up small sticks?
Note, lawn sweepers are not meant to clean up large branches and rocks, so be sure to pick those up by hand before going over your lawn with a sweeper. The Agri-Fab lawn sweeper, mentioned above, is the best lawn sweeper for small sticks and twigs as well as other lawn debris.Jul 26, 2019
Good info mikey. Thanks! :happy1: FF has the orange one on sale for $299 & the black pull-type one for $259. I could see using it to harvest pine cones for the Mrs. to decorate with too. No style points for picking them up by hand! :cool:
what kind of pine cones does she use, I could mail ya some!!! :rotflmao:
I could pick bushel baskets of them up north!!
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White pine cones are prized as are mugho's. I was thinking with all the nice things I've mailed you, you'd feel obligated to come down & rake my yard, what with being retired & all! :rotflmao:
Good to know FW. Is there a Corgi terd setting? :scratch:
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HD are those 10 or 12 inch sides??
1x10 cedar
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I bet there is. I stopped looking after I got it locked in on Gordon Setters and Cockers.
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Just got an inventory list from my brother on the tomato plants he started from seed and I'll be getting.
4 lucky tiger
Campori.... Anyone had them... There really tasty, a smaller meaty eating tomato, kinda spendy in stores.
Some best boy and beefsteak I guess I gotta arm wrestle with mom over!!! :sleazy:
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You cant let yur poor mom have tomatoes.....man ...and the to arm wreastle her......
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You cant let yur poor mom have tomatoes.....man ...and the to arm wreastle her......
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It would be the first year he could beat her
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She probably lets him win. :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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You cant let yur poor mom have tomatoes.....man ...and the to arm wreastle her......
:rotflmao: hey it's a cold cruel world out there!! :confused: :sleazy:
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Glenn.....I have grown Compari Tomatoes. They are what you commonly see in the stores called "on the vine" tomatoes. Come in clusters. They are not great for making sauces because they are very juicy and sweet. BUT that makes them great for eating out of hand.
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I agree Ken!!! My brother buys them after he eats all his grown ones, they even taste almost fresh off the vine!!
Those lucky tigers are even better :happy1:
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It would be the first year he could beat her
:rotflmao: ha :tut: in all reality, brother brought them to her out at our stepdads place and she'll bring them back here next time she comes home, so.... :pouty: I'll get what they don't want. Except the lucky tigers. . Dem mine!;
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I'm going to work on installing a watering system on the raised garden... (Yeah, I'm getting lazy in my old age :rotflmao: )
Should I have it water from above or from below :scratch:
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Above in the air sprinkling promotes disease. Drip is best.
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always heard on the ground because of what Ken said...
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I've used soaker hoses, but think they suck. I water most my stuff with a water bucket thingy. The rest I use a hose with a fan sprayer. Use less water and can hit what I want watered more directly.
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I've been using a regular adjustable sprayer on my nose but can't find the right spray. I need a fan type thing with an on and off valve on it so I can adjust the pressure better.
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Hey, LPS. Please post a picture of the adjustable sprayer on you nose.
Just kidding. I have my share of auto corrects because of thuringer fingers.
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Hey, LPS. Please post a picture of the adjustable sprayer on you nose.
Just kidding. I have my share of auto corrects because of thuringer fingers.
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: I wanna see that too!!! :sleazy:
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Hey, LPS. Please post a picture of the adjustable sprayer on you nose.
Just kidding. I have my share of auto corrects because of thuringer fingers.
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: I wanna see that too!!! :sleazy:
me too!!!
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It is just one of the regular pistol grip types that everyone has. I will post it later though. It doesn't quite have a nice gentle setting though. When on the mist mode it takes forever to get enough water to the plants.
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LPS, they want to see it on your nose. They are teasing you about the typo. ;)
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Ya I have wondered how I am going to handle that situation. :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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i have a wand thats about 4 ft long that works ok, but they have a widget thats about 4 inches across with all kinds of little holes in it that works good. when i go outside a bit later i'll take a picture of it and post it. its my go to watering utinsel!!!!!! :happy1: :rotflmao:
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LPS this is the watering gizmo I use and really like it.
It does fit on hoses, not noses however!!! :sleazy: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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That is the exact "nose" thing that I am looking for. :rotflmao: :happy1:
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Here's my prototype......
https://youtu.be/21WxidnB-5Q
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looks slick!!! :happy1:
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Looks like there were a few jonquils blooming from one of the spring planters I stuck in the ground last year after it had died down. Daffodils & hyacinths are a warm day or so from opening up. Same with the crocuses. They have lots of flower buds on them & were just poking thru last Saturday. :scratch:
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We just couldn't stand not getting something growing. I will be moving them in and out of the garage for some awhile before they get put in the garden. I hope I will not have to bring out a heater for the garage. :confused:
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Picked up the last of my garden seeds this morning. Onion sets!!
I should get some tomato plants whenever my mom decides to come back home.
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Put the garden to the spade test, a foot down and not to wet. The tiller guy is coming Tursday.. :happy1:
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Put the garden to the spade test, a foot down and not to wet. The tiller guy is coming Tursday.. :happy1:
I gotz da G-man coming, date to be determined!👍
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Put the garden to the spade test, a foot down and not to wet. The tiller guy is coming Tursday.. :happy1:
I gotz da G-man coming, date to be determined!👍
I hope your giving him some "good" beer for compensation for doing your work, and not that cold spring piss......
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Put the garden to the spade test, a foot down and not to wet. The tiller guy is coming Tursday.. :happy1:
I gotz da G-man coming, date to be determined!👍
I hope your giving him some "good" beer for compensation for doing your work, and not that cold spring piss......
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: nuttin but da finest. Da mick skinny!!! :happy1:
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A few things starting to show signs of spring here: Daffodils are opening but it's been so blasted cold they don't want to stand up straight. Hyacinth is blooming but doesn't seem to smell like they do inside. Oh wait, I have COVID. I can't smell anything anyway! :doah: Dandelions are starting to bloom along the south side of the house. And lastly the crocuses popped open. Gotta be quick or ya miss 'em. For perspective, checking the photo date, the crocuses are over a month behind last year. :sad:
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For sure it will be a shorter season.
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Finally got my Candy onions planted today in one of my raised beds where it was dry enough. Planting peas tomorrow.
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picked up from mom yesterday the tomato plants my brother started from seed. a best boy, 2 campori's something he labeled a bush??? and 5 luckey tiger tomatoes!!!!!! :happy1: :happy1:
SOOO.......mikey sent an email this week. it was about tomato plants. it stated that if you put an antacid pill in the ground, buried it then put the tomato plant on top its supposed to cure any blossom end rot?? ????
anyone ever hear of it???? KEN???????? i might just try it!!!!!!!
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That's calcium.
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That's calcium.
thats the claim, the calcium is supposedly to prevent the blossom end rot??????????? i mean how much can a jug of tums be>>>>>
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That's calcium.
thats the claim, the calcium is supposedly to prevent the blossom end rot??????????? i mean how much can a jug of tums be>>>>>
An excerpt from a comprehensive article: 7 Tips to Stop Blossom End Rot and Save the Harvest/ (https://commonsensehome.com/blossom-end-rot/)
6. Add calcium to your soil.
I work in crushed eggshells at planting time. If you don't have eggshells, try a few cheap calcium antacid tablets.
A handful of garden lime or gypsum also works. Spread a sprinkling of lime onto the soil surface, work in gently, cover with mulch, and water well.
There are also rot stop sprays that can be applied to the tomato foliage.
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That's calcium.
thats the claim, the calcium is supposedly to prevent the blossom end rot??????????? i mean how much can a jug of tums be>>>>>
An excerpt from a comprehensive article: 7 Tips to Stop Blossom End Rot and Save the Harvest/ (https://commonsensehome.com/blossom-end-rot/)
6. Add calcium to your soil.
I work in crushed eggshells at planting time. If you don't have eggshells, try a few cheap calcium antacid tablets.
A handful of garden lime or gypsum also works. Spread a sprinkling of lime onto the soil surface, work in gently, cover with mulch, and water well.
There are also rot stop sprays that can be applied to the tomato foliage.
you DA-MAN Steve-o!!!!!!!! :happybounce: :happybounce: :happy1:
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The primary cause of blossom end rot is uneven watering. Mulch helps keep the soil st a more consistent moisture level.
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The primary cause of blossom end rot is uneven watering. Mulch helps keep the soil st a more consistent moisture level.
i dont disagree Roony.....but how da heck you gauge that?????? curious minds wanna know????????
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The primary cause of blossom end rot is uneven watering. Mulch helps keep the soil st a more consistent moisture level.
i dont disagree Roony.....but how da heck you gauge that?????? curious minds wanna know????????
Experience :mooning:
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you hang around dotch way to much!!!!!!11 :sleazy: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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:tut: :tut: :tut: That box of stuff keeps getting fuller and fuller. I'll have to use ratchet straps on it to seal it shut! :evil:
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:tut: :tut: :tut: That box of stuff keeps getting fuller and fuller. I'll have to use ratchet straps on it to seal it shut! :evil:
:nerd: :nerd: :nerd: :nerd: :rotflmao:
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Double mummy's!!👍
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The primary cause of blossom end rot is uneven watering. Mulch helps keep the soil st a more consistent moisture level.
i dont disagree Roony.....but how da heck you gauge that?????? curious minds wanna know????????
Experience.....:happy1: :happy1: :happy1:
I always put straw mulch around both tomatoes and pepper plants when fruit starts to show up. Top dress, then straw. try for 1 inch per week. Not always possible but dry in July and August makes it easier to do that with a rain guage.
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If I remember correctly, the world famous Dotch said you need to watch if the straw has been sprayed with chemicals too???
After what I've been dealing with, I'm trying this year going with nekked ground and see where it takes me. If I could find virgin straw I'll try it next year.
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Blossom end rot is known to be caused by a calcium deficiency. And that’s why Tums pills are supposed to come to the rescue, as they are mostly composed of calcium carbonate. Calcium, in other words, and in a highly soluble form to boot. That should solve the problem, shouldn’t it?
But that’s misunderstanding the situation. Blossom end rot is rarely caused by a lack of calcium in the soil, but rather by a lack of calcium in the plant. Calcium is abundant and available in almost all soils, even in artificial soils or poor quality ones. In fact, it’s one of the most abundant elements in soils all over the world. Almost any soil contains more than enough calcium to satisfy a tomato plant. And essentially all fertilizers also contain calcium as well. As a result, the average tomato plant has an abundance of calcium in the soil in which it grows: you don’t need to add more.
In fact, blossom end rot is really due to the inability of the plant to absorb the calcium present in the soil. And this is related to moisture stress and uneven watering. If the plant lacks water during the critical period of fruit formation, the roots can’t absorb all the minerals that are available and therefore what little sap now reaches the fruit will be carrying less calcium than it should. Since the fruit isn’t getting sap of the quality it requires, a calcium deficiency occurs … and blossom end rot sets in.
So don't waste the tums.....won't do any good. :thumbs:
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I have never in 40 years of gardening had a problem with straw having chemicals.
Planted shell peas, snap peas, lettuce, and bok choi today.
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You're lucky Ken. If the small grain was sprayed with products such as Curtail, Curtail M or Stinger there's a potential problem. Using straw from fields where clopyralid containing products mentioned above have been applied is playing Russian roulette. Had some people find out the hard way with straw bale gardening a few years back. Also, goes right on thru livestock in the urine or feces if clopyralid or it's newer cousin aminopyralid have been sprayed on pasture. Accumulates in the bedding. Kills soybeans deader than a doornail. Killed a patch of my neighbor's beans a couple years ago. Had several other cases too. Another little gem we've run across is folks discovered Curtail works great on lawns for dandelion control. Then they decided to use the grass clippings for mulch around their tomatoes. Bad idea. Maters messed up beyond repair. :sad:
Under avoiding Injury to non-target plants:
https://www.cdms.net/ldat/ld11C004.pdf
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Well...never been a problem. As for mulch it is still the best to keep soil moisture constant. What else is there? I guess pine or cypress wood chips would work. But have to be removed before tilling since they don't break down over winter.
I have also tilled all my grass clippings into my garden for many years with no problems. Guess there is always a first time.
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Has anyone meandered through FF garden center recently??? I'm hearing there not all that stocked up on garden plants. I need tomatoes, celery, green and jalepeno peppers .
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check the big M too, Alex has their's open but didn't go into it yet... or dive to Clarisa and go to the amish!!
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Prolly head to Owatonna FF sometime tomorrow for Momma's Day to see what they have. Not optimistic. I know the Mrs. & Auntie Mar Mar have a trip planned to the Amish in IA next week. Maybe they'll see Gunner! :scratch:
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I went thru home dumps veggies yesterday, they had lots of everything except for squash and cukes..
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One step closer to seeds. Friggin wind is howling so need to wait. Maybe later tonight.
Think I'll check out da garden center at FF.
I fire is out of the question today! :confused: :doah:
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We just cut up some fallen trees and cleaning up our woods some. The wind is howling here too. Darn, we wanted a fire too. Lunch time now.
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Planted red and yellow everbearing raspberries before the rain tonight and tomorrow. Noticed the asparagus is starting to pop up. :happy1: :happy1:
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Just got back from FF. they had everything I wanted!!! Ran into a guy I worked with at DCI years ago, he's working an 8 week gig in the garden center. Said they unloaded 2 trucks of stuff this morning. Wasn't busy at all but he said this morning ya couldn't move in there.
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Planted dill, onions lettuce, spinach and radishes tonight. Ran out of daylight or woulda but in the kalarabi!
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not sure if that wind beat up the tomato plants i got from my brother but they look rough. that and maybe being transplanted into bigger pots from starter soil to the potting soil. :scratch: :scratch: but looking at the extended forecast, think between the rains this week, i'm going to stick them in the garden and maybe tie them up to get them going in some decent ground!!!!!!!
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We got the front flower beds cleaned and prepped for spring and summer blooms.
Yesterday we started in back. The first picture is of one section we finished.
Unfortunately, as you can see in the other pictures it's only about 15% of the
total flower gardens.
One section is done!
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Lots of them left to go through and prep.
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I got my raised beds all planted.
I put some of Glenn's Dill in, we'll see if it grows. For some reason, I always have a problem with growing it.
The other garden is all tilled and planted with a couple zucchini plants.
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just got done putting the maters in i got from my brudder, also 2 rows of kalarabi!!!!!!!! :happy1: it started to mist so i quit. if the rains stay away i'll have my garden fully in by weeks end!!!
good luck with the dill HD!!!!!!!!! i have heard some people have issues growing it??????
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:confused: :scratch: with the threat of hail overnight, I covered the mater's I just planted.
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Been harvesting quite a bit of asparagus. Could probably tear into the patch of onions Glen (johnny onionseed) helped me get started. The only thing I've planted so far is the salad greens and they are doing well.
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Drove to town to get a haircut and gas. I got a bonus of being in a hailstorm. The first ones were quarter size and then marble and finally pea sized. On first look I didn't see any dents on the PU. :angry2:
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Been harvesting quite a bit of asparagus. Could probably tear into the patch of onions Glen (johnny onionseed) helped me get started. The only thing I've planted so far is the salad greens and they are doing well.
Unreal Roony. Checked them Sat and Sun. Not a sign of life yet.
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The greens have a long way to go. Soon your soil will warm up and things will come.
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Guessing sometime this week we should see the 1st harvest of rhubarb. Stuff is really coming with the rain and warmer weather.
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Every year I am amazed at how much youse guys are ahead of us on the gardening program.
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It is kinda interesting Barry how much difference there can be. When one considers MN is just over 400 miles long north to south, it becomes a little easier to grasp. Our place is only about 30 miles from the IA border. Ice went out on the lakes by me on April 4th. Heard last week the ice was still not out by Atikokan yet. Usually not much happening here either until the ice goes out.
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Every year I am amazed at how much youse guys are ahead of us on the gardening program.
he lives in the tropic's!! not the tundra!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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i need to go check my asparagus!!!!!!!!!!! :pouty:
i agree Dotch. driving up to the cabin it seems like its almost 3, sometimes 4 different weather zones. up to brainerd, then it seems to change, then to deer river and even from deer river to the cabin is different!11111
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I believe our days are 22.5 minutes longer in the summer and 22.5 minutes shorter in the winter than southern MN. That is a 45 minute spread.
