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Thread: Garden 2022
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08-02-2022, 09:22 AM #251
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08-02-2022, 09:37 AM #252
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08-02-2022, 10:44 AM #253Registered User
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Squirrels and chipmunks
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08-02-2022, 11:06 AM #254
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08-03-2022, 11:49 AM #255
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08-03-2022, 11:56 AM #256
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08-03-2022, 12:38 PM #257
I wonder what that one was, I have 0 knowledge of insects. It was very docile and not scared in the least. Really cool to see it out and about instead of trapped in the house causing a violent cat uprising!
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08-03-2022, 01:41 PM #258
I'm just glad to know I'm not the only weirdo out in the garden in the dark sometimes lol.
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08-03-2022, 02:12 PM #259
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08-03-2022, 05:05 PM #260
Well, shit. Guess I gotta start wearing pants again then.
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08-03-2022, 08:38 PM #261
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08-04-2022, 03:17 PM #262
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08-04-2022, 03:26 PM #263Registered User
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This persistent dryness is killing me. I've got things wilting and shriveling up, half the plants are miniature versions of what they'd usually be, stalks are weak and productivity pretty much sux. It doesn't matter how much you water there's no substitute for rain. The only silver lining is the extremely low bug population (other than mosquitoes).
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08-04-2022, 04:27 PM #264Registered User
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When do you SLC-ers plant tomatoes (and from seed? foot-high store bought? maybe 6" high) and when do you get ripe tomatoes usually?
For example, we plant seeds in mid-may and last year got tons of tomatoes starting in late July. This year they stopped growing in July and are very short, we don't have any ripe tomatoes yet. Theory on growth disparity is last year it was hot in Jun-July, this year it was just hot in late June-July.
I'm trying to figure out if we greenhouse plants in April next year I get more tomatoes sooner than we have ever have - if the weather cooperates.
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08-04-2022, 06:00 PM #265
Best tomato year for us was 2020, started them from seed in the house in late March, moved them in the greenhouse as soon as it stopped being real cold (it's not heated), planted in early May when they were 6 to 8" and hardened (big gamble by Ms Boissal, we had to cover everything a couple times due to frost), first fruit was eaten around my bday in mid/late June, first big tomato was ready by mid-July, and we stuffed our faces and furiously canned until late October.
This year we didn't start from seed as we had a crazy ass spring. We planted store-bought big ass plants around Memorial day and I've eaten 1 cherry tomato so far (which wasn't quite ripe). Big tomatoes are fully green still and there aren't many. Half of the plants have reached normal size (towering over their 5' cage) but the other half is about 3' tall and giving no signs of further growth.
This is shaping up to be our worst tomato year by far. No idea how to explain it, the 1 month delay in getting in the ground isn't enough to justify what's happening. We usually don't have that many peppers at this time of the year and the tomatoes are usually way ahead but this year the situation is reversed. Regardless, if you have a greenhouse it's a great way to get shit started early, not be constrained to what's available as starters in stores, and plant whenever you want."Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise
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08-04-2022, 06:48 PM #266
I just looked at pics from the last few seasons. This year is definitely slower in tomato production, prior years I’d already canned numerous jars. So far I’ve had one ripe marzano tomato, none of my DX52-12’s are large or ripe at all. One of the strangest things is that I’ve had no volunteers this year, I only planted three plants because usually they go nuts and I have numerous volunteers.
My sweet 100 cherry is doing ok and I started getting them a week or so ago. The garden experience is enhanced when you can grab one while weeding or checking things out. My pepper production is also way off, Ive gotten plenty of anaheims but everything else has been meh. My everbearing strawberries gave me one decent harvest and then they were like, “fuck that, it’s hot.” Buncha small stunted ones since.
My one Romano has a few greenies.
A few super sweet 100 cherries.
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08-04-2022, 07:52 PM #267User
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I don’t even have blooms on my tomato plants? No signs of tomatoes. What am I doing wrong?
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08-04-2022, 08:36 PM #268
Mine barely have anything either.
Oh, hold on, got two tomatoes so far but pretty small.
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08-04-2022, 08:49 PM #269
Garden 2022
Just back from 10 days on the coast. Some cleaning and huge cukes to harvest, but otherwise all looks good
A few ears on each stalk. The 3 on the right were planted 3wks later than the four on the left.
Everbearing strawberries are still going but mostly stunted. Raspberries are just finishing their first pass
Zucchiniis are big and green but fruit is not liking getting the pollination they need. Peppers are doing OK for here
Greens are mostly done but the chard, parsley going to seed. Tomatoes are full of flowers and fruit, keeping the plastic down during the cold front. Harvested a nice salad feast.
I C U Snail on the potter Kale
Pole beans looking good and promising but still a couple weeks late.
Random flowers after deadheading and tying back
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08-05-2022, 05:28 AM #270Registered User
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It's literally do or die time now. We're going out of town for the weekend so if it doesn't rain (it's supposed to) I'll probably lose almost everything. I've been watering every day and misting for a while during the hottest parts of the day, without this everything will be severely stressed if it even survives. Fingers crossed.
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08-05-2022, 06:17 AM #271
We live with a well. I have been taking sailor showers for two months now. Yesterday we entered severe drought. Not sure if we will water the garden again.
Picture of the most Charlie Brown tomato plant I have ever seen
Overall the garden has produced well, but the potato garden across the street will need to be dug early
An unexpected event has been the worst hatch of small mosquitoes I have seen. They are viscous
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08-05-2022, 07:20 AM #272Registered User
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That looks like one of mine and I think a few more will look like that before the end of today.
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08-05-2022, 10:37 AM #273
Ate a few cherry tomatoes yesterday, ripe ones, FINALLY!
Also took a look at the 2 ground cherry plants I planted based on recommendations in this thread. There were a few fruits ready to pick so I tasted the stuff for the first time.
Holy. Fuck. How have I gone so long without knowing about these???"Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise
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08-05-2022, 03:15 PM #274
harvesting pretty good
blackberries galore
im not allowed to turn em all into vodka b berry bombers
zukes n cukes and peppers are pumping out
a few spaggattis ,acorns, and yellow long necks about ready &
more pumkins than ill need
hops and grapes comin along
finally getting a few ripe bigger maters
"When the child was a child it waited patiently for the first snow and it still does"- Van "The Man" Morrison
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08-05-2022, 05:07 PM #275
That's eatin good in the neighborhood. Fuck soul-less shopping Mall restaurants. Eat from the garden of eatin.
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