Fed up with the garden

lman · Jul 17, 2023

masseyrider said:
Can't understand the cantaloupe and watermelons they've been in a month and a half. They're green and healthy looking. Maybe 7-8 inches across and no sign they're going to grow. ???????????
Down the road they put in watermelons couple weeks after me and theirs have spread out with 2-3 foot shoots in all directions and blooms like crazy.
Even some baby fruits (not that I'm judging LOL)

It's hard for us to keep ahead of our zucchini. Luckily my wife gets rid of what we can't use at work. The only thing that doesn't want to produce are my bell peppers.

masseyrider · Jul 17, 2023

lman said:
It's hard for us to keep ahead of our zucchini. Luckily my wife gets rid of what we can't use at work. The only thing that doesn't want to produce are my bell peppers.

Most years the zucchini are like standing under Niagara Falls trying to catch the water with a bucket. This year I got a few and then the plants collapsed and died.

Oaktree · Jul 17, 2023

Sigarms said:
Other than blueberries, this probably has been our worst year in the last 8 or 9 years with our garden.

It's too early to say...typically most of what we plant doesn't really produce until August. So far peas were disappointing, greens (lettuce/spinach/swiss chard) all did well and we've already started to get some broccoli. A lot of stuff seems to be a good 2-3 weeks ahead than normal.

All in all, seems to be shaping up to be a good year for berries. Blueberry & blackberry bushes are loaded, though not ripe yet.

jyoutz · Jul 17, 2023

masseyrider said:
Can't understand the cantaloupe and watermelons they've been in a month and a half. They're green and healthy looking. Maybe 7-8 inches across and no sign they're going to grow. ???????????
Down the road they put in watermelons couple weeks after me and theirs have spread out with 2-3 foot shoots in all directions and blooms like crazy.
Even some baby fruits (not that I'm judging LOL)

Melons are always interesting. They sit for awhile, then all of a sudden have growth spurts. Also there are so many different varieties, from 60-120 day ripeness.

jyoutz · Jul 17, 2023

masseyrider said:
Most years the zucchini are like standing under Niagara Falls trying to catch the water with a bucket. This year I got a few and then the plants collapsed and died.

Squash bugs. The bane of squash growing. Without fail I get those early in the season, and they will kill the plants. I have to spray with Sevin to get rid of them, then the plants grow.

jyoutz · Jul 17, 2023

Oaktree said:
It's too early to say...typically most of what we plant doesn't really produce until August. So far peas were disappointing, greens (lettuce/spinach/swiss chard) all did well and we've already started to get some broccoli. A lot of stuff seems to be a good 2-3 weeks ahead than normal.

All in all, seems to be shaping up to be a good year for berries. Blueberry & blackberry bushes are loaded, though not ripe yet.

My raspberries are loaded with green berries now, and they don’t usually start until mid August.

Yander · Jul 17, 2023

My corn patch was a disaster, the worst I've ever allowed my garden to get. Too many other projects this spring and summer. So I bushhogged tilled and replanted with some 75-day corn. Hopefully it'll work out.

lman · Jul 17, 2023

Yander said:
My corn patch was a disaster, the worst I've ever allowed my garden to get. Too many other projects this spring and summer. So I bushhogged tilled and replanted with some 75-day corn. Hopefully it'll work out.

Mine will be ready soon.

MAX-24-Dean · Jul 17, 2023

Yander said:
My corn patch was a disaster, the worst I've ever allowed my garden to get. Too many other projects this spring and summer. So I bushhogged tilled and replanted with some 75-day corn. Hopefully it'll work out.

Continuing to try is half the battle with gardens sometimes.

Sigarms · Jul 17, 2023

Oaktree said:
It's too early to say...typically most of what we plant doesn't really produce until August. So far peas were disappointing, greens (lettuce/spinach/swiss chard) all did well and we've already started to get some broccoli. A lot of stuff seems to be a good 2-3 weeks ahead than normal.

All in all, seems to be shaping up to be a good year for berries. Blueberry & blackberry bushes are loaded, though not ripe yet.

Blueberries are done for the season for us in NC, but we can't complain as we picked a lot (they're more mature this year pushing 5 or 6 years old).

By this time of year, we'd be picking tomatoes now. We have them, they just haven't ripened yet.

Cantaloupes are coming in, again, just seems to be running behind on our end.