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:hubba:Nice addition skills! The distance is comparable to me going to central Missouri.
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Other than planting cukes, gourds and pumpkins and transplanting tomatoes and peppers all of which are on wheels to facilitate moving in and out of the garage the garden is pretty much like I left it last fall. I did spend some time spreading black dirt, leveling the areas and planting grass on the where the lawn was destroyed when the septic was worked on a year and a half ago. Now we will see if the grass grows. I'm glad I got my turkey hunting in early because between this, the upcoming garden work and a garage sale coming soon, I would be hard pressed to get away for a while. :pouty:
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So back from the garden center and I got: 6 Early Girls, 6 green peppers, 12 romaine lettuce. Seeds I got radish, carrots, Kentucky Blue pole beans. And red wing onions. The ones you sent me Glenn didn't take. I am a better gardener now. This is the first time they tried planting romaine and putting in 6 packs. He gave me one 6 pack free if I tell them how they worked out. The last head of lettuce I bought had brown streaks in the middle when I tried to make us salads. Just not trusting it much anymore.
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LPS....I had the same problem with Romaine Lettuce. Turning brown. Until I found a variety called Little Gem. Heads are early and about half the size of regular Romaine. They are solid with very crisp leaves. No browning. Over the years it is the only lettuce I plant.
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Garden is all in!! :happy1: next up put fence up to keep bunnies and a certain white dog out!! :rotflmao:
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Glenn you know yu cant grow coffee outa coffee cans....
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Not all are coffee cans, some are the big bulk veggie cans. A SIL worked as a head cook at maple lake high school!! :happy1:
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So I got a small bundle of red onions. I won't plant for a week or two until I am sure of the weather. They told me that too. So what do I do with the onions? Should I put them in the frig so they don't dry out? Or the basement. The rest of the stuff is in a box in the garage and can get some sunshine when I open the doors.
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Ok dry place. They should be ok then until you can get them in the ground.
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Ok dry place. They should be ok then until you can get them in the ground.
Yea what he said! :happy1:
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All this garden talk got me feeling guilty so today I tilled the green patch that was my garden last year, planted potatoes and onions. Everything is prepped for tomatoes, cukes, pumpkins, cannas and gourds.
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If they haven't started to grow yet, put them in the fridge. You want to plant them as soon as possible. Don't wait 2 weeks.
The onions we plant here are called Long Day Onions. Onions start to grow bulbs by day length. So when we have our longest days in July they will start to grow bulbs. The larger the top growth is at that time, the larger the bulbs will be. The earlier you plant them, the larger the tops will be when it is time to grow bulbs. So get them in the ground. Mine have been in for 2 weeks already.
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If we do get a freeze the part in the ground will be ok but will the frost hurt the tops?
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No, onions will grow in the snow. They are biannual and would grow seed tops if left in the ground over winter.
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Scored these this morning between downpours. But holy moly batman did it thunder, lightning and pour. :doofus:
Wasn't raining till I got almost there and poured,vi got a short window to get it picked, by the time I got back to about hawick those fields had standing water.
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Well I planted my new trees this afternoon. As I was down on my knees in the dirt I smell dog poop. ??? I looked around and here Cooper had dropped a bomb about 4' from where I was working. WTF LOL The Crabapple is a Red Splendor. The fruit persists through winter. The apple tree is a Norland. Medium sized sweet fruit.
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Yea your dogs brother ain't no slouch in dropping the old stinky bomb either!! :doofus: :confused: :rotflmao:
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Scored these this morning between downpours. But holy moly batman did it thunder, lightning and pour. :doofus:
Wasn't raining till I got almost there and poured,vi got a short window to get it picked, by the time I got back to about hawick those fields had standing water.
Hawick huh, I might hafta slow down a smidge going by next time.. :rotflmao: :happy1:
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Scored these this morning between downpours. But holy moly batman did it thunder, lightning and pour. :doofus:
Wasn't raining till I got almost there and poured,vi got a short window to get it picked, by the time I got back to about hawick those fields had standing water.
Hawick huh, I might hafta slow down a smidge going by next time.. :rotflmao: :happy1:
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looks like you are getting some weather there Glenn....
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looks like you are getting some weather there Glenn....
yep.........and my wife just lost her survivor show!!!!!!!!!1 :super smiley: :super smiley: :clap: :laughroll: :laughroll: :laughroll:
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Holy crappers is it ever pouring here. :confused: :surrender: hope my garden doesn't get drowned out!! :confused:
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Pear trees are in full bloom today. 🍐
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Thought I'd check around, FF had the Amish paste and San Marzano tomatoes I've been looking for to go with Roma's for spaghetti sauce. And ya know the prices where pretty good compared to the big H box store.. sooo while I was at it picked up a handful of bell peppers and jalapenos that hit the ground, the maters I'll wait a couple days just so the weather people have it more dialed in. Although everything is pretty small yet I could cover em with a ice cream pail if needed..
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Planted 40 new Strawberries, Beets, Purple Beans, Red potatoes, Russet Potatoes, a few more onions.
No transplants yet. Supposed to get into the mid 30's on Sat and Sun mornings. Frost warnings going to go out north of Grand Forks.
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Thought I'd check around, FF had the Amish paste and San Marzano tomatoes I've been looking for to go with Roma's for spaghetti sauce. And ya know the prices where pretty good compared to the big H box store.. sooo while I was at it picked up a handful of bell peppers and jalapenos that hit the ground, the maters I'll wait a couple days just so the weather people have it more dialed in. Although everything is pretty small yet I could cover em with a ice cream pail if needed..
boober I'm not so sure plastic is a good thing to cover plants to keep from freezing??? That plastic stuff seems to draw cold.. :confused:
Don't ask me how I know!!! :doah:
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My Juneberry bushes are in full bloom. Frost possible on Sat and Sun mornings. Will have to cover them or lose all the berries. No more transplants going out until next week.
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no frost forecasted here. everything is popping outta the ground, seen signs of my carrots coming up!!!!!!!! :happy1: were off and running!!! :happy1:
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Mid to upper 30's in our 10 day.
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The Bemidji 24/7 weather channel is sayin low to mid 30's for Saturday AM through Monday AM, so they have a frost advisory out. Surface temps already in the low 50's the neighbor said, so we shouldn't get that cold.
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Apple trees have been full bloom the past several days and have been just loaded with blossoms opposed to last year, especially the Haralson. Crabapples are beautiful right now and the lilacs are just starting to open. Probably be their last year as they've become overgrown and ugly. When we planted them 30+ years ago, they were supposed to be a dwarf variegated variety. If that's the case, the full-sized ones would've been about 40' tall! :scratch: That clown at the nursery in Albert Lea was always pulling stuff like that and my wife worked there! When he'd run out of a variety a lot of times he'd just change the tags so no telling what you'd wind up with. Still one pine tree I have no idea WTH it is other than ugly. No wonder he went broke. :doah: Pear trees are done flowering. :happy1:
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:rotflmao: :rotflmao: Creative way to move old stock.
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:rotflmao: :rotflmao: Creative way to move old stock.
that's for sure!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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They had quite the operation at one time and were related to the people who ran the Albert Lea Seed House. They guy at the Weed House used to come over with all this clean out from the small grain and they'd mix it in their potting soil. Mrs. Cheviot brought a sample home one time and it was almost all foxtail seed. I found an old sales pamphlet from there dating back into the 30's or 40's. They were pushing buckthorn like crazy and actually sold boxelder trees as well.
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Goes to show that you can sell anything. Buyer beware.
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Mrs. Cheviot got a bunch of her planters and pots planted this past week. Some of them are actually for some upcoming weddings later this summer so those in particular have been sleeping inside the past couple nites.
I was so proud of myself back when I had COVID. I went thru the solar lites and made sure they all worked. There are 22 of them scattered around the property. I noticed one in the small garden had quit working. It had actually stayed out all winter and had been functioning super until recently. After weaning ewes and lambs today, while grilling some lunch for our help I decided to investigate. One of the rhubarb plants had grown over the top of it! :doah: Time for more pie! :happy1:
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I got my raised beds all planted.
I put some of Glenn's Dill in, we'll see if it grows. For some reason, I always have a problem with growing it.
The other garden is all tilled and planted with a couple zucchini plants.
HD....any of that dill coming up??? mine is popping out of the ground, about an 1 inch tall now!!!!!!!
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I got my raised beds all planted.
I put some of Glenn's Dill in, we'll see if it grows. For some reason, I always have a problem with growing it.
The other garden is all tilled and planted with a couple zucchini plants.
HD....any of that dill coming up??? mine is popping out of the ground, about an 1 inch tall now!!!!!!!
Yup, it's about an inch tall here too.
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We really like cukes out of the garden and something bit them right off. Don't know if it is deer or rabbits. Thinking deer cuz they nipped the tips off our apple trees. We brushed the dogs so put the hair around the trees to see if it helps. Also put up a trail cam to see if they come back.
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Garden is coming along nicely :happy1: spent the afternoon weeding!
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That is a nice looking garden Glenn.
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That is a nice looking garden Glenn.
thanks!! :happy1:
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Looks good Glenn. What are the plants in circles???
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*cough* smurfberries *cough*
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Looks good Glenn. What are the plants in circles???
cucumbers! Always planted them that way, we always called them hills!!
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*cough* smurfberries *cough*
:rotflmao: watch it bubba, I got a post office in town too!!! :mooning: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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I feel fortunate. I finally got a chance to till the damn main garden up tonite after running my @$$ off for the corn and soybean gardeners! Too much on my plate. Need to get rid of even more of these sheep! :angry: My early spring garden plans changed to fall gardening plans. Snap peas, greens and winter radishes work. I need to break up some yet for the vine crops but should be doable if the wife ever quits yapping on the phone! Not holding my breath on that one. :angry2:
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Finally! I got time to plant something without a flashlight! Last nite I planted 8 hills of cukes, 4 rows of beans, 2 rows of beets and 4 rows of Indian corn. When I finished I thought this will probably wind up being a wild turkey food plot. Sure as shooting, this morning a jake was already in it with another one right behind him. Shooed them out of there and planted 8 hills of buttercup squash. Turkeys are gonna think they're in the street scene from For a Few Dollars More if they keep that up. Already ornery & it wouldn't be above me to watch them dance. :angry:
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gettem!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1:
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LOL Dotch,
Take'em out,plenty of turk's around these days,I found young hen's are best table fare,ole friend from nebraska (farmer/rancher) land I hunted on enlightened me years ago.He grew the best sweet corn named "candi corn"
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I way prefer the peaches and cream sweet corn, but guess that's why we have different varieties!!👍
Time to start a fire and open a barley pop!!👍
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Looks like crop circles to me. :rotflmao:
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I way prefer the peaches and cream sweet corn, but guess that's why we have different varieties!!👍
Time to start a fire and open a barley pop!!👍
I grabbed a packet of Ambrosia from my pal the Pioneer dealer. I'm sure the turkeys and raccoons will like it! :sad:
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I way prefer the peaches and cream sweet corn, but guess that's why we have different varieties!!👍
Time to start a fire and open a barley pop!!👍
I grabbed a packet of Ambrosia from my pal the Pioneer dealer. I'm sure the turkeys and raccoons will like it! :sad:
is that where you get them fancy knives from?? :scratch: :rotflmao:
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How did you know? :scratch: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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After planting the cannas, it started to rain a little so had a sweet roll & coffee. Rain didn't last long so I went back outside. Stupid wild turkey waltzed thru the yard so I hollered at him. At least this one's scared of me, so far. The jerk we had here last year, not so much. The Mrs. got some real healthy looking Celebrities and Super Fans yesterday from the Amish. They were pretty leggy so did the horizontal plant routine. Got the obligatory zucchini hill planted. Contemplating planting sweet corn this afternoon if the rain holds off. Will leave enough space for a 2nd planting & for July 4th-ish bean planting. Also see if I can tear up another 30' on the north side of the present garden for some pumpkins & gourds. We're getting there. 😎
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Rained out but got a lot done before it did. Planted a couple dying down spring planters & an Easter lily then decided I'd better get the tiller out. Got over the ground where I wanted to plant sweet corn and took on the sod patch to expand the garden. Needed a spot to go with pumpkins, gourds and spaghetti squash. Got that tilled & Mrs. Cheviot showed up with 5 more nice tomato plants. Took a water break & thought I heard thunder. Looked at the radar & sure enough. Got the maters planted and it started sprinkling. She brought me a yellow pear tomato, a couple La Roma's, a Jet Star & a Rutgers. Never grown that last one that I know of.
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:pouty: you get all the good rain! :confused: I'm going out to water the garden here soon!!
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I thought you guys were wet up that way... :scratch:
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Kinda, I watered on Tuesday but we could use a little more. The mater plants which are about 16" tall got the cages put on today, one green pepper plant has flowered already which seems early to me being so small but who knows. Not sure we made the right decision but momma picked up 2 watermelon plants, hopefully they don't take over the whole block..
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I thought you guys were wet up that way... :scratch:
garden dirt is a bit dry. I could tell by the plants. I watered 2 days ago and by morning you could really tell they perked up
I'll have my cans removed and cages around mater plants tomorrow. Cans are gonna stay on my pepper plants till I get home from the cabin.
Thinking I might be able to pick some radishes to.
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Everything is going good... like Glenn said, I should be able to pick some radishes soon!
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You keeping them tree rats otta them raised beds HD? They loved to dig around the one I had..
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Haven't had a problem yet... but, then again, they seem to die of lead poisoning before they get that far.
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Haven't had a problem yet... but, then again, they seem to die of lead poisoning before they get that far.
:doah: :scratch: no wonder I didn't see but one last fall!! :confused: :rotflmao:
Looks like you have a boar statue on that one post!!🤭 :rotflmao:
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Planted 8 rows of sweet corn last nite then put in a dozen hills of pumpkins, a couple hills of spaghetti squash & a Turk's turban. Forgot the gourds so will do them tonite.
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I also planted 6 twenty foot rows this afternoon. 12 days from now I will plant another 6 rows and July 2 another 5 rows. We have 7 rows up and growing now. Looking forward to having sweet corn for 6 weeks. Grandkids will eat it every day if we let them.
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Everything I planted is out of the ground. Done planting till fall and some radishes will go in again. Been eating garden lettuce and spinach for over a week.
All the cans around the tomatoes are off. Same with the cabbage and celery. The peppers I'll do when I get back from the cabin, there moving a little slower with no real warm weather!
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Last nite, stuck in 4 hills of gourds, planted a couple bell peppers, a couple rows of lupines, 4 rows of 4 o'clocks in the small garden & a couple more in the bed by the well. Mrs. Cheviot is supposed to be bringing home some salvia to finish off the small garden by the house and we should be done. Until planting the 2nd sweet corn planting in a few weeks & string beans around July 4th. Then I can plant more stuff for fall in late July. :rolleyes:
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You sure aren't wearing out your lawn chair.
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No, & after I finished the gardening last nite, I caught & loaded a bunch of sheep for a 4-H kid. Definitely needed a couple G&T's after that. :doah:
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So Dotch how much of that planting goes to your wife's flower doings?? I'll assume the gourds for sure?
Not sure why else someone would waste garden space on them otherwise??? :scratch:
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The decorative stuff like pumpkins, gourds, Turk's turbans, & Indian corn, yes. Some of it winds up decorating our house but seems someone always appreciates a fall centerpiece & Indian corn swags are always a hit. The floral stuff like salvia, lupines & 4 o'clocks are primarily for pollinators & hummingbirds, especially when they migrate thru. The latter two flowers are some I remember my Mom growing. She & Dad loved to garden. They allowed us kids to plant things, especially flowers which we exhibited in 4-H. We planted vegetables too & learned to appreciate them, except parsnips! Vile weed! :puke:
We raise far more than we can ever eat. Some is earmarked for others who can't have a garden anymore or have a disaster with theirs. Say it's crazy but I contend a garden isn't truly appreciated unless it can be shared. I found out that a lot of the buttercup squash we gave to Auntie Mar Mar went to a guy in Albert Lea who is 100 years old. He still lives on his own & absolutely loved them. Brought a tear to my eye when I found out. The plan is to meet him this summer and take him for a ride in the Studebaker. I just hope he doesn't ask to drive!
