How Does Your Garden Grow??????

injinji said:

I laid off rows for green beans yesterday, only to discover I am out of seeds. I was at the Co-op a couple of three weeks ago, and didn't realize I needed more. The 12th and 13th are the next good above ground days. I just have to remember to buy seeds. . . . .

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I wish I had that problem. My problem isn't a lack of seeds but a lack of space.

xtsho said:

I wish I had that problem. My problem isn't a lack of seeds but a lack of space.

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There were 21 acres of longleaf pines behind the house, but the block recovery grant only paid us for 19. I figure I can carve out an acre or two of garden without them noticing. And if they do bitch, I can always plant trees there in the coming years.

Finally got my potatoes in the ground,forecast the next few days isnt great but can get some yard work done.Might even put shorts on.

Digging in my 15g tomato pots from last yr,not much break down happening.Stem and roots still intact.

Thinking just gonna switch to salt food,had blossom end rot last yr doing organic even with domo lime.

Do i need to flip these over and chop it up or can i just till from above a bit? I think using salts will be easier.This is for my romas,manitobas larger varieties.

myke said:

. . . . . . . . . . Do i need to flip these over and chop it up or can i just till from above a bit? . . . . .

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I pull the stalks and toss them on the compost pile. Then mix in new soil and till it up. I call my weed soil mix Adult Tomato, but for actual tomato plants I do 1/3 Adult Tomato, 1/3 mushroom compost and 1/3 old soil mix. Mushroom compost is not organic, but most everything else in the mix is.

I transplanted two Russian Black Krems, a Rio Grande and a Yellow Brandywine (in the daylight).



Then two mini sweet and a cali wonder bell (after dark)

It's been a cool spring with lots of rain. The daytime temps have been well below average and because of that things have been growing slowly. I had most of my earliest planted peas just rot in the ground. The radishes I planted grew slow and small. The beets are just inching along but have started to pick up some steam. The turnips are doing good as is some of the red leaf lettuce.

Like always I started tomatoes too early and now have a bunch of tall plants in nursery pots with some developing flowers. Same thing with my peppers. Fortunately they're big enough to go outside in the greenhouse as I was running out of room for them indoors.

Looks like we have another week of cool temps and rain then a drying pattern and warmer temperatures. It's only supposed to get to 51°F today but by next Saturday we're supposed to be into the upper 60s/70s with the overnight temps jumping up as well. I think we got down to 39°F last night. This spring has been well below average with temps.

The blueberries are loaded though. The peach tree also seems to have set quite a bit of fruit as we had a sunny warm spell right at the peak of bloom and the pollinators were out. The pear tree looks like a bust this year. I don't know why but it only had a few blooms and it doesn't look like any fruit set.

injinji said:

I pull the stalks and toss them on the compost pile. Then mix in new soil and till it up. I call my weed soil mix Adult Tomato, but for actual tomato plants I do 1/3 Adult Tomato, 1/3 mushroom compost and 1/3 old soil mix. Mushroom compost is not organic, but most everything else in the mix is.

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Thx. These pots are just too heavy and are elevated on a stand about 4’ of the ground. I just tilled from the top. Now if the weather would get warm.

First sign of color.

I transplanted 9 cayenne, 1 hatch and 1 mini sweet this morning.

From the not long now list.

I am putting together a blumat deck garden. Very easy to set up running.off a pressure reducer on an outdoor spigot. I need longer 3mm drip lines so I can hide the supply line under the deck. If they thrive I will consider adding more pots.

Corn is up but so is all the damn seed contamination . Just finished running the sprinklers for an hour to wet the bean seeds.

Bareback said:

Corn is up but so is all the damn seed contamination . Just finished running the sprinklers for an hour to wet the bean seeds.

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Looking good. I'm having pump issues at the riverhouse, but have a little flow because it's artesian. I spent a couple three hours down there tonight moving hoses every five to ten minutes.

I transplanted 3 Yellow Brandywine, 2 Cherokee Purple, 1 Rio Grande, 1 Russian Black Krem and 1 Black Cherry.



Tomato patch in the new sandhill garden.

Today I came to the sad realization that I am a red supremist. Without even thinking about it, I put all the Russian Black Krems and Black Cherry on the back row.

injinji said:

Looking good. I'm having pump issues at the riverhouse, but have a little flow because it's artesian. I spent a couple three hours down there tonight moving hoses every five to ten minutes.

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I put a new sprinkler pump in last year, I don’t remember the brand right now but I’m happy with it so for.

Bareback said:

I put a new sprinkler pump in last year, I don’t remember the brand right now but I’m happy with it so for.

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I had to replace the float thing in the tank right after we bought the house. But a couple weeks ago when I had walked down there at night, I heard the pump come on 3 or 4 times in fifteen minutes. I looked at in the daylight and there is a small leak from the threads on the output. My fear is when I cut it, take it off, put on new tape and tighten it up, it won't be pointing the same way. It has enough room for one more coupling. . . . . .

I still have water outside with the pump turned off.

My pc is wonky and not wanting to let me post, so I'll just edit this one.

Today's transplants are 1 Cherokee Purple, 1 Rio Grande and 2 Black Cherry.

I planted three rows of green beans, transplanted a San Marzano and hoed until it was too dark.