How does your garden grow?

[lakngulf]

Watering this morning. We've been very pleased with the differnence the raised beds have made vs our past endevors with the North Carolina clay LOL World of difference from this year compared to last couple of years.

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We have more dirt, and will probably double the beds next year.

Looks great. Healthy and productive

 

[DFB]

Well things are happening some but still slowly, Have picked a bunch of zukes, a few cukes most are mis shapen, pollination has been poor with all the rain.

And looks like I'll be picking Italian style eggplants next week. Eggplant seem to be doing the best along with the tomatoes. Romas are packed with green tomatoes and the Celebrity are looking pretty good too.


Staked all my peppers yesterday we had wicked windstorm on Monday and it beat them hard again (and some of my mammoth sunflowers too!)

The peppers are recovering once more but slow, one of my worst years for peppers (and for beans but we won't go there ) It's still early though not even the end of July yet so there is plenty of time for peppers and most of the hots I pickle but still we be lucky with 45 more days before a frost again :laughing:

I've pumped the fertilizer to them wicked this week.

Been cool still mid 60's so far today and no sun again.

Waiting for all those Glads to flower here next, I had weeded them and wind knocked them all around too. The ones at work started to bloom about 10 days ago but they were also planted like 6 weeks before mine.

The hybrid sunflowers have started already.

 

[robbyr]

Watering this morning. We've been very pleased with the differnence the raised beds have made vs our past endevors with the North Carolina clay LOL World of difference from this year compared to last couple of years.

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We have more dirt, and will probably double the beds next year.

I've had the same experience. Built raised beds two years ago. Both years we got so much rain early then drought after they didn't do well but this year was my best ever. I built nine frames 4' x 10' then tied three together to make three rows thirty feet long. Tomatoes and squash did really well. Not really enough room to plant the amount of snap beans and purple hull peas I'd like to have.

 

[lakngulf]

My second crop of tomatoes had to deal with some tough, HOT july weather but are hanging in there!

Picked these this morning. Better Boy and Cherokee Purple. These flats make about 8 we have picked off about 20 plants. We consider that pretty good for this time of the year.

 

[robbyr]

What kind of trays are those?

 

[lakngulf]

What kind of trays are those?

: The Perma-Nest 1020 tray is built from heavy duty polystyrene plastic. This means it can be reused year after year without needing replaced.
They cost a bit but worth it.

 

[CalG]

I'm wondering what we are going to do with all these cukes! We still have dills from last year.

Love that cucumber raita!

I hope the tomato blight stays off, It seems to have take central Mass.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got our first cantaloupe, Big as a volleyball.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

next one about ready.

 

[lakngulf]

View attachment 517546next one about ready.

Beautiful cantaloupe. Couple I got at stands down our way had flavor washed out