The Garden Thread

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It is Springtime. Let’s see your gardens.

I roto tilled a spot for sweet corn today.



This will be 100 yard long rows. I’m planting Aspire Round Up ready sweet corn. I bought 2500 seeds so 4.5 rows at 6 inch spacing.

 

[hmt5000]

I love field fresh sweet corn. Got dayum you have my mouth watering.

 

[sanction]

The seeds are popping.



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[sanction]

I started enough vegetable seeds for 3 gardens. I’ll transplant to bigger pots and give them away.

 

[shiv]

Damn bad ass set up OP! We don’t have much yard space at our house but we do an herb garden and some tomatoes and peppers every year. I’ll report back once we get it going

 

[Renegadenole]

It is Springtime. Let’s see your gardens.

I roto tilled a spot for sweet corn today.



This will be 100 yard long rows. I’m planting Aspire Round Up ready sweet corn. I bought 2500 seeds so 4.5 rows at 6 inch spacing.

That's awesome and I can appreciate the commitment and work. But, "round-up ready" sweet corn? Didn't know this was a thing.

 

[sanction]

That's awesome and I can appreciate the commitment and work. But, "round-up ready" sweet corn? Didn't know this was a thing.

Yeah it’s been around for a while.

 

[RaleighTiger]

It is Springtime. Let’s see your gardens.

I roto tilled a spot for sweet corn today.



This will be 100 yard long rows. I’m planting Aspire Round Up ready sweet corn. I bought 2500 seeds so 4.5 rows at 6 inch spacing.

That ain't no garden. That's a farm.

 

[sanction]

That ain't no garden. That's a farm.

We plant 20 acres of sunflowers next to that spot for doves. I’m out there all the time anyway and all of the equipment is right there so I have a big garden.

Just a hobby and I enjoy taking vegetables to people

 

[TheNJNole]

I just bottled my fig grappa from last season. Next season will triple the yield. Like sweet rocket fuel

 

[TheNJNole]

 

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Nice. What kind of figs?

 

[Bighub1]

It is Springtime. Let’s see your gardens.

I roto tilled a spot for sweet corn today.



This will be 100 yard long rows. I’m planting Aspire Round Up ready sweet corn. I bought 2500 seeds so 4.5 rows at 6 inch spacing.

Grew up with a 5 acres of vegetable garden and 30 acres of sweetcorn. It was so much work but worth it.

 

[Renegadenole]

Using the areogarden the kids got me for some early tomato propagation.

 

[TheNJNole]

Nice. What kind of figs?

 

[TheNJNole]

Kalamata

 

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Heck of a tomato. We have 2 types fungus and 3 types blight running wild here in Alabama.

I am going to try once again to grow a full size tomato. Have to spray them every 7 days to have a chance.

 

[sanction]

Finished tilling the remainder of the plot today. It will need one more pass though. Planting corn this weekend

 

[Nape]

Finished tilling the remainder of the plot today. It will need one more pass though. Planting corn this weekend

I’ll get you some pepper seeds out this week if I can remember.

 

[TheNJNole]

I’ll get you some pepper seeds out this week if I can remember.

 

[TheNJNole]

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Heck of a tomato. We have 2 types fungus and 3 types blight running wild here in Alabama.

I am going to try once again to grow a full size tomato. Have to spray them every 7 days to have a chance.

Black from Tula. One of the BEST

 

[Old Glory]

Increasing my garden size this year. I'm building two raised beds here in the next week or so. Here is what I have started indoors:

Peppers: Fish (medium hot), Bull Nose Sweet, Jimmy Nardello (long chili looking but sweet)

Bee balm for pollinators

The other pictures have the lettuce and tomatoes I've started. The third picture is random seeds I found in the garage and because I hate clutter I decided to plant them and see what happens. The flowers have already sprout after only a few days.

 

[Mud flap]

Finished tilling the remainder of the plot today. It will need one more pass though. Planting corn this weekend

That spot looks awfully familiar

 

[PawPower1981]

 

[Nape]

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I should have sent you some of my seeds.

 

[TJHall1]

I should have sent you some of my seeds.

 

[hmt5000]

I should have sent you some of my seeds.

You doing heirloom?

