Garden 2019.

[snappy1]

Planted (one short row each) of potatoes, sweet potatoes, yellow straight necked squash, butternut squash, okra, snap beans, roma tomatoes, cajun bell peppers, jalapenos. Still need to plant green onions and chives in one and parsley and lettuce in another lick tub. Got it all planted but may get partially washed out Thursday. Was just calling for rain - now heavy rain with wind. Also planted a couple of Japanese plum trees and a few Chinese cherry bushes. Will see what happens. It's not a big garden but my first in about three years.

 

[Peanut]

My sweet corn is just coming up. Potatoes, onions, Tomatoes and lettuce all looking good.

 

[backlash]

I had great results with heat mats. Some seeds germinated in as little as 3 days. After they sprout I turn off the heat mats. I think the heat killed my tomatoes and cucumbers.
So far my new tomatoes and cucumbers are doing OK.

 

[Tank-Girl]

Got my herbs planted just ahead of lots and lots of rain.

Hopefully they'll have zucchini starts at the nursery when I go in next pension.

 

[Meerkat]

Our first zucchini plus had first tomato yesterday.

 

[Meerkat]

We would already be eating squash if gate wasn't left open and rabbits took off about 10 squash. Garden is rabbit proof if gate is closed.
But lots of baby squash on vines so soon we will have more. I put it all up on a table. just in case the rabbit gets lucky again.

Note the jungle coming over the fence. Been fighting it for months now.

 

[Tank-Girl]

Planted a whole flat of spring onions yesterday.

The only spring onions available st the shops were $4.50 for a small bunch.
Utter madness.
Still go8ng to buy a whole flat of zucchini starts on pension day.
I might even treat myself to a new watering can.

 

[Amish Heart]

Tomatoes in (7 plants), her garden redone (the dogs dug out the other one, repeatedly, except for the chives), been harvesting lots of lettuce. Green bean leaves are up, but no beans yet.

 

[snappy1]

Starts all look good. Have 7 butternut squash up from seed and 2 snap bush beans up!

 

[WVDragonlady]

I planted my tomato and sweet pepper plants today. I still have the containers on the back deck to get ready for my herbs and some veggies and I have my flower pot on the front porch to do yet which gets some shade loving plants this year

 

[Peanut]

My sweet corn is coming up nicely, a decent stand. Last year I planted 3 times before I got a stand. Anyway, planted 6 more rows of corn today and 4 rows of okra along with 2 half rows of watermelons.

 

[Bacpacker]

Looking good Peanut.

 

[Meerkat]

My sweet corn is coming up nicely, a decent stand. Last year I planted 3 times before I got a stand. Anyway, planted 6 more rows of corn today and 4 rows of okra along with 2 half rows of watermelons.

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Looks good nice straight rows too.

 

[timmie]

all of our tomato and pepper seeds are up and doing well. hopefully we will transplant to garden this weekend. i would do it ,yself but hubby doesn't want me doing stuff **** that without him.. gonna plant some more peas and corn also.

 

[Meerkat]

all of our tomato and pepper seeds are up and doing well. hopefully we will transplant to garden this weekend. i would do it ,yself but hubby doesn't want me doing stuff **** that without him.. gonna plant some more peas and corn also.

Our okra is finally getting true leaf on it. Hope it produces well. We are late on planting this year so hope Fall is better.

 

[Homesteader33]

Spinach, green onions, radish, broccoli, cauliflower, cantaloupe all coming up. havn't planted yellow squash, zucchini or put tomato and peppers in yet. building new beds for them

 

[Tank-Girl]

Found 8 borage seedlings growing in the garden so I potted them up.

Brought my zucchini starts, rosemary plants and whippersnipper cord along with 4 bags of seedling mix.

My very expensive tomato plants are going very well.
They have had their first trim to remove side suckers and bottom leaves.

 

[Bacpacker]

All the seed from the trail has came up, well 90% or so. Only a few seed haven't germinated yet. They may still yet. The second tray on squash and melons I think was 100% and some of those seed was a few years old. 2-3 at least. I've taken the heat mats away now and even gave the trays 2-3 hours in the sun this afternoon. Some of the melons and such are gonna be ready to plant this week. Some of the other stuff will get transplanted by next weekend and go in the ground in a few weeks.

The lettuce, spinach & arugula is growing great on the front porch. Been eating fresh salads every couple days. Scallions in pots are going in the ground. May keep a few back just for scallions.