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Awesome 👍👍 so you deliver most of the stuff or mail it?? :scratch: :rolleyes: :rotflmao:
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Good for you Dotch. Our old neighbors used to have a huge garden when they were still with us. They would bring us a box of all kinds of great veggies. I even had to call her to ask how to cook some of it. Great people and we miss them. He was a tall man so was hard for him to bend over but he got it done. I mowed their lawn for them the last couple of years cuz it was hard for him to get his long legs on his mower anymore. They must have enjoyed giving it away too!! I am sure they all appreciate the heck out of it Dotch!!
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Planted peppers, tomatoes, cukes, and beans today. Picked asparagus and a bunch of leaf lettuce. It felt really good to be out there.
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Watered our little garden yesterday and it is looking good. Radishes are getting bigger so should plant some more and carrotts are up so should plant some more of them too. The romaine lettuce is really looking good. They started plants of them for the first time this year and gave me some extras free so I let them know how they do. I sprayed glyphosphate around all of the things and buildings so I don't have to weed whip them. Will do the fence lines now too.
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We're done planting! (for a while) Planted 3 rows of blue salvia last nite & the wife even helped! Almost chit myself. Then planted 4 bell peppers & 4 Jalapenos after fashioning several bunny cages for them. Bunny finished off one tomato plant last nite after starting on it a couple days ago. Easy to replace but he has a date with one of my assault weapons if he keeps it up. Exhausted my chicken wire supply on the hazelnuts. Looks like I better get another roll. String beans and Indian corn are starting to emerge. Beets can't be far off either.
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Have a few hills of squash & cukes starting to emerge. Beans are coming up and so are the weeds. Can row most of the Indian corn. Need to stay vigilant. Looks like the tom is back again and would like nothing better than to get in the garden if nothing else for a dust bath. No more bunny damage, yet, but tomorrow looks like a FF day to get more chicken wire. Cats must've snuffed a bunny nest recently. Saw several of them being gnawed on.
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Haven't had a problem yet... but, then again, they seem to die of lead poisoning before they get that far.
Looks like you have a boar statue on that one post!!🤭 :rotflmao:
Yup, I was so inspired by you two acting like an old married couple that I bought 2 (you two can bicker about who is who) :rotflmao:
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I know I'm suppose to be more kind and loving but i just have to say this: DEATH TO WOODCHUCKS...MUST KILL ALL WOODCHUCKS
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So I goes to FF & among the other things, I grabbed what I thought was a grape tomato to replace the Celebrity the bunnies munched. It was in among the grapes they had left anyway & even though I'd still have to plant it horizontally, it was about the right size. When I got it home & looked at the tag, here it's a Sun Sugar cherry. No big deal, but I'll probably have a bazillion yellow cherry maters now! :doah: Never grown them but recall the former Bandwagon star in Bugtussle dropped off some one time. They were good. :happy1:
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That is the Warren's favorite.
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I read somewhere that woodchucks and wrens have a symbiotic relationship. Did you get some Sun Sugar cherries planted?
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Yes one is more than enough
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So I goes to FF & among the other things, I grabbed what I thought was a grape tomato to replace the Celebrity the bunnies munched. It was in among the grapes they had left anyway & even though I'd still have to plant it horizontally, it was about the right size. When I got it home & looked at the tag, here it's a Sun Sugar cherry. No big deal, but I'll probably have a bazillion yellow cherry maters now! :doah: Never grown them but recall the former Bandwagon star in Bugtussle dropped off some one time. They were good. :happy1:
My buddy just stopped and gave me two cherry tomatoes. One may be yellow. He did that last year too and were great. SO what's this plant horizontal talk?
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Yes one is more than enough
I was afraid of that... :embarrassed:
Horizontal or trench planting or the wife calls it slant planting. A lot of the tomato plants at the stores locally are getting tall and gangly. If you lay the tall plants down in a trench except for the upper growth, they root along the buried stem. Should make for a larger root system early on, anchors them better in case of wind, maybe helps with the dry conditions we're experiencing here. We've watered once since they were planted and they look great. It's 85 and breezy today. Soil moisture is still fairly decent but we've only had .23" of rain since they were planted.
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I am planting Sun Sugar this year as a test variety for NDSU Horticulture Dept. Along with Sun Gold. Never have planted either. We shall see I guess.
I learned how to always plant tomatoes horizontally over 30 years ago from the Nat'l Gardening Association. Makes for much larger root system to feed the plant. Plus the first tomatoes are closer to the ground. Which means more tomatoes by the time it reaches the top of the cage.
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So you must bed them with something so the tomatoes aren't laying on the ground then?
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I did the first weeding in the garden since I planted it. I was surprised that it wasn't too bad. I pulled tons of volunteer tomato plants. Probably shouldn't have purchased any as these were everywhere. I left a few just to see what they will do.
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So you must bed them with something so the tomatoes aren't laying on the ground then?
Always straw under them after the tomatoes get to be golf ball size. Which keeps them clean and mostly free of blossom end rot. :happy1:
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At least it looks good for now. It's hard to keep the weeds at bay.
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That looks fantastic deadeye! :happy1:
Got the bunny fence up last nite. I can row the beans from the house this a.m. Lots of other stuff coming up including the sweet corn. Haven't seen any beets yet. They're inside the fence with the beans. Made the one jake trot a little faster with the .22 yesterday. :evil:
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Thanks Dotch, Flowers are doing just fine as well. No protection from deer but with high volume of plants plenty always make it to blooming.
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The scare crow "Sophie" is really not functional. Animals nest in her hair. :rotflmao:
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Mrs. Cheviot would be envious! Love the Oriental poppies BTW. Absolutely gorgeous. Mom had one for for many moons. :happy1:
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Simply beautiful.
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Love it :happy1: :happy1:
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I guess this is why they named them "Poppies". Blooms double or triple over night.
See above picture taken yesterday and the ones below taken this morning. Cool.
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Haven't had a problem yet... but, then again, they seem to die of lead poisoning before they get that far.
Looks like you have a boar statue on that one post!!🤭 :rotflmao:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Yup, I was so inspired by you two acting like an old married couple that I bought 2 (you two can bicker about who is who) :rotflmao:
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:scratch: anyone got any idea what this is supposed to be??? I'm getting these seeds in my kalarabi packets and am 99.9% sure there not kalarabi. :confused: :angry2:
I get the seeds from FF or Menards and there the burpee seeds. There getting worse with this and I'll be finding another seed outfit for my kalarabi.
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Are they tiny round black seeds?
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Are they tiny round black seeds?
yes!
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:rotflmao:not sure how much my step dad knows about kalarabi but he's saying it's an unfertilized kalarabi which he thinks won't form the ball???
All I know is lately burpee seeds has an awfully lot of them and I've never had that problem in the past.
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It does look kind of like Kohlrabi.
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Rapini?
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I cheat, I buy started kolarobi plants from the local farmers market 😁
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I cheat, I buy started kolarobi plants from the local farmers market 😁
I couldn't afford to do it that way, I plant 4 seed packets every year!!
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I always start all my own Cole Crops.....Kohlrabi, Cabbage, Broccoli, Cauliflower, and Bok Choi. They all have tiny round black seeds. That must be a Kohlrabi with something wrong with it. I transplant and put seeds of Kohlrabi in the ground later.
Maybe it will still grow and produce a ball. I started mine in the house April 1. They are just starting to make balls.
What is the name of the variety.
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White veinna I believe.
I've been planting kalarabi since 1979 when I moved to this house not too mention at home at mom and dads. And until the last 4-5 years have never had these!!
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Garden is coming along nicely! :happy1: hope this extreme heat doesn't damage it.
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Smurfberries are coming along nicely I see... :coffee: :whistling:
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Smurfberries are coming along nicely I see... :coffee: :whistling:
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Onion time. Summer solstice is on Tuesday. Longest day of the year. We plant long day onions. They will now start to bulb. I will be pulling out every other one to eat as green onions. Especially in salads.
They will now start to grow bulbs. Biggest top will have biggest bulbs. So I pull out the smaller ones. Until they are spaced 4 inches or so apart.
Also fertilize they with 10-10-10 to get them big.
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So something ate our first batch of cukes. We plant 6 of them and train them to climb a fence. The second batch of 6 4 look shot. 2 look good yet. So I bought 6 more. All they had was picklers. 5-6" fruit. I wonder if they will get bigger if left longer so we can eat them in salads or just alone? I am trying it. Maybe I should just let them grow out on the grass? :confused:
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Need to maybe put a fence around it. My guess is bunnies, they like the new greens!
5 to 6 inch should work for cukes!!👍
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Pulled my lettuce and spinach today. Was getting bitter!
I bought another package of each, we'll be giving it a shot this fall!!
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Pickling cukes will get as fat as you want. Just not as long.
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Just planted 3 of them. Will be fun to watch as they grow.
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We have 16' of trellis for pickling cukes, they grow fast and get too big for us at times while were out of town. But I'll slice the big ones up anyhow for fridge pickles. We've only been gardening for a handful of years but we have well water and city water on separate spickets and the plants sure seem to do better with the well water. Go figure..
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Just came in from watering the garden. It still really sucks outside!!! :confused:
I am actually surprised the plants didn't look to bad! :happy1:
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Busy last nite. Planted 4 more rows of sweet corn. Would've planted more except I'd have been pinched for fall garden space. Needed to leave room for a couple rows of string beans and snap peas. Should be able to put the radishes & greens in where the 4 rows of 1st planted string beans are by late July-early August. Weeded string beans and beets. Beets are real spotty so there will be room to plant some stuff there as well. Was able to do a lot of weeding with the garden rake. The more recently tilled ground has a crust on it after last week's rain so running a rake across over it should kill the bazillion waterhemp that were coming. Buttercup squash need to be thinned. They're about ready to take off or take over depending on how you look at it.
Have had trouble establishing cukes in 3 hills. Green dragons came up fine but only have one plant of Munchers that made it. Stabbed in some additional seed after the rain & haven't seen any action. Wondering if I've got some wireworm activity given their proximity to the sod. :scratch: Have some Straight 8 seed that's a few days earlier I may plant. One more thing I may try too if wireworms or other soil borne vermin are the case...:evil:
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I put some Miracle grow on our garden the other day. I put 1 1/2 tbls per 2 gallons of water. Will do it about once a week. Have never done it before so curious to see how it works. I got a 6 pack of romaine lettuce and they gave me a free one when I got garden stuff. It is growing real good but the leaves are real thick. Many layers of growth. I think it is cabbage. LOL I will take a pick and show youse guys.
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that is great lettuce LPS!! I use it all the time now for salads!!
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Damn Dotch you get a the worms!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :mooning:
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that is great lettuce LPS!! I use it all the time now for salads!!
Yes we love the stuff too but I don't think that is what is growing in our garden. We get the two pack of romaine hearts.
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I cheated last year lps and did the miracle grow gig during the summer. Everything grew just fine, think I did the every other week program. The neighbor poked his head over the fence yesterday and asked if I'm going to pinch off the "shoots" on the mater plants. I thought someone here mentioned that last year, maybe Ken...not sure. So I did a few but chickened out thinking I was grabbing the wrong ones. I did tho pull the first jalapeno today, green bells are starting to pop also.
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I use the miracle grow when I think of it.
Once the mater's start showing fruit I put a tablespoon of Epsom salt by the stem about every 3-4th watering. I was told the epsom salt and miracle grow are about one and the same??
Oh and I gotz little mater's starting. :sleazy: :rotflmao:
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Ok here is what they sold me as romaine. We have grown romaine before but was 2 or 3 years and I think it was a taller growing plant.
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The leaves are thicker than lettuce. Cabbage???
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I don't think it's cabbage at all. Looks like some variety of lettuce. There's so many out there
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yup lettuce!!! I get the 3 pak from Aldi's when I buy it..
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Definitely Romaine Lettuce.
I have grown a variety called Little Gem.
Here are 3 in my garden now. They grow tight crisp heads. But smaller than the ones in the store.
I keep cans around them to keep them growing tight and upright. Same with the Bok Choi next to them. Do this with celery also.
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Ok good, I am glad that is what it is. Was just surprised the leaves were so thick. Looking forward to it.
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They look good enough to sample already!!! :happy1:
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Do you think so? Just cut the leaves off and have a salad? Will keep growing I suppose. We have 12 of them.
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Yep!! :happy1:
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Sure miss a good salad. Gonna have one tomorrow night. Thanks for the info. Have a few radishes I can pull tomorrow too.
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I use the miracle grow when I think of it.
Once the mater's start showing fruit I put a tablespoon of Epsom salt by the stem about every 3-4th watering. I was told the epsom salt and miracle grow are about one and the same??
Oh and I gotz little mater's starting. :sleazy: :rotflmao:
Epsom salt is magnesium sulfate. It's commonly found in much of the well water when one moves west, like the area of ND where I lived. When I'd stop at a farmer's place and they made coffee with that stuff, it tasted like someone had dumped a salt shaker in it. And as Barry is fond of saying, no stool softener needed! :happy1: Unless it's blow sand, most MN soils are loaded with magnesium so it's possible you may be seeing some sulfur response especially in a cooler season when less sulfur is converted to sulfate sulfur, the forms plants take up. We're seeing a visual response here on corn this year, especially in lower organic matter areas of fields.
Replanted 3 hills of cukes; 2 with Straight 8's & one with Munchers. Pretty dry so watered them in after planting. Weeded the Indian corn, tomatoes & peppers tonite. They're lovin' this heat. Upped our forecast rainfall chances and amounts for tomorrow nite so hoping to get my pasture fertilized tomorrow forenoon. Will throw 85-46-120-24 on the garden as I cruise by so getting some substantial rain would definitely be beneficial. :happy1:
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I have been picking off 1 leaf at a time as they get bigger. Instead of pulling the whole plant.
Soak them in water for an hour to crisp them up. Just squeeze out as much water as you can so it doesn't dilute down the dressing. The first thing we always did in the morning when I worked in produce at a big grocery store was to soak heads of Romaine.
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I use the miracle grow when I think of it.
Once the mater's start showing fruit I put a tablespoon of Epsom salt by the stem about every 3-4th watering. I was told the epsom salt and miracle grow are about one and the same??
Oh and I gotz little mater's starting. :sleazy: :rotflmao:
Epsom salt is magnesium sulfate. It's commonly found in much of the well water when one moves west, like the area of ND where I lived. When I'd stop at a farmer's place and they made coffee with that stuff, it tasted like someone had dumped a salt shaker in it. And as Barry is fond of saying, no stool softener needed! :happy1: Unless it's blow sand, most MN soils are loaded with magnesium so it's possible you may be seeing some sulfur response especially in a cooler season when less sulfur is converted to sulfate sulfur, the forms plants take up. We're seeing a visual response here on corn this year, especially in lower organic matter areas of fields.
Replanted 3 hills of cukes; 2 with Straight 8's & one with Munchers. Pretty dry so watered them in after planting. Weeded the Indian corn, tomatoes & peppers tonite. They're lovin' this heat. Upped our forecast rainfall chances and amounts for tomorrow nite so hoping to get my pasture fertilized tomorrow forenoon. Will throw 85-46-120-24 on the garden as I cruise by so getting some substantial rain would definitely be beneficial. :happy1:
i should look at that soil sample to see what it says. :scratch: all i know is since i started my epson salt routine on my maters i cut that blossom end rot on the maters down to almost zilch!!!!!!!
thanks for that insite dotch!!! :happy1: :happy1:
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Got little maters on a lot of our plants too. Didn't check to see which varieties they were. The health of all the plants has been really good thus far. A little indication that the striped gophers were in the sweet corn I planted day before yesterday. Had some gopher bait I supplied them with so hopefully that gets their attention. Not enough time to sit and shoot them all.
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so i looked at the soil same test results i got back last Aug.
the magnesuim said high side of optimum/maganese was high end of high.
phosopherous was extremely high
ph was optinum
potasium was high
calcium was high
zinc was highboran??? was optomum as was the sulfur!!!!!
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Testing for nitrogen or sulfur is difficult. Both nutrients are moving targets. Labs routinely run it but the sulfur soil test is only of some value on sandy soils. On the rest of the soils in MN, not so much. It measures what's there on the day you sampled. A heavy rain or watering can change that one overnight & leach it down farther into the soil profile. It can also read high but if the soil is dry, it's unavailable as roots won't grow in soils that are too dry. Good to know they considered the boron to be optimum. It doesn't take a lot & applying too much boron if not needed can lead to toxicity on broadleaf plants such as beans. Boron was being promoted as a herbicide for lawns a few years back. Worked sorta half- fast.
