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Post by garrett on Aug 25, 2012 20:37:12 GMT -5
i am slowly rounding out the middle garden for me and mom's stuff. manuring hard.rotfl gonna onion garlic chives soon. working on an asparagus bed fer mom. what ya'lls doing fer fall? ;D ;D ;D
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Post by marielouise on Aug 26, 2012 10:50:11 GMT -5
We have spinach and other green leafy stuff started in the raised beds, and some brocolli seedlings in a flat to be transplanted out when they get some size to em. The garlics go in prolly in November--little warm right yet. Jim mowed and tilled in the pea vines --they reseeded their selves , grew and are now full of peas again so guess that qualifys as fall peas--lol--- unintended but had left those skippy peas that aren't worth foolin with and they obviously dryed and sprouted... Need to redo my walkin onions and the muliplyers , think we will skip the shallots since we have more than we will eat... Been looking for some brussel sprout seeds but no luck locally --so will have to order some online IF they are available . Jim ordered some last spring for this fall but they were outa stock!!! Bummer!!!
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Post by desertrat on Aug 27, 2012 12:20:08 GMT -5
Started tomato seeds for fall planting again this year. Seems to be the only way to grow good sized tomatoes here in the desert. I got a beautiful crop this spring from Nov. planting, the Mar. planted tomatoes did nothing this year. I've got leeks and bunching onion seeds started to transplant in Nov. and getting ready to pull out the watermelons in my community garden plot so I can plant cabbage, fennel and kale. The bush beans will be done by oct and I'll plant collards, parsnips and sugar snap peas. I have a 3 x 10 ft. growbox in the backyard for turnips, carrots, and beets and will plant a short row of mixed lettuce and radishes. Also going to plant some yellow crookneck just for the heck of it, we usually don't get frost til at least Dec. That's the plan anyway,
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Aug 27, 2012 22:21:37 GMT -5
Probably just some turnips. The Red Marconi peppers will still be bearing. Not much else.
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Post by catgrass on Aug 28, 2012 9:16:44 GMT -5
After this storm passes, I will begin prepare to plant...something! (ha!ha!). got 2 tomatoes about a foot tall, the peppers that survived the summer, and 2 little squashes coming up! Daytime temps still getting into the mid-upper 90's, so I'll wait just a tad longer.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Aug 28, 2012 18:39:12 GMT -5
Have 5 red cabbage heading up, but those were from store bought transplants.
August 15th or so, I began transplanting seedlings I raised at home. I've put in 5 cauliflower, 2 Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage, 2 Beedy's Camden Kale, 4 Giant White Kohlrabi. As well, last week I direct seeded Yu Choy Sum, Giant Osaka Purple Mustard and Early Purple Sprouting Broccoli which apparently likes cold stratification to do well the following spring. I hope so, because I've tried two or three times to grow it out the same year and it just didn't make it.
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Post by garrett on Sept 3, 2012 20:13:06 GMT -5
awesome ya'lls.good luck on our projects and gardens.
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Post by LinFL on Sept 4, 2012 10:50:48 GMT -5
I am just starting to do some fall things. I cleared out a bed and seeded some carrots, radishes, and cauliflower yesterday. I also started some broccoli and lettuce in seed cells over the weekend. I have some pathetic pepper plants that will be coming out soon - the broccoli will take their spots. The lettuce I plan to tuck around some tomato plants I have left from the summer. I also seeded some collards and mustard in kind of an "iffy" spot over by the fence...if they don't do well I will replant somewhere else later on. I also need to figure out where the turnips will go...hmmm. I have several suffering tomato plants, plus two nice healthy ones. How the suffering ones do over the next month will determine when I start some of my other fall crops. I also seeded some cilantro around some of the pathetic tomatoes - it might be too early for cilantro yet, but I have LOTS of seed that I saved from the spring cilantro, so it won't be a big deal if they don't do well. Some of my summer plants are hanging on. The okra is slowing down but still producing and my new Ichiban eggplants are just coming into production. My Dixiewine tomato plant has just set its first fruits - looking forward to those! The Burgundy Traveler plant next to it looks good but hasn't set fruit yet. The winter squash (three moschata varieties) are blooming and two of them have set fruit. The cantaloupes have about had it (one is dead and the other is on its last legs), but the watermelons are still looking good and developing fruit. There should be enough heat in September to ripen them, but any fruits that form in October are probably never going to ripen unless we have an unusually warm fall. I am also trying to sneak in late crops of summer squash - yellow and zucchini. Since the SVBs have quit attacking the moschatas lately, hopefully they are done for the season. (Crossing my fingers!) I seeded a little more basil and new crops of cucumbers and pole beans and I am hoping they have a chance to produce a bit before winter. I still need to figure out where to put the garlic and onions later this fall...I might try some beets, cabbage and brussels sprouts if I can figure out where to put them. Peas will be planted in January...I'll rip stuff out to make room for the peas if I have to. Love those fresh peas!
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Post by directsunlight on Sept 5, 2012 19:10:36 GMT -5
Would have salsify, parsnips, and beets, but after planting some back in July and some last month, not a one has sprouted.
