let's see your veggie garden {pics} 2021-25
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Those look great!
When did you start them?
Seeded on Jan 12
nzmessa
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MadFarmer
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Last Saturday I spent the better part of the day potting up tomato seedlings. It ended up being 10-12 plants per variety, with 8 varieties it's been the most tomatoes I've started in awhile. I screened potting soil to keep out the chunkier bits, watered, and labeled each type as I finished.
Then I left them in the relative dark and warmth of the garage for two days, as recommended by Craig Lehoullier.
Tuesday morning I woke up with my alarm clock. Seconds later I heard the weather alert sound on my phone in the other room. As I was putting on my glasses in the dark I heard the wailing of tornado sirens. I checked my phone and the sirens were for a tornado warning (at times the sirens sound for hailstorms.)
Woke the family and waited out the storm in the bathroom - the worst part of the storm went south of us. The storm cleared, sun came out, and as I left for work I put all the seedlings outside next to the driveway and into the gaping maw of an (unbeknownst to me) haboob.
It hit around 2pm. While my worst fears (from lunchtime at work) of trays and pots being scattered by the wind all over the neighborhood did NOT come to pass, there were a few casualties. I am saddest about losing the slicers more than the sauce tomatoes.
Then I left them in the relative dark and warmth of the garage for two days, as recommended by Craig Lehoullier.
Tuesday morning I woke up with my alarm clock. Seconds later I heard the weather alert sound on my phone in the other room. As I was putting on my glasses in the dark I heard the wailing of tornado sirens. I checked my phone and the sirens were for a tornado warning (at times the sirens sound for hailstorms.)
Woke the family and waited out the storm in the bathroom - the worst part of the storm went south of us. The storm cleared, sun came out, and as I left for work I put all the seedlings outside next to the driveway and into the gaping maw of an (unbeknownst to me) haboob.
It hit around 2pm. While my worst fears (from lunchtime at work) of trays and pots being scattered by the wind all over the neighborhood did NOT come to pass, there were a few casualties. I am saddest about losing the slicers more than the sauce tomatoes.
GreenDragon
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Those look awesome! I'm still waiting on mine to sprout. What is the method you perfected?
The last several years my rare and super hot peppers hadn't gone the way I wanted so I did some experiments and looked back at past successful years and arrived at:
Seed pre-soak 24hrs in dilute vinegar solution
Germinate in peat plugs with heat mats and lids
Sub-irrigate w/ nutrient soln
Up-pot to pure coir at 2 sets of true leaves
Continue to sub-irrigate
Seed pre-soak 24hrs in dilute vinegar solution
Germinate in peat plugs with heat mats and lids
Sub-irrigate w/ nutrient soln
Up-pot to pure coir at 2 sets of true leaves
Continue to sub-irrigate
GreenDragon
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Thanks! I do pretty much the same except I soaked in water instead of vinegar - have to try that next year.
highgrave
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My Fall project was turning what little level, clear land I have into a useful gardening space.
I took a bunch of IBC'S and converted them into wicking beds. Sand at the bottom, with about a foot of soil on top, and an overflow of course.
Trellises are for beans, melons, squash and cucumbers. Inverted tomato cages are for peas.
I will try growing 9 Criollo 98 plants in one of the beds. I am a bit concerned about the extra height the bed will add, will probably truss it somehow.
I took a bunch of IBC'S and converted them into wicking beds. Sand at the bottom, with about a foot of soil on top, and an overflow of course.
Trellises are for beans, melons, squash and cucumbers. Inverted tomato cages are for peas.
I will try growing 9 Criollo 98 plants in one of the beds. I am a bit concerned about the extra height the bed will add, will probably truss it somehow.
MadFarmer
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Looks rad, and inviting. What is an IBC?
I would recommend a trellis of some sort.
I tend to use bamboo sticks, and when the wind picks up, it whips the leaves onto them, poking several holes in them. It hasn’t really damaged the curing of the leaf, but I am growing for chewing tobacco. Since you are growing a cigar variety, the integrity of the leaf is more critical.
I tend to use bamboo sticks, and when the wind picks up, it whips the leaves onto them, poking several holes in them. It hasn’t really damaged the curing of the leaf, but I am growing for chewing tobacco. Since you are growing a cigar variety, the integrity of the leaf is more critical.
highgrave
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Intermodal Bulk Container. They're designed to be moved with a forklift or pallet jack, and hold about 1200L of liquid. I cut them in half. I also use them for water storage.
There are some vidoes on YouTube of other folks who have built these, they are popular in Australia. They are called wicking beds.
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highgrave
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I was thinking of tying wire from one side of the fence, which is 6 feet high, to the other side and then clipping the stalks to the wire. I am short ehough to walk under the wire.
All the veggies are sprouting - or at last one of each. Files, green onions, cherry tomatoes, spinach, and corn. I’ve got some sprouts of Chilean, Ontario Bold, Perique, and Yellow Twist Bud just starting to show up.
I present the progress on Tomato alley. Ended up with 88 plants this year. 44 Radiator Charlies Mortgage Lifter and 44 San Marzano. The lifters are being pruned to a single vine. Going chaos style on the Marzanos and will just clip vines up to the string as they sprawl too far on the ground.
I'm debating whether to put out just one tomato plant, or go for two. When I put out just one, it always gets whacked by something. When I put out two, I can't eat them fast enough.
Bob
Bob
I'm just trying to figure out where exactly we're going to plant all of the stuff I have started. We've got two 3 x 8 foot raised planters in the back yard. Last year we had a couple of volunteer tomatoes in one, and the other remained empty because I didn't get any tobacco started. I have plans for tearing out some grass in a couple areas that are a pain to get with the mower, but one is mostly shaded, so I'll need to figure out what goes where. Planning this stuff in advance seems to not be my strong suit.
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