Gardening 2024

[Saltwater60]

Roots were busting out the bigger tomato plants today so I upgraded their pots.

 

[ManualF150]

Interesting video...

 

[S&W Fan]

My Rhubarb and garlic are doing well as are the blueberries. My strawberries are growing like crazy this year.
We were able to get some veggies in the ground last Sunday.

Peppers— Hungarian hots, Jalapeños, Serrano & sweet Italian
Tomatoes— sweet 100’s & Mountain Reserve ( San Marzano) this weekend
Sugar Snap peas , bush beans , Zucchini, butternut squash
Herbs — Rosemary, Italian Oregano, Dill, Sage , Basil.

we’ll be planting the remainder this weekend.
Beets
Acorn squash
Cucumbers
More tomatoes
Three varieties of Lettuce
More herbs— Flat leaf parsley & cilantro
Sweet potatoes & Red potatoes

 

[Saltwater60]

I planted everything g this weekend as well. I was sick of babying it and when the rain came and I went to empty the totes I had them in I noticed the roots were coming out of almost every pot. So rather than report 50-60 plants I planted what I wanted, told a few family members come get what you wanted and then took the rest to a friend party last night. I’m glad to be done with it but I was super happy with how everything came out.
I did three types of sweet peppers, northern bell, jimmy nardello, and mini sweets
Totamtoes san marzano and Jersey breeze
Squash
Cukes
Dill
Okra
Carrots
Bunching onions
Watermelon
Potatoes look amazing
Basil
Cilantro
Parsley
Lettuce
Endive
Spinach
Garlic
Broccoli

everything is doing well except some of the spinach and a one head of lettuce is getting eaten by slugs.

 

[S&W Fan]

I planted everything g this weekend as well. I was sick of babying it and when the rain came and I went to empty the totes I had them in I noticed the roots were coming out of almost every pot. So rather than report 50-60 plants I planted what I wanted, told a few family members come get what you wanted and then took the rest to a friend party last night. I’m glad to be done with it but I was super happy with how everything came out.
I did three types of sweet peppers, northern bell, jimmy nardello, and mini sweets
Totamtoes san marzano and Jersey breeze
Squash
Cukes
Dill
Okra
Carrots
Bunching onions
Watermelon
Potatoes look amazing
Basil
Cilantro
Parsley
Lettuce
Endive
Spinach
Garlic
Broccoli

everything is doing well except some of the spinach and a one head of lettuce is getting eaten by slugs.

Nice variety of veggies. Watch everything carefully, for some reason slugs and snails are everywhere already this Year.

 

[Saltwater60]

Nice variety of veggies. Watch everything carefully, for some reason slugs and snails are everywhere already this Year.

Thanks. I just slugs baited today for the first time I can remember. They are eating my lettuce like crazy. Also my Japanese rose is getting hit hard as well.

 

[Saltwater60]

I will have to hill my potatoes in a week or two since they are growing so fast. It’s crazy. They look amazing.
Correction I hilled them last night. With all this warm weather stuff is going crazy. I woke up today after looking last night and I was like oh my basil grew an inch or two overnight.

 

[Saltwater60]

Too hot so my spinach is bolting and noticed flowers last night. I’ll get a handful and that’s it. Yes I bought a bolt resistant variety. I have seeds left so I’ll try again in the fall.

 

[Saltwater60]

I have flowers starting to open on my large tomato plant, some flowers on my squash with a little baby squash, and flowers on my pepper plants. My peppers are too small yet so I’m pulling the flowers on those to let them grow. Overall I’m very pleased this year and it’s probably one of my best years yet. The weather has been great. Blueberries are loaded with berries, strawberries look good, and blackberries/raspberries look great as well. All very early so raspberries I’ll probably get the full fall crop. I have to fertilize today.

 

[Saltwater60]

First bounty a really nice bitter head lettuce. Best one I’ve ever had. That’s a one gallon zip lock bag.

 

[Saltwater60]

Freaking raccoons are tearing up my lotus tubers and I’m sick of it. I trapped one out a week ago and just caught another one last night. There’s one more around with a hurt leg. My wife wants to call the SPCA if I catch it but I told her no because I’m worried they will blame me hurting it legs and I don’t have a permit to trap and move wildlife. I should get one because I do it all the time and I’m real good at it.

Taters are flowering today too. That’s crazy early. I planted them the week after Easter.

 

[Saltwater60]

Been harvesting like crazy. I’ve got lettuce, endive, strawberries, raspberries. My potatoes are 4’ tall and never seen them that tall ever and They are flowering. I have squash on my squash plants and cukes too. Blackberries are loaded like crazy. I’m keeping track of what I harvest to get an idea of what it costs me vs what I get out of it. My peppers and tomatoes have lots of flowers and I have baby tomatoes on my one plant now so by about the Fourth of July I should be harvesting my first tomatoes. Garlic is almost ready for harvest too.

 

[Saltwater60]

A few photos. Someone I know used the wall-o-waters and they are harvesting peppers and tomatoes not in a hoop house or greenhouse. They were planted 3/15 outside according to them.

 

[Saltwater60]

Been busting my butt keeping up with raspberries and strawberries. Glad the strawberries are done. I put coloches around my apples to keep the squirrels away and it seems to be working. Squash have been rotting at the end but they were inside my grow bags and now the new squash are outside the grow bags so hoping to get some. Everything is coming along nicely and my peppers are popping like crazy. Getting beans and peas too. Garlic is small but that’s life. I didn’t get any scapes to cut?? I ordered larger tomato stakes because mine are getting so big. I also ordered some blossom end rot spray to stop the rotting since I noticed it on one tomato as well. Wet, hot, and growing quickly is probably the cause for this. My tomatoes are probably 4’ tall and my squash/cucumbers have grown immensely in the last few weeks.

 

[pjzwtl]

Going to have a ton of pickles this is what has been coming off the vines daily for over a week. We had planted the cucumbers and others in stages to spread it out. Good thing I like pickles

 

[S&W Fan]

We’ve been eating a ton of fresh from the garden fruits and veggies for a few weeks now. Strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, swiss chard, romaine and red leaf lettuce, cucumbers, zucchini , beans and sugar snap peas. In addition to drying for future use several types of herbs.

 

[phatfarmerbob]

I’ve been a busy boy. Here’s a couple pics.. be back in the fall .. Godspeed brothers

 

[Saltwater60]

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thats some nice garlic. Mine was small again. Didn’t really put out any scapes.