TOR Victory Gardens
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CowboyTaco
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Why start some new ones so late in the season? You going to greenhouse some?
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
You know some seeds take a bit to germinate right? Those are for Fall crop, then brocooli and dill seeds next, salads, spinach and cauliflower In September to name a few.
I have not set up my green house/hoop house... just don’t know if the winds we get here will just end up damage it, I keep kicking the idea can around, it’s a 2,000 Sq ft 20x100, if I do put it up, only thinking of doing half that size.
CowboyTaco
Well-Known Member
Exactly. So won't those be ready to produce about the same time it starts to get too cold for the mater plant?
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
nope
Oswego
n00b
crazy looking bug using the flower it's eating as partial cammo
organic heirloom maters/ocean forest potting soil/dr earth mater fertilizer I got my mom are working out ok and she's happy. she said the skins thick on the small guys but I don't think so - best tasting cherry maters Ive had in a long time. blows away the tasteless red ones they give you on salads around here. these are ripe when orange
wish I took a pic of the species I got her. Have to next time I'm over there
organic heirloom maters/ocean forest potting soil/dr earth mater fertilizer I got my mom are working out ok and she's happy. she said the skins thick on the small guys but I don't think so - best tasting cherry maters Ive had in a long time. blows away the tasteless red ones they give you on salads around here. these are ripe when orange
wish I took a pic of the species I got her. Have to next time I'm over there
Oswego
n00b
Fertilized right after the second growth spurt and I'm impressed so far. Used DR Earth for acid lovers. Mixed in half a cup Dr Earth to 2 cups topsoil then put it under the mulch and watered it in a few weeks ago.
this guy would of had two huge new growth shoots but Rodger Rabbit (RIP) ate one of them. Right after that I fenced them in and now 3 more shoots started coming up right where RR ate the original. Plan is to have as many as light can hit and train them outwards from the center.
worst plant I have finally doing good. Not sure if water, pests, nutrients or all were to blame for the leaves dyeing off, but she's springing back very well w/two new shoots and some new growth up top. This is one of the four I sprayed with Neem oil a couple weeks ago.
one of the healthiest plants I have with two more new shoots coming up from the ground + one very long new shoot coming from an existing stem - this guy needs some pruning back come winter dormancy
backing up why I like the mulch - dang grass is eating up all my fertilizer.... only good thing is the grass helps provide the plants with soluble iron so it ups the antioxidant properties of the berries - also gives them thinner skin so they are more apt to other issues . I'm lazy so that will get mulched around regardless of the cohabitation benefits. Grass is stealing more water and nutrients than I would like for a little extra soluble iron in their diet.
this guy would of had two huge new growth shoots but Rodger Rabbit (RIP) ate one of them. Right after that I fenced them in and now 3 more shoots started coming up right where RR ate the original. Plan is to have as many as light can hit and train them outwards from the center.
worst plant I have finally doing good. Not sure if water, pests, nutrients or all were to blame for the leaves dyeing off, but she's springing back very well w/two new shoots and some new growth up top. This is one of the four I sprayed with Neem oil a couple weeks ago.
one of the healthiest plants I have with two more new shoots coming up from the ground + one very long new shoot coming from an existing stem - this guy needs some pruning back come winter dormancy
backing up why I like the mulch - dang grass is eating up all my fertilizer.... only good thing is the grass helps provide the plants with soluble iron so it ups the antioxidant properties of the berries - also gives them thinner skin so they are more apt to other issues . I'm lazy so that will get mulched around regardless of the cohabitation benefits. Grass is stealing more water and nutrients than I would like for a little extra soluble iron in their diet.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
For his friends to see... GOT style.. I like it.
Treating them like a rancher does coyotes
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Pulling the rest of the cow peas, tossing them in chair, didn’t notice garden friend who caught 2 pods in his webz.
This is probably the last pickin of the Spring maters, lots of okra, pulled all the cow peas that I got left and started pulling the plants as well.
There is probably 150 Jalapeños that need to be picked as well, gonna give most of those away.
This is probably the last pickin of the Spring maters, lots of okra, pulled all the cow peas that I got left and started pulling the plants as well.
There is probably 150 Jalapeños that need to be picked as well, gonna give most of those away.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
I was at my friends place this weekend and he has this big mofo hanging out by his back porch. He feeds it grasshoppers and it shows. Thing was huge. His backyard is just garden. His Hopps tower was about 12’ tall. Very cool.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
interested in those hops, ask him what they are, plant name/species, hops are typically not grown in Texas
Oswego
n00b
those hops have some pretty cool flowers.
My rose bush is taking off like crazy now that all the bugs have been defeated for the moment thanks to one spray of bioadvanced. not a big fan of chemicals in my yard but this stuff had less safety measures than the "organic" neem oil I put on my berry plants did and I'm nto eating my roses nor are they near any other edible plants so science for the win.
change was like night and day....every leaf was turning colors or was being eaten prior to the spray a few weeks ago. Now it's a total reversal and the majority is healthy. Sure it also helps I fertilized a couple weeks prior to that and it's the first year Ive actually pruned it properly.
first time since planting them that the flowers are actually putting off a strong scent - I just figured they weren't that kind of rose - turns out I was just a negligent parent
My rose bush is taking off like crazy now that all the bugs have been defeated for the moment thanks to one spray of bioadvanced. not a big fan of chemicals in my yard but this stuff had less safety measures than the "organic" neem oil I put on my berry plants did and I'm nto eating my roses nor are they near any other edible plants so science for the win.
change was like night and day....every leaf was turning colors or was being eaten prior to the spray a few weeks ago. Now it's a total reversal and the majority is healthy. Sure it also helps I fertilized a couple weeks prior to that and it's the first year Ive actually pruned it properly.
first time since planting them that the flowers are actually putting off a strong scent - I just figured they weren't that kind of rose - turns out I was just a negligent parent
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
those hops have some pretty cool flowers.
My rose bush is taking off like crazy now that all the bugs have been defeated for the moment thanks to one spray of bioadvanced. not a big fan of chemicals in my yard but this stuff had less safety measures than the "organic" neem oil I put on my berry plants did and I'm nto eating my roses nor are they near any other edible plants so science for the win.
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change was like night and day....every leaf was turning colors or was being eaten prior to the spray a few weeks ago. Now it's a total reversal and the majority is healthy. Sure it also helps I fertilized a couple weeks prior to that and it's the first year Ive actually pruned it properly.
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first time since planting them that the flowers are actually putting off a strong scent - I just figured they weren't that kind of rose - turns out I was just a negligent parent
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You can have rose pedal tea,
...don’t grow it unless you can eat it.that purple Flower is a passion vine, not hops.
@Silverback ask your friend what hops he is growing? Common name and species
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
He is on vacation for a couple weeks, I'll talk to him when he gets back.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Picked Okra, Swiss Chard, Jalapeños, Sweet peppers, bell peppers, tomatoes and 1 cucumbers.
Cleaned out old plant materials from Spring growing season, prepared beds for fall.
Extracted seeds from Okra pods for next year.
Planted seeds into 100+ pods.
Cleaned out old plant materials from Spring growing season, prepared beds for fall.
Extracted seeds from Okra pods for next year.
Planted seeds into 100+ pods.