How Does Your Garden Grow??????
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StonedGardener
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Found a white chicory plant flowering.........rare....the first I've ever seen. Harvested dead flower "pods" so I could try to propagate with seeds. Scoped the seed "pod" and......mmmmmmmm.....something going on....bizarre. Maybe insect eggs ? ............alien spheres........
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xtsho
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Picked these yesterday before the rain came back last night. Nothing left but some green ones on the plants. Next break in the rain and I'm taking out the plants. I'll use them green for some recipes I want to try like green tomato pie and green tomato cake. We're pretty tomatoed out here. so I'll make another batch of sauce. I have another tray of ripe ones to use as well. Already have a couple gallons of sauce in the freezer along with some frozen whole.
The beans are coming to an end. I've canned a little over 3 gallons so far but should get another gallon or so out of them. Like the tomatoes we're beaned out. We've been eating them almost daily for quite awhile. You wait all year and then you gorge until you can't eat anymore. But we'll have enough to last over the winter for the 2 of us.
I also have bok choy, beets, lettuce, and radishes coming up. I'm going to do some overwintering cabbage and I probably should have already started them. We'll see how it does. Fava beans going in along with garlic and onion starts. That's why I need to get the tomatoes out. I need the space. Gotta keep that land productive.
The beans are coming to an end. I've canned a little over 3 gallons so far but should get another gallon or so out of them. Like the tomatoes we're beaned out. We've been eating them almost daily for quite awhile. You wait all year and then you gorge until you can't eat anymore. But we'll have enough to last over the winter for the 2 of us.
I also have bok choy, beets, lettuce, and radishes coming up. I'm going to do some overwintering cabbage and I probably should have already started them. We'll see how it does. Fava beans going in along with garlic and onion starts. That's why I need to get the tomatoes out. I need the space. Gotta keep that land productive.
farmingfisherman
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Congrats on great looking harvest!Picked these yesterday before the rain came back last night. Nothing left but some green ones on the plants. Next break in the rain and I'm taking out the plants. I'll use them green for some recipes I want to try like green tomato pie and green tomato cake. We're pretty tomatoed out here. so I'll make another batch of sauce. I have another tray of ripe ones to use as well. Already have a couple gallons of sauce in the freezer along with some frozen whole.
The beans are coming to an end. I've canned a little over 3 gallons so far but should get another gallon or so out of them. Like the tomatoes we're beaned out. We've been eating them almost daily for quite awhile. You wait all year and then you gorge until you can't eat anymore. But we'll have enough to last over the winter for the 2 of us.
I also have bok choy, beets, lettuce, and radishes coming up. I'm going to do some overwintering cabbage and I probably should have already started them. We'll see how it does. Fava beans going in along with garlic and onion starts. That's why I need to get the tomatoes out. I need the space. Gotta keep that land productive.
raratt
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I just broke apart my garlic, it needs planted after I amend the soil. Might put in some turnips this winter also, they grow really well here. Bean crop was lacking, my fault for not making sure they were getting enough water. Tomatoes were spotty this year, the intense heat doesn't help.
injinji
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I side dressed and hoed the (planted in the ground) squash and cukes.
But didn't the ones that I had transplanted. I had put a scoop of "adult tomato" soil mix below each of them.
I kind of half-assed it toward the end, but I got grass clippings around all the plants. I hope to find time after supper to water.
But didn't the ones that I had transplanted. I had put a scoop of "adult tomato" soil mix below each of them.
I kind of half-assed it toward the end, but I got grass clippings around all the plants. I hope to find time after supper to water.
drsaltzman
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Nice peppers injinji.
Two weeks since my last picture of the tent garden.
Eggplants starting to flower. I had to cut some leaves off they were so big!
Cucumbers have been flowering a while. Just started hand pollinating them. Tough in the back. Gonna have to bring them to the front.
Pepper plant is full of green Sicilian chili.
The tomato leaves are just so weird.
Everything else is thriving in the tent, and two of the 3 are nightshade like tomatoes.
They're not overwatered. They're not over-fertilized. They're not cold. They began flowering so they seem like they'll produce.
I think after I finish the veggies I'm gonna go back to all chili. I use them a lot and I can grow 4 big plants of different varieties.
A pic of the cannabis tent, also growing very nicely:
Two weeks since my last picture of the tent garden.
Eggplants starting to flower. I had to cut some leaves off they were so big!
Cucumbers have been flowering a while. Just started hand pollinating them. Tough in the back. Gonna have to bring them to the front.
Pepper plant is full of green Sicilian chili.
The tomato leaves are just so weird.
Everything else is thriving in the tent, and two of the 3 are nightshade like tomatoes.
They're not overwatered. They're not over-fertilized. They're not cold. They began flowering so they seem like they'll produce.
I think after I finish the veggies I'm gonna go back to all chili. I use them a lot and I can grow 4 big plants of different varieties.