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The instructions I got was to take samples from 7-8 different spots in my garden, put it in a container and mix it up well. I don't recall exactly how much I had to send in but it wasn't a huge amount. So it was essentially a sample of the garden in general!
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I'm sure you did the sampling procedure right. It's pretty hard to screw it up unless you have too many of those beers that db keeps talking about.
Transplanted some volunteer 4 o'clocks this a.m. to fill in a couple gaps in this year's planting. The hummingbirds were chirping their approval from the trees. Found a LGW (little green worm) crawling across the garden so stuffed it into the wren house. The adults weren't thrilled about it but there were definitely some happy campers inside their house. :happy1:
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garden really looks good after this last rain. :happy1: seems like the heat kick started everything then the rain kicked the growing in high gear!!!!
except for the jalapeno peppers??? :doah: :scratch: they seem stunted. i dont think they've grown but 2 inches so far????? :confused: :doah:
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Got me some baby mater's. These are campori mater's!! :happy1:
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Started to see some cucumbers emerging this a.m. that were planted the night of the 22nd. Straight 8's so far but looks like the soil is pushing up in the hills of Munchers as well. Will have to get mentally prepared to plant string beans for the fall crop next week.
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Started eating both Sugar Snap and regular peas. Lots of Romaine and red lettuce. Pulling out green onions to eat. Bok Choi in stir fry tonight.
Picking 2 ice cream buckets of strawberries every other day. Wife started making strawberry jelly today. My youngest grandson eats more than he puts in the bucket.
Picked my first ripe tomato yesterday....a yellow Taxi.
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Love them pea pods!
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Are they a climbing thing? My wife liked them as a kid. We need to plant some next year. We need a bigger garden I think.
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Yes.....I plant all my peas in an 8 inch wide row om both sides of a page fence anchored on electric fence posts. They climb up the fence on their own make for easier picking. My grandkids love them dipped in Ranch dressing.
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Garden looking good. For some reason they are all upside down????
Broccoli, Cauliflower. Tomatoes in my big garden
4 twenty foot rows of strawberries
My corn.....4-6 twenty foot rows planted 2 weeks apart. Last one goes in tomorrow
First 2 ripe tomatoes.....yellow Taxi
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Grandson with 4 buckets picked yesterday. I think he ate as many as went into the pail.
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Smart kid you got there I'd say.
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Nice garden Ken.
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First harvest of the year! Our new garden this year we have tomatoes, pepper (green and jalapeños), snap peas, bush beans, radishes, carrots, onions, beets, cucumbers, chives, dill, and outside the garden we have rhubarb and asparagus. Everything is doing great except the carrots?
We have a 40 acre farm 1/2 mile down the road from the lake place. That is where the garden is.
Not as nice as Glenn’s or Ken’s, but it will get there?
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That is darn nice I would say. We have never planted dill and one year some appeared along the barn which is where the garden is. This year it is really going nuts. It is almost covering a tomato plant so will have to do something about it. Maybe I will transplant it to where the carrots aren't doing so well. May come in handy around pickling time.
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Looks good to me. :cheerleader: :cheerleader:
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Looks better than Glenn's.
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Looks better than Glenn's.
roony has all the right answers!!!
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Was at a gathering yesterday and my adopted 92 year old mom was there. She told me her cats had been using her raised beds as a litterbox and destroyed most of her vegetable crop. She had no tomatoes, string beans & zucchini. Told her not to worry, we can help her out plus some squash barring disaster on this end. Today's roughly 1.5" of rain should help make that order easier to fill. :happy1:
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So cat poop isn't good fertilizer evidently.
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She has a bunch of cats so it was the holes they dug to deposit their poop mainly. :doah:
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Cat "manure" is dangerous for the gardener. Though there's not much harm done to the soil chemistry if your garden becomes your cat's bathroom, cat poop can contaminate soil with disease. So don't leave it in your garden.
found this
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MEOW!
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get out of the garden!!!! bang!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1:
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Yup that would be more the direction that I would take too Mike. :sleazy: Followed by cat burgers for supper. With lots of ketchup.
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Could mail some to glenn! :happy1:
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I'm on to my second planting of Radishes, and today I harvested my first kolarobi of the season.
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good eats!!!
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Same with dog poop. :thumbs:
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But horse poop is good!!
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Use chicken manure sparingly. Very high in N.
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get out of the garden!!!! bang!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1:
You know how old ladies get attached to their cats. For the life of me I don't know why. When my Mom had a stroke, she called the ambulance then went out the barn and fed her cats in case she wound up in the hospital. :rolleyes: :doah:
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Mess with my garden? Eff around and find out! :coffee:
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First harvest of the year! Our new garden this year we have tomatoes, pepper (green and jalapeños), snap peas, bush beans, radishes, carrots, onions, beets, cucumbers, chives, dill, and outside the garden we have rhubarb and asparagus. Everything is doing great except the carrots?
We have a 40 acre farm 1/2 mile down the road from the lake place. That is where the garden is.
Not as nice as Glenn’s or Ken’s, but it will get there?
nuttin wrong with that garden coopy!! :happy1:
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Looks better than Glenn's.
:rotflmao: :pouty: :tut: :tut: keep it up bucko, I'll be sending you a special shipment of WRENS!!!🤭🤭🤣 :rotflmao: :mooning: :rotflmao:
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Yesterday's final score: Dotch 4, Gophers 0. We'd been coexisting nicely since earlier in the season when I'd poisoned some that were digging up the Indian corn & sweet corn. Then they started digging new holes in the small flower garden closer to the house. Filled the holes in and they came right back. Tried drowning them in their new hole with buckets of water. Filled the hole in again. They came right back only this time the hole was smaller. Hadn't actually been able to catch them in the act until yesterday at lunch time. Saw the 1st one, just a little shrimp. Offed him & put the .22 away. Looked out about 5 minutes later, another little shrimp. Got him & put the gun back. Another 5 minutes & there's a larger one starting to dig again. Greased that one out and kept the gun handy. One more larger model appeared. Blasted it and decided I'd better get back to work. Was sure a lot more fun shooting gophers from the air conditioned house than it was tramping around in the fields yesterday. Could still hear one whistling this a.m. so might have to check again this noon.
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Good shooting!
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I'll trade you the 2 jakes we had looking in the living room window last nite for some wrens... :whistling:
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Pretty soon you'll have enough of them gophers to throw in da souze vidy machine and cook up a batch while enjoying a few boodles!!👍 :rotflmao:
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:tut: :tut: :tut: Oh, would you look at the time! I need to go to the post office... :rotflmao:
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:tut: :tut: :tut: Oh, would you look at the time! I need to go to the post office... :rotflmao:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :evil: :nerd: :nerd:
holy crappers........got call from Becks Garden Center asking if i was ready for my pickles!!!!!!! :shocked: :rolleyes: i ordered A bushel. my dill is at least 3 weeks out, not sure if i got enough in the freezer and everything i need is still tucked away!!!!!!!!
they like me :sleazy: so in a coupe weeks they'll call again!!!!! :happy1: :happy1:
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I just picked some dill that is overtaking parts of our garden. So do you just cut the root off and then put in gallon ziplock for use when making pickles?
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I just picked some dill that is overtaking parts of our garden. So do you just cut the root off and then put in gallon ziplock for use when making pickles?
yep, cut it right underneath the head of the dill. Put it in the bag, get as much air out as you can and throw it in the freezer. I've used dill 2 years old out of the freezer.
Thaw it out as you need it :happy1:
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Mine hasn't gotten a head on it yet but had to pull it out of the maters. I cut off the root and vac packed it. It really smells strong dill. We like lots of dill in our pickles. Should work great. :happy1: :happy1:
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Dis was in the garden today!!👍👍
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Very nice! That cuke is almost blue-colored... :scratch: :rotflmao:
Got rid of one more gopher the other day at lunch. Can see there's at least one small model left judging by the digging. At least they got the hint (so far) the small garden is a dangerous place to play. Got some sweet corn I stabbed in some gaps a few days ago already coming up. If it makes an ear great, if not at least it helps keep the weeds down. That has really been a battle in this year's garden. Kept them down last year pretty well but the purslane in particular has been a real PITA. Since the rain I see a carpet of what appears to be tiny waterhemp coming so actually need it to dry up a little so I can run the tiller thru it and hoe where needed. Pulled most of the crap out of the beets last nite. Be the last time I grow those damn things for a while. Crummy seed. In two 15' rows I think I have about 15 beets. :doah: I forgot what weak tit, vulnerable plants beets are when they're small relative to stuff like sweet corn, string beans, cukes, squash, etc. There was a reason sugar beets were not on my favorite list when we had to weed and thin them in soil fertility plots. Same deal.
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Pulled the first beets today for supper. Along with bacon wrapped pork loin and fried potatoes. :happy1: :happy1: :happy1:
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so while working at the store.......out back they have a shopping cart with ripped bags of compost with manure and potting soil. i inquired with the store manager what there intent was to be with them. they obviously cant sell them, so i told him i'd be interested in taking them off there hands!
we struck a deal at 2 bucks a bag!!!!!!!!1 :dancinred: :dancinred: so i'm taking them all. i'll give my brother the potting soil and i get the compost with manure!!!!! :happy1:
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:happy1: :happy1: :happy1:
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My union negotiation skills worked wonders!!🤣
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Picked some carrots and my first green pepper. Those colored carrots taste just like the orange ones!! Also started picking dill yesterday!! Gonna need it, Becks called again yesterday. The plan is canning pickles Wed.
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I was reading some where that the first carrots were all purple!!! interesting...
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I bought those colored carrots in a tape for this year.....never again, all top, no carrot.
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I got the seed packet like Glenn showed us last spring and they are coming along nicely... never tried a seed tape before...
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Ya I gotta find up some dill myself, the little cuke picklers are starting to pop. Grabbed 3rd , 4th and 5th zucchini , the first 2 got grilled these will probably be for bread. Along with some fresh picked poppers to go with chicken tonight. :happy1:
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Seed tape is spendy, never did them either. There nice in the fact the seed is evenly spaced.
Boober, I could send ya some dill seed to plant??? Even HD can grow it with the proper guidance (ahem)! :sleazy: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Appreciate it Glenn, probably gonna hafta stock up at a market soon, I'll be canning some soon.
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Appreciate it Glenn, probably gonna hafta stock up at a market soon, I'll be canning some soon.
I can send ya seed for next year or you could stop by!! :happy1: :rotflmao:
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Actually...... the dill seed I got from Glenn, is not doing so well, last time I checked it was only 4 inches tall.
I bought some plants from the farmers market, and they are all at 2ft plus already.
Pickles are a little behind schedule for pickling, so I'm not sure what I'm going to do.
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Here is my dill crop.
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Same seeds I gave HD?? :confused: :scratch:
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That's one heck of a dill stand.
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That's one heck of a dill stand.
next to it are 22 tomato plants. :smoking: hope I got enough!!👍
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Good for you Glenn. Nice garden there! We have 6 maters and 2 grape maters and 4 green peppers and they all have little ones on them today. :happy1:
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Are those tomatoes starting to look sick?
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Are those tomatoes starting to look sick?
nope. The first bunch you see in front are lucky tiger tomatoes and campori tomatoes. They really got different leaves compared to the best boy, early girl type tomatoes.
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My carrots are crappy this year. Maybe a dozen germinated out of a packet. A bust this year.
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My kalarabi are a big bust again this year. :confused:
I'm trying something other then the burpee kalarabi seeds next year!!
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Pulled my first kohlrabi yesterday.
Purple Vienna
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Pulled my first kohlrabi yesterday.
Purple Vienna
what seed company are yours Ken!
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Same seeds I gave HD?? :confused: :scratch:
Yup
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Pulled my first kohlrabi yesterday.
Purple Vienna
what seed company are yours Ken!
I am eating them now. Not great. Tough and woody. Won't plant them again. I always start them in my little greenhouse on April 1 along with Cabbage, Broccoli, and Cauliflower and transplant for early crop. Then plant seeds a month or so later.
Next year I will go back to what I have always planted.....Early White Vienna
I get them from Victory Seeds.
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Thanks Ken. :happy1: usually what I plant, the early white Vienna!
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I planted a row (just for craps and giggles) a row of seed tape that had the multi color carrots. It was a bust, small carrots and real "rooty" and what I mean by that, is you pull one up and it's full of fuzzy roots.
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I was watering the rhubarb and found a little friend.....
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Get those little guys a lot this time of year. Fun to watch them at their bug buffet on the post light we have. Had one show up in the spring ferns we were bringing up from the north metro area. Kept him in a big jar feeding him bugs for a couple weeks until we could send him back to his family and friends.
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The garden was looking real thirsty when we got home yesterday. My romaine had a hard on it looked like. LOL Had a long shoot coming out of the middle that must have been a foot long. Must have gone to seed huh?
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Finally got everything weeded to my satisfaction yesterday. Noticed the squash were wilting by midafternoon & so was I. Took a lot of water for me to stay hydrated. Watered the squash, pumpkins & gourds last nite. They were lovin' life this a.m. Lots of blooms and bees.
This year's garden is the good, the bad and the ugly. It's been really tough to gauge the watering needed. The 1st planting sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, squash, pumpkins, gourds and 1st planting string beans all look great. The 2nd planting sweet corn and string beans came up erratically. I replanted a few spots in the string beans yesterday to see if they'll still make it. If it stays hot, they might. The green dragon cukes are starting to set some small one's so we'll have some anyway. The Straight 8's are moving but haven't starting crawling yet. The Munchers are just a tad behind them but at least they're healthy. Cucumber growing kind of weather. The beets, well what can I say? Between the two 15' rows planted, all 15 of the surviving beets are alive and starting to look like they might amount to something. They all go to Auntie Mar Mar's 90 year old mom anyway. At least I don't have to worry about thinning them! :doah: End of the month will be time to start getting the fall stuff seeded. Left an area for that. Was hoping the 1st planting string beans would be farther along so may have to delay some of the radish planting. Of course I can always plant into the gaps in the beet area. :embarrassed:
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The garden was looking real thirsty when we got home yesterday. My romaine had a hard on it looked like. LOL Had a long shoot coming out of the middle that must have been a foot long. Must have gone to seed huh?
Must've bolted in the heat. Some of the stuff I planted late summer did that last fall during a warm stretch before freeze up. Meant to throw it over the fence to the sheep but didn't get it done. This spring when I tilled up the garden, there was volunteer lettuce coming up all over in that area. It was tempting to leave it but I needed that space for the cukes. :sad:
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i've picked 6 cukes from the garden so far............got plenty of flowers. i must of got a different green bean cause i got vines all over....there starting to flower. that sun and heat sure do a number on the leaves during the day though!!!!!! :doah:
picking dill lately, i expect to pull that next week. picked green peppers to, enough for a batch of salsa. there in the freezer. my onions are getting pulled out next week also when i get back from the cabin.
my kalarabi just plain sucks again!!!!!!!! :angry2: :confused: tomatoes are looking good!!!!!!
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Your spot on Glenn with the cuke leaves looking like crap in the heat, but they be doing pretty good, the bee's were all over while I was picking yesterday. Managed another qt of bread n butter pickles. Lots of green Tomatoes, kinda glad to see the zookini must be on union break, but with all the little ones popping up it'll be go time again. Peppers are doing well, momma wanted watermelon so I have 2 plants that I keep wrapping the runs in circles just so they don't decide to take off to the next county, never did those before so we'll find out I guess..
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Cukes are starting to pop. Everyday I find 4-5 that weren't there the day before. Onions look fine even if most of the tops were flattened in the wind. Been pulling potatoes for while now. Tomatoes are tall and lots of green ones so it will be a while yet. Pumpkins and gourds are forming well. Only have a few sunflowers as the deer ate all that were not fenced in. Not sure what's going on with the peppers as they never did grow tall, and I see very few peppers.
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Good to hear you guys info. When we got home after 4 hot days the cherry peppers on the deck in pails looked like toast. I expected the leaves to crunch when I touched them. Have watered them good for the second day and they look great! Tough plants. I have Early Girl tomatoes about half dollar size now. They dill keeps on coming up everywhere so I am just freezing it. Cukes are flowers at this time.
