BYC gardening thread!!

[dan26552]

Do anyone know if onion deters ants from an area in your garden?

Well in my garden there's an ant bed next to a onion bed so I doubt it.

 

[chickadoodles]

Wow hennible that is awesome! And I agree you will be able to grow semi dwarf fruit trees in it!

 

[dan26552]

A bird made a nest in one of my peach trees.

 

[dan26552]

I think my pineapple guava is going to put on fruit this year! I know it flowered but I'm not sure if what's left is died flowers or baby fruit.

 

[chickadoodles]

I had to pull nests out of two of my small fruit trees. They were from last year and I did not want any in these young trees.

Congrats on your Pineapple guava!

 

[dan26552]

Well it's an older tree and it doesn't have but one peach so I figure the bird won't hurt it.

Thanks!

 

[hennible]

Oh we are sooooo jealous!!!  You'll be able to grow trees in that thing!

Wow hennible that is awesome! And I agree you will be able to grow semi dwarf fruit trees in it!  e

Yeah! I realized that once I saw the picture... It's tall!

 

[dan26552]

This is my cherry that's not doing so well, it's grown maybe a few inches taller than it was when we got it four years ago.

This is what most the trunk looks like, I was thinking maybe canker or a boring insect?

 

[RichnSteph]

My tomato plants are growing like trees instead of bushes. They are single stalked, very tall and only two of the six that we've planted has flowers on it. Only one has a tomato... a single beef steak tomato. Can Tomato plants be pruned like a bush to make them shorter and produce more fruit? I've only had them in the garden for a month but they are about 3.5' tall and I thought I'd have tomatoes to eat by now.

edit: I've attached some pictures that might explain the tall tomato plants better.

 

[roseyred]

My sweet pumpkin plant!!!! And it's first pumpkin! Is it normal for this one to be growing so big so quickly and all the other little pumpkin buds are still smaller than my finger and not growing