 

[hmt5000]

Im hoping my asparagus plot comes through this year. I did well for 2 years and didn't do much a couple years ago. So I let it go untouched this past year all the way to fall so the roots could get plenty of sun power.

Also going big on Romas. I made my own pasta sauce last year but I way underestimated how much you need to make a good amount. Thinking 12 plants this year.

 

[Nape]

You doing heirloom?

I’ve been growing my own chile’s since 1998. I have been documenting the crop (weather,temps, taste, heat) each year and have been saving seeds since 2002. I replant my seeds every year and I believe my seeds know our climate, my soil, and how I treat them. Or at least I hope they do. So they aren’t heirloom per se but they are adjusted to my soil, etc.

 

[hmt5000]

I’ve been growing my own chile’s since 1998. I have been documenting the crop (weather,temps, taste, heat) each year and have been saving seeds since 2002. I replant my seeds every year and I believe my seeds know our climate, my soil, and how I treat them. Or at least I hope they do. So they aren’t heirloom per se but they are adjusted to my soil, etc.

Im wanting to do that with garlic. I tried last year but they all died. lol. Im gonna order some this year and see if I have better luck.

 

[RJ2kWJ]

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That’s one big damn tomato!

 

[Peach-head]

I just bottled my fig grappa from last season. Next season will triple the yield. Like sweet rocket fuel

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i have a bunch of fig trees so I’m curious just how you went about this?

 

[MeridianOSU]

Planting garden 1st weekend of May so don’t have to cover plants at night as much. Early Girl and Celebrity tomato plants started 3 weeks ago. Will plant cakes, green beans, radishes, lettuce, zucchini and bell peppers.

We still have enough herbs and spices to skip this year.

 

[sanction]

The floods drowned my sweet corn. I’m
tilling it all up and starting over.

I can’t abide a 50% germination rate.

Other vegetables will be planted as soon as the ground dries.

Welcome to farming.

 

[Nape]

My pepper patch is going to town. Tons of cayenne’s already. The lemon drops are getting ready to start shitting out their fruit pods soon and the habanero’s and ghosts have about a month before fruit arrives. We haven’t had much rain the last two weeks so I have had to water more than I’m used to. We finally got 2”+ Sunday, along with a nasty ‘Nader that dropped about a mile from my house. 11:00pm naders suck.

 

[shiv]

My pepper patch is going to town. Tons of cayenne’s already. The lemon drops are getting ready to start shitting out their fruit pods soon and the habanero’s and ghosts have about a month before fruit arrives. We haven’t had much rain the last two weeks so I have had to water more than I’m used to. We finally got 2”+ Sunday, along with a nasty ‘Nader that dropped about a mile from my house. 11:00pm naders suck.
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Looks good man! Do you do anything to prevent insects? Peppers are the biggest pain in the ass for me because the bugs go after them big time

 

[sanction]

My pepper patch is going to town. Tons of cayenne’s already. The lemon drops are getting ready to start shitting out their fruit pods soon and the habanero’s and ghosts have about a month before fruit arrives. We haven’t had much rain the last two weeks so I have had to water more than I’m used to. We finally got 2”+ Sunday, along with a nasty ‘Nader that dropped about a mile from my house. 11:00pm naders suck.
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Those look good.

I had a complete failure with your seeds Nape. I planted 3 separate times and heavy rain screwed me every time. The last ones I planted have some small plants growing. Will have to wait and see.

 

[sanction]

I’m picking about 50 squash every 2 days and a lot of eggplants and cucumbers.

My tomatos have blight and are rotting just before ripening. I picked 100 green today and will spray with copper and wait on next batch.

The sweet corn looks good and should be ready in a couple of weeks

 

[Nape]

Those look good.

I had a complete failure with your seeds Nape. I planted 3 separate times and heavy rain screwed me every time. The last ones I planted have some small plants growing. Will have to wait and see.

Mother Nature is a cunt.

 

[Nape]

Looks good man! Do you do anything to prevent insects? Peppers are the biggest pain in the ass for me because the bugs go after them big time

I don’t have issues at all. I am growing Brussel sprouts, maters, spinach, Swiss chard and bugs aren’t eating any of it. My
Chile’s grow like crazy up here. Always have.