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At one time I had 18 pails on the patio, great idea but they needed some serious babysitting at times.
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At one time I had 18 pails on the patio, great idea but they needed some serious babysitting at times.
my brother still does that. But he's got a better than union job so he can baby sit them .
Every spring he dumps 3-4 of them in a wheelbarrow adds fertilizer and more compost and mixes it up. Then back in his big pots!!
He saves all his dead minnows and before he puts his plants in he buries some 6-8 inches below the root, adds dirt then plants the tomato.
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I got zucchini coming out of my ears, got a 3rd row of radishes planted. Pulled all the carrots. Cukes are all flowered will some that are 3-4inches long. Maters are abundant & green. Beets & spring onions are doing well.
The dill plants I bought are doing "ok" the dill seed Glenn gave me, not so much..... still only 4-5 inches tall.
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I got zucchini coming out of my ears, got a 3rd row of radishes planted. Pulled all the carrots. Cukes are all flowered will some that are 3-4inches long. Maters are abundant & green. Beets & spring onions are doing well.
The dill plants I bought are doing "ok" the dill seed Glenn gave me, not so much..... still only 4-5 inches tall.
:scratch: :scratch: thats odd. my dill didnt get as tall as it usually does but i'm getting plenty of dill. mater of fact i cut put another bread bag full in the freezer a bit ago!!!!!!!
i was told by becks once that i was lucky i could grow dill, alot of people cant for some reason??? :doah: :scratch: :scratch: and i plant it every year pretty much under my black walnut tree!!!!!!!!
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I got zucchini coming out of my ears, got a 3rd row of radishes planted. Pulled all the carrots. Cukes are all flowered will some that are 3-4inches long. Maters are abundant & green. Beets & spring onions are doing well.
The dill plants I bought are doing "ok" the dill seed Glenn gave me, not so much..... still only 4-5 inches tall.
:scratch: :scratch: thats odd. my dill didnt get as tall as it usually does but i'm getting plenty of dill. mater of fact i cut put another bread bag full in the freezer a bit ago!!!!!!!
i was told by becks once that i was lucky i could grow dill, alot of people cant for some reason??? :doah: :scratch: :scratch: and i plant it every year pretty much under my black walnut tree!!!!!!!!
It like the nuts... just saying.... :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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:scratch: The nut that planted 'em or the nuts they're planted in????? ;) :smiley:
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I got zucchini coming out of my ears, got a 3rd row of radishes planted. Pulled all the carrots. Cukes are all flowered will some that are 3-4inches long. Maters are abundant & green. Beets & spring onions are doing well.
The dill plants I bought are doing "ok" the dill seed Glenn gave me, not so much..... still only 4-5 inches tall.
:scratch: :scratch: thats odd. my dill didnt get as tall as it usually does but i'm getting plenty of dill. mater of fact i cut put another bread bag full in the freezer a bit ago!!!!!!!
i was told by becks once that i was lucky i could grow dill, alot of people cant for some reason??? :doah: :scratch: :scratch: and i plant it every year pretty much under my black walnut tree!!!!!!!!
It like the nuts... just saying.... :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
:tut: :tut: :tut:
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It looks like I was mistaken yesterday when I said the tomatoes were all green.
With all the wind today I decided to tie them up a bit more and found some ripe ones down in the middle.
The plants are chin high and growing like crazy. Also, I now have to pick cukes twice a day to prevent
them from getting too big. Not sure what happened to the onions but the wind kinda flattened the tops.
I pulled up some potatoes and they are fine, but the bugs just about wiped out the leaves.
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thats natural for onion to do when there mature. once the green tops start drying up i pull them!!!!!11 :happy1: mine are getting pulled when i get back from the cabin.
and i'm going to water them very sparingly until i pull them.
and IF my cabbage heads dont show a huge improvement when i get back there getting yanked to. only about the size of a softball at this point!!
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deadeye.....do those potato bugs hit your tomato leaves also???? they did when grew spuds!!!!!!! :confused: :doah:
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glenn57, I did see some on the tomatoes but hopefully there's enough foliage that it won't impact the plants. I do see them on the peppers and cukes. I will need something to nuke them next year. Maybe spray gas on the ground and light it.
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Yup.....those onions are ready to be pulled, bundled and hung in the garage until October. Mine are still standing tall.
I have blight on my tomatoe plants. Sprayed them with Daconil today to stop it from moving up the plant.
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glenn57, I did see some on the tomatoes but hopefully there's enough foliage that it won't impact the plants. I do see them on the peppers and cukes. I will need something to nuke them next year. Maybe spray gas on the ground and light it.
back when i had potatoes they had a dust or powder that killed them. thing is them damn things laid there eggs on the underneath side of the leaf. i spent just as much time looking for and destroying eggs.
your pretty close to all those spud farms........maybe have one of them crop dusting planes do a quick fly over!!!! :happy1: :rotflmao:
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I have had Colorodo Potatoe Beetles for quite a few years. Always go hunting the little buggers as soon as the plants start to grow. Then look under the leaves as you said for eggs. I never seem to get them all and they over winter in the ground.
This year I have not seen 1 beetle. Not sure why. I either got them all last year or they winter killed . :happy1: :happy1: :happy1:
Dug my first baby reds yesterday. The best early red potatoe ever developed....
Red Norland. Developed at NDSU. Make great early potatoes. Make the best mashed potatoes you can grow.
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Been a good year for potato beetles here judging by the questions I keep getting. There is a fairly high concentration of potatoes yet at Hollandale that extends up toward Geneva & Clarks Grove so not surprising. There was a potato & carrot operation west of Owatonna but think they quit growing them a few years ago. Wife used to work there. They grew Chipper potatoes of some kind and Bolero carrots, much of which wound up in Dinty Moore beef stew. The sheep loved the carrot tops and broken carrots she'd bring home. One weed species potato beetles were particularly fond of was buffalobur, a nightshade family plant. They must've eaten them all because I haven't seen one for several years. ;)
When I've grown potatoes here I've never had any problems with potato beetles. Not as many people growing them in area gardens anymore & understandably so as cheap as they are in the store. I always liked having my own though with some Norlands for early reds, Pontiacs for late reds & usually something like Norkotah for russet baking potatoes. Probably get back into growing them eventually as they make another vegetable option that works well in the rotation. They do well here on the upslope Clarion soils and we have plenty of water access if needed.
Colorado potato beetles are a bearcat to control in the home garden chemically. Some have still had success with products containing a neonicotinoid but not consistently. Picking them & sticking the larvae in a can of some kind of solvent is still the most common method.
https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden-insects/colorado-potato-beetles
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Decided it was time to pull the onions. Only 3 bad ones. One of my better onion crops in 4-5 years! :happy1:
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Dotch.....Bolero carrot is the best keeping carrot there is to grow. Keeps for months in the fridge.
I grow those exact same 3 potato varieties every year.
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Well I have turned into a dill farmer. I have more dill that is matured. The first ones I cut and vac packed were just all of the green long hairy type of stuff but really smelled like dill so I kept it. Today I picked matured plants and cut off all of the flowers and tossed the stalks. I still have some growing too so will harvest it when ready. I don't think I will have to buy any dill this year. That is cool as heck. We have had a hard time finding dill some years so it is a relief knowing we have our own. We even found one nice cuke that is an eater for tonight. The only one. Pulled a few small carrots too. Ken did you say to harvest the onions when the stalks fall over? Ours are straight up yet and can see the tops of the onions. They are not huge yet. lol They are red ones. The beans are climbing the fence great. Just flowers so far.
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Well I have turned into a dill farmer. I have more dill that is matured. The first ones I cut and vac packed were just all of the green long hairy type of stuff but really smelled like dill so I kept it. Today I picked matured plants and cut off all of the flowers and tossed the stalks. I still have some growing too so will harvest it when ready. I don't think I will have to buy any dill this year. That is cool as heck. We have had a hard time finding dill some years so it is a relief knowing we have our own. We even found one nice cuke that is an eater for tonight. The only one. Pulled a few small carrots too. Ken did you say to harvest the onions when the stalks fall over? Ours are straight up yet and can see the tops of the onions. They are not huge yet. lol They are red ones. The beans are climbing the fence great. Just flowers so far.
Good for you LPS! All my dill croaked, I'll need to buy dill to pickle. I may have to resort to growing it inside like the pot farmers do :rotflmao:
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:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1:
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Well I have turned into a dill farmer. I have more dill that is matured. The first ones I cut and vac packed were just all of the green long hairy type of stuff but really smelled like dill so I kept it. Today I picked matured plants and cut off all of the flowers and tossed the stalks. I still have some growing too so will harvest it when ready. I don't think I will have to buy any dill this year. That is cool as heck. We have had a hard time finding dill some years so it is a relief knowing we have our own. We even found one nice cuke that is an eater for tonight. The only one. Pulled a few small carrots too. Ken did you say to harvest the onions when the stalks fall over? Ours are straight up yet and can see the tops of the onions. They are not huge yet. lol They are red ones. The beans are climbing the fence great. Just flowers so far.
Good for you LPS! All my dill croaked, I'll need to buy dill to pickle. I may have to resort to growing it inside like the pot farmers do :rotflmao:
:scratch: there gotta be something with your soil????? and pine trees nearby??? i grow my dill right under the black walnut tree and it does fine!!
LPS, if you vacum packed that dill that should last a while! :happy1: i dont vacum pack them and i can use it 2 years later, but i'm pretty anal about rotating my stuff.
well, my wife didnt kill the garden while i was gone :rotflmao: so thats a good thing. got some maters yesterday so BLT's tonight baby!!!!! :happy1: my cukes are ever so slow. mom is bringing me some!!!!!!
cabbage is getting cut and pulled today. the heads arent getting any bigger......should be enough for a good batch of homemade kraut!!!!!!! gonna clean out the worthless kalarabi that wont end up being anything and clean up some carrots to snack on. green beans are just starting to come. the few i had yesterday where tasty!!! :sleazy:
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Took a look at the garden last nite. Wowsirs! It really changed. Figured it would be begging for a drink when I got home. Amazing what 3.5" of rain will do. Sweet corn is pollinating, zukes are going nuts, half dozen real nice cukes, and a picking of string beans is ready on the Tendergreens. Squash, gourds and pumpkins are setting lots of fruit. Plus, it looks like there are a few ripe tomatoes on the vines. The 2nd planting sweet corn is over knee high and string beans are coming along. Even where I replanted in some of the gaps looks like it might amount to something. The Indian corn grew a couple feet while I was gone. Looks like it won't overlap with the sweet corn on pollination so that's a plus. Sweet corn can taste like field corn when that happens. Will be a few days before I can think about planting fall garden stuff. Need it to dry up a little first after another half inch of rain last nite.
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I have a few green bean plants that didn't wash out in June when we had a deluge. I picked a handful of beans off them the last couple mornings. The replanted ones are just starting to blossom good. I also picked my first 4 cukes and there are lots coming. I was so late getting the garden planted that my tomatoes are really behind. Peppers are doing ok except for my bell peppers that have a foliage thing going on. I'm hoping they grow out of it.
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My garden is rolling....Lots of Zuchs and yellow squash. Early baby reds are ready. Peas are done. Eating beets for a week now. Beans ready in a few days. Eating cucumbers. Been eating cauliflower and broccolli for 10 days. Have cut back red lettuce 3 times. Pulled all the onions. Eating yellow cherry tomatoes. Reds are just starting to ripen for BLT's.
One problem.....deer have been eating my corn. Spraying with Deer Stopper.....we will see if it works.
Strawberries done. Tilling each row half under now to let the daughter plants fill in fo next year. Picking red, yellow, and purple raspberries now. Blueberries not quite ready yet. Grape vines full of grapes.
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Having a little the same problem with the peppers here roony. Plants are deep dark green monsters & flowering some but not setting much for peppers yet. Based on some nitrate soil sampling that was done, suspect we had a pretty good accumulation & concentration of nitrate nitrogen with what was mineralized this spring & left over from last fall. Betting I wouldn't have needed any nitrogen on my garden at all if the sweet corn was any indication earlier on. The entire garden got an additional 80 lbs./acre on it when I went by with the fertilizer spreader in the pasture. Now that it's had some rain to move it down deeper in the soil profile, there should be more than an ample supply.
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It is raining good here. Was just pouring awhilst ago. Lots of thunder too. We have about 3/8" so far. So to keep on topic I don't have to water the garden now. :sleazy:
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We ended up getting 3 tenths last night, not sure if the big leaf plants even noticed. Soo maybe if I hand wash the truck every day we should get some rain.. :confused:
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So, I gots a question......is your dill in direct sunlight? What type of soil?
I seen G's dill planted in a lower part of his garden and doing well..... but in clay.
The best I've done, was in a pot next to the porch. Planted in compost.
This time I tried full sun, in compost.... total fail :scratch:
We live in sand...as Timmy would say, all we can grow is "corn and rocks" :fudd:
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Picked an Anaheim Pepper and put it on the grill with ring bologna. Delicious if I say so myself.
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HD, my dill grows in black dirt under my black walnut. I remember back in the day where my house sits now being in farm field. It gets some sun but a good part of the day it's shaded
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Mine is in full sun and it is in both raised boxes. It is even growing on the ground where there is grass growing. Never been tilled.
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Do you guys ever get black swallowtail larvae on your dill? I remember seeing them on the garden dill when I was a kid and raising them in a jar. We had lots of dill and they would also feed on carrot tops. Was interesting to watch them & fun to turn the butterflies loose when they emerged from their chrysalis.
https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/black-swallowtail-papilio-polyxenes/
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Just ain't as many butterflies anymore.
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Just ain't as many butterflies anymore.
:pouty: wrens probably ate them!!!!!!! :pouty: :rotflmao: :evil:
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No doubt in my mind!
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Picked the first regular sized tomatoes this a.m. 2 Super Fantastic & 1 Celebrity. Also 1 Sun Sugar cherry tomato. Friend of mine from town stopped by yesterday. Said the bunnies had destroyed most of their garden, including the string beans. They had canned a bunch earlier but have none fresh. Also said their cukes kinda sucked. Told him have I got a deal for you... :rotflmao:
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It's kinda crazy how this rain we had and the cooler temps have moved the kalarabi along a bit more nicely! :happy1:
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That's #2. Wasskle wabbit. :confused: done eating my garden leaves. He'll go to the east side of the river as I live on the west side!;
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Little fella.
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I just went out and tied up maters. I also had to harvest more dill. It is going nuts out there. Now I have 3 pkgs vac packed and frozen. More to come too. Our red onions are looking real good too. I can see the tops of them and some are getting big. The stalks are still green so let them go yet I guess.
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I just went out and tied up maters. I also had to harvest more dill. It is going nuts out there. Now I have 3 pkgs vac packed and frozen. More to come too. Our red onions are looking real good too. I can see the tops of them and some are getting big. The stalks are still green so let them go yet I guess.
yep, they'll start drying up and laying down. Then pull them :happy1:
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I appreciate all of the good info on gardens on here. :happy1:
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I just went out and tied up maters. I also had to harvest more dill. It is going nuts out there. Now I have 3 pkgs vac packed and frozen. More to come too. Our red onions are looking real good too. I can see the tops of them and some are getting big. The stalks are still green so let them go yet I guess.
yep, they'll start drying up and laying down. Then pull them :happy1:
Right on Glenn.....My last ones were laying down so they got pulled yesterday.
LPS.....tie them in bundles and hang them on a nail in the garage and let them dry until mid October when it starts to get to cold. Take them down, clean them and put in the fridge. I am eating the last one from last year right now.
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Ok sounds like a plan Ken.
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Ken W,
You better hope the Deer Stopper taste is gone when you harvest the corn. That stuff is nasty.
Dotch, roony,
I have the same issue with peppers this year. Never saw this before but the plants as short and the leaves look funky. There are peppers on the low end almost on the ground. Odd for sure.
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Ken W,
You better hope the Deer Stopper taste is gone when you harvest the corn. That stuff is nasty.
Dotch, roony,
I have the same issue with peppers this year. Never saw this before but the plants as short and the leaves look funky. There are peppers on the low end almost on the ground. Odd for sure.
Yeah I think it's supposed to mimic Coyote urine.
Have to spray it on the ground around the corn patch.
