GARDENING 2025!

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This STUPID apricot is starting to bloom already I knew this variety was a poor choice with a 500 chill hour requirement paired with a very early harvest.View attachment 172548

I had one apple tree (Liberty) that decided to bloom in late September / early October this past year. It was the only one. And normally, that variety is just fine for this growing zone. It was an odd year. Sincerely hoping the apple trees will grow this year as they really languished last year with the weather extremes. The ones that surprised me were my peach trees which exploded with growth. Come to think of it, my Lilac bush kinda did the same thing as that Liberty apple, it had blooms on it again in the fall.

 

[LadyLocust]

I hope they grow and produce well for you. They look amazing.


Last year I couldn't get broccoli to grow at all. I planted both starts and seed and got nothing. But the cabbages just a foot over grew like gangbusters.

Another brassica I have trouble with is Brussel Sprouts, the plants grow big and fairly lush, but the sprouts are really small and not worth the effort. Last year I left them in the ground, thinking of letting them go to seed and I see now the sprouts have finally developed. I'm wondering just how long does it take for them to grow to harvest??? I planted them in April last year

Mine are similar. They are still out there because I didn’t pull them. They were still green. They are still green and “growing” so will see what happens.

 

[dademoss]

Ordered tomato seeds , I'll start them here then move them there

Have to get a new grow light to start em next year, my current one is losing LEDS.

Any suggestions on good grow lights for starting seedlings?

 

[Snowman]

I saw where a member was telling US about not being able to do any Growing of a Garden, then I saw this :

https://www.agardenpatch.com/

 

[Neb]

Garlic after the snow melt.

Ben

 

[RJ2019]

Some of the cauliflower is ready. I need to start eating it before they rot from all the rain we've had. The last time I grew cauliflower it was the white variety, and the inside of the heads got icky, but these have been okay so far! I have a few of the broccoli on tap, too.

 

[Neb]

Many years ago I planted 3 dwarf apple trees. One was munched by deer down below the graft. So the crab apple root stock grew back. I grafted a bunch of good apple stock on it last year. Most took well but didn't grow much which I am guessing was due to a dry year and the grafts were below many other branches.

So today I took a bundle of good scions from a good apple for more grafts in the spring. I also cut off the trunk above to grafts making last years grafts the top of that branch of the trunk.

Let's see how the grafts go this year.

Ben

 

[GreenAndSwirly]

This STUPID apricot is starting to bloom already I knew this variety was a poor choice with a 500 chill hour requirement paired with a very early harvest.View attachment 172548

The crab apples in town near us were blooming in November last year, when it was in the 40s out. It was a weird year for everything

 

[GreenAndSwirly]

I didn't buy any to start indoors, the pack of space has lead to failure in the past so I'll purchase those. Over the weekend I ordered yellow peas, wax beans, melons, radishes, hardy spinach, bush beans, and cut flowers at my girls' request.
Here's to hoping

 

[RJ2019]

Many years ago I planted 3 dwarf apple trees. One was munched by deer down below the graft. So the crab apple root stock grew back. I grafted a bunch of good apple stock on it last year. Most took well but didn't grow much which I am guessing was due to a dry year and the grafts were below many other branches.

So today I took a bundle of good scions from a good apple for more grafts in the spring. I also cut off the trunk above to grafts making last years grafts the top of that branch of the trunk.

Let's see how the grafts go this year.

Ben

I need to get some scions for my fig tree. I had a volunteer fig given to me a few years back and last year I came to find out it's a male caprifig. it's already a good sized tree so I'm going to try and graft 1 or 2 other varieties onto it.

 

[Neb]

I need to get some scions for my fig tree. I had a volunteer fig given to me a few years back and last year I came to find out it's a male caprifig. it's already a good sized tree so I'm going to try and graft 1 or 2 other varieties onto it.

Oh please take pictures and share.

I have one fig in the ground and 3 clones in pots. May be a turkey version.

Ben

 

[elkhound]

I need to get some scions for my fig tree. I had a volunteer fig given to me a few years back and last year I came to find out it's a male caprifig. it's already a good sized tree so I'm going to try and graft 1 or 2 other varieties onto it.

if looking for more types of scion etc. go to figbid.com.


https://figbid.com/

 

[RJ2019]

if looking for more types of scion etc. go to figbid.com.


https://figbid.com/

Good stuff! I have permission to take scions from a tree that has green skinned figs (unknown variety though). There's a seller on figbid that's not far from here who has some cool varieties. Last fall I pruned my tree back to 3 main leaders and would really like to graft more than 1 variety onto it.