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Posted: 5/22/2021 4:08:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billyhill: I had 2 varieties, 1 was whitestemed and very much like you see on the store. The other was a "baby" or Shanghai variety. It had more green stems and a more compact shape. I will be planting them again in the fall. I pitched the seed packet that I planted from, I shouldn't have Mine are mostly green, not the kind in the store, but they have time to mature In the pic I posted above they are are on the right |
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Posted: 5/22/2021 9:32:29 PM EDT
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 Peas and our poor cabbage lol. Beets in there too.  Lettuce, spinach, 4 tomato plants and onions. 3rd bed not pictured, empty until we put out taters next week. Was planning to plant them before but then it rained. |
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Posted: 5/22/2021 9:45:34 PM EDT
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Corn and beans are up. Tomatoes and peppers planted.
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Posted: 5/23/2021 3:00:16 PM EDT
[Last Edit: billyhill]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Avidrook: I pitched the seed packet that I planted from, I shouldn't have Mine are mostly green, not the kind in the store, but they have time to mature In the pic I posted above they are are on the right The white of the stems is pretty obvious early on. Leaf color will be a little paler and maybe even slightly striped in my baby bok.  Attached Fileyour pictures choys look very similar to mine |
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Posted: 5/23/2021 5:36:24 PM EDT
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Had company this morning in the garden
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Posted: 5/24/2021 10:18:54 PM EDT
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Ate the first cauliflower out of the garden tonight. Roasted with provolone cheese
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Posted: 5/25/2021 7:48:34 AM EDT
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This is the first garden I've had at this property. I was lacking on options, so I plowed up a corner of a hayfield. The pic makes it look decent, but it's pretty rocky ground. Anyhow, last night I scratched it up with the tiller.
 Attached FileCorn popped up a week ago. Squash, zucs and cucs started popping up last week. Maters are growing decent, peppers are so-so and the watermelons aren't up yet. I've got a little room left to plant, so I'm hoping to let the 3 year old pick out something off the wall just to try. |
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Posted: 5/25/2021 9:47:30 AM EDT
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Continuing my purchase of neglected and discounted fruit trees and planting them in grow bags to raise up until we buy a piece of land and can plant them in ground.
Yesterday’s purchase was this dwarf fig tree.  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/25/2021 3:41:24 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Avidrook]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billyhill: The white of the stems is pretty obvious early on. Leaf color will be a little paler and maybe even slightly striped in my baby bok. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/105091/Screenshot_20210523-140156_Gallery_jpg-1953055.JPG your pictures choys look very similar to mine Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billyhill: Originally Posted By Avidrook: I pitched the seed packet that I planted from, I shouldn't have Mine are mostly green, not the kind in the store, but they have time to mature In the pic I posted above they are are on the right The white of the stems is pretty obvious early on. Leaf color will be a little paler and maybe even slightly striped in my baby bok. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/105091/Screenshot_20210523-140156_Gallery_jpg-1953055.JPG your pictures choys look very similar to mine Yep, very much like mine I may try Bok Choy for dinner one night this week It wouldn't hurt to thin them out |
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Posted: 5/25/2021 3:52:00 PM EDT
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They are good to eat from seedling all the way to bolt. Stir fried, in ramen, or chicken soup are family favorites.
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Posted: 5/26/2021 9:01:17 AM EDT
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What is the plan for the bugs?
I found aphids on a tomato plant yesterday, I hosed it with Need Oil I killed a stink bug on a squash plant, there are more i'm sure, And there is a white butterfly flitting around. I've heard that it lays eggs which make worms of some sort that kill plants I'm not against going scorched earth "chemicals" but I don't want to harm the few bees that come to visit |
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Posted: 5/26/2021 2:59:49 PM EDT
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Bt helps with Caterpillars. Insecticidal soaps help with aphids and some other bugs, neem others. Pyrethrins are another "organic" option.
