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Coaxial

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Posted: Jul 15, 2025 - 6:42am
Slackers!

marko86

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Posted: Jun 30, 2025 - 10:39am

Having to give up on my main plot (10'X12') outside my fence. After 20 + years, its productivity dipped tremendously. I suspect the bad nematodes based on the nodules on the roots. Waiting for the Garlic to finish, then spray with neme oil stuff, plow it up, more neme oil, and cover with black plastic, and cook it. Moved to pots in the meantime. All inside my fence, which is more convenient access, and saves me from having to put clothes on.

Had a few tomatoes, but the heat is already curtailed further production. Peppers been pretty good and a lone eggplant. Some very short stemmed cucumber plants doing pretty well. Herbs like Rosemary/Oregano/Sage/Thyme do well as usual. Squash was a bust, as usual. squash vine borers know how to find them. I thought maybe it would be ok in a giant pot with Oregano, but nope.

I but up shade cloth on one side, because the heat gonna kill everything. Just got to keep it limping thru the next couple months and hopefully make it to Fall time.

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Posted: Jun 28, 2025 - 12:18pm
JrzyTmata wrote: got our first harvest of summer crops! 2 zucchini, 8 cucumbers and a couple of green beans. I pulled up the garlic. the best garlic crop I've ever had! 176 big beautiful bulbs! we put up the shade cloth this week for the heatwave. Momma, the feral cat says HEY! HEY! Our stuff is just getting started here...

JrzyTmata

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Posted: Jun 28, 2025 - 9:19am
got our first harvest of summer crops! 2 zucchini, 8 cucumbers and a couple of green beans. I pulled up the garlic. the best garlic crop I've ever had! 176 big beautiful bulbs! we put up the shade cloth this week for the heatwave. Momma, the feral cat says HEY!

GeneP59

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Posted: Jun 28, 2025 - 8:37am
Finally got some of my tomato plants transplanted into the garden. Will be getting more plants in on Sunday since itâs raining today.

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Posted: May 31, 2025 - 9:21am
Itâs going to be a sunny and warm upcoming week so Iâll be able to till the garden. Didnât have one to speak of last year for the first time in decades. I hope things go smoothly this year.

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Posted: May 31, 2025 - 9:17am
Itâs going to be a bad year for my blueberry bushes

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Posted: May 30, 2025 - 6:12pm

JrzyTmata wrote:

my serviceberry bush is going gangbusters this year.
I'll get a photo tomorrow when I go out to pick before the birds eat them all. might have enough to make a small batch of jam.
the garlic is starting to send up scapes. should be ready in 4 weeks.

how is everyone's garden this year?

We really don't have one. Our backyard is being turned into a wildflower meadow. Alison did buy one tomato plant to put on the patio. our serviceberries are trees. Three of them around our front patio (put in since you guys were here). We also have a sour cherry tree in the front yard.

JrzyTmata

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Posted: May 30, 2025 - 5:26pm
my serviceberry bush is going gangbusters this year. I'll get a photo tomorrow when I go out to pick before the birds eat them all. might have enough to make a small batch of jam. the garlic is starting to send up scapes. should be ready in 4 weeks. how is everyone's garden this year?

JrzyTmata

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Posted: Nov 15, 2024 - 1:44pm

Bill_J wrote:

End of June would be too late for me, but I like the idea of staggering plantings. Would the leaf spot from the earlier older plants infect the younger? Or is it just age related like everything I have? Might be worth a try.

honestly, I never tried this. lol I'm sick of tomatoes by the end of the first round. but I believe the virus is worse mid-season. pull up old plants before planting new.
Iwas going to try it this year, but my plants actually held on until september this year. I think it might have been the shade cloth reduced the usual stress.

Bill_J

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Posted: Nov 15, 2024 - 1:20pm
JrzyTmata wrote: tomatoes. it's probably leaf spot. very common. if you really want more tomatoes, start fresh seedlings end of June and replant. End of June would be too late for me, but I like the idea of staggering plantings. Would the leaf spot from the earlier older plants infect the younger? Or is it just age related like everything I have? Might be worth a try.

black321

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Posted: Nov 15, 2024 - 12:28pm
JrzyTmata wrote: I can send you more next year if you want. i'll let you know, thanks so much.

kcar

Posted: Nov 15, 2024 - 11:02am
Right now this is the best darn thread in the forum. A welcome respite from worldly mishigas.

JrzyTmata

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Posted: Nov 15, 2024 - 9:41am

Bill_J wrote:

I had my best crop of peppers ever; cayenne & mammoth jalapenos. Already made lots of hot sauce & one more batch to go.
The tomatoes did what they always do. They start to yield at the end of July and shortly afterwards we have bucket loads. But in a few weeks the plants start to die (brown leaves) & they're done before September. Maybe I need to spray them with something, but I haven't.

tomatoes. it's probably leaf spot. very common. if you really want more tomatoes, start fresh seedlings end of June and replant.

Bill_J

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Posted: Nov 15, 2024 - 9:17am
I had my best crop of peppers ever; cayenne & mammoth jalapenos. Already made lots of hot sauce & one more batch to go. The tomatoes did what they always do. They start to yield at the end of July and shortly afterwards we have bucket loads. But in a few weeks the plants start to die (brown leaves) & they're done before September. Maybe I need to spray them with something, but I haven't.

JrzyTmata

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Posted: Nov 15, 2024 - 8:52am
black321 wrote: Ah, left those growing in my NY house which was sold...not sure the new owners kept it up. We were in transit for months, so didnt carry any of the bulbs with me...too bad. I can send you more next year if you want.

black321

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Posted: Nov 15, 2024 - 8:47am
JrzyTmata wrote: oh no!! put some in some pots. it's not too late!! is this the same garlic I sent you years ago? Ah, left those growing in my NY house which was sold...not sure the new owners kept it up. We were in transit for months, so didnt carry any of the bulbs with me...too bad.

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Posted: Nov 15, 2024 - 8:23am

JrzyTmata wrote:

let's get some new/old threads going.
How is everyone's gardens?
we're in a really bad drought right now. wildfires. weather is way too warm for this time of year, the leaves are still clinging to the trees but the color has been nice.

We kicked but on tomatoes and peppers this year. We had a bunch of Anaheims that we roasted, and I had a weird unknow chili that came as a mis-lable in a flat that was supposed to be a shishito. The cold set in early and I didn't get them all off the plant before we left town. I'm heading back in December and curious to see what's left when I return (I'll pull all the plants down then too).

Now I'm in the land of Mangos and Avacados. No garden here though, maybe next year.

JrzyTmata

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Posted: Nov 15, 2024 - 8:18am
black321 wrote: I didnt get my garlic bulbs in the ground in time...already have about a foot of snow on the ground. I havent tried growing anything so far in the new house...we are at 7,700 ft elevation. oh no!! put some in some pots. it's not too late!! is this the same garlic I sent you years ago?

JrzyTmata

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Posted: Nov 15, 2024 - 8:17am

Coaxial wrote:

We are in drought conditions as well...Did the drought do in your pepper and tomato crops as well?

the drought didn't start until after the garden was done. the last rain was sometime in September. we went 45ish days without measurable rain before we had a small 3/8 inch a few days ago.
we did have a a bunch o' heatwaves this summer though. I had to use southern gardening methods to get through. Shade cloths to for the win! Never had to use those before but they worked great!

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