BYC gardening thread!!

[chickenstricken]

anybody know whats going on with my tomato plants? The leaves are getting brown spots on them.




better shots

 

[LOVEMYCHICKS03]

http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/DiagnosticKeys/TomLeaf/TomLeafKey.html

 

[Angelicisi]

So I am pulling the last of the Toms out this week and trying a "new to me" trick to see if I can save my root bound heirlooms I forgot about in the green house. Der.

I have yellow pear Tom's & Brandywine that took off on growth the 1st feeding. Then life happened and while rounding up spent starts to toss to the chickens I see the Heirlooms & a set of Early girls chillin in the corner. Whoops! Crap. Lots of new growth, they're not budding but stretched a lot.

These guys are a month late about. I am planting half in the garden and half in a climate controlled area to see if I can get them all to produce decently. They will be laid at an angle sideways almost and stems buried a bit. This should encourage new root growth in case they're original set is too bound in their starter pots. Making them stronger. I worry about the heat coming, its brutal so I'll be keeping a set of each indoors in case I lose outdoor ones or need to pollinate myself due to high temps, I can do so with the indoor set. Hate to lose them because I got distracted. I direct seeded Jubilees and cherry Tom's and let that area be lol. Then realized as it filled in I have no slicing Toms. So now I have them and will pull suckers to root for a fall crop.

 

[danib]

I ended up putting them in Jiffy pots. Got 12 for $2

 

[Angelicisi]

Walked around n checked on flowers, weeded a bit, rain watered for me so I took some pics

Some chards coming back after a bunny attack

The girls helping

 

[LOVEMYCHICKS03]

What breed of chicken is in the wheelbarrow?

 

[Angelicisi]

Lol that's my adopted dl barnevelder cross the cross is unknown her mother was a double laced barnevelder tho . She lays a pastel pink egg tho so I'm not sure what the father was. Nor does the 1st owner.lol (im going for colorful eggs so it worked out well)

This one hen prefers to lay anywhere but the coop too. Lol Growls the whole time up to laying when searching for a spot lol hubbys tablesaw, in random tight spots of the work bench, upstairs in the dog house...if I'm not supervising she'll plop um down in the most ridiculous spots lol

 

[Ducclelover10]

Hey! We have harvested like 50 tomatoes from our yard and have like 30 sitting on our table! I wasn't sure what I should do with them all but then I came up with a great Idea! I should make some salsa! Anyone have any good recipes?

 

[LOVEMYCHICKS03]

hi!

 

[mlongworth]

We have had about 5 cups of mulberries and 60 strawberries here.