Sevin is what I use if things get too bad. Figure out a preemptive spray strategy and go from there. Copper, sulphur, and daconil for fungal and some bacterial issues. |
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Posted: 5/26/2021 3:41:34 PM EDT
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Motion activated sprinkler set up in garden, for the neighbors cat who thinks my square foot garden bed soil is perfect for a litter box.
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Posted: 5/27/2021 8:11:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Milsurpninja: Still haven’t put in beans and peas yet. What is everyone using for trellises? Last year I did wooden stakes and twine, and the twine would break if you looked at it wrong. Big mess! i make them out of EMT & welded wire fabric sheets; use #10-12 machine screws at the joints (after u flatten the ends) then tie the welded wire sheets to the frame. mine have lasted + 6 years now; just don't leave them in the ground or the EMT will rust. these are good for cukes, beans, tomatoes & whatever needs to climb. 
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Posted: 5/27/2021 8:38:03 PM EDT
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Amazing how fast cucumber plants grow. I just transplanted them two days ago and they've already grown several inches taller.
With tomatoes, I never notice them taking off for like two weeks later. |
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Posted: 5/29/2021 8:51:00 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/29/2021 9:56:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Avidrook: My first veg of the year Bok Choy for dinner last night It was wonderful https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/295532/IMG_1980_JPG-1959277.JPG How did you cook it? |
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Posted: 5/29/2021 10:26:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/30/2021 8:49:46 AM EDT
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You must have the touch
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Posted: 5/30/2021 9:49:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BPK2300: Somehow tomato seeds found a crack in my driveway and is now bearing fruit  https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/448063/996C1D5A-66FB-4F54-8B11-3DF8BC88F10A_jpe-1960271.JPG 
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Posted: 5/30/2021 10:24:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billyhill: How did you cook it? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billyhill: Originally Posted By Avidrook: My first veg of the year Bok Choy for dinner last night It was wonderful https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/295532/IMG_1980_JPG-1959277.JPG How did you cook it? Lightly steamed with three dipping sauces on the side Dumpling sauce Japanese BBQ sauce Usukuchi soy sauce |
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Posted: 5/30/2021 11:03:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BPK2300: Somehow tomato seeds found a crack in my driveway and is now bearing fruit https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/448063/996C1D5A-66FB-4F54-8B11-3DF8BC88F10A_jpe-1960271.JPG Funny how you find vegetables popping up where they shouldn’t be. We found a tomato plant way out in the pasture a few weeks ago. Too young to tell what variety so when we transplanted it and it starting growing turns out it’s a Roma! Guess a bird deposited it 😂 |
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Posted: 5/30/2021 12:04:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JDeere7296: Funny how you find vegetables popping up where they shouldn’t be. We found a tomato plant way out in the pasture a few weeks ago. Too young to tell what variety so when we transplanted it and it starting growing turns out it’s a Roma! Guess a bird deposited it 😂 Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JDeere7296: Originally Posted By BPK2300: Somehow tomato seeds found a crack in my driveway and is now bearing fruit https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/448063/996C1D5A-66FB-4F54-8B11-3DF8BC88F10A_jpe-1960271.JPG Funny how you find vegetables popping up where they shouldn’t be. We found a tomato plant way out in the pasture a few weeks ago. Too young to tell what variety so when we transplanted it and it starting growing turns out it’s a Roma! Guess a bird deposited it 😂 My next door neighbor, who was an avid gardener, called those Volunteers |
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Posted: 5/30/2021 6:14:40 PM EDT
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Tomatoes, potatoes, cuke's. Green beans, bell peppers are all taking off. Corn is now starting to poke up through the dirt so hopefully in a week or so I will see if I have to replant any seeds.
