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What's gonna be in your garden this year?
It is windy and blustery today so I thought it was time to start a
spring time topic. Probably the same old for me. Tomatoes, pepper, eggplant,cucumber, bush string beans, okra, yellow squash, asparagus(existing bed). I have a small mound of elephant garlic that I planted last spring that started greening out in the fall. We have a few more collards to much on before it gets too warm and bolts. I need to keep ahead of the white flies this year. Last year I let them get ahead of me. I have a few acres of land in SC and planted 9 blueberry plants there. I don't anticipate getting many for a couple years. These were dug up from some my father planted years ago. They ended up on land my brother inherited and he wants to run a ditch through them. He plans to move them with a back hoe, but knowing his track record for gardening, I expect the plants will be neglected, but it will give me a place to get more plants if I need them. I have a few here, but they need screening from the birds which I never do. I will probably get a few of those canes just so I have a different variety for better cross pollination. I never got a newsfeed for usenet so I will have to put up with google groups interface. Wes |
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What's gonna be in your garden this year?
On Feb 10, 2:08*pm, WesD wrote:
It *is windy and blustery today so I thought it was time to start a spring time topic. Probably the same old for me. *Tomatoes, pepper, eggplant,cucumber, bush string beans, * okra, yellow squash, asparagus(existing bed). *I have a small mound of elephant garlic that I planted last spring that started greening out in the fall. We have a few more collards to much on before it gets too warm and bolts. I need to keep ahead of the white flies this year. *Last year I let them get ahead of me. I have a few acres of land in SC and planted 9 blueberry plants there. *I don't anticipate getting many for a couple years. *These were dug up from some my father planted years ago. *They ended up on land my brother inherited and he wants to run a ditch through them. He plans to move them with a back hoe, but knowing his track record for gardening, I expect the plants will be neglected, but it will give me a place to get more plants if I need them. I have a few here, but they need screening from the birds which I never do. *I will probably get a few of those canes just so I have a different variety for better cross pollination. I never got a newsfeed for usenet so I will have to put up with google groups interface. Wes We ate thinking of trying Tomato plants in wheat straw this year. Any stories or advice for us? I have my tomatoes and peppers started. I have my onions but have not planted them yet. Garlic from the fall seems to be taking the winter well. WRAL and the farmers Almanac say spring is not going to be early this year. I hope they are wrong!!! MJ |
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What's gonna be in your garden this year?
Things I learned fom my first container garden last year:
No cabbage or brussel sprouts. The cabbage worms ate them down to the bone. Fewer tomatos and peppers. Maybe 2 romano tomato, 2 regular size, and 2 pepper plants. No more strawberries. They take up too much space for too little yield. No more sunflowers. Only a handful sprouted, and they only reached about 18 inches. No more catnip. The cats didn't really care for it. I did root crops (carrots, onions) in big mortar tubs. Next time I will sow the seads in patches and not rows. The rows left a lot of unused space and needed too much thinning. Get the lettuce in earlier. Planted it in mid-April and it went to seed before we had any of it. The Swiss chard was fantastic, but I couldn't get my wife to cook it, so I probably won't do it again. Celery did well, but we didn't eat much of it. Probaby won't do it again. Get the spinach in earlier. Green Globe artichokes didn't produce (they don't until the second year). I cut the tops and mulched them, but they are in 5-gal plastic pails and with the cold we've had the root balls may have frozen. If they don't come back on their own, I won't try them again. |
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What's gonna be in your garden this year?
WesD wrote:
Probably the same old for me. Sasme here. Tomatoes Eggplant, asian varieties Peppers, sweet Squash, green Peas, sugar snap Basil Last year the garden was hit, hard, by Late Blight. Hoping to be spared this year. Daniel B. Martin |
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What's gonna be in your garden this year?