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Reminds me, I better scare up a few insulators & electric fenceposts soon. 1st planting of sweet corn should be done pollinating shortly & I may as well put fence around the adjacent 2nd planting while I'm at it. Attach it to the pasture fence & let 'er buck. Can't wait to hear some of roony's little buddies get lit up. 🦝⚡⚡⚡⚡
That's odd deadeye. Here they're tall and dark green, just starting to grow over the top of the chicken wire enclosures. The leaves almost look fake. We've seldom had a lot of bell peppers set until later in the season. I noticed the jalapenos are really starting to set peppers after the rain. Hopefully the bell peppers got the memo.
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My peppers are doing well. Anaheim, Serrano & Jalapenos
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Our bell peppers in the earth box on the deck are doing real good. Have even harvested a couple of small ones already. We had a pot luck deal a few years ago and one of the guys brought in a whole bunch of Anaheim's. We cut a slit in them the length and by the stem a cut so we could open them easily and take out the seeds. We then filled them chock full of grated cheese and then wrapped them with thin bacon and tooth picks. He put them right on the hot part of the grill so the bacon cooked and then they were done. Man were they good. I ate a bunch of them.
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green peppers are doing good and just starting to see the jalepenos making good progress!!!!!!!!! :happy1:
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Ok I need some advice. I got these hen-n-chicks around the house and garage. There going balls to the wall. I have 4 maybe 5 of them growing these stems. At first they stood up as erect as Dotch on his wedding nite!!! :sleazy: :evil: :rotflmao: now there laying over :scratch:
So do I cut them off or leave them be. Never had this before???
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Hens and Chicks Flowers: Do Hens And Chicks Plants Bloom
Hens & Chicks
By: Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist
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Hens and chicks have old-time charm and unbeatable hardiness. These little succulents are known for their sweet rosette form and numerous offsets or “chicks.” Do hens and chicks plants bloom? The answer is yes, but it spells demise for the flowering rosette in a life cycle that is unique among plants. Hens and chicks flowers are the plant’s way of producing seed and a new generation of beguiling succulents.
When Do Hens and Chicks Plants Bloom? A rambunctious clump of hens and chicks has a special allure to children and adults alike. The small plants are adaptable and resilient, producing flower-like clusters of varying-sized rosettes. Gardeners new to the plants may say, “My hens and chicks are flowering,” and wonder if this is a natural occurrence. Blooms on hens and chicks plants are not only natural but an additional wonder with this fun, diminutive Sempervivum.
I love to walk the garden and see that my hens and chicks are flowering. This generally occurs in summer when the long warm days and bright light jar the plant’s instincts to form blooms. This signals the beginning or end of the plant’s life cycle, depending upon whether you are a glass half empty or glass half full kind of gardener. Hens will usually live for 3 years before they form flowers but, occasionally, stressed plants will bloom earlier. The tiny, starry flowers amp up the magic of these succulents, but it does mean the plant is forming seed and will die. Not to despair, though, because the lost plant will quickly fill in with a new rosette and the cycle will march on yet again.
About Hens and Chicks Flowers A blooming hen on a hen and chicks plant is often referred to as a “rooster.” The individual rosettes will begin to elongate and lengthen vertically when it is time to produce flowers. The process lends an alien appearance to the normally low-growing plants, with flower stalks that can get from a few inches (7.5 to 10 cm.) up to a foot (30.5 cm.) in length. Removing the budding stem can’t save the rosette. The blooms on hens and chicks plants are a part of a monocarpic process. That means they flower, seed, and then die. There is nothing to be done about it so you might as well enjoy the pink, white, or yellow flowers with bristling, erect stamen. Their work will soon be done, but the plant should already have produced many smaller rosettes, the future of the line. Hens and Chicks Flower Care As with the entire plant, hens and chicks flower care consists of neglect. You can leave the bloom until it has finished and the stem and base rosette will dry out and die. Clip off the stem rather than pulling it out of the living cluster or you may end up yanking some of the precious offsets. You may also choose to let nature take its course and leave the dying stem as proof of an interesting life cycle, which will eventually break off and compost in the area.
The young chicks will grow larger and fill in any gaps the parent plant made when bidding its fond farewell to this world. So enjoy the flowers and the guarantee of everlasting life this plant has in its offspring.
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:happy1: wow learned something new, thanks HD!! That was an interesting read!!
There planted on the south and west side of the house and garage. They really thrive in the heat and sun it seems.
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Ok I need some advice. I got these hen-n-chicks around the house and garage. There going balls to the wall. I have 4 maybe 5 of them growing these stems. At first they stood up as erect as Dotch on his wedding nite!!! :sleazy: :evil: :rotflmao: now there laying over :scratch:
So do I cut them off or leave them be. Never had this before???
:tut: :tut: :tut:
Post Office opens at 8 tomorrow morning, bub... :coffee:
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Had our 1st HG tomato on Saturday. :happy1: :cool: I better stock up on the cottage cheese. ;) :smiley:
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I wonder if they're finding unusually large amounts of cottage cheese in the dumpster at the grocery store where glenn works? :scratch:
Looks like some of the bell peppers definitely got the memo. Underneath all that foliage they're starting to set some nice peppers, just being sneaky about it. Between rain showers yesterday, tilled up the fall veggie area & picked a grocery bag of cukes. Should pick more string beans tonite. Friend dropped off more sweet corn this a.m. Making sure there's a roll of shop towels in the pickup at all times...🚽
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Had our 1st HG tomato on Saturday. :happy1: :cool: I better stock up on the cottage cheese. ;) :smiley:
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Had our 1st HG tomato on Saturday. :happy1: :cool: I better stock up on the cottage cheese. ;) :smiley:
Thanks for the reminder Gunner! I knew there was something I needed to get from the grocery store. Maybe get some bacon and more Miracle Whip while I'm at it. Can't get Spin Blend locally which I kinda liked but oh well. Could check DG just in case. Getting to be several ripe maters that should be eaten. Picked another Celebrity, some Sun Sugar cherries & a couple Roma's last nite. Some of the Super Fan plants are ~5' tall. String beans are going fast and furious. Picked another couple gallon bags worth last nite and still had 1 row left to pick. Just sultry last nite so was about gassed when I stopped. Should be cooler and less humid tonite so finish them up and pick more cukes. A mother's work is never done. :rolleyes:
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My green beans baffle me??? The row looks like a jungle but only manage to find/ pick maybe 8-12 every 2-3 days. There's flowers galore. :scratch: :doah:
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I checked mine today and off of one plant that seems to be ahead of the others I got a nice big meal of beans. Love them.
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I picked another gallon bag worth off the last row last nite, washed them up & put them in the fridge. They're variable throughout the patch. They're planted in N & S rows & it looks like the heaviest yield is on the south end of the rows on both varieties where they have the most sunlight, not shaded by the canopy like the rest of the row. Like you said glenn, I've never seen a tangled mess of vines and leaves like that. They're planted in 30" rows and the rows are closed. You really have to work at it to find all the beans located underneath. The good news is it's made controlling the weeds a piece of cake. Nothing gets through. I'll be on the lookout for white mold now the weather has cooled down some and we have the potential for getting into a wetter weather pattern starting this weekend. Same with area soybeans.
Cucumbers are struggling. Looks potentially like cucurbit downy mildew but I've got to do a little more investigative ID work to confirm it. If it is, my treatment options are limited. Kinda makes sense tho given our rainfall pattern. When it's been dry, no problem. After we get doused by a rain, within a week or so, problem. Where the vines have managed to climb up on the fence surrounding the beans, they still look fairly healthy. So far it's leaving the rest of the vine crops alone.
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Here is my red onions.
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nope.....in my mind not read to pull!!!!!! onins will do just that........grow out of the ground somewhat. the tops actually look pretty green yet!!!
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Ok good that is what I was thinking too.
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I pulled all my onions a few days ago and they are drying now. I will rub off any dirt and tops and store them soon. Dug the potatoes yesterday. The tops were totally gone, eaten by potato bugs. Surprisingly it was a very good potato crop. Cukes continue to produce but not at the rate I expected. I can pick 6-10 a day but not buckets full like I would expect. I've been getting a good number of ripe tomatoes over the past week, but they are small. Big ones should start soon. Like cukes I don't expect a bumper crop like previous years. Only difference I know of is this year I did not apply a second round of fertilizer like I had done in past years.
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After the morning commotion and ahead of the rain, I planted a row of snap peas, 2 rows of red meat winter radishes and a row of white globe radishes. Picked a couple zucchini and it was starting to sprinkle. Lots of thunder so hopefully this planting comes up well. Haven't had the greatest luck getting it to rain after planting this year. Hopefully my luck is changing...🤞
Still have some greens and spring-type radishes to plant along with hoping to get a few more snap peas. Might see if they still have some at the Albert's Leaf Weed House. Otherwise I can order them online & get a couple different varieties as I've done in the past. Think my folks used to plant parsnips in the late summer-early fall. They needn't have bothered for me... :puke:
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Just got done going thru the garden. Weed free again. Pulled some carrots, kalarabi and picked mater's, green beans and cukes. The ground is moist but I would say real wet.
Let it rain. Green beans are driving me nuts, Yea sometimes it doesn't take much, but damn as many flowers and gangbusters the plants are I can't get enough to fill a qt jar?? :confused: :doofus: :banghead:
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I could mail you some... :whistling:
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I could mail you some... :whistling:
:rotflmao: naw I'm good. They'll come around. I think!! :scratch:
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Blanched kolarobi tonight, yield was 10 dinners worth. :happy1:
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:doofus: wish my kalarabi looked that good!!!!!!!!
never did that..........always ate it raw right from the garden.
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HD gets all the good kohlrabi... :pouty:
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so HD...what do youy do with it now?? freeze it?????/
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I was wondering the same thing. Do you cook with it?
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so HD...what do youy do with it now?? freeze it?????/
Just like anything else, you blanch it for 2 minutes, ice it for 2 minutes....and freeze.
Different kind of vegetable to change it up...
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I'd say something different. In all the years I've had the pleasure to grow and eat kalarabi never had it cooked. Always raw!!👍
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I'd say something different. In all the years I've had the pleasure to grow and eat kalarabi never had it cooked. Always raw!!👍
So, what do you do if you have to many? let them rot?
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Glenn always gets all the rotten kohlrabi!
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I'll let you know when I have to many!!! :rotflmao: between myself, my kids, mom and brother not to mention my uncle I never have to many
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You gotta have a decent crop first.. sorry Mike made me say it..lol. :moon: :rotflmao:
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You gotta have a decent crop first.. sorry Mike made me say it..lol. :moon: :rotflmao:
:pouty: got that right!! :banghead: :cheerleader: :banghead:
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I like raw not so much cooked, just me...
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I still got plenty growing, and it's only me and the wife.
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My Dad used to grow kohlrabi. We just sliced it and maybe put a shake of salt on it. Was good. Never had it cooked.
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Haven't attempted growing them for a while but always liked them. Guess there's no reason they couldn't be cooked.
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I still got plenty growing, and it's only me and the wife.
you start them from seed HD, or cheat and buy plants?????/ :rolleyes:
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I still got plenty growing, and it's only me and the wife.
you start them from seed HD, or cheat and buy plants?????/ :rolleyes:
We already covered this smurfette....I bought plants this year. Last year I started them in the garage, and nobody ate them but me. I figured that in February, I'll still have kolarobi to eat while you're adding to your list of things you won't eat :rotflmao:
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:pouty: well.... :scratch: :doah: you expect me to remember everything! :pouty: :rolleyes:
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This is the first year I've gotten bottom rot on a few tomatoes plants. Noticed it a couple weeks back, it's mainly on the outer stems, the main stem maters are fine. So I put some gypsum and some 10-10-10 down right away but it's still pissing me off. Today I spread mulch around each plant just to see I guess, man I bet I've plucked close to 40 little maters and thru out... anything else one can try?
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I've had more then my share this year to. :confused: I read if you put an antacid pill in the ground, put dirt on top then the plant it would prevent it. Yea right! :pouty:
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This is the first year I've gotten bottom rot on a few tomatoes plants. Noticed it a couple weeks back, it's mainly on the outer stems, the main stem maters are fine. So I put some gypsum and some 10-10-10 down right away but it's still pissing me off. Today I spread mulch around each plant just to see I guess, man I bet I've plucked close to 40 little maters and thru out... anything else one can try?
I put down calcium pellet, and mulched with straw. So far only one small tomato with bottom rot. You watering regiment I think is key, and the straw helps keep the moisture in the soil longer.
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Had a few romas do the BER thing earlier but lately the problem is more the cracking due to the rapid growth following the rains. A release from the U last year on the subject matters:
https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden-news/cracks-rots-and-tough-spots-tomato-quality-issues#:~:text=Some%20parts%20of%20Minnesota%20are%20finally%20getting%20some,influx%20of%20water%20%28see%3A%20rain%29%20or%20temperature%20fluctuations.
Too bad we can't cross tomatoes with tiger lilies. We'd never have any issues! :happy1:
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good info Dotch...
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Kinda a lawn post. Man that recent rain sure fired up the weeds in the lawn :confused: :rotflmao:
So I was just spraying weeds in the yard Ive encountered at least 10 little black walnut trees popping up all over. :confused: damn tree rats!! :rotflmao:
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I'm about done with the kolarobi, a few more to pick.
What vegetables can you plant late and still get a crop? Besides radishes....
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Greens like lettuce & mesclun. Snap peas may make it with a variety on the earlier side & a warmer fall.
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How bout this for a kalarabi!!! :sleazy: :happy1: unfortunately it's not from my garden. :confused: got it at the farmers market. Came from Novak's out of Foley. Supposed to be a new variety that gets that big, and it's not woody :happy1: I'll be looking for them next spring.
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I have had them!! they are very good to eat!!! :happy1:
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Welp, I found a package of snap peas dated for 2019 growing season. I put some in the ground. If I get some to harvest, great....if not, oh well
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Picked another couple gallon bags worth of string beans. I got probably the nicest compliment ever from an older lady I've known a long time. I worked with her husband at the elevator many moons ago and we've been friends ever since. He's also a member of the car club I'm in. She's had some awful health issues, starting last fall with a seizure on one of our car cruises and removal of a large brain tumor after that. She was doing great, the tumor was benign and life looked promising. A few months ago she got fluid on her lung and was diagnosed with lung cancer. Not a smoker & never had been. She's been having one helluva time between the daily draining of fluid from her lung and the chemo. I've been giving her husband some string beans and cucumbers. I was afraid she had no appetite given the chemo. Wrong. She called last nite and told me those were the best string beans she'd ever eaten. Damn near embarrassed me to tears as she went on about them. I was just so happy she enjoyed them.
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That is great Dotch. So nice that she enjoyed your veggies and so good for her too. :happy1: :happy1: :happy1:
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excellent Dotch!!! small things are great to do!!!!
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Nice Dotch. Great thinking.
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Must be da sheep doo doo!! :sleazy: :happy1:
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I sure enjoy picking cucumbers more than green beans!
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Had our first salad out of our garden this year. I was pushing my luck on the maters. They were a little hard. Still tasted good. Put some beans in too. Too many though. I will put 2 or 3 in each salad though from now on. The crunch is nice.
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need rain so i watered the garden!!!!!!! :smoking: :rotflmao:
planted radishes 3 days ago and there out of the ground already!!!!!!! :happy1: :happy1:
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That's great! See? It works every time! ;)
Disappointed in my fall garden seeding thus far. My fall snap peas are a bust. Not a single one grew. This after what I would've considered a perfect rain following planting. Getting too late now to think about planting any more. Sort of the same thing on the winter radishes. Some scattered plants but nowhere near the number there should've been, sorta like my crappy beet crop this spring. I can still lace in another winter radish planting since I have the seed but I'd better get it done quick today before it rains. The regular spring-type white globe radishes came up just fine, spaced about right so I shouldn't need to thin them. Go figure... :scratch:
1st planting of sweet corn is moving along after a slightly warmer than forecast stretch of days. Sharing with neighbors and friends. Way more than two of us can eat. 2nd planting is pollinating so hopefully we get something out of that other than ear worms. I don't even want to look at the 1st planting of string beans. Sure there's another picking but I may say the heck with it. We froze a bunch already & the 2nd planting is flowering. Should be ready in a couple weeks. Maters should start to ripen faster with the cooler nights. Have plenty to eat now but we'll be overrun in a few weeks I suspect. A few cukes to pick while I ponder on what is where under the pumpkin/gourd/spaghetti squash/Turk's turban canopy.
