Anyone doing a garden?
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sKiZo
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You southern folk are WAY ahead of me up here in the Great White ... My seed starts from the greenhouse just made it out to the beds a couple weeks ago.
Cukes, eggplants, and muskmelon ... also vining beans on the fence across from the bed ...
Four varieties of tomatoes, sweet peppers, squash, and cauliflower ... and the corn patch out back. That's also got a couple rows of butterball taters - I find the potatoes grow better shaded by the come the dog days.
Still got some taters to plant, as well as another variety of eggplant, as well as some leftovers for spares. Few flats of annuals coming along to stretch the growing season for those already planted. Also some hanging baskets of wave petunias that haven't made it out to the porch yet.
Cukes, eggplants, and muskmelon ... also vining beans on the fence across from the bed ...
Four varieties of tomatoes, sweet peppers, squash, and cauliflower ... and the corn patch out back. That's also got a couple rows of butterball taters - I find the potatoes grow better shaded by the come the dog days.
Still got some taters to plant, as well as another variety of eggplant, as well as some leftovers for spares. Few flats of annuals coming along to stretch the growing season for those already planted. Also some hanging baskets of wave petunias that haven't made it out to the porch yet.
bobsvinyl
Painfully Aware
We're trying something different. We changed our garden over to a berry patch with strawberries, blueberries and raspberries. there are a couple of tomato plants in there also. The strawberries are from last year and they are doing great with a bunch of berries coming in right now. The others are new so they probably won't produce this year. Our deck has 3 more tomato plants in those big wooden barrel planters.
Cadillac Kid
Addicted Member
First crop of snow peas from the garden. Sautéed with puffed tofu with soy sauce, Mirin, red pepper flakes, shallots and California Basmati rice. I am not a vegan or a vegetarian, but I thought this was much better than chicken.
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So far, so good--they're not the tallest things around, but they have grown bushy and thick (it's like they've grown out, not up
), very healthy looking, and already have a few fruit on each plant. I think by this time last year, I was already seeing the leaf blight set in.
Eywadude
Lunatic Member
So far, so good--they're not the tallest things around, but they have grown bushy and thick (it's like they've grown out, not up
That's great news! I am happy to hear things are going well for you.
That's odd, my tomato plants seem to be growing out and not up this year too! What a coincidence. 
gogofast
Addicted Member
Being tired of fighting slugs & snails, I've also built elevated beds this year. Also used 9v battery method for the first time and it works very well! Connect neg/pos to wires going around containers/beds, and then seal the battery inside a small plastic container. Should hold the voltage well for about 4 months. Measured 8v after one month.
Planted 5 beds exactly a month ago, but mostly had rainy weather since then with really cold nights. So, again for the first time, I tried covering the beds with plastic films, and it worked really well for these plants. Still a long way to go for zucchini plants... Also have cabbages, Bok Choys, and potatoes ready to be planted.
One month ago...
Now...
Planted 5 beds exactly a month ago, but mostly had rainy weather since then with really cold nights. So, again for the first time, I tried covering the beds with plastic films, and it worked really well for these plants. Still a long way to go for zucchini plants... Also have cabbages, Bok Choys, and potatoes ready to be planted.
One month ago...
Now...
Eywadude
Lunatic Member
Those work too. Another very good passive, non-electric option is copper mesh:
It lasts forever and snails hate the texture and metallic nature of it. Works like a charm. Just cut to length and wrap around the bottom of affected plants. It can even be wrapped around pots that snails and slugs attack as well.
gogofast
Addicted Member
Those work too. Another very good passive, non-electric option is copper mesh:
It lasts forever and snails hate the texture and metallic nature of it. Works like a charm. Just cut to length and wrap around the bottom of affected plants. It can even be wrapped around pots that snails and slugs attack as well.
Thanks for the suggestion. I've tried copper tape without much results, but never thought of mesh. Where can you get something like that?
spartanmanor
Lunatic Member
My hydro cloning machine was a great success on everything except my ccryptomeria tree cuttings. I am now going to try some air rooting to see if I can get some clones. I cut a section open to revel the cambium layer and have created an air tight chamber that I am filling with soaked Peat moss. Peat moss supposedly has a hormone which helps rooting. Anyway here is my setup. I am getting some nice sweating sort of a mini greenhouse on the cuttings. Hopefully in a month or so I will have some nice roots.