A pic of the cannabis tent, also growing very nicely:
StonedGardener
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My Jerusalem artichokes have started flowering...
SpideyManDan
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Anyone here familiar with using capsaicin as a pest prevention for fungal growth? Ive been just trying to think outside the box lately and different ways of pest prevention instead of waiting to the point of having to deal with eradication instead. It nature its used as a prevention for fungal growth and i was curious if it could have similar effects in the garden.
One of my fears however would it be having a negative effect on any potential beneficial fungi. If anyone else knows about any info relating to other plants i would be all ears.
I was doing some searching and i havent really been able to find anything on using it for these purposes. Im curious to hear from people with more experience. Thanks everyone.
One of my fears however would it be having a negative effect on any potential beneficial fungi. If anyone else knows about any info relating to other plants i would be all ears.
I was doing some searching and i havent really been able to find anything on using it for these purposes. Im curious to hear from people with more experience. Thanks everyone.
kratos015
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Never heard of it being useful for fungi, however habaneros make for a great bug spray. Not sure if it'll work for fungi/mold or not, however I know that habanero spray won't hurt your plants in any way. And since the spray is applied to the plants, and not the soil itself, the beneficials shouldn't be harmed by the spray.
As I said, not sure how it'll work on fungal growth, but it certainly won't hurt to give it a try. I've used habanero spray for damn near a decade now with zero ill effects, even right up to the last day of flower.
I've been using copper fungicide for fungus/mold prevention, seems to work fine. I'd happily replace it with habanero spray should it prove useful.
Regards.
Dorian2
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Still have 2 potted Habanero's going (garage at night) and the rest is taken down and soil is tilled. I have 9 bags in the deep freeze to this point. We're going to be holding at around 12°C +/- for the next couple of weeks so I'm drawing out the length for the Habi's. Have a small 20W LED grow light on them setup in the garage for the shortened days. They didn't start producing until August, so the little 75 - 90 days turned more into 120 - 150 days. 
You can see a couple of picked ones on the far left.
You can see a couple of picked ones on the far left.
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injinji
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About a week ago I stopped cutting the okra. Didn't really plan it out, it just happened. Yesterday I pulled up the plants and moved hoses and sprinklers here at the sandhill garden. It's ready to disc up. Down at the river garden I have four mini sweet peppers I need to move, then I can disc down there too. Most years I reach the fuck it point earlier.
My six mammoth Jalapeno and one Cayenne are still rocking along. I started them around Christmas, so I have to get the hole in the ground ready for sprouts soon.
My six mammoth Jalapeno and one Cayenne are still rocking along. I started them around Christmas, so I have to get the hole in the ground ready for sprouts soon.
drsaltzman
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First two cukes. Pretty fast.
Eggplant starting to flower. Tomatoes also. A couple fruit on them too. Even with those horrendous leaves.
Chilis are popping.
Overall a decent experiment.
Tent is jammed though.
And the new hybrid cannabis plants are loving life right now.
Not even the tiniest burnt tip.
Lots of bud sites.
Smells divine. Like lemons and oranges.
Eggplant starting to flower. Tomatoes also. A couple fruit on them too. Even with those horrendous leaves.
Chilis are popping.
Overall a decent experiment.
Tent is jammed though.
And the new hybrid cannabis plants are loving life right now.
Not even the tiniest burnt tip.
Lots of bud sites.
Smells divine. Like lemons and oranges.
drsaltzman
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8 days later. Already harvested 6 cukes. More on the vine.
Tomato fruit starting to show.
Chile peppers starting to ripen.
Eggplants are flowering but not setting fruit though.
And the cannabis is getting frosty! Opened the tent a few minutes early this morning to snap a pic before the lights came on.
Tomato fruit starting to show.
Chile peppers starting to ripen.
Eggplants are flowering but not setting fruit though.
And the cannabis is getting frosty! Opened the tent a few minutes early this morning to snap a pic before the lights came on.
TheEggMan123
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Good morning, how far are you keeping your lights away from your tomatoes? My tomatoes are consistently losing their lower branches (curling and drying up) but they keep getting taller. They seem much harder to grow than cannabis. I have 2 400 watt LED’s in my 5x5, one over the Cannabis, and the other over my leaf lettuce, green bush beans, jalapeños and my tomatoes.
xtsho
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Tomatoes are harder to grow. Especially indoors under lights.
drsaltzman
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The chile plant kind of dictated the light height because it was the tallest.
600W COB in the 4x4x7, pulleyed all the way to the top.
The tomatoes and eggplant are taking their sweet time.
The cucumbers are quick and the chiles are prolific.
It’s tough getting around the tent to clean the dropped leaves now too. It’s just packed.
Don’t think I’d do this again. All chilies next time. 4 plants.
And if you have the $ I’d get a second tent.
So much foliage can lead to problems.
