2025 gardens

[Sawyer Rob]

Yukon Gold potatoes, Big Boy and Roma Tomatoes,

SR

 

[sixdogs]

I put some epsom salts on my tomatoes last week and we seemed to have an overnight positive response. The leaves are much greener and the plants look stronger. The green tomatoes are bigger. It did rain overnight so the growth and tomato size might be from that but the greener plant I think is from the epsom salts.

I didn't have a sprayer so mixed two TBSP of salts into two gallons of water and saturated the roots of three plants with that mixture. I also sprinkled some over the tops of the plants.
If three plants got two TBSP that means each plant got saturated and sprinkled with two tsp of salts in water.

Great idea and I'm glad I did it. Foliar spray is probably a better idea but I also saw mention of the root saturation method and that worked for me.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Picked another 16 pounds of green beans tonight!

Pumpkins are booming

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Picked about 120 ears of sweet corn. About 5x that to go.

 

[Sonny580]

The rest of the onions picked up and the tatoes dug, over 2,000 pounds of tatoes total.
Got a few wierd ones too.
Had quite a few that were 2 1/2 to 3 pounds. Same with the onions.
French fries now!

 

[sixdogs]

Corn was difficult this year in that a mini-burst of wind, coupled with heavy rain and a severe thunderstorm knocked down or twisted up a lot of my patch. Still, we got enough to eat by hand-pollinating the twisted mess. We should get a few dozen and here is a sample.

Look at the size of these ears compared with a large dinner plate. Variety is Delectable and I think 80 days.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

I've got orders for another 5 dozen ears this week

 

[Sonny580]

I have planted that kind in the past but still go back to NK 199 myself! Thats what Libby uses. Its a commercial corn and yields over 6 tons per acre. Nice big ears too!

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

I try to plant sh2 types because they have a wider harvest window and keep longer after picking. People usually buy 6, then come back for 3 dozen the next week

 

[sixdogs]

I put some epsom salts on my tomatoes last week and we seemed to have an overnight positive response. The leaves are much greener and the plants look stronger. The green tomatoes are bigger. It did rain overnight so the growth and tomato size might be from that but the greener plant I think is from the epsom salts.

I didn't have a sprayer so mixed two TBSP of salts into two gallons of water and saturated the roots of three plants with that mixture. I also sprinkled some over the tops of the plants.
If three plants got two TBSP that means each plant got saturated and sprinkled with two tsp of salts in water.

Great idea and I'm glad I did it. Foliar spray is probably a better idea but I also saw mention of the root saturation method and that worked for me.

That's my post above. I don't think I should have done the root saturation method for epsom salts and I used too much. I'm from the more is better crowd and this happens sometimes.

We've had a lot of rainfall this year and I now have 8 ft tall tomato plants. It's not as much plant growth as you would think but I have HUGE tomatoes and lots of them.



On the plus side I have way more tomatoes than ever so it's all good.