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:08:50 -0800 (PST) in WesD wrote:
It is windy and blustery today so I thought it was time to start a spring time topic. Probably the same old for me. Tomatoes, pepper, eggplant,cucumber, bush string beans, okra, yellow squash, asparagus(existing bed). I have a small mound of elephant garlic that I planted last spring that started greening out in the fall. Beans: Green and wax (Hopefully the variety chosen this year will not rust) Sweet corn Cucumbers Lettuce Cantaloupes Okra Onions Sugar Snap Peas Sweet Peppers Zucchini A couple "pumpkin" varieties from C. Moschata Spinach Carrots Radish Chard Asparagus Softneck Garlic Tomatoes And if one of the Pakistanis at work brings me a seed packet I'll be growing Tinda (Also known as Indian Apple Gourd). -- Chris Dukes |
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Onion and lettuce seed have arrived.
Two of the three romaine lettuce varieties I ordered have arrived
(Jericho and Coastal Star) and have been started indoors. If anyone is interested in lettuce seedlings, let me know. Also day neutral sweet onion seed has arrived (Candy Hybrid) and started. If anyone is interested in onion seedlings, let me know. -- Chris Dukes |
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What's gonna be in your garden this year?
On Feb 10, 3:53*pm, mj wrote:
On Feb 10, 2:08*pm, WesD wrote: It *is windy and blustery today so I thought it was time to start a spring time topic. Probably the same old for me. *Tomatoes, pepper, eggplant,cucumber, bush string beans, * okra, yellow squash, asparagus(existing bed). *I have a small mound of elephant garlic that I planted last spring that started greening out in the fall. We have a few more collards to much on before it gets too warm and bolts. I need to keep ahead of the white flies this year. *Last year I let them get ahead of me. I have a few acres of land in SC and planted 9 blueberry plants there. *I don't anticipate getting many for a couple years. *These were dug up from some my father planted years ago. *They ended up on land my brother inherited and he wants to run a ditch through them. He plans to move them with a back hoe, but knowing his track record for gardening, I expect the plants will be neglected, but it will give me a place to get more plants if I need them. I have a few here, but they need screening from the birds which I never do. *I will probably get a few of those canes just so I have a different variety for better cross pollination. I never got a newsfeed for usenet so I will have to put up with google groups interface. Wes We ate thinking of trying Tomato plants in wheat straw this year. Any stories or advice for us? I have my tomatoes and peppers started. I have my onions but have not planted them yet. Garlic from the fall seems to be taking the winter well. WRAL and the farmers Almanac say spring is not going to be early this year. I hope they are wrong!!! MJ Whoa, I had to reinstall Windows XP to get my tax program to run and I totally forgot I made this post. I have never tried planting in straw or shredded leaves but Craig C. (Tomatolord) who does heirlooms reports consistent success with shredded leaves. I have done something different in the last few years that gives me longer lasting plants. I mulch immediately after planting with shredded hardwood mulch. As I understand it plants get contaminated from rain splashing dirt on the leaves. The shredded mulch prevents this. I think the leaves and probably straw do the same thing. I don't have a shredder so I like the mulch. Please try some with straw and let us know. I have had problems with cucumber plants having all the leaves turn brown and die early. I found last year that spraying with fungicide every couple weeks gave me the longest lasting plants in quite a few years. Anybody got any miracle cures for white flies? |
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What's gonna be in your garden this year?
On Feb 10, 5:01*pm, wrote:
Things I learned fom my first container garden last year: No cabbage or brussel sprouts. The cabbage worms ate them down to the bone. I use Sevin dust, but some folks prefer bT (bacillus thurge(something) The Swiss chard was fantastic, but I couldn't get my wife to cook it, so I probably won't do it again. My wife found a great recipe for vegetarian minestrone soup with Swiss chard, canelli beans and edamame so I will probably try some. |
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I will not do much in recent years. These have been discovered by some of my father planted years ago. They finished in the land inherited from my brother and he wants to be a trench through them. He plans to move with a backhoe, but knowing that its roadmap for gardening, I hope the plants will be forgotten, but give me a place to get more plants, if I have to.
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I would love to have some Asian varieties as well. Can you suggest any good stores that may probably provide this types?
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