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07-29-2022, 09:30 PM #226
Most of my onions are keeling over, a lot earlier than usual. Usually they’re a bit bigger, this year averaging less than baseball sized.
I let them sit in the sun for two weeks, then crop the tops and put them in a burlap bag in the basement.
I’ve still got quite a few in the ground including some softballs.
I brought a gang of Anaheims to work today, and a few sprigs of Rosemary. My peppers are starting to take off.
Scaled way back on the tomatoes, only three plants. This is a super 100 cherry and a DX52-12. My Marzano is producing on a small scale.
Killed the fuck out of earwigs the last couple weeks, going to plant some more stuff this weekend.
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07-30-2022, 04:53 AM #227Registered User
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This mosaic virus sucks! I think I may have to remove everything in at least 2 beds, bag it and toss it. Those beds may be fucked for a year or two also
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07-30-2022, 09:48 AM #228
It sucks so bad. I've been growing tomato's for years and never had any issues. Got super serious about it the last couple years. Last year got the disease. This year, tempting fate I planted some tomatoes in the affected spot and they're totally stunted. No yellowing yet but I'm certain I'm going to lose them. Will post some pics later today.
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07-30-2022, 09:49 AM #229
BobMc how did you go about harvesting them earwigs?! They're my biggest pest these years.
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07-30-2022, 10:51 AM #230
Put out a bowl with vegetable oil and soy sauce, they’ll crawl in and die.
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07-30-2022, 11:55 AM #231“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something." Rep. John Lewis
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07-30-2022, 01:11 PM #232
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07-30-2022, 03:16 PM #233
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07-30-2022, 04:39 PM #234Registered User
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07-30-2022, 05:31 PM #235
My carrots are generally in large plastic totes, so I simply don't fill them to the brim with soil so the totes hold the cardboard a few inches over the soil.
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07-30-2022, 05:53 PM #236
So back to tomato diseases.. These are planted where I had what I believe mosaic last year. Completely stunted.
I planted these the same day in a different spot and they're just out of control. They've really gotten away from me.
They are right beside the composter so that probably plays into it, but the scrawny tomato's aren't much further away.
This comes after spending a considerable amount of time over last winter researching and sourcing mosaic disease resistant seeds. Thought I was real smert. Got my hands on five or six varieties, planted them in early spring, but they all got wiped out by some (other? no idea..) disease when they were ~2" seedlings. Maybe the disease is in my grow area inside. (for an added layer of suckage - these seeds were not cheap, esp. with shipping.)
So I ended up buying tomato plants from the nursery, knowing that they may be doomed to the same fate as the others.
Also last year something killed all my cucumbers mid season, another previous star of the garden in past years. So, same deal, went with disease resistant varieties. They kinda suck though. Grow really slow and not bearing much at all.
It's funny. I've been growing this stuff for a few years with out putting much effort into and never had any real issues. Last couple of seasons I really got into it - planting things with their recommended spacing (as opposed to just cramming stuff in everywhere), researching exact fertilizer and soil needs for each specific type of plant etc and now I'm running into all these issues lol.
Can't imagine the stress of living in a time (not that long ago in the grand scheme of things) where your survival over winter relies on what you can produce in the summer.
In more positive news garlic is coming out tomorrow!
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07-30-2022, 06:01 PM #237
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07-30-2022, 06:15 PM #238
Thaleia, are you rotating crops to different spots? I assume so, but didn't see you state it specifically
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07-30-2022, 07:10 PM #239Registered User
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I'm pretty sure my problems are all because of how exceptionally dry it's been since late last year. I'm off almost 6" in the last 2 months, was down a total of 11" last winter (was ~28" short on snow alone) so I'm dealing with well water and mine sucks for growing things. That and I can't keep it running for an hour or more anymore. We need some rain.
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07-30-2022, 10:49 PM #240
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07-31-2022, 09:10 AM #241
have you tried a cal mag fert? I know with my “tomato” plants I have gotten into nutrient lock out situations where salts or other unused nutrients have cause bad uptake on certain micros. Just a thought. You could use sledgehammer and do a drench, and then wait a couple days a do a full micro and macro feeding rebuild.
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07-31-2022, 09:41 AM #242
Hadn't thought of that. Conveniently I do have ample cal/mag for similar reasons lol.
I use tomato specific fertilizer as well as liquid seaweed every two weeks. But I use the same approach with all tomatoes so that still doesn't explain why this one section in particular are so tiny.
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07-31-2022, 04:43 PM #243
Got most of the garlic out today. Pretty happy with these, a few are actually normal size lol. Note to self - Purple Glazer's are noticeably larger than Duganski. No idea how the flavours compare.
Wish I started onions last fall, really miss watching them grow. Have loads of green onions though.
Have a couple lbs of yellow beans picked to donate tomorrow at the local food bank.
Raspberries have stopped producing for now.
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08-01-2022, 06:43 PM #244
I found one of these bastards on my tomatoes today. The neighbors chickens enjoyed the carcass.
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08-01-2022, 09:13 PM #245User
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I’m seriously impressed by the gardens in this thread. Makes me feel pretty lazy!
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08-01-2022, 09:49 PM #246
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I had at least 35 cantaloupes set and doing well. I say had because something ate all of them. You can see the chew marks on the stem and there's bits of shredded skin. Fuckn grrrr Why is my celery salty? Something in the soil maybe?
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08-02-2022, 08:37 AM #248
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08-02-2022, 08:40 AM #249Registered User
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