All in all, not to bad for not planning on having a garden this year. |
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MI, USA
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Posted: 5/30/2021 6:39:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Avidrook: My first veg of the year Bok Choy for dinner last night It was wonderful https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/295532/IMG_1980_JPG-1959277.JPG Nice! Mine bolted. Again.... |
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Posted: 5/30/2021 7:33:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JDeere7296: Funny how you find vegetables popping up where they shouldn’t be. We found a tomato plant way out in the pasture a few weeks ago. Too young to tell what variety so when we transplanted it and it starting growing turns out it’s a Roma! Guess a bird deposited it 😂 Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JDeere7296: Originally Posted By BPK2300: Somehow tomato seeds found a crack in my driveway and is now bearing fruit https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/448063/996C1D5A-66FB-4F54-8B11-3DF8BC88F10A_jpe-1960271.JPG Funny how you find vegetables popping up where they shouldn’t be. We found a tomato plant way out in the pasture a few weeks ago. Too young to tell what variety so when we transplanted it and it starting growing turns out it’s a Roma! Guess a bird deposited it 😂 I have a gooseberry bush at the base of two trees in the front yard and one even up in the fork of the tree that the birds have started. A lot of wild gooseberries grow along the woods on this place. Another month maybe I'll go pick enough for a couple pies. |
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Posted: 6/1/2021 9:09:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bc5000: I have a gooseberry bush at the base of two trees in the front yard and one even up in the fork of the tree that the birds have started. A lot of wild gooseberries grow along the woods on this place. Another month maybe I'll go pick enough for a couple pies. Gooseberry.....Now what does a gooseberry taste like? |
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Posted: 6/1/2021 9:33:33 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/1/2021 10:11:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Avidrook: Gooseberry.....Now what does a gooseberry taste like? My best description would be sour or tart. |
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Posted: 6/1/2021 5:12:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/1/2021 5:41:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Avidrook: First squash I'm going to saute in butter https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/295532/IMG_1994_JPG-1963355.JPG My first squash started blooming this morning. It won't be long. Put in 4 hrs this morning in the garden, about to go put in 2-3 more. I will post up a pic later. |
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Posted: 6/2/2021 8:41:17 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Kitties-with-Sigs]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By LawyerUp: My wife's so far. She likes bricks.  https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/277223/5AD45A86-DB79-4300-926F-D75B0C04A523_jpg-1962990.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/277223/72DCFE36-5F7C-429B-85D1-C8BBCC782E13_jpg-1962988.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/277223/FEABB914-5B2C-4AB3-9656-37E4DE59F737_jpg-1962989.JPG I love that! Reminds me of stuff I saw in England. There, even veggie gardens are beautiful. ETA: Your views make me want to move. And I love Kentucky so that's saying a lot. It's too flat where I live. I miss hills. |
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Posted: 6/3/2021 9:11:05 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/3/2021 9:24:07 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/3/2021 6:35:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/5/2021 2:30:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/6/2021 6:07:17 PM EDT
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You are way ahead of me. Peas haven't even begun to flower, squash is close but not there yet. Cukes are just starting to bloom. Cabbage could be cut now.
Lord, do I have potatoes. we are eating home fries for breakfast, potato and leek soup (here is the basic recipe I follow). Got almost 4 lbs off 1 plant yesterday. |
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Posted: 6/6/2021 8:13:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/7/2021 10:40:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Avidrook: This afternoon https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/295532/IMG_2005_JPG-1965847.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/295532/IMG_2007_JPG-1965849.JPG Pretty garden! Y'all have had drought, right? (at least some of my lawn care friends have had severe drought there recently) Did you water? (If you said this, I missed it. I'm skimming for sake of time.  ) |
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Posted: 6/7/2021 10:43:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billyhill: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/105091/Screenshot_20210606-191058_Gallery_jpg-1969787.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/105091/Screenshot_20210606-191036_Gallery_jpg-1969789.JPG Too many weeds around that cabbage Weeds don't matter if they don't hurt the cabbage.  I wish I had gotten potatoes in this year.
