How does your garden grow?

[DFB]

So scored me some Heirloom Creasy (Greasy) beans last night during the 1st annual town seed saver library seed swap and I got soaking wet setting up my poles and planting them in the rain just now.

Can't wait till I see them come up...can't wait to eat some either but I have to save seeds too...

Ideal Market Bean - Seed Savers Exchange

 

[Larro Darro]

So scored me some Heirloom Creasy (Greasy) beans last night during the 1st annual town seed saver library seed swap and I got soaking wet setting up my poles and planting them in the rain just now.

Can't wait till I see them come up...can't wait to eat some either but I have to save seeds too...

Ideal Market Bean - Seed Savers Exchange

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Great find. Are you going to be saving seeds?

 

[DFB]

Great find. Are you going to be saving seeds?

I guess that's the plan

It was originally the plan of our past town librarian to have a seed library and its going to happen in memoriam to her, she passed young only 50 so we formed a group..the new librarian a close friend of mine, some other active gardening town folk, library board of trustees etc.. Its cool SeedSavers helped us out with a decent seed donation and several others are in the works. Plus local people had plenty of stuff to donate. Seeds are free to take out and though saving and donating back is not requirement I think enough people will, to make it work. There is a bunch of literature from seed companies and of course our little town library is packed with great books on gardening and seed saving so those interested can learn about the necessary things like cross pollination and proper seed drying procedures.

Plus the Library is integrated in the town school (it does a double duty) so we are also hoping to establish an educational garden that the school age kids can partake in.

Overall it's a pretty sound group of professional/commercial growers, educators and volunteer gardeners and I am glad to see it happening.

 

[Larro Darro]

I guess that's the plan

It was originally the plan of our past town librarian to have a seed library and its going to happen in memoriam to her, she passed young only 50 so we formed a group..the new librarian a close friend of mine, some other active gardening town folk, library board of trustees etc.. Its cool SeedSavers helped us out with a decent seed donation and several others are in the works. Plus local people had plenty of stuff to donate. Seeds are free to take out and though saving and donating back is not requirement I think enough people will, to make it work. There is a bunch of literature from seed companies and of course our little town library is packed with great books on gardening and seed saving so those interested can learn about the necessary things like cross pollination and proper seed drying procedures.

Plus the Library is integrated in the town school (it does a double duty) so we are also hoping to establish an educational garden that the school age kids can partake in.

Overall it's a pretty sound group of professional/commercial growers, educators and volunteer gardeners and I am glad to see it happening.

That sounds great. I love to see kids showing an interest in gardening. I've been getting heirloom Asian seeds from a little old Filipino lady. So far I have been able to keep the pole beans from crossing with anything else. This is my first year growing the gourd seed I got from her. I took the precaution of growing no other gourds this year. The way she describes them, they sound like a snake gourd. But she says it isn't the same thing. You eat them when they are young, cooked like you would cook a squash.

 

[lakngulf]

Hot, humid, and HOT weather leads to some tomato problems for me. I cannot grow tomatoes in same soil more than a couple of years. But I never know whether a plant will make it in particular container or not. So I plant a tomato, watch it grow and put on fruit. If it succumbs to what I think is Southern Bacterial Wilt then I pluck the green maters, pull the plant, and replace with corn or okra seed.


I have one larger area where I emptied many pots last winter. For the most part I have peppers, squash and corn in this are, but planted four Gary O'Sena tomato plants. They have been doing so well. I guessed that perhaps moving the soil helped with the issues in the pots. Well, two days ago one of the beautiful plants showed signs of the Southern Bacterial Wilt. My issue may be something else, but everything I read points to this. One day the plants are beautiful, the next they completely wilt, even with consistent watering. Here is a picture of the dying plant. It has a half dozen beautiful green tomatoes on it.

 

[Larro Darro]

Hot, humid, and HOT weather leads to some tomato problems for me. I cannot grow tomatoes in same soil more than a couple of years. But I never know whether a plant will make it in particular container or not. So I plant a tomato, watch it grow and put on fruit. If it succumbs to what I think is Southern Bacterial Wilt then I pluck the green maters, pull the plant, and replace with corn or okra seed.


I have one larger area where I emptied many pots last winter. For the most part I have peppers, squash and corn in this are, but planted four Gary O'Sena tomato plants. They have been doing so well. I guessed that perhaps moving the soil helped with the issues in the pots. Well, two days ago one of the beautiful plants showed signs of the Southern Bacterial Wilt. My issue may be something else, but everything I read points to this. One day the plants are beautiful, the next they completely wilt, even with consistent watering. Here is a picture of the dying plant. It has a half dozen beautiful green tomatoes on it.

I have gone through this same thing for years. Once you have it in your soil, all you can do is move off and leave it. Or do like I did this year, and make a soil mix {with none of your dirt} to go in the pots. I'm about three weeks into ripe tomatoes, and {knock on wood} no problems so far.

 

[lakngulf]

I have gone through this same thing for years. Once you have it in your soil, all you can do is move off and leave it. Or do like I did this year, and make a soil mix {with none of your dirt} to go in the pots. I'm about three weeks into ripe tomatoes, and {knock on wood} no problems so far.

Yes, thank goodness the tomatoes I have in pots with fresh soil are doing great! And the tomatoes this year have the best taste ever = Cherokee purple, lush queen, Amos Coli and Better Boy

 

[Larro Darro]

I want to grow some Cherokee Purple. They are a little darker than my Pruden's Purple. I also have some Beefsteak, Yellow pear, Cherubs {grown from store bought tomatoes} and just now going into gallon pots, a few Homestead.

Edit: And Margie brought home a bunch of really round cherry tomatoes that I'm going to sprout a few seeds from. Not sure where I will put them.

 

[Larro Darro]

This morning before work I put in 9 more pepper plants in my 2nd pepper patch. Also replaced one cashed plant in the other patch.

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[Larro Darro]

I cut my first Crimson Sweet melon last night {clipped on Monday}. About 95% ripe. There should be some ready now.

Blooms on my 2nd planting of green beans. {can't find the picture. I must have used the other camera}

Tassels on 2nd planting of sweet corn. {again, no picture of tassels, but here is one of the cardboard I'm laying down in the corn patch}

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All the 2nd plantings of the viney stuff got side dressed and hoed this week. I used a mix of 5-10-15, 6-6-6, 10-10-10 and 13-13-13.

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