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Gardening Thread - Show me your gardens!

Discussion in 'Garage / Workshop' started by Noelie84, Mar 28, 2014.

  1. Jul 2, 2019 at 6:45 PM
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    Wondering if anybody has had any luck with cucumber beetle sticky lure/traps . I’ve seemed to be ahead of the borers but the friggin beetles are give me fits.
     
  2. Jul 2, 2019 at 6:46 PM
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    Pretty soon you will have more than enough :cheers:
     
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    I kind of forgot about my golden raspberry I planted a few months ago since the grape vines on each side of it completely surrounded it.
    I did it on purpose so it would be mostly in the shade. The ones I tried before got too sun-burnt. I took a peek a while ago.

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  4. Jul 3, 2019 at 7:39 PM
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    you should have about 3 decent pickings sometimes 4 if you keep up on them...they will look like nothing is going on then you will have a 5gallon bucket full...
     
  5. Jul 3, 2019 at 8:34 PM
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    Just learned that my zucchini plant needs to be pruned down significantly to allow sun and bees access to flowering fruit
    My next step
     
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    Ladders need to get chopped after their done flowerin’ for another go around.
     
  7. Jul 6, 2019 at 8:52 AM
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    Ok couple of questions... and UPDATE

    First for those people that compost, and maybe to better narrow it down to people with the spinning composter, How long does it take for the compost to start showing up? I feel like I have been a little brown heavy but I have been trying to change that with more greens. (hard when I’m the only one in the house right now). I spin it every other day sometimes every day and try to make sure that its not totally dried out.

    Also tomato people. I started my plants with cages and I feel like they have outgrown those. I want to take them off because the plants are bunching up a lot in the middle but at the same time I don't want to break a lot of the limbs trying to take them off... Thoughts??

    Lastly I feel like I really planted too much for the area I’m working with... I do have one more planter that isn't currently being used for anything at all. What’s the chances that I kill things if I were to transplant them now to the other planter that’s not being used to make room for these other plants?? Also feel like I might be over watering but not because I put a lot in there at one time but because I’m watering every day with not a lot of warmth and sun.:notsure:

    Overall It’s been kind of a weird growing season so far with not much warmth when the sun decides to show up(not many days over 80 and the 2 day heat wave of temps being close to 100 at the beginning of June didn’t help). A few thunderstorms that have produced some sizable downpours for this area and a lot of just overall cloudiness. Finally starting to see some broccoli and I unplanted the romaine I killed on accident. I’m hoping the beets that we planted survive and I’m starting wonder about all this lettuce now that my daughter is at her moms for the summer :annoyed:

    Thanks for any advice and sorry for the long post
     
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  8. Jul 6, 2019 at 10:17 AM
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    I can't comment on the composting.

    Tomatos: you can thin the interior of your plants and prune them back a little if they are out of control. I trim mine back occasionally, especially the cherry tomatoes which go crazy!

    I would certainly transplant, especially if you have multiples of plants. If you have 2-3 of a variety, try moving just one to the unused planter.



    Good luck!
     
  9. Jul 6, 2019 at 10:37 AM
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    I very recently took a road trip vacation thingie and came home to a very happy garden! I am very fortunate.

    My hot hot peppers are a bit behind, but I'm seeing little buds coming on.

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  10. Jul 6, 2019 at 10:39 AM
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    I had a compost tumbler, and struggled with it. I quit even trying when I found out I can get compost from our local landfill for $28 per ton.

    Once the plants have really grown through the cage they are pretty hard to get off without damaging the plant. If you don't mind destroying the cage you could probably cut it in a bunch of places and get it off.

    I water every three days. Every two when it's really hot and dry. Mine is a traditional in the ground garden. One of the reasons I don't use container gardens is they are pretty unforgiving about watering errors.
     
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    Thank you for this info
     
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  12. Jul 6, 2019 at 11:38 AM
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    Have you been removing the suckers? I agree thining them out might be best.
     
  13. Jul 6, 2019 at 11:46 AM
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    Removing the suckers?
     
  14. Jul 6, 2019 at 11:49 AM
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    Copied from Google search...

    The short answer to this is a tomato sucker is a smallish shoot that grows out of the joint where a branch on thetomato plant meets a stem. These small shoots will grow into a full sized branch if left alone, which results in a bushier, more sprawling tomato plant.

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    I would also suggest transplanting late in the day at dusk.
     
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    I have two questions today first....

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    Should I stake or trellis this Summer Squash?
    I think it’s matches the I’d tag in one of the pics but I might have gotten it mixed up :notsure:

    Second , did I pick this too soon?

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    Summer squash doesn't climb. It doesn't have the curly tendrils to grip a trellis. You can kind of guide what direction it sprawls across the ground, but that's about it. Summer squash doesn't need to get "ripe," so no such thing as picking it too soon. If you wait too long it will get to be mostly seeds inside, but otherwise they are good any time. I sometimes like to pick them when they are only two or three inches long, supper tender and tasty then.
     
  18. Jul 7, 2019 at 7:23 AM
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    Excellent, thanks , Steve.
     
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    By-the-way your squash were making me drool. Our growing season is pretty short, so mine are a ways behind yours.
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    Regarding the zucchini question: I think it is a personal preference as far as when to harvest. I find if they get much over 12" they aren't as flavorful or tender. I take mine off when they are 6" to 8" and usually quarter them length-wise into spears and BBQ them. A touch of oil and spice... Yum! :drool:
     

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