Actually DO have okra, tomatoes, peppers, butternut squash, radishes, beans, and huckleberriess. Corn is iffy. Zucchini r. is the star so far, planting to 1st harvest in 60 days.
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Post by txdirtdawg on Sept 26, 2012 11:36:36 GMT -5
Greens are starting to sprout all over in the beds. Lettuce and spinach is a no-show so far, cabbage and carrots are having a tough time sprouting; but kale, tendergreen, cauliflower, broccoli raab, swiss chard and radishes have had good germination.
Lemon balm, thyme and cilantro haven't showed; but dill and both sweet and genovese basils are sprouting well.
Still have a bunch of greens types to sow as temps trend lower. Still too hot for a lot to germinate well, and I'm having to water the seed beds at least once a day to maintain enough moisture for germination.
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Post by desertrat on Oct 2, 2012 17:15:31 GMT -5
So far I've got radishes, spinich, india spinich beets, cabbages, collards and fennel all coming up. Still waiting on carrots, lettuces and kale and just planted turnips and beets. I'm still getting armenian cukes but will pull them out soon and plant the peas. It'll be 3 more weeks befor I get the tomatoes planted, it's still over 100 deg. here but a cooldown is coming by the end of the week and we should have some honest to goodness cooler days soon, I'm ready for that!
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Post by garrett on Oct 2, 2012 17:39:30 GMT -5
get er done ya'lls.smiles
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Post by kay on Oct 3, 2012 23:34:00 GMT -5
Fall garden is almost completely done. Am torn between leaving some of the garden empty to work on spreading leaf compost, manure etc and planting every square inch for food. Thank goodness, the ground doesn't really freeze all winter season!
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Post by directsunlight on Oct 6, 2012 0:35:20 GMT -5
Hmm-- am growing one spaghetti squash and so far it's only produced one fruit. It's a big one though-- looks like it'll be 4 or 5 pounds.
Butternut squash is producing about one fruit at a time. One is very large compared to how thin the vine is. I'll just count these for bonus!
Lost an entire wave of tomatillos due to a weevil that sent its eggs to hatch and burrow into the fruit. Nobody on Baker Creek has any idea of what to do for them. Sigh-- I thought they'd be the easiest plants in the garden. I found damage in the one tomato that was growing to a good size. I used orange oil twice this past week, along with BT for any aspiring caterpillars that want to go after the (still very small) tomatoes.
It's all over the map, but at least everything is growing. I don't mind cool weather, but no frost for awhile, please!
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Oct 6, 2012 8:46:27 GMT -5
I ordered: 2 types of lettuce, Muscade carrots, Malali watermelon, tatume, and Ragged Jack kale a few minutes ago. So far that Home Depot lettuce , carrots, spinach I planted a week ago hasn't come up.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Oct 7, 2012 12:09:30 GMT -5
Gulfie, isn't it a tad late to plant watermelon?
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Oct 7, 2012 14:45:56 GMT -5
The watermelon and Tatume are for spring planting. I'm not depending of Baker's Creek to have them next year. In fact with the limited planting that I'll be doing I might not place a spring order. I've got some other seeds through trades.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Oct 8, 2012 7:50:01 GMT -5
That's probably wise. They seem to change their listings annually anymore. Ooooo, forgot to tell you that the Old Fashioned TN Vining Squash has been discontinued at SESE. I still have quite a few seeds left, but as yet have not managed a fruit to save from. Next year, they are the only squash I will plant and I will plant them at the opposite end of the garden as it seems to be the brightest and warmest corner. I had a few mature pumpkins at that end this year. And the TN Vining has the most beautiful white blooms I've ever seen....I looked it up, concerned that it was crossed with a gourd but apparently white is acceptable for a moschata. 2013 will be the year for TV Vining in Ontario I hope
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Oct 8, 2012 17:40:37 GMT -5
Blue I'll keep you posted on how Tatume does. It is borer resistant according to Txdirtdawg an if you let them mature theycan be used as winter squash. Your season is just to short and cool for most moschatas.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Oct 8, 2012 23:29:54 GMT -5
Gulfie, Thanks they sound interesting although we don't eat much Summer Squash. I can grow squash with DTM of 120 days. Last year we moved in July so that wasn't long enough, and this year I just put them in the wrong place because they weren't getting enough light. But a short season squash could go there, although it might take it 100 dtm in the reduced sunlight
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Post by directsunlight on Oct 9, 2012 20:16:29 GMT -5
Somebody help me out here-- what's dtm? Days to market?
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Oct 9, 2012 20:50:32 GMT -5
Days to maturity.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Oct 15, 2012 21:49:57 GMT -5
Well my seed order came in. That is good because those Home Depot seed didn't sprout at all. Hopefully I can plant them this weekend.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Nov 17, 2012 17:00:02 GMT -5
Well the third planting today was Siberian Kale and Buttercrunch Lettuce. This time I have the @#$% sprinkler on them and I'm going to wet it up like a rice paddy. First I had to run Brer Rabbit out of the turnip patch.
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