What did you do in the garden today?

Sally PB said:

I had mine in the mud room, and I don't think it survived. What is a realistic low temp that they'll handle?

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Sally, although I have not dedicated my efforts to them the past few years TBH, from my past experiences where I'd have like 30 different types of peppers growing. FROST is your killer. Some species can tolerate a bit of it, may freeze back to the ground, others nope, you are done. Habanero's come to mind, out of all my peppers I must say the Habs were the most temperamental ones I had to put up with. With that, id say, do NOT let any peppers freeze really, they don't like it.

Aaron

Iluveggers said:

Here is one of the plants.

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They were repotted from the seedling tray into these cups and buried to the true leaves. I could also just add more dirt up to the very top of the cup if you think that would be better.

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Those look beautiful!

Iluveggers said:

Here is one of the plants.

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They were repotted from the seedling tray into these cups and buried to the true leaves. I could also just add more dirt up to the very top of the cup if you think that would be better.

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They will be fine until you are ready to plant out.. very nice plants !!

I've never seen deer eat rhubarb here, surprisingly. They eat the hostas down to the ground, but never touch the rhubarb. Rhubarb is the one thing nothing here will touch so I grow it outside the garden fence. I googled it & this is what I came up with: Slugs, snails, leaf beetles, beetles, and deer are the culprits you should look out for. These pests are the most commonly known for eating rhubarb leaves.

WIchickMama said:

Any ideas what is eating my rhubarb? Never have I had it eaten before? Do I spray or cover with netting?

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TJAnonymous said:

I still don't have my lettuce in the ground and now it's almost too late. Wondering if I should even bother?

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I'm sure it's different for you as you're much hotter, but I'm able to grow lettuce most of the summer by growing it under shade cloth. It grows well enough here for the most part except in August. I grow enough to just cut it down instead of picking the outside leaves, it keeps it from bolting.

Debating on starting some asian cukes inside. I said I wasn't going to do any starts, but I think I will. Maybe some squash too. It's just so darn cold here at night still. But my beans look good under the hot house out there.

Went to the Depot yesterday, got a new spigot & some hose to run to the farthest end of the garden. & a new 5 gal bucket for a bigger chicken waterer. Looks like back surgery is inevitable & I won't be able to put it off till after the harvest so I'm trying to make everything as easy for DH as I can.

Haven't slept in days because of the pain so I'm just sitting on the heating pad today. But I need to get my starts outside for a couple hours & get a cattle panel cut up for supports for the peppers.

WIchickMama said:

question for you all--mint: in containers or in ground? I don't want it taking over the yard but I have a 7x15 area that I can use for mint, I have 4 different kinds

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I grow mine in a half barrel pot. I feel like you can get rid of it easy enough if it were to take over, but what do I know. Mine dies back in the winter & regrows in the spring. It shares a pot with sage & thyme & hasn't choked them out.

Mint will take over like a weed if you let it. Some of them will string out of the original pot and spread where they touch the ground. Not necessarily a bad thing.

I heard from a few people, which I need to check if it's true or not, they are experimenting with mint in beehives to keep the hive beetles out. If this is true, I wonder if it'd keep certain pests away from the girls too, if you can keep them out of it. If not, at least their poop might smell a bit nicer

Aaron

My Nemisis. To you this round goes. But. I WILL PREVAIL! The war will be Won. . . .
Someday. . . . .

Hope there is one in Stock in town. This was my spare. My brother "borrowed" my good one.

Isn't it amazing how those handles just snap clean off at the tool head? You CAN go get a new handle and just nail it back in and not have to get an entire new tool in most cases, save a few dollars that way.

Aaron

Sueby said:

I've never seen deer eat rhubarb here, surprisingly. They eat the hostas down to the ground, but never touch the rhubarb. Rhubarb is the one thing nothing here will touch so I grow it outside the garden fence. I googled it & this is what I came up with: Slugs, snails, leaf beetles, beetles, and deer are the culprits you should look out for. These pests are the most commonly known for eating rhubarb leaves.

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Gotta be the deer then as I think it has been too cold for the rest this season. Thank you! Gonna cover it for a bit I think in netting.

I found a "greenhouse tray" Bought at Sunbirds last year 48 compact seed spots. So will use it this year.