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My tomatoes are a bust so far. Hoping for a super late frost.
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Mine are just starting to turn red.
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I planted our mater plants late and we are just starting to get some green ones. Hoping for the same as Roony.
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Dotch, I mostly bow to your expertise in agronomy but I always thought it was # of growing degree days that led to maturity rather than cool temps.
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I've done a little research here. It sounds like tomatoes ripen at the fastest rate when temps are between 65 and 75 degrees or thereabouts. So really hot weather or really cool weather seem to slow ripening.
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Cooler night temps like we've been having typically mean lower daytime highs. Normal highs and lows for us trend that way this time of year anyway. I read a nice article on Twitter by one of the hort guys from University of Nebraska a few weeks ago that looked at this & be dipped if I can find it again. It was also mentioned on Grow with KARE last Saturday. They've had hotter temps in NE than we have altho we had our fair share in July and not a lot of ripe tomatoes at the ranch. A release from Cornell mentions some of the same things. Interesting to note as the 2nd article points out, temperatures above 86 are detrimental. With corn, above 86 and we don't get any additional GDU's past that point. When it gets that hot & moisture is limited, it can reduce yield more quickly especially when the plant is unable to cool sufficiently at night.
https://cvp.cce.cornell.edu/submission.php?id=91
https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/buffalo/Weather%20Conditions%20Affect%20Performance,%20July%2027,%202013.pdf
https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden-news/heatwave-makes-vegetables-misbehave
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My garden is in full production.
Eating corn.....put some in the freezer today.
Made first pasta sauce out of my Roma's today.
Picked 3 cantaloupe and 3 honeydew melons this week.
Got first 2 yellow watermelons for the grandkids yesterday.
Over run by zucchini and yellow squash.
Made jars of dill hamburger slices and spears this week.
Eating yellow and purple beans this week
Last head of cauliflower today.
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After removing bug traps from fields I put in some lettuce & mesclun mix in the flower bed by the house. Then where the beets didn't come up, I stuck more winter radishes & some spring-type in as well. Another deal where I got rain so will have to see what happens. :coffee:
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Hanging around Reb's stomping grounds this weekend. Checking the garden here, and noticed the May fly hatch....and it's August :scratch:
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:evil: your hangin with Reb this weekend??? :scratch: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
looking like my cukes will be toast when i get back from up north!!!!!!1 :confused: :doah: :embarrassed: and i dont see noone give any away! i gotz some things with cukes i'd like to make up yet/ oh well thats gardening!!!
HD, thats odd, but we had mayfly's about a month ago to, i thought it was late for that then!!!!! :scratch:
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Being here, I found something odd... they can grow peaches 🍑
Years ago, I planted a peach tree at home and it died the first winter. It did fine all summer, but the next spring it was dead. Don't know what variety of peach it is, but it's doing well enough to feed the squirrels 🤣
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So usually I've just ran an 8' wide trellis for pickling cukes, this year I went 16'. Good lord , if I'm not grabbing them every couple of days they get pretty big, but one good thing the crisper in the beer fridge does well on storing them. We're sitting at 31 qts so far, 11 got canned and the rest were simple fridge sweet and dill pickles that get experimented with different heat. The 3 zookini plants have been doing what they do, even the neighbors won't take anymore. The hot pepper plants have been strong although the bell pepper plants are more like a bush, no main stem and real droopy so had to stake em and tie em up to keep the fruits off the ground. Thanks for the advice on mulching around the mater plants, havnt seen any sign bottom rot since and picking daily :happy1: . We did try 2 plants of watermelon this year, we have 3 close to the size of a football not sure if I should grab them to encourage more or just leave.. anywho it's been an alright year.
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looks like my cukes are kaput!!!!!!! :doah: hate to see that happen!!!!! and i have seen many free ones either!!!!!!!! wife picked an ice cream pail of green beans while i was gone..........looks like there starting to produce. :happy1: i leave again the following tuesday so my celery is getting harvested then pulled. all this just starts the end of summer.
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Anyone here have any success growing radishes? I have tried a bunch of different varieties in the spring and now in the fall. They always turn out no bulbs or really hot. Same now with 6 different varieties.
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I've had decent success here typically as long as I get them planted late July to mid-August & get them thinned. My earlier planting of watermelon or red meat radishes came up spotty. It was last year's seed. Expect the radishes will be huge as there are huge gaps between them. I also planted a row of white globes that came up more uniformly and are looking good. On the 18th, I did another planting that included cherry belle, white globe and watermelon radishes. Was in a hurry so didn't plant them in rows, just lightly loosened the ground & raked them in. Looks like they came up great. Also did some black seeded Simpson lettuce & a mesclun lettuce mix the same way. Came up great as well. Be curious to see what happens now we have moisture to burn again. Still bummed I couldn't get the snap peas to grow. We have more than enough other stuff so there's always next year.
Is that peach tree growing in your yard or someone's yard near where you live HD? Tried growing a peach tree here once too that was reputedly hardy enough. It croaked after the 2nd winter. I've heard there are some in people's yards in Waseca but haven't seen them. Might have better odds of making it in town where it's more sheltered vs. out here in the wide open spaces.
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A few weeks ago I planted..... Started eating some......Hot
Hailstone
Watermelon
Crimson Giant
Roxanne
White Globe
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I planted another line of radishes about 3 weeks ago, mine aren't hot. These are red and white ones, not sure about the kind, I'd have to go look.
I planted some sweet peas late, they are already up and flowering. :scratch:
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I planted some Cherry something ones this spring and they were so friggin hot that we didn't plant anymore of them. Would sure like some nice medium heat ones. How are the white ones? They sure look tasty.
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I planted some Cherry something ones this spring and they were so friggin hot that we didn't plant anymore of them. Would sure like some nice medium heat ones. How are the white ones? They sure look tasty.
Probably Cherry Bell.
I have had decent luck with Hailstone....but they are hot this year to. My wife doesn't appreciate me burping radishes half the night.
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Yes it was Cherry Bell and that sounded like a nice mild name to me. LOL
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I'll go look......
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i planted radished acouple weeks ago.think there the cherry bell........i dont think there ever to hot...........might have a little bit to it.....but i like that in a radish!!!!!!!!
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I planted some Cherry something ones this spring and they were so friggin hot that we didn't plant anymore of them. Would sure like some nice medium heat ones. How are the white ones? They sure look tasty.
Probably Cherry Bell.
I have had decent luck with Hailstone....but they are hot this year to. My wife doesn't appreciate me burping radishes half the night.
This is the one I planted.....
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Now that is a good looking radish. I will try those. Thanks.
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Got all my celery cleaned and in the freezer for the year! :happy1: feels good to have it done.
Only thing with getting stuff like that done out of the garden is it means summer is about to end!
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September is almost here. :pouty:
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Been getting quite a few tomatoes for the last week or 2 here. :happy1: :cool: Had a few blemished ones, so my brother canned 5 pts yday before they spoiled.
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Going to see if I should make one more picking off the 1st planting string beans or if I should just yank 'em & toss 'em over the fence to the sheep. Pretty sure I know which way they lean on that one. 2nd planting is coming online now so they might get their wish. 2nd planting of sweet corn is at a 45 degree angle after the heavy rain overnite on the 28th. Should pick maters while I'm at it. Some demand for them so shouldn't be a problem getting rid of the excess.
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:pouty: another sad day. Pulled my cukes. :doah:
Thinking next year I may try planting them a month or so apart. :scratch: :scratch:
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Cukes kinda sucked here considering they had a nearly ideal summer. Still have had plenty to eat and gave bunches away. Planted too close to where we had cucumbers last year. Didn't get time to remove last year's residue & wound up with anthracnose. Not like last year's cucumber crop where it was a couple 5 gallon pails full every time we went out there. Vines stayed green until almost November. Having 15 hills didn't help so I cut it back to 8 this year. Will be tearing up more new ground for next year so can put cukes there. Need at least 3 years between vine crops like cukes. Should help lengthen our rotation out planting a wider variety of vegetable crops like we did this year.
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I read that with interest Dotch. I always new you should rotate your crops, stuff in the garden as I usually do but with limited space I try my best.
I actually draw up on what I plant where each spring and on the fall draw up plans for next spring. :rotflmao: call me anal!! :cool: :rotflmao:
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I have a variety of tomato growing in my garden that has me confused. We have them labeled as a variety that is pretty large, but these tomatoes are about the size of a golf ball, maybe a little larger. Very round, just like a cherry tomato but larger? Is there a variety of small tomato?
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We planted Early Girls. We had them a few years ago and they were all the size of a tennis ball and were all identical. We planted them this year and they are smaller than a tennis ball. All nice and round but not as big as the other ones we planted. I think I will try them again next year.
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It's really odd that we all seem to have the same issues with the gardens this year. I got enough cukes for me and a few to give away but like dotch, didn't get the volume I did in past years. Also, yesterday I noticed the vines were almost dead. Tomatoes are pretty much like Cooperman and LPS reported. The started with lots of them small and round. Since then they have become bigger more like a baseball but very few like years past when it was all you could do to eat just one. Even the gourds are not as plentiful. Weeds were thinner this year but coming on strong now.
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Worked in the garden picking string beans & tomatoes last nite. Decided to yank the 4 rows of 1st planting string beans tonite after starting on them and finding lots of pods over the hill already. Picked a couple gallon bags worth from the 2nd planting & called it good. They're just coming on. Hadn't messed with the tomatoes a lot prior but noticed a lot of cracking on some of the riper ones. Not seeing as much on the green ones so they must've adjusted to the 12"+ of rain we had for July & August. The sun sugar & yellow pear tomatoes are fun to snack on. Picked a bunch for my 93 yr. old adopted mom. Old ladies can't get enough of that sort of stuff. Speaking of pears, keeping an eye on the pear tree. Looks like they're nearing full size so may need to bring some inside to see how close they are to being ready. Have never seen a zucchini like this year's model. Usually by now the powdery mildew takes them out. This thing just keeps on hammerin'. Every time you turn your back there are a couple more on it. It's huge too. Normally here they get 3' - 4' across. This one is 6' - 7' wide and still growing. WTH? :confused:
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Asparagus question. I'm getting my yard waste barrel full. Is it to early to wack that 6 ft stuff off or should I wait. No matter one way or another.
Not sure if it's best to wait for the first frost or not??? :scratch:
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we were always told to keep it till it's dead, then cut it... helps for next year they said... so that's what we do....
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G told me to leave it alone till spring, then run it over with the lawn mower.....then dump your mulch/cow crap mixture on top.
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I always let mine stand over winter. Helps collect snow. to insulate the roots. Then cut it next spring.
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One of the wifes friends needed dill so we picked her some at noon. We kind of gave up on carrots but they are still growing. The wife couldn't pull one of them it got so big. I had to dig down around it to get it. Was about 10". Biggest one we ever raised by far.
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One of the wifes friends needed dill so we picked her some at noon. We kind of gave up on carrots but they are still growing. The wife couldn't pull one of them it got so big. I had to dig down around it to get it. Was about 10". Biggest one we ever raised by far.
I always take a fork and loosen the the ground before pulling carrots. :happy1:
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Hopefully the canna king (deadeye) can chime in on this one. Our cannas in the bed by the well are way taller than they've ever been, a lot of them close to 7'. Hoping the shorter yellow cannas have enough bulbs under them so I can propagate them another year & have enough to share. I got only two bulbs from the plant last year after dividing it. Both resulting clumps are doing well and seem to be responding to the deadheading just like the red ones have. They only get 2' - 3' tall so they'll have a fit here in beds where we want to attracts hummingbirds and pollinators but don't want plants as competitive as the taller cannas. They just take over which is great in the right spot.
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between 3-5 feet tall
Most varieties grow between 3-5 feet tall, though dwarf types will top out under 2 feet and some can grow to be 8 feet tall. Staking: Though the plants grow to be fairly tall, they have strong, bulky stems, and rarely need to be staked. Watering: Cannas are plants that truly need wet feet to thrive.
found this Dotch, maybe help ya...
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Thought I'd better get a couple pics for the family calendar and would share here too while I was at it. The July & particularly the August rains really brought the beds around, just in time for the hummingbird migration. When one plants this stuff, you never know how it'll turn out.
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those look great Dotch!!!!!!!!!
tell your bride she does nice work!!!!!!!!!!!!! :happy1:
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They look really nice!!
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Love that stuff growing on the power pole.
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Cannas are pretty simple. Plant bulbs that were dug and stored over winter and provide plenty fertilizer and water. Full sun is best and they like competition such as a fence or shrubs, even corn.
That is a 6' fence behind us. Sometimes I use a chainsaw to cut the stalks in the fall.
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Morning glories are really a great self-seeding flowering plant
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I like the morning glories for the same reason deadeye. I was chastised once however by a friend from IL who couldn't figure out why I enjoyed growing weeds! Particularly in parts of IN & IL, one can still find them in some fields although today's herbicide choices have largely eliminated them. Once in a while on Crop Tour though, we get into a field, wind up tripping and falling due to the morning glory vines. Then I know what my buddy was talking about.
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Looking forward to this year's apple crop. Picked up a ground fall Honeycrisp yesterday and had it for dessert after lunch today. OMG! Had a small bird pick in it but was better than any Honeycrisp I've ever bought. Dribbled juice all over. The tree is loaded. And to think I almost cut it down once! :doah: Can't wait for the pears now. If that apple was any indication, will need to wear a rain suit to eat those. Looks like they're about a week or so out yet judging by the ground falls and the pears still on the tree. Haralson apple tree is loaded too. I see apple pie in my future... 🍎🍐 🥧
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you get all the good fruit!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Zestar apples ready to eat. About 30 on my young tree.
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Just pulled all of our carrots. We have some pretty nice ones too. First time we planted them. The red onions tops are laying down now. Just starting to turn brown at the tips. Time to pull them now too? I believe that is what youse guys mentioned. Nice looking onions too.
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After returning from the car cruise made a swing thru the garden to assess the situation. Found these bad boys so pulled & scrubbed them up then refrigerated for future reference. Crisp & sweet with the radish bite reminding you it ain't no rutabeggar... :whistling:
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picked some radishes i planted a few weeks ago also!!!!! :happy1: gonna pick and pull my green beans tomorrow, then only thing left is the radishes some carrots and the maters.
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Don't forget to water yer garden! :rotflmao:
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Don't forget to water yer garden! :rotflmao:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: yep just did last night!!!!!!! :happy1: its down to hand watering now though. saving water for the west coast!!!! :doofus: :crazy: :rotflmao:
so.......does anyone else have sediun flowers around???? we have 4 in the the flower bed in the garden........holy hannah were there honeybees and yellow jackets working them over last night. :happy1: :happy1: love it!!!!!!!
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We used to but they kinda got overgrown in the one bed. There are a couple big ones growing by the post office here. Bees all over them whenever I mail stuff off to ya... :shocked:
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Yes we have 3 of them and they just started turning red a few days ago. That is when the bees show up. They are at on of the hummer feeders too. Well I pulled the onions yesterday. They are drying in the garage on some newspaper. The wife reminded me how we put them in pantyhose and hung them in the basement so I will do that in a couple of weeks or when they are dried up good. Drop one in and tie a knot and keep doing that until it is full. Then just cut the bottom knot off to get an onion. Picked a lot of pole beans and the wife vac packed them in serving size portions and froze them. Got a few red maters too. The cukes are about done I think but got a few of them too.
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my green beans will be picked and pulled today. trying to get all my garden canning stuff done before my wife goes under the knife! :happy1:
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Our tomatoes have slowed way down, still goy a few that need to ripen though.
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I picked enough for a salad to go with our brats tonight.
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Add some Italian dressing and your golden!! :happy1:
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I love a good salad!
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blue cheese!!!
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I never buy anything with low fat on the label but my favorite Blue Cheese dressing is the Jimmy's Lighthouse Blue Cheese Lite. It is just right. Sometimes I like French and Blue Cheese.
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Lighthouse is #1!! Ken's steakhouse is very good too... and when in Coborns there four brothers is good too... and add nothing extra.. :rotflmao: just the one dressing is good foe me!!!
