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Post by SPLASH on May 24, 2012 3:49:49 GMT -5
One more tip. When planting tomatoes and peppers, if they are a foot or so tall, trim the first couple branches off. When it rains mud splashes up on the underside of the leaves and can cause disease. I do this and other family members don't, their bottom leaves die off and all the growth energy was wasted on those bottom branches while my plants are then taller and healthier.
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Post by SPLASH on May 28, 2012 19:15:08 GMT -5
Did you get your plants in, woodeye? My German Johnson has 5 flowers open and the first mater growing. I have Habanero flowers already, but the Ghost Pepper's buds haven't opened yet. A few sweet peppers already growing, my beans came up 7 days after putting the seeds in and my potatoes just popped up a couple of days ago. My cantaloupe plant is growing, but out of the seeds I started only one sprouted so I planted more today. I had to replant a dozen of the corn seeds out of the 50, either they didn't sprout or critters pulled up like last year. 20 out of the 24 pickling cuke seeds have sprouted, may put the trellis in next weekend, may wait 2 weeks. I read more and watched more youtube videos about growing the Bhut Jolokia aka Ghost Pepper. I'm going to try what I saw. Some people dig them up at the end of summer before its cools off too much and plant them in pots and take inside for winter. I guess room temperature puts them in an almost dormant state where you only water once a month. Once spring comes around and it's warm enough, they transplant into the gardden again. I saw some 4-6' tall plants with tons of peppers on them that had done this. I'm going to do it with the Ghost Pepper and one of my Habaneros.
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Post by woodeye on May 31, 2012 20:37:46 GMT -5
Got most planted early this week. I still have to put in my beans and green pepper plants. I had started most of my plants inside in a mini greenhouse because I knew I would be a little behind on having the garden ready, but I am not sure the seedlings are going to take. Some look okay, some don't. My lettuce seedlings look like poop! I thought it was worth a shot, trial and error. I will most likely replant some seeds this weekend if they don't look very good. I will take some pics this weekend. A lot has been going on around here. Grandma is getting out of the hospital tomorrow after 30 some days in the hospital due to having her whole aorta replaced. Uncle is home from florida, and my sister had a baby on tuesday!! All kinds of excitement. But, two more weeks of school and then I will have more time on my hands to tend to my new hobby! I look forward to some pics of your garden!
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Post by OJ (Original Junkie). on May 31, 2012 21:22:32 GMT -5
Mine is coming in nicely. My brocolli and tomatoe plants were looking rough after them couple hot days, but they seemed to have rebounded and are looking good now. Surprised how many asparagus sprigs have popped after planting my crowns just a month ago, not harvesting any though this year, letting it all go to seed.
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Post by SPLASH on Jun 3, 2012 11:11:58 GMT -5
Lettuce seeds should be planted in the garden, no transplanting. Work up the area when the soil is dry and sprinkle them where you want them to grow, cover lightly with soild (just enough to cover the seeds) and then lightly water. You can thin them once they pop up if you want. Something is eating the leaves on my bean and slicing cuke plants. I never find the culprit during the day so I'm going to have to look at night with a flashlight. I suspect it's cucumber beetles. May have to mix up some habanero, garlic, pepper spray. I'll get some pics of the gardens later today and get them up.
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Post by woodeye on Jun 12, 2012 19:59:19 GMT -5
So my garden is looking pretty good. The bean seeds that I replanted are sprouting quite nicely. I have three up a few inches and saw another one peeking through. The cucumber seeds I planted are looking good too! I learned that growing them in the little greenhouse first is unnecessary and useless. Same with the lettuce. But, trial and error is the best way to learn.
I had one nice pepper growing until a squirrel got it, so chicken wire will be going up this weekend or next week. Tomato plants are starting to get a few fruits on them so that is a good sign. The peppers and tomatoes I bought look nice, but do not seem to be getting bigger. I will see what they look like in a week or so and see if I need to fertilize with something. Squash plants seem to be doing very well.
I transplanted 4 green bell pepper plants today. I started them in the mini greenhouse and grew slow. They are tiny right now, so fruit may be late. I will see how they do, I may end up buying a mature plant to put in there. I've been picking weeds as best I can and getting the grass out as it pops up. I guess I should have tilled in the fall!! I will take some pics soon, when more plants get bigger. As of friday I will have more time to tend to the garden and get it looking pretty! Tomato cages, Cuke trellis and bean trellis will be in the near future too.
Next week I can get my critters under control too!!
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Post by Relic on Jun 13, 2012 4:46:22 GMT -5
Garden sounds like it's coming along well.....get that tree stand moved this past weekend ?
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Post by SPLASH on Jun 13, 2012 14:11:28 GMT -5
Pepper plants grow very slow at first, may need to buy plants. Keeping up with weeds has been tough for me lately too. Get some pics up now, the earlier the better. It's nice to look back once they've grown.
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Post by woodeye on Jun 13, 2012 14:46:42 GMT -5
Tree stand removed but not relocated yet.
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Post by woodeye on Jun 15, 2012 20:37:22 GMT -5
Well, animals 2 - Me 0!! I had a nice pepper growing a week ago and a squirrel got that. Found one set of deer tracks in the garden yesterday and it got both jalepeno plants leaving one leaf on each. A fence will go up this weekend, as for the deer... they may turn into freezer food.
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Post by SPLASH on Jun 17, 2012 17:07:26 GMT -5
You know those wind up solar radios? Get one of those and wind it up a lot, turn it on to talk radio like 97.1 and put it in the garden at night. Put a bucket over it to save it from rain and dew. I have read that this will keep deer out of the garden. As for the squirrils, have any old CD's? Tie them up with some fishing line and suspend them at different levels. I guess the reflection they give off from the sun keeps anumals away. You can go the whole owl decoy route, but they figure that out after awhile. Human and dog hair scattered around the garden doesn't work on deer.
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Post by SPLASH on Jun 26, 2012 14:24:58 GMT -5
School is out, where's the update?
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Post by woodeye on Jun 28, 2012 8:35:59 GMT -5
Its been a long few days! I went walleye fishing on Saturday and we got 12 keepers. Drove to Pentwater on Sunday and started tearing a roof off at 6pm that night. Got up and roofed all day Monday, like 12 hours. Got up Tuesday did the same thing, finished everything but the cap. Got up Wednesday morning and went fishing for a couple hours and got 2 Steelies and a King and missed a couple more. Went back and finished the cap, bought some stuff from my buddy's tackle store and came home. I took some pics of the garden a little bit ago and will get some more soon. It is looking better, but kinda of moving slow. Be back later. Oh yeah, 28 square was the roof size, and I layed all the shingles!! I feel like I got beat up!!!!
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Post by SPLASH on Jun 28, 2012 15:39:32 GMT -5
Take some current pics of the garden and POST THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D Hopefully when I get down the main board there is some new fish pics............... Garden growing slow? ? Seems like mine is growing by the hour. If I see pics, I may be able to help you.
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Post by woodeye on Jul 1, 2012 20:06:51 GMT -5
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