Oklahoma Growers Thread!

[DoubleAtotheRON]

It's been since 2012 since we've had a dry spell/hot spell like this.... fucking terrible ... Last year, I prob ran tower sprinklers once a week.. now, I have 7 of them that run from 11 am till 11pm, or longer.... Pretty soon, they'll be running 24/7.... I've worked too hard on this property to lose it to heat. I just move them around all day long about every 3 hours. I only keep about 5 acres of 12 green.. the rest can fucking die... about 40% of my 12 acres are trees thankfully.

 

[FirstCavApache64]

I used to keep a big horse pasture cleared by cutting it with a tractor and weed eater but I didn't have a horse and when the kids moved out I just didn't see the need for a big ass field I didn't use so I let it grow over. Now I have a small yard and 90% woods for the animals. I cut trails and maintain them so I can get through easily with a walker or some of them my e scooter even, but mostly it's just wild. It's nice to have all the habitat for the deer and other animals. I get to see tons of wildlife that I'd miss if it was more open. Makes hunting season more productive too.

 

[Two pa]

No thanks, you can have that mess. We have high 80s and low 90s with thunderstorms and that's bad enough. Hope you guys do okay out there. I know you're used to it for the most part, but damn.

You have a really nice garden. I'm curious about something, how is it growing in town? How do the neighbors react or do you compare plants?

My neighbours are part of the R&D dept.ha..
Most are clueless..

 

[Two pa]

My gorilla zkittlez is sluppin n saggin.. got some yellow leafs..i do believe i over watered a bit.. thats what i get for trying to out think the okie heat.

 

[DoubleAtotheRON]

My gorilla zkittlez is sluppin n saggin.. got some yellow leafs..i do believe i over watered a bit.. thats what i get for trying to out think the okie heat.

Can you fabricate a top mesh shade? The UV is off the fucking charts this week.

 

[DancesWithWeeds]

My gorilla zkittlez is sluppin n saggin.. got some yellow leafs..i do believe i over watered a bit.. thats what i get for trying to out think the okie heat.

I'm moving my bags under a shade tree after making a new place for them. I'm only getting lite signs of heat but I'm sure that will change.

 

[mandocat]

Mine seem to be fine in the heat, in the ground and lots of mulch keeping those roots cool!

 

[Tracker]

They're holding on. My thermometer here reads 110f. Weather.com app says 106f.

 

[Two pa]

Can you fabricate a top mesh shade? The UV is off the fucking charts this week.

Yes...i got the g.great.grandaughters bed sheet over it.. besides the top shade. Do they ever recover??

 

[DoubleAtotheRON]

Yes...i got the g.great.grandaughters bed sheet over it.. besides the top shade. Do they ever recover??

They're pretty resilient, but sometimes need a little help when Mother Nature when she acts up.

 

[DancesWithWeeds]

Yes...i got the g.great.grandaughters bed sheet over it.. besides the top shade. Do they ever recover??

My son swears by kelp in this heat. He uses soluble kelp when he waters. I mix in the soil at planting time.

 

[DancesWithWeeds]

Mine seem to be fine in the heat, in the ground and lots of mulch keeping those roots cool! View attachment 5159858View attachment 5159859

Nice.

 

[Tracker]

My son swears by kelp in this heat. He uses soluble kelp when he waters. I mix in the soil at planting time.

I'm not sure how much it's helping my situation, but I use BluePlanet EasyWeed soluble kelp in all my feedings.

 

[DancesWithWeeds]

I'm not sure how much it's helping my situation, but I use BluePlanet EasyWeed soluble kelp in all my feedings.

My plants are doing fine so far.

 

[DancesWithWeeds]

I'm not sure how much it's helping my situation, but I use BluePlanet EasyWeed soluble kelp in all my feedings.

Maybe I should get some. The plants don't seem to be suffering, but I don't want to wait for problems.

 

[Two pa]

My son swears by kelp in this heat. He uses soluble kelp when he waters. I mix in the soil at planting time.

KELP my plant has fallin and cant get up.. i am new to this . Kelp as a suplament?

 

[Tracker]

KELP my plant has fallin and cant get up.. i am new to this . Kelp as a suplament?

Kelp is good for supplementing nutrients and micronutrients, and it also has naturally occuring plant growth hormones.

 

[Two pa]

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[Tracker]

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My neighbor had 2 plants do that. Yesterday before the rain came through, they were fine. Then, today when he went out to check them, they were like this. I went over to take a look this afternoon, and the leaves we're already brown and crispy.

He was taking care of the garden pretty well, and they were looking good. Then they just died. I don't know what did it. His plants were in 5gal buckets. My plants in the ground have never done that before. Is that heat stress? Is the variety just not heat tolerant?

 

[Two pa]

My next for neighbor had 2 plants do that. Yesterday before the rain came through, they were fine. Then, today when he went out to check them, they were like this. I went over to take a look this afternoon, and the leaves we're already brown and crispy.

He was taking care of the garden pretty well, and they were looking good. Then they just died. I don't know what did it. His plants were in 5gal buckets. My plants in the ground have never done that before. Is that heat stress? Is the variety just not heat tolerant?

The heat and very high humidity aint helping things. I did remove my black weed cloth and remulched a bit.trying to get some air to the root area..im not going to use weed barrier again. cept for shade rolls. My skywalker og looks that green child on starwars. Ya got to kill some plants to grow some..