How does your garden grow?

[lakngulf]

I just put my corn in the ground today, along with field peas, and squash. The peas are starting to trellis already, and potatoes are going crazy

I just put some silver queen in the ground also. But I start some in flats to fill in where I do not get good germination, or the birds get 'em. Had never started corn in the greenhouse until a few years back. Two grandsons were "helping" me in the greenhouse. We were organizing the seed I keep in the greenhouse frig. After we finished I gave them each a flat filled with potting soil and let them plant whatever they wanted. One picked rattlesnake beans and okra and the other picked silver queen corn. The corn sprouted, grew, and was viable enough to transplant to the garden.

That year, they were visiting for Father's Day weekend and we had fresh beans AND fresh corn from the seeds they had planted.

 

[Larro Darro]

I just put some silver queen in the ground also. But I start some in flats to fill in where I do not get good germination, or the birds get 'em. Had never started corn in the greenhouse until a few years back. Two grandsons were "helping" me in the greenhouse. We were organizing the seed I keep in the greenhouse frig. After we finished I gave them each a flat filled with potting soil and let them plant whatever they wanted. One picked rattlesnake beans and okra and the other picked silver queen corn. The corn sprouted, grew, and was viable enough to transplant to the garden.

That year, they were visiting for Father's Day weekend and we had fresh beans AND fresh corn from the seeds they had planted.

That is cool. I have a couple of small cousins that live in Tampa. Last fall they helped me move some broccoli from the garden into the greenhouse. The little one gets too excited about helping though. I sent a few plants home with them. They don't get up here as much during the school year, so I didn't hear how they did.

 

[Larro Darro]

I have sprouts of everything from my first planting. Green beans, sweet corn, soybeans, peas and field corn. Also sprouts from some of the stuff I put in trays. I didn't bend down and read the {high tech milk jug} name tag, but I think it was the Armenian cucumbers.

 

[aarolar]

Corn is breaking the ground and I fully expect to see beans today or tomorrow. These high 80s are really making everything jump.

 

[Larro Darro]

Corn is breaking the ground and I fully expect to see beans today or tomorrow. These high 80s are really making everything jump.

Now if we will just get some of this rain they have promised for the next three days.

 

[aarolar]

Yep if not I know where a rainbird is

 

[LA Confederate]

Today I went to get some dirt for some soil samples. After the 9.5" of rain we got at the end of last week, and even with several days of drying, the kids were still up over their ankles in mud. Guess I'm glad I didn't bother building rows and planting yet.

 

[Larro Darro]

Today I went to get some dirt for some soil samples. After the 9.5" of rain we got at the end of last week, and even with several days of drying, the kids were still up over their ankles in mud. Guess I'm glad I didn't bother building rows and planting yet.

You would be killing it with rice though Hope you dry out enough to plant soon.

 

[aarolar]

Want some advice from yall. I have buckwheat to plant as a cover crop, we are supposed to get rain this weekend and I would like to take advantage of that but it's also supposed to cool off but then warm up by middle of the week again. Should I wait to put it out till the cool spell passes or go ahead and take advantage of the rain? I have no experience with buckwheat but I've read it can't handle cool temps.

 

[Larro Darro]

Want some advice from yall. I have buckwheat to plant as a cover crop, we are supposed to get rain this weekend and I would like to take advantage of that but it's also supposed to cool off but then warm up by middle of the week again. Should I wait to put it out till the cool spell passes or go ahead and take advantage of the rain? I have no experience with buckwheat but I've read it can't handle cool temps.

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According to the Farmer's Almanac, the 23rd and 24th are the next good days for sowing grain. I try to plant by the moon signs when I can.

 

[lakngulf]

I have been away for a few days at the beach, came home and found my greenhouse looking like this:



Several items that need to find some soil in the garden soon = rattlesnake beans, yellow and zuchinni squash, silver queen corn, and lots of tomatoes. Some tomatoes are so large that they may have to be discarded in favor of the newer group coming along. I like the color of healthy green!



The 10 day forecast calls for some cold nights for Sunday and Monday, so I will nurse everything along and transplant after that. Here are the tomatoes I put in the ground before the trip. They really enjoyed the warm temps and living on the small pier. Will have to cover them during the cold nights.



And WHAT???? A bloom???

 

[aarolar]

Yep not looking foward to these cool temps upcoming, I have beans breaking the dirt and it could potentially stunt them badly depending on how cold it does get.

 

[Larro Darro]

I have been away for a few days at the beach, came home and found my greenhouse looking like this:



Several items that need to find some soil in the garden soon = rattlesnake beans, yellow and zuchinni squash, silver queen corn, and lots of tomatoes. Some tomatoes are so large that they may have to be discarded in favor of the newer group coming along. I like the color of healthy green!



The 10 day forecast calls for some cold nights for Sunday and Monday, so I will nurse everything along and transplant after that. Here are the tomatoes I put in the ground before the trip. They really enjoyed the warm temps and living on the small pier. Will have to cover them during the cold nights.



And WHAT???? A bloom???

They have done some growing. I have too much outside to fit it in my underground green house. I'm just hoping there is enough wind Sunday night so there won't be a heavy frost Monday morning.

 

[Larro Darro]

I saw cucumber sprouts up yesterday morning. With the 2 inches of rain we had, more should be on the way.

 

[Larro Darro]

Today there are sprouts of everything but the Charleston Gray melons and Acorn squash of the planted in the ground stuff. But just barely for the banana cantaloupe and Armenian cucumbers. They is only one sprout of each. I put the pepper and tomato plants still in cups, plus the trays of squash and Armenian cucumbers sprouts in the underground greenhouse. It is so windy I don't think we will have a frost, but why take chances.

 

[Larro Darro]

Pretty heavy frost this morning. I got out at 0600 and ran the sprinklers for about an hour. Fingers crossed.

 

[lakngulf]

Pretty heavy frost this morning. I got out at 0600 and ran the sprinklers for about an hour. Fingers crossed.

Was cold around too. I covered my tomatoes in the garden, and ran my propane heater in the greenhouse. Hope that was enough to keep everything on the "grow" track.

 

[Larro Darro]

Was cold around too. I covered my tomatoes in the garden, and ran my propane heater in the greenhouse. Hope that was enough to keep everything on the "grow" track.

The only place I saw that was touched up pretty bad was the kiddie pool with the acorn squash and peppers. I had turned on the sprinkler for them, but I guess the broccoli {right beside the sprinkler} was so tall they didn't get washed off as good. Two or three pepper plants look like they might die, and the acorn squash will be slowed down at the very least. But most all the stuff planted in the ground looks good. A couple of green beans got burned, that was about it.

 

[aarolar]

So far I haven't seen any damage on anything of mine. Went ahead and put cucumbers and squash in ground yesterday afternoon.

 

[Larro Darro]

This is what the young pepper plants in the kiddie pool look{ed} liked.



I replaced the burnt ones, and squeezed in as many more as I could. Starting to the north and going clockwise, there are 4 Grand Bell Mix, a California Wonder Bell, Serrano Chili, Cayenne and Jalapeno Early.



It going to get crowded when they all take off. But looking at the picture, I'm tempted to try to slide a couple more in there.