Gardening 2023

[stocknup]

I found japanese beatles chewing my prized porch container Charlotte strawberries. Dawn water solution does not bother the japanese beatles. They still squish though.

Strange ( but sure thankful ) that we have yet to see any Japanese Beetles on anything this year ???
They are usually all over our grapes and blackberries by now ..................(BTW, Grapes are looking awesome so far )
Knocking on wood for now ...............

 

[BigRed]

I tore out the garden to try a raised bed this season.

I don't think I am going back!

 

[Expat]

I picked half the row of beans.

 

[snapping turtle]

I tore out the garden to try a raised bed this season.

I don't think I am going back!

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Slowly changing over also.
Still do row crops the way my grandfather did. Corn beans ect.

Taking the non row crops we used to row into the beds as I continue to grow good soil to fill raised beds. Lots of organic material and compost does raise the quality of the stuff grown.

 

[Ruger_Ronin]

Did some weeding around the curcurbits. Pulled a few few hogs that were hidden. Using the "Ridgeline" method for training cukes up this year. Seems to be working well.

My Roma's got hit with a lot of blossom end rot this year. Cherry tomatoes are turning fast. Just shy of a pint/day now.

 

[Lj429]

Wife started a 40 x 30 cut flower garden this year to add to our 30 x 25 veggie Garden and 12 x 12 pumpkin patch. Already has plans for the fall and next spring. Started most stuff from seed. So far so good!

 

[bwframe]

One out of three "house beds" of Giant Nobel spinach seeds recovered...




Pretty sure plenty of seeds made it to the ground in these areas also. Part of the plan.



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[hoosierdaddy1976]

First bit of color




Cukes and zukes. Couple of socks, too.

 

[Magyars]

We're playing catch up after our run to Va.
Cauliflower is looking good. Broccoli is starting to make florets.acorns and spaghetti squash are growing fast.
Tons of zucchini. Onions are drying, peas picked.
And yes raised beds are the way to go!

 

[bwframe]

Might end up with this batch of cortida being a bit spicy?

Hands still feeling a bit "warm" an hour after massaging the cabbage lacto-ferment mix...

 

[BigRed]

Set out some more beans

 

[BigRed]

Fried some green tomatoes this evening. Yum!

 

[Bill2905]

A question about sweet banana peppers. I have grown them for years and they always start out a light green and transition to light yellow as they ripen. I planted what I believe to be run of the mill sweet peppers again this year but they look different. They started out dark green and have not lightened much at all. The picture below shows them to be lighter than they actually appear. In past years, they would be yellow and ripe by now and several are pretty huge. I finally cut up one and ate it this morning. It tasted kind of green and not all that sweet. I'll let them go a while longer to see what happens.

Any thoughts or experiences like this?

Thanks

 

[Expat]

The pole beans (Cherokee Trail of Tears) are starting to bare. The greasy beans have a ways to go yet. Carrots are ready to dig.

 

[bwframe]

A question about sweet banana peppers. I have grown them for years and they always start out a light green and transition to light yellow as they ripen. I planted what I believe to be run of the mill sweet peppers again this year but they look different. They started out dark green and have not lightened much at all. The picture below shows them to be lighter than they actually appear. In past years, they would be yellow and ripe by now and several are pretty huge. I finally cut up one and ate it this morning. It tasted kind of green and not all that sweet. I'll let them go a while longer to see what happens.

Any thoughts or experiences like this?

Thanks




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Greenhouse plants? I notice more and more peppers and tomatoes (cukes this year too,) that dont turn out what I had planned for.

Sometimes the name is changed to something similar, as if they know the plants may have cross-pollinated, somewhere down the line?

 

[bwframe]

Take your eye off for just a few days. Bugs and blight got this one quick...



Bugs didnt win though...



Pickle time...

 

[Bill2905]

Greenhouse plants? I notice more and more peppers and tomatoes (cukes this year too,) that dont turn out what I had planned for.

Sometimes the name is changed to something similar, as if they know the plants may have cross-pollinated, somewhere down the line?

Yes, got them at a popular greenhouse where I have shopped the past two years. The little ID stick in the container just said Sweet Banana Pepper. I put some in a salad for lunch and it was pretty good. Just wondering if they will ever turn yellow. Time will tell.

 

[snapping turtle]

Yes, got them at a popular greenhouse where I have shopped the past two years. The little ID stick in the container just said Sweet Banana Pepper. I put some in a salad for lunch and it was pretty good. Just wondering if they will ever turn yellow. Time will tell.

We have been at 60 degree nights for some time and my peppers are running a bit behind where they normally are. (Weird as the warm nights they like started early and has stayed) Planted on carb day in may. Many just have small peppers and others are on full bloom and some others like my green chili's are producing like the will never see the sunrise.

One thing that might have happened other than a simple mistake of labels or seed is high nitrogen fertilizer concentrations will keep them green longer. Have seen this back when I thought miracle grow was the be all for garden plants.

 

[Bill2905]

We have been at 60 degree nights for some time and my peppers are running a bit behind where they normally are. (Weird as the warm nights they like started early and has stayed) Planted on carb day in may. Many just have small peppers and others are on full bloom and some others like my green chili's are producing like the will never see the sunrise.

One thing that might have happened other than a simple mistake of labels or seed is high nitrogen fertilizer concentrations will keep them green longer. Have seen this back when I thought miracle grow was the be all for garden plants.

They were planted in Miracle Go potting soil. That could explain something.

 

[bwframe]

First time growing Diplomat mellon. Oh my...