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Posted: 6/8/2021 8:54:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: Pretty garden! Y'all have had drought, right? (at least some of my lawn care friends have had severe drought there recently) Did you water? (If you said this, I missed it. I'm skimming for sake of time. )Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Kitties-with-Sigs: Originally Posted By Avidrook: This afternoon https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/295532/IMG_2005_JPG-1965847.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/295532/IMG_2007_JPG-1965849.JPG Pretty garden! Y'all have had drought, right? (at least some of my lawn care friends have had severe drought there recently) Did you water? (If you said this, I missed it. I'm skimming for sake of time. )We had a dry spell, yes. I watered every other day. The garden is only 30 ft from the back door Until Saturday that is It's rained 2.6 inches since Saturday afternoon Now the garden is MUD and the heavy rain drug some plants down I'll try to get stuff fixed today |
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Posted: 6/8/2021 11:36:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Avidrook: We had a dry spell, yes. I watered every other day. The garden is only 30 ft from the back door Until Saturday that is It's rained 2.6 inches since Saturday afternoon Now the garden is MUD and the heavy rain drug some plants down I'll try to get stuff fixed today Ah, shoot. It's feast or famine with rain, isn't it? Hopefully you can uncover the plants and be good. I will always take rain rather than NO rain...but...I don't live where it floods. 
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Posted: 6/9/2021 3:45:44 PM EDT
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I'll start posting once i have something to post. Lots of veg and unripe fruit so far.
Strawberries were a bust, the raised beds they are in have settled quite a bit making a significant humidity pocket down at the berries causing most of them to rot and a significant slug population to visit and feast. I need to pull them all out and plant hills for next year. |
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Posted: 6/9/2021 4:57:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billth777: I'll start posting once i have something to post. Lots of veg and unripe fruit so far. Strawberries were a bust, the raised beds they are in have settled quite a bit making a significant humidity pocket down at the berries causing most of them to rot and a significant slug population to visit and feast. I need to pull them all out and plant hills for next year. Wow, sorry to hear that Lots of wasted time and effort |
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Posted: 6/9/2021 9:44:04 PM EDT
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Lots of rain this week, that and a wicked upper respiratory infection have kept me out of the garden. Went and looked around yesterday. Some of the corn is getting ready to flower. Squash may have been picked today, my MIL has been circling it like a vulture. I'll have to give her a call and find out. Okra is up as are the last set of peas I planted. Need to string up pole beans and pole Lima beans. Cukes are flowering. Potatoes are dieting back and getting close.
Any recommendations for a rack or bin to store red potatoes. |
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Posted: 6/9/2021 9:46:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/10/2021 2:00:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billyhill: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/105091/Screenshot_20210609-204442_Gallery_jpg-1973279.JPG I envy your wide open spaces |
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Posted: 6/10/2021 2:07:16 PM EDT
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Its my Mother-in-Law's place, for some reason she seems to like me. Went out to check this morning, tomatoes are starting to blush, squash will start coming in tomorrow, peas are blooming.
The bad news is that a pretty good storm came through last night and most of my corn is down. What do I need to do with it? Prop it back up? Leave it and hope it recovers? |
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Posted: 6/10/2021 3:18:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By billyhill: Its my Mother-in-Law's place, for some reason she seems to like me. Went out to check this morning, tomatoes are starting to blush, squash will start coming in tomorrow, peas are blooming. The bad news is that a pretty good storm came through last night and most of my corn is down. What do I need to do with it? Prop it back up? Leave it and hope it recovers? We've had squash for a week or so and I've picked green beans twice. Also I've had a couple of cucumbers and I picked my first tomato today. As far as the corn, the few times I TRIED to grow it the same thing happened to me. It will not stand up by itself I tried propping it up and making a jack leg support system out of rope. It worked ok I guess. It's hard to tell |
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Posted: 6/11/2021 3:19:52 PM EDT
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6 yellow squash today, will soon be cut into chips and fried. Corn is doing much better on its own. garden is turning into a green hell after over a week of no to little activity.
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