MOPanfisher Posted July 19, 2018 Posted July 19, 2018 My maters are still not putting out but a few and I have I think 17 of them. Next ywar i am goingto actually pull some soil samplea to see what i am lacking. Used to be silly hiw many tomatoes i grew.. Fortunately the canteloupes just keep getting better and better, no idea how many melons are out there now.
Terrierman Posted July 23, 2018 Posted July 23, 2018 The garden has done well. I just took inventory. So far I've put up 36 pints of pickles of various description, 20 pints of salsa and 10 quarts of plain canned tomatoes. There are 5 gallon bags of corn on the cob in the freezer. And it all just keeps coming. Two more big rows of corn that is tasseling now, spaghetti squash everywhere and no shortage of green beans. The tomato avalanche is in full swing. tho1mas and BilletHead 2
Lancer09 Posted July 24, 2018 Posted July 24, 2018 Tomatoes are slow for me. The dang heat, and I'm still doing a ton of watering. Fighting a little bit of blossom end rot, and turkey predation on them. Stink bugs are sticking holes and rotting a few also pretty bad, anyone got a recommendation for those little nasty things? However the real issue, what is causing me to throw out more tomatoes than I'm actually getting are over ripening on the bottom and rotting while the top is still unripe, green and hard as a rock. I've probably brought in 30 tomatoes, and pitched 100 out so far this season. Best tomato this season was the first ripe one I had on July 8th, a full hand size ananas noire, took one slice for a BLT! tho1mas 1
tho1mas Posted July 24, 2018 Posted July 24, 2018 My tomatoes are the worst I have grown. Don't know what happened this year. Have some pepper plants as big as the tomatoes. Good thing I did not plan on canning any tomatoes.
Lancer09 Posted July 24, 2018 Posted July 24, 2018 My peppers are really struggling. The plants never really seemed to take off. Almost as if my ones out at the farm are getting too much light. They are only a foot to two foot tall, and super dense with leaves. Where as my more shaded pepper plants are full and 3 to 5 feet tall at my house and setting peppers pretty well as opposed to my farm peppers. It's an interesting year, and I think unless you can devote a lot of time to it like the Billet it's going to be rough for ya. BilletHead and tho1mas 2
BilletHead Posted August 18, 2018 Posted August 18, 2018 Time for the Fall crop, We did make it home after two week vacation to a few real nice tomatoes. Got them and then yesterday picked the rest and made some sauce. So this was the end of those and this morning it was time to clean up the garden. The two main beds were tilled and lettuce planted. Seed tamped in and watered. Hoping for a good germination, Peppers were also good when getting home and they are still doing well and will until a frost, We are real satisfied with the wicking self watering tubs and will be doing a few more for peppers next season. I have plans to make taps and plugs to drain the self waters so the trapped water not freeze and crack tubs. I also may plant a lettuce plant in each tub, BilletHead tho1mas 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
MOPanfisher Posted August 18, 2018 Posted August 18, 2018 On 7/24/2018 at 10:40 AM, Lancer09 said: My peppers are really struggling. The plants never really seemed to take off. Almost as if my ones out at the farm are getting too much light. They are only a foot to two foot tall, and super dense with leaves. Where as my more shaded pepper plants are full and 3 to 5 feet tall at my house and setting peppers pretty well as opposed to my farm peppers. It's an interesting year, and I think unless you can devote a lot of time to it like the Billet it's going to be rough for ya. Mix up a cup.or.less.of Epsom salt in a gallon or two of water and give the peppers a cup of the mixture every day till you run out. Will really help them set peppers.
MOPanfisher Posted August 18, 2018 Posted August 18, 2018 I am prepping a spot for my turnips. Been raining here lately and I am not complaining about it. Haven't been able to till it up yet. Next will come a winter wheat/turnip/oats patch to create the killing field for my wife. tho1mas 1
tho1mas Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 Except for lettuce & onions my garden really stunk this year. Planting fall crop this week if my old back will hold up. BilletHead 1
jdmidwest Posted August 19, 2018 Posted August 19, 2018 Looks like one big rain coming thru tomorrow and nice until next weekend. Probably till up a patch for the turnips and radishes at the end of the week. Plenty of cucumbers, little tomatoes, peppers, and first zucchini. Rain came too late. Pumpkins, spaghetti squash, okra, and flowers were a failure. Fall sweet peas failed also, have to replant again. Bees will have great forage this fall, should build up nice for the winter. Hives I started in spring are healthy and heavy. The 2 I started in July are building up well. Drought in June killed the honey crop this year. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
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