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Checked on these last nite. Based on some of the ground falls I ripened from last week, they looked about ready to bring inside & ripen. Picked as many of the biggest ones I could tonite since it's supposed to be windy tomorrow. Should have a couple more buckets to pick yet.
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We got our pears in a box :sleazy: :rolleyes: :rotflmao:
Seriously do yours taste much different then the ones you buy?? They look pretty close to the same.
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These Parkers are very close flavor-wise but perhaps even a little sweeter & juicier than the store bought models. The downside is they ripen and get mushy very quickly. The sheep don't mind but as the trees get older. I'll need to learn how to can pears. Something else I can give people. Mom did peaches and pears every year she was able. Always enjoyed getting a jar of pears in my care packages when I was a college student.
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I never buy anything with low fat on the label but my favorite Blue Cheese dressing is the Jimmy's Lighthouse Blue Cheese Lite. It is just right. Sometimes I like French and Blue Cheese.
I’m a big fan of Blue Cheese especially Jimmy’s. I like to add a little French sometimes. I also like good Italian.
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Ever try Dorothy Lynch? My Aunt turned us onto that. Pretty darn good. I also like that Tuscan Italian. Two complete opposites but like them both. We always have some Ranch here too. The wife likes that best.
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nope, have seen it...
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My wife really likes Dorothy Lynch. I think it’s pretty good once in a while, too.
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Pulled all my onions yesterday, still got pepper, and cucumbers coming. I have bags and bags of tomatoes in three different freezers, so I better get squeeze’n. The asparagus and rhubarb I planter new this summer have done well. About the only thing in the new garden that didn’t do well were the carrots? I’ve already mowed an area for a bigger garden next year.
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I am leaving today for a week of goose hunting in Sask. Won't be back until next weekend. So the garden is pretty well done except for fall cleanup and waiting for the first frost. Carrots get better after frost. Potatoes keep best in the ground until next month. Still too many zucchini and yellow squash.
Being overwhelmed with fall raspberries. Both red and yellow.
Still have Chestnut, Honeygold, and Snowsweet apples on the trees.
Picked 10 ice cream buckets of Summerset red seedless grapes.
Kids are eating the last of Vision Yellow Sweet Corn this weekend. I had to go out and spray Deer Stopper around it again. Bear got into it again on Tues. night. Drug stalks across the yard. No damage this morning after spraying.
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Have fun Ken.
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Have fun Ken. At least now you can bring your birds back with you.
I am just starting to get tomatoes off of my plants. I have 3 red ones now. I got them in late and June was really cool. Late bloomers.
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i'm thinking by next weekend my garden is going to be pretty barron!!!!!!! maybe some peppers. once i'm done making my pickled green tomatoes the jalapenos are toast too!!!!!
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Ate the last couple ears of sweet corn last nite. Had stabbed in some seeds where there was a gap in the row and found them in amongst the tangled mess. Fixed up a friend with some apples & pears then got his wife some pumpkins along with another bag of beans from the refrigerator. Picked another couple gallon bags worth of beans after that. Getting about sick of picking them and tomatoes. I see the 2nd radish planting is looking good so need to get some of them harvested this weekend. Can probably start on some pumpkins, gourds and such too. The vines have powdery mildew so they won't be setting a lot of new ones.
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Picked a couple zucchini tonite & looks like there might be one more if the plant doesn't abort it. Pulled these bad boys while I was at it. The 1st planting of white globes are history. The cherry belles are from the 2nd planting. Sheep enjoyed eating the tops. As if there's nothing else to eat. They already look like someone's been feeding them gobs of shell corn. Not the case. :rolleyes:
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Pulled 3 more tomato plants, carrots are now all out. My radishes are out also. Not a real bad batch.
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Picked a jag of pole beans last night and a few maters. I haven't watered in a couple of weeks.
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The only thing yanked here was the trellises of pickling cukes and 2 zookini plants. Picking and freezing maters daily with letting all the jalapenos and bells turn red for different sauces.
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Except for chopping off the flowers after it freezes, the garden is done!!
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don't forget to water it!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1:
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don't forget to water it!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1:
:tut: :tut: :mooning: :mooning: :rotflmao:
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Finally got all the pears picked. Should've got at it earlier but just ran out of daylight too many nites. Birds started picking at them, making good spots for those insipid multi-colored Asian ladybeetles to gnaw their way in. Still got some nice ones to eat in spite of the bugs. The Mrs. picked all the pumpkins, squash & gourds then I helped her pile them so they could be covered. Nice crop with an overabundance of vegetable spaghetti. The winter radishes from the 1st planting are getting huge like I thought they would. Gave one to a friend to try that was between baseball & softball sized. The 2nd planting is coming but will need Oct. to amount to much. 2nd planting spring-type radishes continue to produce. See if I can harvest them tonite.
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A friend gave me a tiny acorn squash plant and I planted it where the romaine was. It has 3 flowers and a squarsh the size of a tennis ball or smaller. That is the only thing that I covered.
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I cleaned up most of it, all's left is some beets & peas
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That freeze did more damage than I thought. All of our stuff is brown and gone.
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Mid 20's coming on Friday......will be it. Makes the carrots sweeter.
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Thought I read on here a while back on ripening tomatoes in a paper bag. Lots of green ones yet that I would like save. Anyone tried it? Or maybe there is another method..
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Yes.....works.....You can do the same easier.....just put them on a shelf and cover with newspapers. The have to be in the dark. They won't taste as good as vine ripe. Similar to store bought. The best ones are light green and not dark green when picked.
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Thanks Ken, with cold temps coming everything might get yanked.
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Same here.....mid 20's on Thurs and Friday.
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I'm thinking covering them won't work at that temp!!!
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I overed them last week with light frost. They were OK. Mid 20's kills them even under blankets.
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thanks Ken I have one mater plant that came late and big so just really producing.. pluck what I can and call it good...
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Decided to see if there were any ears on the Indian corn last nite. I planted it later than I liked, the latter part of May. When I bought the seed packets at FF I didn't look at them until I got them home. They said the maturity was 100 - 120 day! Hmmm...if it was 100 day I'd be fine. If it was 120 day, well, I'd likely planted nice corn shock material. It got about 11' tall and didn't tassel until well into August, making me think it was the late maturity stuff. It survived the frost pretty well and was still green. Recently I noticed the birds were picking at the ears, especially on the tips. It wasn't fully mature but the milk line was coming down on the kernels so decided to pick what I could. Pleasant surprise. While the birds and corn earworm had done some damage, there were a couple dozen huge, beautiful ears that were intact, many over 10" in length. Still a few grass green ears to pick yet
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My garden is done. Only potatoes and carrots still in the ground. Picked my Honeygold apples yesterday. Still have Snow Sweets on the tree yet. Not ripe.
Picking red and yellow raspberries this morning.
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well my neighbors pulled their garden last too, gave a few for a couple meals, white meat in these!!! and a few kohlrabies, 4 very small ones. a good treat.. and I pulled my my few maters to ripen... plenty of green ones left, oh well...
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Getting the last tomatoes ripe in the dark.
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Why are these pics upside down???
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On your phone do edit on each pic you want to send and then just pull one side in a smidge and it will keep the pics upright. If we click on it it will also show upright.
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Nice looking fruit too Ken.
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Looks good Ken! I yanked everything yesterday after work and did the same thing except in a cardboard box and added some ripening bananas to help out. Kinda funny also most of the window sills and bay window is lined with more. Have a little more than 5 gallon bucket of bell and jalapenos to cut up and freeze.
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That is a lot of peppers Bobb. :happy1:
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I covered one mater plant, now to see if it makes it a few more days... :rotflmao:
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Dug the rest of the tators and carrots today. Had 5 five gallon buckets of spuds.
Russet Norkota
Red Norland
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:happy1: nice looking spuds!!
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Think I finally got the last of the Indian corn picked. A small sampling of what we are allowing to dry in the garage. The birds & earworms caused some damage but they left several dozen ears for us to contend with. Always like growing it. Never know what will appear when you pull the husks back. :coffee:
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You always get all the good Indigenous People's Corn.
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Always found that to be cool!!
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I 2nd JB on that... cool stuff!!!
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Think I finally got the last of the Indian corn picked. A small sampling of what we are allowing to dry in the garage. The birds & earworms caused some damage but they left several dozen ears for us to contend with. Always like growing it. Never know what will appear when you pull the husks back. :coffee:
What do you do with it????
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Think I finally got the last of the Indian corn picked. A small sampling of what we are allowing to dry in the garage. The birds & earworms caused some damage but they left several dozen ears for us to contend with. Always like growing it. Never know what will appear when you pull the husks back. :coffee:
What do you do with it????
think his wifey gets to make pretty things with it????????? :rotflmao:
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That's exactly what happens to it mikey. Them wimmens go gaga over stuff like that. She likes tying them into 3 ear swags adorned with fall colored ribbons and/or fake fall leaves.Toss in some gourds, pumpkins, decorative squash, build a corn shock in the yard, then grill them some food and they're practically outta control! :coffee:
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That's exactly what happens to it mikey. Them wimmens go gaga over stuff like that. She likes tying them into 3 ear swags adorned with fall colored ribbons and/or fake fall leaves.Toss in some gourds, pumpkins, decorative squash, build a corn shock in the yard, then grill them some food and they're practically outta control! :coffee:
:confused: :pouty: I feel a bit insulted you called me Mikey!🙄 :doah: :rotflmao:
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That's exactly what happens to it mikey. Them wimmens go gaga over stuff like that. She likes tying them into 3 ear swags adorned with fall colored ribbons and/or fake fall leaves.Toss in some gourds, pumpkins, decorative squash, build a corn shock in the yard, then grill them some food and they're practically outta control! :coffee:
:confused: :pouty: I feel a bit insulted you called me Mikey!🙄 :doah: :rotflmao:
ya should be happy about that!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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That's exactly what happens to it mikey. Them wimmens go gaga over stuff like that. She likes tying them into 3 ear swags adorned with fall colored ribbons and/or fake fall leaves.Toss in some gourds, pumpkins, decorative squash, build a corn shock in the yard, then grill them some food and they're practically outta control! :coffee:
:confused: :pouty: I feel a bit insulted you called me Mikey!🙄 :doah: :rotflmao:
ya should be happy about that!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Ya. Finally complimented for once. :nerd: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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That's exactly what happens to it mikey. Them wimmens go gaga over stuff like that. She likes tying them into 3 ear swags adorned with fall colored ribbons and/or fake fall leaves.Toss in some gourds, pumpkins, decorative squash, build a corn shock in the yard, then grill them some food and they're practically outta control! :coffee:
:confused: :pouty: I feel a bit insulted you called me Mikey!🙄 :doah: :rotflmao:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Don't you have some cigarettes that need smoking? :scratch:
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That's exactly what happens to it mikey. Them wimmens go gaga over stuff like that. She likes tying them into 3 ear swags adorned with fall colored ribbons and/or fake fall leaves.Toss in some gourds, pumpkins, decorative squash, build a corn shock in the yard, then grill them some food and they're practically outta control! :coffee:
:confused: :pouty: I feel a bit insulted you called me Mikey!🙄 :doah: :rotflmao:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Don't you have some cigarettes that need smoking? :scratch:
:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:
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That's exactly what happens to it mikey. Them wimmens go gaga over stuff like that. She likes tying them into 3 ear swags adorned with fall colored ribbons and/or fake fall leaves.Toss in some gourds, pumpkins, decorative squash, build a corn shock in the yard, then grill them some food and they're practically outta control! :coffee:
:confused: :pouty: I feel a bit insulted you called me Mikey!🙄 :doah: :rotflmao:
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Don't you have some cigarettes that need smoking? :scratch:
I don't smoke ciggy's! :tut:
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Ah, one of those guys... :scratch:
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Ah, one of those guys... :scratch:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: next to Al Bundy, there my next best heroes!!👍👍 :rotflmao:
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Think I'm finally done putzing with fruit trees & the garden, maybe. Sat. I brought all the squaash, pumpkins & gourds up around the house and constructed a corn shock. Dug the cannas or as many as I'm going to yesterday, keeping the yellow cannas separate. They're smaller bulbs and shorter statured plants but we should have enough to make a short row and increase them for sharing in another year. Picked the last of the Honeycrisp, SnoSweet & Haralson apples late afternoon, then pulled the winter radishes in the dark. Forecast is just too cold to leave them out there, at least the 1st planting. Will see how the 2nd planting fares. Pulled a few from that bunch but not many worth the effort yet. Seeded late August if I recall. Too dry & a little late from past experience. The 1st planting radishes got huge like I thought they would. They're excellent quality however and should keep well. Mighty tasty too.
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they are huge!!! I would like to try someday, but who knows... road trip some day... :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Dotch, nice radish for sure. I had cut the tops (bigger than most corn stalks) off the cannas a week ago. Today I dug the bulbs and will have to get them inside before tonight's freeze. Sheech it's hard to get any serious hunting in lately.
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Watermelon Radish???
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Dotch, nice radish for sure. I had cut the tops (bigger than most corn stalks) off the cannas a week ago. Today I dug the bulbs and will have to get them inside before tonight's freeze. Sheech it's hard to get any serious hunting in lately.
I used the good ol' bean hook to cut the stalks on our cannas. I was just thinking about that too deadeye while I was soil sampling this afternoon. Would've been a nice day to be hunting in the woods out of the wind. Now I'm kinda hungry for some fried or grilled squirrel. Would taste pretty good for supper. Could shoot the nice young fox squirrels I've been feeding in the backyard I suppose...:whistling: And yup Ken, that's a watermelon or red meat radish.
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Mine have never gotten that big.
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Got the site prepped for the new 2023 garden. Next come the fencing hopefully this fall or spring.
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:happy1: :happy1: aint gonna be big enough!!!!!!!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Had a good laugh yesterday. Dropped off some winter radishes at a customer's place. Didn't find him around so put them in his squeeze's pickup. Called him to let him know they were there then asked how his apples turned out. I've been pruning them for him since he 1st got them. Good he said but you never told me I had a pear tree. Huh?!?!? Said his SO was out walking around the yard last month and found a bunch of pears she thought some pranksters had tossed out under the tree. When she confronted the potential suspects, they all denied it. She went back out, looked up in the tree and sure enough, pears! When I'm pruning their trees, there are never any leaves or flowers on them. There is one tho that's displayed a more upright growth habit and is taller. Sure enough, that's the pear tree.
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Rainbow Salsa......Red Tomatoes, Yellow Tomatoes, Green Tomatoes, Red and Green Peppers, Onions. All from my garden......last of the Tomatoes and Bell Peppers.
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Looks awesome Ken! Wife made one of the last batches of stuffed peppers last nite. I was starving.
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LONG time till next August. Store bought after this. :thumbs: :thumbs:
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Longer than I'd like for sure. Just wish it would rain enough so I could tear up the new patch for next spring.
Put the mulching blades & attachment on the zero turn yesterday afternoon to grind up leaves. Hadn't used it with the kit on it before but was impressed. It pretty much vaporized everything including the oak leaves. Even tho there are still a few leaves on the trees, figured I'd grind up the mat that had developed in areas of the lawn before it rains. Will be easier to run those remaining leaves thru now. Really appreciate the hackberry trees. Leaves lay flat and when you go over them, you have no idea they were ever there. Was a dusty dirty job but no one else was going to do it.
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Ground is really hard here. Will have to wait until next spring to till my main garden. I was able to turn over my wife's flower beds by hand using a spading fork.
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Haven't seen a stretch like this since 2012. We can't soil sample hay fields. Can't get the probe in the ground. Even if we could, the potassium tests would likely be worthless, just like they were in 2012.
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pretty dry in this neck of the woods too!!!!!!!!! :confused:
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Doing some indoor gardening, sort of, since the wife has been on IR. People have brought plants, flowers, etc.,, God bless them, and guess who gets to take care of them? :scratch: Someone gave her a gift bag the other day. The lady had told me I'd have to help the Mrs. with it. It was a couple amaryllis bulbs sans the usual planting kit so guess who had to round up all the stuff for that? This is a lot like the outdoor gardening thing. She gets it then I take care of it. Not liking where this is going...🤨
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you're a good man Charlie Brown!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :happy1:
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I doubt they will be blooming on Christmas. :rotflmao:
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You always get all the amaryllis bulbs.
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I did on Tuesday that's for sure. Be lucky if they bloom by Valentine's Day. :rolleyes: