How Does Your Garden Grow??????

xtsho

xtsho

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We're finally getting some rain that we desperately need. It hasn't rained in weeks. The little were getting isn't going to do much but it's better than nothing. At least it will clean all the pollen from the air.

My tomatoes are getting big and some are flowering. I've been pinching the flowers off for now. I want to get them in the ground but the soil is still too cool. I had thought of running soaker hoses under black plastic and planting through that but some research leads me to believe that using black plastic would not be beneficial to the soil I've been building for numerous years. I don't think raising the soil temperature a few degrees so I can get my tomatoes in the ground sooner is worth harming the soil ecosystem. Has anyone done black plastic mulching?


 
xtsho

xtsho

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injinji said:
I got my flint corn and melons transplanted before the thunderstorms got here. Didn't get any planting done.

Lots of roots on the corn.

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The Easter cold really did a number on the melons. I have more seeds planted, so maybe they will be better.

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That looks like sand you're growing in compared to the dirt we have here. My yard is full of rocks which makes it a nightmare digging up garden space.

I've tried corn starts but they never seem to do as good as direct sown seed. At least for me.

I did grow some Glass Gem Corn which I think is basically just Flint corn a few years back. I have a couple boxes of it the lady uses for decoration. I wonder if any would still sprout. I might plant some to find out. I do remember it getting really tall. Tallest corn I've ever grown.

And there I go again. Thinking about planting something when I have no place to plant it.



 
SpideyManDan

SpideyManDan

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Lmao. Ok so after the over whelming feedback, i dont feel so alone. This is my first year wanting to plant veggies in a garden and this weather is driving me crazy. Well ill go back to lurking and learning. Thanks for the laughs everyone.
 
MICHI-CAN

MICHI-CAN

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SpideyManDan said:
Lmao. Ok so after the over whelming feedback, i dont feel so alone. This is my first year wanting to plant veggies in a garden and this weather is driving me crazy. Well ill go back to lurking and learning. Thanks for the laughs everyone.
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Friendly types here. And all still wanting to plant veggies. Join the chat. Worst thing that happens is someone learns something.

Enjoy your day. I'm happy it is finally going to rain here.
 
injinji

injinji

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xtsho said:
That looks like sand you're growing in compared to the dirt we have here. My yard is full of rocks which makes it a nightmare digging up garden space.

I've tried corn starts but they never seem to do as good as direct sown seed. At least for me.

I did grow some Glass Gem Corn which I think is basically just Flint corn a few years back. I have a couple boxes of it the lady uses for decoration. I wonder if any would still sprout. I might plant some to find out. I do remember it getting really tall. Tallest corn I've ever grown.
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I'm not kidding when I say I live on a sandhill.

I didn't have plots ready when the good above ground day came around, so I went ahead and planted the corn in the trays. I was planning on doing several sites around the farm. But after digging just a few plots down at the pond, realized I had way more corn than time. In the garden this morning, I dug a hole, added three scoops of mushroom compost (hand shovel), tilled it a bit with the big shovel, then transplanted. Whole process was really fast.

As long as it's dry, corn will last forever. They planted some of the corn found in Aztec ruins and it came up. You can get a good sized patch from a couple three ears. I got the original seeds in those little packs they give out at weddings, baby showers, that sort of thing. I had two packs, each one about a dozen seeds. I saved back six seeds, just in case. The river did flood and kill the corn, but it had made by that time. I only planted about 1/4 of those, so I should be good. The ones here on the sandhill will be crossed with sweet corn. That will be interesting.
 
MICHI-CAN

MICHI-CAN

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injinji said:
I'm not kidding when I say I live on a sandhill.

I didn't have plots ready when the good above ground day came around, so I went ahead and planted the corn in the trays. I was planning on doing several sites around the farm. But after digging just a few plots down at the pond, realized I had way more corn than time. In the garden this morning, I dug a hole, added three scoops of mushroom compost (hand shovel), tilled it a bit with the big shovel, then transplanted. Whole process was really fast.

As long as it's dry, corn will last forever. They planted some of the corn found in Aztec ruins and it came up. You can get a good sized patch from a couple three ears. I got the original seeds in those little packs they give out at weddings, baby showers, that sort of thing. I had two packs, each one about a dozen seeds. I saved back six seeds, just in case. The river did flood and kill the corn, but it had made by that time. I only planted about 1/4 of those, so I should be good. The ones here on the sandhill will be crossed with sweet corn. That will be interesting.
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My corn gets wind blown to the ground every year at around 5'. Props to you competent growers. And yes. Viable beyond our dating or discoveries when only air dried.

