How does your garden grow: 2012 Edition!

by **Dawgboy** » Thu May 24, 2012 1:17 pm

I don't buy Burpee crap any more. Everything I have is open pollinated heirloom stuff, mostly from seeds of change (.org). Strangely, two packets of Purple dragon beans failed to germinate completely, and I lost almost my entire first seed set to rainy weather, so I am really happy with what survived.

by **Zombie309** » Sat May 26, 2012 11:25 am

Who would've thought the desert southwest was a great environment for potatoes. Mine are thriving this year, and they are in the part of the yard that gets the most sun.

by **curryman** » Mon May 28, 2012 7:54 am

Today's haul:

Hatch, Cubanelle and Yellow banana. The Cubanelles are fantastic fried in a pan and salted. Getting way more of these next year.

Into the smoker for the hatchs. I'll blowtorch the skin off later.

4 A.M. at my house:

Off to brine my pickles.

Curryman

by **Dawgboy** » Tue May 29, 2012 11:48 pm

Hard to see but lentils are coming up like crazy.

One of the sunflowers has opened

by **Dawgboy** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:41 pm

Got my first squash!

by **Dawgboy** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:47 pm

My "adopt a newb" package from GardenWeb arrived Saturday.
3 kinds of tomato, 3 kinds of chard, 3 peppers, clemson Okra, early Siberian Kale, turnips, 2 kinds of basil, cilantro, garlic chives, sugar baby watermelon, romaine and Simpson lettuce, Sumter cucs.

Flower too, cosmos, larkspur, columbine, African daisy, ?kiss me over the garden gate? Columbine, and poppy.

by **OTTB** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:00 pm

I have snails swarming my lemon tree. Anyone have any ways to stop them?

by **Tank Woman** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:35 pm

Here in Oregon, slugs are our PITA. But snails and slugs are similar, so maybe one of our tactics will work. The easiest, especially for a tree, would be to put a ring of copper tape around the trunk, down towards the bottom. Another thing that might work is a sprinkling of diatomaceous earth around the trunk. It will need to be re-sprinkled after rain. Of course, for both things, you will need to pre-pick the buggers out of the tree first.

by **Dawgboy** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:48 pm

A great thing for snails and slugs is flat beer in a little dish. They drink and drown... Not a bad way to go...

by **Creepinjeep** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:09 am

In a few days, i should have my first squash and zucchini. Radishes and peppers look good. Corn is finally getting a lil rain today. And okra is coming along nicely.

by **jojo200517** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:23 pm

I gotta say i'm ultra jealous of you guys already getting cucumbers, peppers, and squash. Most of my first plantings of them didn't survive the frost and stuff but I learned better ways to protect it for next year and replanted. My green tomatoes are about golf ball size so it won't be long now on those. Other stuff is starting to put on also.

Squash shouldn't be but a couple days and a good friend of mine is already getting some squash off of his plants just a couple days ago.

But one thing I did learn is the corn survived the frost beautifully and this morning I have been harvesting most of it that is ready. http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/4098/imag0116uw.jpg

Sorry couldn't get pic to embed it kept failing due to unknown image size or some crud.

by **OTTB** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:35 pm

My strawberries have just exploded in size with the two storms that went through and the temp going up. I have close to 12 berries either formed or the flowers. My in laws have a ton of vegetables but they hardly use them and the plants just go to rot. If I knew how to make my own tomato sauce I would use their roma tomatos.

by **Dawgboy** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:53 pm

Butter beans, Okra, and blue lake string beans are all coming up nicely.

by **curryman** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:55 am

Today's haul:

I've given up on tomatoes and squash.

Curryman

by **NoAm** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:24 am

Looking great dawgboy & curryman!

Boy if that doesn't sound like a totally zpaw superhero team, I don't know what does! :lol:

by **Dawgboy** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:47 pm

Built a trellis for the Armenian and Satsumi cucumbers.

by **curryman** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:42 pm

^^^NICE^^^

1 1/2' hail last night brought the wrath of god down on my shit. Look like 90% will survive, but no free food for a week or so.

Curryman

by **Dawgboy** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:16 pm

New tomato cage installed. Looks like I have mildew on my crookneck squash too...

by **Tank Woman** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:48 pm

1st purple arty of the season. nom nom nom :clownshoes:

by **Dawgboy** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:57 pm

Nice! One of my favorite things to eat!

by **NamelessStain** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:46 pm

First picked veggies of the season...

6 Roma tomatoes
1 Jalapeno

by **Texas19Delta** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 9:36 pm

Tank Woman wrote:1st purple arty of the season. nom nom nom

Awesome!
All I'm growing is some cheap ass zucchini and bush beans.
I need to smarten up and grow some high-end cash crop like artichokes!

by **anonymac** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:08 am

Im getting nice production from most of my plants. Already harvested the first few tomatoes, peppers (3 kinds) and zuchinni. However my root crops are disappointing...potatoes, carrots, onions and garlic are all small. I'm wondering if my soil was too compact? Thoughts?

by **Tank Woman** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:02 am

anonymac wrote:Im getting nice production from most of my plants. Already harvested the first few tomatoes, peppers (3 kinds) and zuchinni. However my root crops are disappointing...potatoes, carrots, onions and garlic are all small. I'm wondering if my soil was too compact? Thoughts?

Is it super hot where you are? Root crop generally do well in cool weather. Just a thought off the top o' my brain. :clownshoes: