BYC gardening thread!!

[dan26552]

Awesome, that looks really good. I don't know if that's normal but one of my volunteer squash plants is doing the same thing.

 

[Bugseye]

Dan, so if your root system was allowed a pit 2 to 3 feet deep at planting, the roots should have plenty of room to develop. Any idea of how much difference there is between the planting soil and the native soil? If it's too great a difference, the roots could be challenged. If the soil is well drained, that's good for the roots. It doesn't look like you've pruned yet, so that's good at this point. Was it planted at the depth at which it grew in the nursery? If planted below that depth, that could be a challenge. When the tree does come into bloom, it may be one of those that need a second tree for pollination purposes. I'd ask the nursery about that. It's old enough that a 10-10-10 or 10-6-4 could benefit it. What are the signs you see that cause you to think you have a canker or borer issue? That would help to know.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Some of my asparagus is growing.

 

[hennible]

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

It putting all of its energy into that one pumpkin, if you give it a good feeding the others may develop also. Pumpkins love to eat, you could side dress it with compost... I've had great success growing them in a mound of compost and manure, topped with soil. The whole squash family loves compost tea...

 

[dan26552]

Dan, so if your root system was allowed a pit 2 to 3 feet deep at planting, the roots should have plenty of room to develop. Any idea of how much difference there is between the planting soil and the native soil? If it's too great a difference, the roots could be challenged. If the soil is well drained, that's good for the roots. It doesn't look like you've pruned yet, so that's good at this point. Was it planted at the depth at which it grew in the nursery? If planted below that depth, that could be a challenge. When the tree does come into bloom, it may be one of those that need a second tree for pollination purposes. I'd ask the nursery about that. It's old enough that a 10-10-10 or 10-6-4 could benefit it. What are the signs you see that cause you to think you have a canker or borer issue? That would help to know.

I dug a hole twice as wide as the 5 gallon pot it came in and just as deep, no I don't no how different the soils were, but where I planted it had and has been mulched before and since planting, also the trees came out of California, it's pretty well drained soil, it's about the only place where water doesn't sit after it rains I pruned it once when I planted it three years ago, yes I planted it at the same level as it was at the nursery. It's a Stella cherry which is self fertile, and I do have another Stella bought at the same time and from the same nursery that's about 10 1/2 feet tall, we did ask the nursery about that. I'm never home enough to put a fertilizer on it :/ this is what it's trunk mostly looks like.

The bark on one side of the trunk is all peeled up.

 

[roseyred]

Def will make some compost tea then. the pumpkins are growing in only dried horse poo and hay. cleaning my stalls sucks but its nice to have lots of pungent soil lol.

 

[roseyred]

ALSO look at these wittle guys!!!! i think its my basil....like i know..i don't label squat

 

[hennible]

Lovely! I'm pretty sure that's basil.

 

[dan26552]

ALSO look at these wittle guys!!!! i think its my basil....like i know..i don't label squat

Awesome. I know I don't either, I really should start doing that....

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

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