 

[WVDragonlady]

The drowning rain we've been getting has delayed me planting the marigolds and nasturtiums I plant in with my veggies. Hopefully I can get that done tomorrow since the rain is supposed to be gone

 

[Meerkat]

all of our tomato and pepper seeds are up and doing well. hopefully we will transplant to garden this weekend. i would do it ,yself but hubby doesn't want me doing stuff **** that without him.. gonna plant some more peas and corn also.

Spinach, green onions, radish, broccoli, cauliflower, cantaloupe all coming up. havn't planted yellow squash, zucchini or put tomato and peppers in yet. building new beds for them

Found 8 borage seedlings growing in the garden so I potted them up.

Brought my zucchini starts, rosemary plants and whippersnipper cord along with 4 bags of seedling mix.

My very expensive tomato plants are going very well.
They have had their first trim to remove side suckers and bottom leaves.

All the seed from the trail has came up, well 90% or so. Only a few seed haven't germinated yet. They may still yet. The second tray on squash and melons I think was 100% and some of those seed was a few years old. 2-3 at least. I've taken the heat mats away now and even gave the trays 2-3 hours in the sun this afternoon. Some of the melons and such are gonna be ready to plant this week. Some of the other stuff will get transplanted by next weekend and go in the ground in a few weeks.

The lettuce, spinach & arugula is growing great on the front porch. Been eating fresh salads every couple days. Scallions in pots are going in the ground. May keep a few back just for scallions.

The drowning rain we've been getting has delayed me planting the marigolds and nasturtiums I plant in with my veggies. Hopefully I can get that done tomorrow since the rain is supposed to be gone

Looks like all of you are having good results of this Springs planting.
We have been extra busy this past week. I only come on to listen to youtube musics or news [ if I think I'm feeling too good ] while I work inside.

Took yesterday, ones on right on bench " 6 buckets " are hydroponics, others in containers.
Had to open up and rearrange the whole greenhouse now that plants are getting bigger.
Picture is not good need a new camera.

Okra that was planted a month late.

 

[Dutchs]

Onions are looking nice, garlic is too. Green pepper getting buds tomatoes have some greenies on them. Peas been picked and flowers are blooming beautiful.

 

[Dutchs]

Forgot the peas

 

[WVDragonlady]

My onions are doing well. So is the celery. Its liking all this rain. We had hot weather so the spinach bolted and is now making seed heads. Since its a hybrid I plan on pulling it when it stops raining which it has been doing for for days now. The tomato plants that I put in the large containers are doing well even in all this rain. My pepper plants in a container are starting to set blooms. Cucumber plants are growing but everything needs some sun but looking at the 5 day report we'll be getting "some sun" whatever that means (lol)

 

[Bacpacker]

Dutchs, you always have some great looking plants/produce.

 

[Tank-Girl]

Yesterday I scored big by finding mugwort and catnip plants at the local nursery.
I got myself a watering can finally.

Lettuce and tomatoes are looking awesome.
Capsicums are a perennial here so I trimmed them back to get rid any disease
and I fed them with chicken manure pellets and epsom salts.
I am going to have to net them if I want unblemished fruit because the
fruit fly and fruit spotting beetles are still really active.

I found kipfler potatoes at the supermarket and I brought 2 kgs to plant
Along with a kilo of organic sebago potatoes and 4 cloves of Australian grown
Garlic to plant out.
The kipfler potatoes were 7 dollars a kilo which is better than paying
9 dollars a kilo for seed potatoes and having them shipped from Tasmania
at the end of my growing season when most suppliers offer their stock.
I have some plain potatoes that have started to sprout so I'll throw them
in to see what happens. Better then throwing them in the bin and wasting them.

 

[Amish Heart]

Our catnip came back from last year. Our old man cat loves it. But he eats a lot of it, then pukes. Then sleeps it off.
My lettuces look great, herbs are taking off. Waiting for green beans.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

@Tank-Girl we have found the supermarket sprouted potatoes grow the best over seed potatoes which cost a fortune. We get fantastic crops off them.

 

[Bacpacker]

I planted a couple of large Yukon Gold potatos with a bunch of eyes on each one, in 5 gallon buckets. They have finally broke thru the soil about 10" above the seed taters. Plant stalks are think and everything is looking good. I do water them every couple days really well. Gonna put a small amount of 46-0-0 fertilize on them in the next few days to give them a slight boost.
I found this idea on YouTube thought I'd give it a try. So far so good.

 

[timmie]

picked some blueberries today.

 

[Bacpacker]

Just waiting on my berries to ripen. I'm guessing 2-3 weeks before them to start.