Have another tray of chores going. Enough for my grow, neighbor and the community garden down the road. Share the food and how to grow it. 005.jpg006.jpg
 
injinji

injinji

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Today's thunderstorms turned into wind storms. If the corn had been very tall, it would be laying down right now. Since the hurricane took down all the trees, we've had winds the likes of which I've never seen.

This was this afternoon during a lull. Tonight when I walked, it was so hard I was getting an ear ache. I had to put in my earbuds and cover them with my buff.

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MICHI-CAN

MICHI-CAN

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injinji said:
Today's thunderstorms turned into wind storms. If the corn had been very tall, it would be laying down right now. Since the hurricane took down all the trees, we've had winds the likes of which I've never seen.

This was this afternoon during a lull. Tonight when I walked, it was so hard I was getting an ear ache. I had to put in my earbuds and cover them with my buff.

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We are having crazy winds with trees intact. Keep using petrol and defying nature. I glumly predict worsening conditions.
 
MICHI-CAN

MICHI-CAN

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Still awaiting tired to overcome discomfort here. But I noticed how well these cheap ceiling panels work for vegetables as they came on a few minutes ago. Used for hemp until now. My sunflowers stopped an inch below them and are getting dark and strong.

Just a tip for the frugal's among us. I'm sure it will not happen again. But I got 6 at auction for $48. Home lighting. 006.jpg
 
injinji

injinji

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Sunday I planted 4 rows of Emerald okra, 4 rows of Clemson spineless okra and 8 rows of Silver Queen sweet corn. (looking forward to trying the flint multi colored queen next year) Also did 6 rows of Blue Lake green beans.

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I had four kinds of non viney squash, so I planted one row of each between the hills of flint corn. Used the last of the crook neck seeds that Mamma bought a couple of three years before she died. She got her dollar's worth out of them.

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Rurumo

Rurumo

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I've got about ten comfrey starts well on their way like this one.IMG_20210427_130702086_HDR.jpg
Here are some alpine strawberries I started from seed last year (top) and the bottom plant is a Schizandra vine. I'm going to cultivate the strawberry runners this year to create as much ground cover as possible around my Goumi bushes and the Russian Quince trees I just planted.IMG_20210427_130721062_HDR.jpg
I have a lot of weeding to do lol
 
injinji

injinji

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The squash and beans are coming up in the beds with the flint corn.

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The pole beans are about head high. The corn is not quite knee high. Glad I put climbing material. I need to add a couple stakes before it gets to far out of hand.

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injinji

injinji

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I keep finding more trees that were broke in the wind storm the other day. We are up to 6 in the yard and driveway at the riverhouse. It also laid the biggest MP over. I have to make repairs to the basket and straighten it up. Didn't seem to hurt the peppers though.

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The cayenne got too big to put a basket around. So now I have the low limbs heavy with peppers problem. (also a grasshopper problem from the looks of it)

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MICHI-CAN

MICHI-CAN

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I was hoping to direct sow my starters by this weekend. Not happening. Sciatic is hindering me. Damn tired of my physical limitations of the last year. Frost advisories again this weekend. Guess I put my case of bio degradable pots to use. And I suggest trying to negotiate with store managers. I get supplies for pennies in the fall. I did score 10 coca cola single beverage trays for $1/ea. today. I'm starting transplants tomorrow. Tonight if this CBD works. I'll get some pics later.

Peace all.
 
BlandMeow

BlandMeow

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I've been itching to get transplants out in the garden but the weather has not cooperated. Lots of wind and recently some rain along with it. Can't find the right conditions to harden them off.

Peas were direct sowed 10 days ago and starting to pop now. Onions are ready to go after a couple more days of hardening off. Replaced the hop bed with 50 strawberry plants in Sunday. Three different varieties of potatoes will be started in grow bags. Tomatoes are going nuts in the veg/mother's tent.

Decided to take the tomato plants I thinned, put some clonex on, and threw them in the clone dome. 100% success rate for those cuttings after 2 weeks.

Should be a great season!
 

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