Any Gardners?

[TriggerFinger]

I built a raised bed and have tried a variety of vegetables. I don’t think I get enough sun for anything to really produce...or the squirrels get it. Cantaloupe and a squash plant ended up growing about 15ft out from the garden where the yard is wetter and shady. The squirrels take one bite of everything and leave it. Caterpillars ate the cabbage to nubs, bunnies ate my carrots and radishes; probably squirrels too. I gave up and will try again when we move to a house not located in the middle of sherwoods forest. I have good luck with flowers in pots in my front yard and I can grow house plants pretty well.

 

[hotdrop]

I noticed a bunch of you guys are starting seedlings without a fan or air circulation. In my experience that tends to create leggy seedlings with thin stalks and promote dampening off disease. I usually try to have a circulating fan near by blowing air on the seedlings to help prevent that problem.

 

[Saltyreef]

Tp still scarce here too.
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I noticed a bunch of you guys are starting seedlings without a fan or air circulation. In my experience that tends to create leggy seedlings with thin stalks and promote dampening off disease. I usually try to have a circulating fan near by blowing air on the seedlings to help prevent that problem.

Thanks for the heads up. Is that for stregthening of stalks due to movement or oxygen?

 

[hotdrop]

Tp still scarce here too.
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Thanks for the heads up. Is that for stregthening of stalks due to movement or oxygen?

To strengthen/thicken the stalks but also to improve air circulation and reduce mold. They will dry out faster though as a result so you need to be a bit more vigilant. If you look at how commercial greenhouses do it they all have large blowers to push air around to prevent mold and keep stalks upright.

 

[fish farmer]

Made some pickles today, planning on dill relish tomorrow.



I noticed the leaves of my acorn squash and zuchinni getting major chomping the other day. I suspected some big juicy worm or other bug. Looked down on the garden a few minutes ago....it's a wood chuck!

 

[Cell]

Built a raised bed in the spring this year. I guess it's been amazing growing season in MN. Bought a few cherry tomato plants the rest were seeds.

 

[fish farmer]

Built a raised bed in the spring this year. I guess it's been amazing growing season in MN. Bought a few cherry tomato plants the rest were seeds.

Cherry tomatoes are just starting to ripen here in Vermont at the farm I pick up veggies from.

 

[monti mike]

I’m in an apartment so I don’t have a lot of backyard space like most of you! I still try to have a planter for tomatoes and herbs though!

 

[NashobaTek]

I have always had a garden, why pay grocery store prices for food I can raise, same for MEAT! I have a hydroponic system for growing in the winter here ( our winters don't get real cold , Texas )

This year I was going to get a few started plants and they were all gone within 12 hours of the covid pandemic announcement. Lol Thankfully I have lots of seeds and I keep seeds from the plants I grow.
Even have 3 pomegranate plants.

 

[Cell]

I'm pretty jealous of those that can grow year round.

 

[NashobaTek]

I'm pretty jealous of those that can grow year round.

You can set up a small hydroponic system for inside the house, growing salad stuff and green beans and peas. Even tomato plants if you use a tote and just cut out a hole for the pots to sit in, in the lid

 

[Cell]

Except the perfect spot for a hydroponic system just happens to also be the perfect spot for a frag tank.

 

[hubcap]

please, oh please, NO ONE grow those seeds from China that were shipped labeled as "jewelry."

it should be a no-brainer, but, there are some of our fellow Americans that have no brains.

my name is hubcap, and I approve this message.

 

[IKD]

I gardened a lot in Maryland, but since moving to Orlando it’s much harder for me. The seasons are very different (harvesting tomatoes in March) and the summer is near impossible. It’s not just the heat, but the constant attack of bacterial and fungal diseases. On top of that, there’s so many more insect problems than I ever had in MD. Not sure if pickle worms are up north but they wipe out an entire crop once they get inside the plant. Too frustrating to garden in the warmer months.
That said, I’ve moved to growing mangoes, bananas, pomegranates, and dragon fruit.

 

[fish farmer]

So any recent harvest pics?

Widespread frost last night in my area, but my garden was pretty sad the second half of the season. My pickling cukes starting to get stubby so they all became relish or salad slices.

Zuchinni produced early then just died. Acorn squash plants grew really well and put out flowers, but most of the squash are the size of softballs. Salad greens like arugula and mustard did fine in the raised beds, still have some arugula and basil growing right now.

It was very hot and dry here, the local farm I pick up from had lots of problems as well....their irrigation pond is almost dry.

I though I was going to have a great apple year as well...but they all started to drop off the trees by August. I still have a few pears though.