Gardening Thread- Show me your gardens!

Got my Asparagus in today after work. Tilled the soil down about six inches, added some sand and composted manure, then filled it with a mix of loam and compost. Trenched it up and planted the roots, and in a little over a year I'll have some edible Asparagus!

 

What was the problem with the sprinkler system? Too much water? Those heads look like the heads I use on my citrus trees. They dump out a lot of water, which citrus trees like.

How often do you guys water?

 

Theyre good for "local" watering. i want something that "fans" out more.

I feel that i didnt have enough pressure to have all 24 on at the same time.

The ones in the picture were the ones that worked better, all the others only had a trickle come out of them.

If anyone is interested in those sprinkler heads, I have them up for grabs.

 

Maybe have a line that runs to each bed with a shutoff valve on the pump side? Then you could turn just one or two beds on at a time?

 

I work 12 hour days, I turn it on in the morning, and my sister turns them off on her way to work. The circumstances dont allow a two phase irrigation. Its all or none.

When i get home, its dark and I dont want to water at night to prevent mold/mildew growth on cucumbers.

I am thinking about setting up some timers.

Has anyone used that mr. landscaper water sprinklers from lowes?

 

How many inches of water do you guys give your raised vegetable beds?

I want to make sure im not over watering them.

Im using a gardening soil mix, so it drains pretty well.

 

Gotcha. Time constraints are a bitch for running a garden.
I've never used the timers, honestly. I'm up early enough that I can water before I go to work when they need it.

If we haven't had any rain I usually give mine about inch of water every couple of days. But I live in a much less arid climate than Texas. You might need more.
My hot peppers get a different treatment once they have fruit set on; I let them dry out until the leaves start to droop, then I'll water them for a few days to let them recover, then let them go dry again. Seems to make the peppers hotter.

 

Thats interesting on the peppers, the texas heat will make them hot enough for you. . hehe

 

It depends on what you are watering. You can give a single tomato plant 5 gallons a day and he will be happy. other plants not so much. If we aren't getting any rain, i try to water every day in the beginning and then every other day once the plants are established.

 

Thanks!

 

im going to try one of those mister landscaper setups tomorrow on my garden... seems promising

 

I decided to build my own Tomato Cages this time.

 

how many sprayers can you run off one 1/4 inch tubing?

 

NICE!!!..
how much do you think u spent on making one?

 

Cost for materials was around $30

 

I have like 20 tomato plants in buckets.. and I want to run a 1/4 tubing from bucket to bucket with one of those small drippers ..

I have 65 PSI at my water pump..

looks like itll work

 

Those pressure drop regulators are like 10 bucks a pop.. i like your idea of using a little cut off for it.. it wont leak from all the pressure?.. i just dont want anything busting on me..

 

Looks sharp. I usually trellis mine with stakes and string as they grow...

...because of this.
But, you won't have to redo yours every year. So it's a long term/short term thing, I guess.

 

Stakes and strings? Please elaborate.. you have my attention.

 

Sure. Basically I set a stake on each side of the bed, and as the tomatoes grow I run string to hold them up from stake to stake.

Here's a handy link.
http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/cat-s-cradle-tomatoes?page=0,0