jdmidwest Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 I am still in zone 5. Usually done by Easter or Turkey season with the frost. But we have been nipped in May. Everything around the Mississippi River basin is greened up pretty well. All things to the west have still stayed safely dormant. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshot Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Found why I'm not getting Lettuce. Army Worms are back. Sprayed them I hope it works. oneshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish24/7 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Things are looking pretty good despite the constant 20+ winds beating the crap out of my pepper's leaves. Idk why I plant them so early anyway, they hate spring rains and never really take off growing until June. I pick all the early flowers off until the plants reach about a foot tall. Then I let them focus on making peppers. If I let them bloom now at this small size the bell peppers would be tiny. Put round 1 of the tomatoes in the ground last week, and they already doubled in size a few are about knee high tall the rest about 8-10" but very bushy. My 1 Zucchini has a dozen blooms already 👍 Cucumbers are loaded with flowers and there's a few tiny 2" pickles on em. Just transplanted them last week they were almost getting root bound. Carrot tops are about 4" tall. Eggplant is stunted I think. Watermelon just sprouted this week. Cantaloupe I think has a little transplant shock or they aren't liking the cold nights ,not sure. No sign of sunflowers yet but it's only been four days. Lots of lettuce. Lots of onions. Lots of radishes. White and red Planted some green bean, okra, basil and oregano seed today . Decided not to mess with doing potatoes this year. Flowers are starting to come back too. Will put another round of tomatoes in next week 👍 Greasy B, Johnsfolly and tho1mas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshot Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Well got my Tomatoes and Peppers planted. Wore me out. Seen my Potatoes need laying by but it can wait. oneshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish24/7 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Garden is in overdrive! Everything is in now, so the hardest part is done. Sunflowers and watermelons are up now. Picked my first cucumbers today. Getting a few strawberries now too. Peppers, cucumber, cantalope ,zucchini,and Cherry tomatoes are in bloom . snagged in outlet 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmidwest Posted May 17, 2022 Author Share Posted May 17, 2022 4 hours ago, Fish24/7 said: Garden is in overdrive! Everything is in now, so the hardest part is done. Sunflowers and watermelons are up now. Picked my first cucumbers today. Getting a few strawberries now too. Peppers, cucumber, cantalope ,zucchini,and Cherry tomatoes are in bloom . What zone are you in? I have not even planted cucs or squash yet. We had a frost 3 weeks ago. Strawberries have been going for a few weeks now. Lettuce is going good, Snap Peas are blooming well. Bees are busting over with honey flow and the clover is just starting. I have probably 30 gallons sitting on the hives now and they have till the end of June to make more. I am tossing fresh frames on to let them draw comb and fill. Its a great year for them so far. Fish24/7 and BilletHead 2 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshot Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 17 hours ago, jdmidwest said: What zone are you in? I have not even planted cucs or squash yet. We had a frost 3 weeks ago. Strawberries have been going for a few weeks now. Lettuce is going good, Snap Peas are blooming well. Bees are busting over with honey flow and the clover is just starting. I have probably 30 gallons sitting on the hives now and they have till the end of June to make more. I am tossing fresh frames on to let them draw comb and fill. Its a great year for them so far. I was thinking the same what Zone? I was just thinking about planting some more late stuff. oneshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish24/7 Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 On 5/16/2022 at 8:21 PM, jdmidwest said: What zone are you in? I have not even planted cucs or squash yet. We had a frost 3 weeks ago. Strawberries have been going for a few weeks now. Lettuce is going good, Snap Peas are blooming well. Bees are busting over with honey flow and the clover is just starting. I have probably 30 gallons sitting on the hives now and they have till the end of June to make more. I am tossing fresh frames on to let them draw comb and fill. Its a great year for them so far. 6 Mo /AR border Things are on cruise control. Other than weekly prevention of bugs and diseases I haven't had to water much at all either ,,,, yet. Sounds like another wet week ahead too. The new potting mix I cooked up this year is a little bit light on N so I amended with some fast release urea and more feather meal. It didn't need much . Added a few dozen Earth worms to each container also. Next time I would use larger size pieces of pumice instead of the small, and more of it, the perlite seems to like to float to the surface , so I won't be using it again. other than that I got pretty lucky with this soilless medium experiment. The last round of tomatoes I put in have already tripled in size. The first cherry type ones I transplanted a while back are about 3 1/2'-4' tall and full of set blooms and tiny green tomatoes 😀. They are gonna be huge by the time September gets here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish24/7 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Please stop raining at my house, for about 10 days, that would be nice! Yet another top five wettest Mays recorded in the history book . Garden is just too wet all the time to even get in there and work. Kneeling in the mud sucks, and shoes are muddy. I'm getting some good growth on most things , but the peppers and tomatoes hate all this water and they haven't had one chance to dry out in over a month. My 30 gallon tubs are always soaked because it rains almost every other day. They have good drainage, but the roots need some air! About 10 days of no rain would be perfect. Yes it rained today. One of the most recent Belgium Pink transplants, still a long way to go. A row of Jalapenos . These first round of Belgium are doing ok. Not as big as I was hoping for due to all the rain made feeding schedules difficult. Getting a lot of blooms now. Sunflowers look happy 😃 snagged in outlet 3 and nomolites 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmidwest Posted June 3, 2022 Author Share Posted June 3, 2022 I finally found the time to turn over my last raised bed and plant some Jade green beans, Black Beauty squash, and Straight 8 cucumbers. Strawberries fizzled due to the wet weather. Maybe a gallon. Never got a one, again this year. Don't know where they went. Wife picked them and never saw again. Lettuce and sugar peas are still going. Tomatos are knee high and blooming. Bees are busting out. Fish24/7 1 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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