2020 Garden Thread.

[BilletHead]

18 hours ago, ness said:

I’m just doing it until they’re established well. Maybe another couple weeks? 

             Ok I pinched off 20 assorted buds and three blooms. When Pat askes what happened to them I am going to say Ness said to get them off pronto. 

[Quillback]

21 hours ago, Terrierman said:

I want tomatoes.  Heck with energy.

Same here, plus the early ones are the best, later on the plants get wilt, horn worms show up, tomatoes start cracking, it's all bad after about the end of July.

[ness]

27 minutes ago, Quillback said:

Same here, plus the early ones are the best, later on the plants get wilt, horn worms show up, tomatoes start cracking, it's all bad after about the end of July.

Chemicals, baby!

[jdmidwest]

If you can limp them thru the dry hot weather, fall maters are good too.

My maters are still sitting about where they were when I planted them a month ago, not enough sun, warm weather to make them grow.  But, not black and wilty like normal when I plant earlier.  Probably should have waited until June to plant tomatoes.  Peppers too.

Strawberries are going good.  Lettuce still going good.  Alaska peas are blooming now, second plant is about 8" high.  So are first plant of green beans.

Seed planted 2 weeks ago still not up, not enough warmth to sprout them.  Squash and second run of green beans, later lettuce, dill, radish no show yet along with some alfalfa and buckwheat I sowed for bees in big garden.

[ness]

Most of what I grow are indeterminate varieties so they can keep producing until frost. Fall tomatoes are nice, but we’re usually getting tired of them by then. Thanks to @BilletHead we learned to dry them last year. Do love to pull some green ones for frying too. 

Not afraid to hit them with a copper fungicide, BT or Sevin. Also not afraid to declare defeat and hit the farmer’s market. 

[jdmidwest]

1 hour ago, ness said:

Most of what I grow are indeterminate varieties so they can keep producing until frost. Fall tomatoes are nice, but we’re usually getting tired of them by then. Thanks to @BilletHead we learned to dry them last year. Do love to pull some green ones for frying too. 

Not afraid to hit them with a copper fungicide, BT or Sevin. Also not afraid to declare defeat and hit the farmer’s market. 

Sevin sucks for bees.  Put it on as a dust and they take it back to the hive.  Maters not a big thing, bees don't pay any attention to them.  Sevin dust on cucs or squash does.

Mix Sevin with liquid and spray it on, different story.

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, jdmidwest said:

Sevin sucks for bees.  Put it on as a dust and they take it back to the hive.  Maters not a big thing, bees don't pay any attention to them.  Sevin dust on cucs or squash does.

Mix Sevin with liquid and spray it on, different story.

So a few tiny little particles of Sevin dust will wipe out a whole colony of bees? 

After fighting underground hives of yellow jackets and termites I find that hard to believe. 

[jdmidwest]

It collects on them like pollen and they bring it to the hive. Then it spreads like covid.

Liquid, not so bad, just the powder.

[Terrierman]

This an heirloom big beef.  About twice the size of when it went in the ground.  When it warms up we'll see some growth!  The Cherokee purples are about the same size and are also wearing blooms.  Which I will not be pinching off!  Crooked neck squash in the background.  There's a hill of zucchini at about the same stage too.

[Quillback]

Some little brussels sprouts are starting to emerge on the plants, broccoli still chugging along.  This lousy weather has been good for those plants.