How does your garden grow?
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Still too wet here for tilling and the forecast calls for rain today and tomorrow. About the only thing I've done is bought my fertilizer and started the tomato seeds, probably have to up-plant this week.
lakngulf
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That is a big garden. I have my garden at the farm tilled, and planted some silver queen on Saturday. Who knows if too early or not. We have 35 predicted for Wed night Thurs AM. Maybe that will be last cold spell but you always have to watch out for Easter.
At home I have pots with fresh farm soil ready for some maters, and my little plants in the greenhouse are not as far along as usual, and that is probably a good thing. Temps will be warm soon and growing will be good!
robbyr
Veteran Member
I wondered that also.
flyerdan
Veteran Member
I start seeds in those 5 dozen egg crates, each section gives you 30 mini pots. Got some starting to come up after a week now, I replant them into 4" pots until it's warm and dry enough to till.
Last few years I can't seem to get radishes; they grow just fine, but kind of lay over and have no root.
Last few years I can't seem to get radishes; they grow just fine, but kind of lay over and have no root.
2LaneCruzer
Super Member
I have planted corn...along with peas and potatoes... as early as February. A light freeze won't hurt the peas, and I have had both the corn and potatoes nipped and they all recovered. Onlyest problem, is some things, even though planted early, don't do well at low temps.
CADplans
Elite Member
OK here is a question for the "Super Gardeners",,,,
I have added so much organic matter to my garden, that all rain is absorbed, I get zero runoff, no matter how much rain I get.
Nitrogen is water soluble, at least the kind I use on the garden,,
We have had close to 5 inches of rain over the last week, and are expecting 3 inches over the next week,,
Is it possible that 8 inches of rain over such a short period of time will leach away all of the nitrogen fertilizer?
Should I re-fertilize like there has been nothing applied?
I have added so much organic matter to my garden, that all rain is absorbed, I get zero runoff, no matter how much rain I get.
Nitrogen is water soluble, at least the kind I use on the garden,,
We have had close to 5 inches of rain over the last week, and are expecting 3 inches over the next week,,
Is it possible that 8 inches of rain over such a short period of time will leach away all of the nitrogen fertilizer?
Should I re-fertilize like there has been nothing applied?
robbyr
Veteran Member
Would be interesting to know.
I can’t seem to get my watering right. Read that beans don’t need a lot. But now I think I’m not giving enough.
I can’t seem to get my watering right. Read that beans don’t need a lot. But now I think I’m not giving enough.
jaxs
Elite Member
To have no ponding and no runoff is good because the N isn't washed away to another location nor . suspended in water until it become's airborn. Most of your N has bound up with first few inches of topsoil. I wouldn't add additional fertilize to intire garden. Too much N can hender some seeds germination. You can always side dress if plants look deficient (corn will need sidedressing regardless).
bunyip
Elite Member
We have just bought two 100litre containers that had food additives in them, they have a aluminium cage, some have a gal steel cage.
Cut the cage in hal then cut the container in half and give them a good pressure washing to get the gunk out.
They then drop back in the cage and you have raised beds.
We are going for the wicking self watering type beds and will start in a couple of weeks when I have some time up my sleeve.
They cost $50 each which is a lot cheaper than buying a bed, we will put a timber frame around it when it is done to make it look decent and wrap some copper wire around the containers to keep the snails out.
This video gives you the idea but a bit long winded: How To Build A Wicking Bed Using an IBC / Tote - YouTube
This will be our vegetable garden that we will put some hoops over and cover with shade cloth so it doesn't cook in summer.
Apparently when slugs try to crawl over copper wire the slime reacts with the copper and gives them a shock and they fall off, we get sick of snails eating everything we plant and this could be the answer.
We have done corn before and we made a maze in the garden with it to amuse the kids when they were young, bonus was they could push through it and eat it when it was ready.
Snails didn't attack the corn but they love herbs and strawberries and my basil crop never ever made it.
Cut the cage in hal then cut the container in half and give them a good pressure washing to get the gunk out.
They then drop back in the cage and you have raised beds.
We are going for the wicking self watering type beds and will start in a couple of weeks when I have some time up my sleeve.
They cost $50 each which is a lot cheaper than buying a bed, we will put a timber frame around it when it is done to make it look decent and wrap some copper wire around the containers to keep the snails out.
This video gives you the idea but a bit long winded: How To Build A Wicking Bed Using an IBC / Tote - YouTube
This will be our vegetable garden that we will put some hoops over and cover with shade cloth so it doesn't cook in summer.
Apparently when slugs try to crawl over copper wire the slime reacts with the copper and gives them a shock and they fall off, we get sick of snails eating everything we plant and this could be the answer.
We have done corn before and we made a maze in the garden with it to amuse the kids when they were young, bonus was they could push through it and eat it when it was ready.
Snails didn't attack the corn but they love herbs and strawberries and my basil crop never ever made it.