How Does Your Garden Grow??????

Frankterpene · May 26, 2021

I wish I can have lot of space too. but here I cant buy an house without giving an arm and a kidney. so I stay here and do what i can with hat I have

once set, ill put some pictures. but you guys got lot of nice idea for me only by your pictures. Learning here too

Frankterpene · May 26, 2021

injinji said:
Picked green beans and cayenne last night. Found one acorn squash and Arm cuke almost ready, but didn't get pictures. And the biggest spaghetti squash is starting to lighten. Also a few blooms on the zukes by the river. That bed is looking rough. I took out a few too close weeds this morning, but still need to rework the area close by.

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nice harvest

myke · May 26, 2021

Finally some sunshine here.risk of frost is gone for the season I hope lol. Planted some more of my tomatoes and red cabbage. Potatoes popping out. I think I can leave everything under my deck at night now. Sick of carrying everything in the garage.

Frankterpene · May 26, 2021

We will have some 2C nedt couples of night. I plant tomatoes morethan a week ago. Gotta try to protect them as mush as i can.

GreenestBasterd · May 26, 2021

First pick of the feijoas and they’re tasting superb.
Hands down a fruit of the gods!!!

xtsho · May 27, 2021

GreenestBasterd said:
First pick of the feijoas and they’re tasting superb.
Hands down a fruit of the gods!!!

Damn! I had to research what those were and they sure sound tasty. Apparently there are people growing them here in Portland but it seems to take years for any decent fruit production. But that's common for many fruits.

GreenestBasterd · May 27, 2021

xtsho said:
Damn! I had to research what those were and they sure sound tasty. Apparently there are people growing them here in Portland but it seems to take years for any decent fruit production. But that's common for many fruits.

I was fortunate enough to inherit the tree with our house when we moved in. I’ll be adding two or three other trees but different species for cross pollination.
It’s was quite sad looking, but I gave it a good prune, mulched around it and dump every other compost tea bag contents around it and it’s flowered the best I’ve seed it in 4 years!!( it was also our wettest year too)
I’ve seen them growing in England, New Zealand and Australia so I’d say try them out where you are and if they don’t fruit they make a great hedge plant haha. bongsmilie

Bareback · May 28, 2021

GreenestBasterd said:
First pick of the feijoas and they’re tasting superb.
Hands down a fruit of the gods!!!

I was just reading on this fruit and it is considered a super food for its anti inflammatory properties. Thanks for sharing.

xtsho said:
Damn! I had to research what those were and they sure sound tasty. Apparently there are people growing them here in Portland but it seems to take years for any decent fruit production. But that's common for many fruits.

While reading on the usda zones ( 8-11 ) I noticed it doesn’t like the high humidity of the south east but grows well in the western US .

If I can find seeds that are cheap enough I might try it, but it’s probably going going to grow here....

Frankterpene · May 28, 2021

Tomatoes survived 3 celsius last night. The coldest is tonight with 0-1c. After that im supposed to be ok to go... hopefully

myke · May 28, 2021

Frankterpene said:
Tomatoes survived 3 celsius last night. The coldest is tonight with 0-1c. After that im supposed to be ok to go... hopefully

You can fill some black buckets or whatever with water. They’ll heat up during the day under the plastic and provide heat for later tonight.

myke · May 28, 2021

Or just fill some buckets with hot water before you go to bed.

injinji · May 28, 2021

The wife asked for peppers. She's cooking Cousin Lisa's Chipolata chicken tonight. Except she uses ground chuck instead. So I picked most of the jalapeno. Got the first two squash of the season. And a few more green beans. Haven't decided how we are cooking those yet. Not a lot of them.

injinji · May 28, 2021

This was from Wednesday night. About 2-3 okra and flint corn per row had come up down at the riverhouse garden. So I made it rain. We looked today and there were a bunch more up. It has got dry in a hurry.

Poontanger · May 28, 2021

Frankterpene said:
Tomatoes survived 3 celsius last night. The coldest is tonight with 0-1c. After that im supposed to be ok to go... hopefully

I always plant a few Siberian tomatoes first, they can withstand very cold temperatures,they only get to golf ball size and you don't have to stake them if you don't want

Frankterpene · May 28, 2021

Poontanger said:
I always plant a few Siberian tomatoes first, they can withstand very cold temperatures,they only get to golf ball size and you don't have to stake them if you don't want

Ill look about those tomatoes. Thanks

Frankterpene · May 28, 2021

Thanks guys for the water trick. Ill do it

Poontanger · May 28, 2021

I'm in Aus,,& have started picking these late November,, most people are only planting then
But I did plant against a tin shed wall that was facing north, so the sun will reflect off the tin creating slightly warmer soil,,it is the only strain of tomato I know where the SAP will flow when soil temperatures are below 12 degrees Celsius,,I just throw a few bushes in to get some early tomatoes and follow up with my regular

GreenestBasterd · May 29, 2021

I am also in Australia and am 100% going to be trying that variety.
I mostly do cherry and smaller sized tomatoes as I seem to have a lot less pest issues.

Poontanger · May 29, 2021

GreenestBasterd said:
I am also in Australia and am 100% going to be trying that variety.
I mostly do cherry and smaller sized tomatoes as I seem to have a lot less pest issues.

Yes the cherry tomatoes are very disease resistant group and pest resistant,
I've been growing tomatoes for almost 50 years and it is a real pet of mine,,if there is a variety of tomato out there that I haven't tried I would like to know what it is.., and the siberians are a very honest reliable tomato and they are the only one I have found that will still function in cold weather,,they are also an heirloom so you can collect your own seed,, and these two photos my main summer crop, have been growing these and collecting my own seed as they are an heirloom for many years they are a truss tomato, they are so prolific you have to prune the flowers, they're about tennis ball size and a bit smaller

Frankterpene · May 29, 2021

Poontanger said:
Yes the cherry tomatoes are very disease resistant group and pest resistant,
I've been growing tomatoes for almost 50 years and it is a real pet of mine,,if there is a variety of tomato out there that I haven't tried I would like to know what it is.., and the siberians are a very honest reliable tomato and they are the only one I have found that will still function in cold weather,,they are also an heirloom so you can collect your own seed,, and these two photos my main summer crop, have been growing these and collecting my own seed as they are an heirloom for many years they are a truss tomato, they are so prolific you have to prune the flowers, they're about tennis ball size and a bit smaller

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