How Does Your Garden Grow??????

too larry · Jun 27, 2019

xtsho said:
Had a significant weather event last night. Lighting, wind, and rain. At one point it seemed like a small microburst. The corn didn't do so good. The stalks were small probably from being too crowded. I should have thinned it out much more. And one variety is already throwing tassels at only 3 ft. I grew some different varieties when I should have just grown the local Ed Hume seeds proven to do good in my area. I'll get out there put some stakes up and run some lines to prop it back up after it stops raining.

The good thing is that after all the rain I won't have to water the garden for awhile. I still haven't gotten my irrigation setup but I'm ordering a roll of dripline with 6" emitter spacing today.

Back in April or May my kiddie pool corn got laid over one way by a storm, and the next day it got laid over the other way by another storm. It was too thick.

too larry · Jun 27, 2019

I've picked corn three times now. We are eating as much as we can everyday. It is gone so fast. . . . . .

too larry · Jun 27, 2019

I picked the first melon earlier in the week. This morning I saw where a coon or coyote had ate two of them, so I clipped a few more. We ate most of the cut one before I left for work.

xtsho · Jun 27, 2019

too larry said:
Armenian, also known as English cucumbers. My first seeds came from Iraq, but they got crossed up, so I bought some off Amazon.

Hmm, this is what they call an english cucumber out here on the west coast. They're like bigger and longer versions of the persian cucumbers I get at the asian markets. I've seen the lighter colored Armenians at farmers markets but never bought any which is why I'm anxious to try them. Mine are finally starting to get going and I've noticed some female flower buds with little cukes so it shouldn't be too much longer. They made it through the weather and I have them strung up. I put them out too early and they got stunted from the cold nights. Next year I'm just going to wait until June and sow directly in the ground.

xtsho · Jun 27, 2019

too larry said:
I've picked corn three times now. We are eating as much as we can everyday. It is gone so fast. . . . . .

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Oh growing white corn. My favorite.

too larry · Jun 27, 2019

xtsho said:
Hmm, this is what they call an english cucumber out here on the west coast. They're like bigger and longer versions of the persian cucumbers I get at the asian markets. I've seen the lighter colored Armenians at farmers markets but never bought any which is why I'm anxious to try them. Mine are finally starting to get going and I've noticed some female flower buds with little cukes so it shouldn't be too much longer. They made it through the weather and I have them strung up. I put them out too early and they got stunted from the cold nights. Next year I'm just going to wait until June and sow directly in the ground.

My bad. The fellow who gave me the seeds said they were also known as English.

Actually Armenian cukes are in the mushmelon family. When you let them get real big they smell like a mushmelon.

I have mine too thick. Vines on top of vines.

xtsho · Jun 27, 2019

too larry said:
My bad. The fellow who gave me the seeds said they were also known as English.

Actually Armenian cukes are in the mushmelon family. When you let them get real big they smell like a mushmelon.

I have mine too thick. Vines on top of vines.

I wish I had that problem. :grin:

too larry · Jun 27, 2019

xtsho said:
I wish I had that problem.

I always plant enough to give some away to the thrift stores. This year I planted the normal amount, but didn't get any of them gave away. I have about twice as many cucumber vines as the space needs.

xtsho · Jun 27, 2019

too larry said:
I always plant enough to give some away to the thrift stores. This year I planted the normal amount, but didn't get any of them gave away. I have about twice as many cucumber vines as the space needs.

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too larry · Jun 27, 2019

xtsho said:
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Ha. I didn't really pot many of my sprouts. I started the seeds in trays of soil, then put what I was keeping in the ground. But the biggest thing is I'm not going to town during the day when the thrift stores are open. If we go out to eat at night, I do my shopping then. Plus the catholic church thrift store is closed due to hurricane damage. Although it's been a couple of months since I've been. They might be opened back up by now.

racerboy71 · Jun 27, 2019

xtsho said:
Hmm, this is what they call an english cucumber out here on the west coast. They're like bigger and longer versions of the persian cucumbers I get at the asian markets. I've seen the lighter colored Armenians at farmers markets but never bought any which is why I'm anxious to try them. Mine are finally starting to get going and I've noticed some female flower buds with little cukes so it shouldn't be too much longer. They made it through the weather and I have them strung up. I put them out too early and they got stunted from the cold nights. Next year I'm just going to wait until June and sow directly in the ground.

i did the same thing with my cucs this year.. it was an unusually cold and rainy may.. it was warm a few days and i planted the cucs, then that night it got down i think it was in the lower 50's or so, and some of the leaves got real white looking in color and stunted, the same thing happened to a couple of my tomato plants as well.. it took a week or so, but everything bounced back fine..

xtsho · Jun 28, 2019

racerboy71 said:
i did the same thing with my cucs this year.. it was an unusually cold and rainy may.. it was warm a few days and i planted the cucs, then that night it got down i think it was in the lower 50's or so, and some of the leaves got real white looking in color and stunted, the same thing happened to a couple of my tomato plants as well.. it took a week or so, but everything bounced back fine..

Yeah I need to just wait. I started the armenians inside and transplanted them to the garden. I planted some other cucumbers directly in the garden around the first of June and they are doing much better.

But it looks like the armenians are pulling through and on the way. They'll probably start growing like crazy.

I'm exited to try them.

too larry · Jun 29, 2019

My cukes are starting to slow down. July 2nd is a good above ground day. I'm thinking of starting a few more seeds.

ct26turbo · Jun 30, 2019

My lil patio garden

NirvanaMesa · Jul 2, 2019

3 types are ripe currently and many more to come.

racerboy71 · Jul 3, 2019

my cucs are starting to come in. i think i got around 10 or so already, all of them from the bush cuc plants..
also picked a handful of grape or plum tomatoes as well yesterday..

too larry · Jul 5, 2019

I did a pretty big planting on Tuesday. Arm cukes, acorn and spaghetti squash and Charleston grey and Crimson sweet melons. All in trays of soil. Most all of the original plantings are past their peak, and on the way down.

too larry · Jul 5, 2019

The coons have been tearing up the melons.

I've killed two so far, and missed on one last night due to leaving the safety latch hooked on the trap. Duh. But I'm going to put them to work. Here is one down by the graveyard, planted under an orange tree.

too larry · Jul 5, 2019

The corn is pretty much gone. We got some of this in the freezer, and gave away a little. Some will still go to waste.

I started pulling up the plants, but haven't finished.

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