BYC gardening thread!!

[dan26552]

Got yellow crook necks coming on now.

Nice.

 

[whoop whoop]

Regarding the cherry tree I would replant in the sun and remove all the vegetation around it, it looks like mould to me. If you replant it you, must replant it facing the same way as it is now. Use a solution of bleach 1tsp, washing up liquid 1tsp and l ltr of water and spray the bark.

All squash love water, the more water the better, must drain away through and they must have lots of sun. When you pick them let them sit in the sun in a dry place for a day or two, I normally put mine on the shed roof and allow the sun too ripen them. If you cook straight from picking they mostly go into mush.

 

[whoop whoop]

Regarding tomatoes - plant them very deep, they need lots of soaking water. and sun. Better to have them in a raised bed. Plant sticks and tie them up when they start to grow as the tomatoes grow along the stems. Nitrogen and phosphours is the best fertilizer. You must plant quite far apart, they like space. Also plant basil and marigolds in between ,for some reason these keep the bugs away and you have lovely tasties for the chooks they love marigolds.

Hope I don't sound like a know it all, but have been doing this for years, as the veggies in our shops are awful, so have always tried to be self sufficient regarding veggies and fruit. At the mo I have abundant lemons, limes an oranges. Spinach and tomatoes. Just planted broccilli, parsnips, celery, cauliflower and leeks and onions. Carrots are poking up - got marrows on the go all year round they are like a weed!!! lol

 

[Arielle]

I like my fried squash . I also fry the blossoms . Planted some Tatume Mexican Zucchini . It has been awhile since I grew any . Not common this far north . Ordered it off eBay .

I grew Tatume last summer. Unusual. We ate lit like a summer squash.

Quote: Thank you!!! DO you mean only 4 looked weak?? That is a great percentage out of 22. Better than I was expecting from mine.

Regarding tomatoes - plant them very deep, they need lots of soaking water. and sun. Better to have them in a raised bed. Plant sticks and tie them up when they start to grow as the tomatoes grow along the stems. Nitrogen and phosphours is the best fertilizer. You must plant quite far apart, they like space. Also plant basil and marigolds in between ,for some reason these keep the bugs away and you have lovely tasties for the chooks they love marigolds.

Hope I don't sound like a know it all, but have been doing this for years, as the veggies in our shops are awful, so have always tried to be self sufficient regarding veggies and fruit. At the mo I have abundant lemons, limes an oranges. Spinach and tomatoes. Just planted broccilli, parsnips, celery, cauliflower and leeks and onions. Carrots are poking up - got marrows on the go all year round they are like a weed!!! lol

Thanks for sharing. Yes tomatos are heavy feeders, are as the squash.

I can keep summer squash by letting the rind ripen and harden.

While leggy tomatos drive me bonkers ( they just dont look as healthy as the thick stemmed sturdy commercially grown) they definitely get a great root system on them as I lay the plant sideways so the stem is parralell to the ground with just a few leaves poking above the ground surface.If that make sense......?

 

[dan26552]

I grew Tatume last summer. Unusual.  We ate lit like a summer squash.

Thank you!!!   DO you mean only 4 looked weak?? That is a great percentage out of 22. Better than I was expecting from mine.



Thanks for sharing. Yes tomatos are heavy feeders, are as the squash.

I can keep summer squash by letting the rind ripen and harden.

While leggy tomatos drive me bonkers ( they just dont look as healthy as the thick stemmed sturdy commercially grown) they definitely get a great root system on them as I lay the plant sideways  so the stem is parralell to the ground with just a few leaves poking above the ground surface.If that make sense......?

Yeah, only four looked weak yesterday, it rained last night and now they all look great.

 

[Kraftcrazychick]

We had our first batch of strawberries from the garden yesterday. It was only about a dozen but it was still nice. My son was excited to carry them (not eat them) and my daughter loved eating them. They were a bit tart but juicy. I have no idea what kind they are since it was over 2 years ago when I bought the first plant.

 

[dan26552]

Awesome! I love fresh strawberries.

 

[dan26552]

Regarding the cherry tree I would replant in the sun and remove all the vegetation around it, it looks like mould to me.  If you replant it you, must replant it facing the same way as it is now.  Use a solution of bleach 1tsp, washing up liquid 1tsp and l ltr of water and spray the bark.

All squash love water, the more water the better, must drain away through and they must have lots of sun. When you pick them let them sit in the sun in a dry place for a day or two, I normally put mine on the shed roof and allow the sun too ripen them.  If you cook straight from picking they mostly go into mush.

It's in a fairly sunny spot, there's no trees currently blocking the sun. But I have a vacant spot, I'll see what my dad says.
Ok I'll try that and see what happens.

Yeah they definitely love water.

 

[roseyred]

Regarding tomatoes - plant them very deep, they need lots of soaking water. and sun. Better to have them in a raised bed. Plant sticks and tie them up when they start to grow as the tomatoes grow along the stems.  Nitrogen and phosphours is the best fertilizer.  You must plant quite far apart, they like space.  Also plant basil and marigolds in between ,for some reason these keep the bugs away and you have lovely tasties for the chooks they love marigolds.

Hope I don't sound like a know it all, but have been doing this for years, as the veggies in our shops are awful, so have always tried to be self sufficient regarding veggies and fruit.  At the mo I have abundant lemons, limes an oranges.  Spinach and tomatoes.  Just planted broccilli, parsnips, celery, cauliflower and leeks and onions.  Carrots are poking up - got marrows on the go all year round they are like a weed!!!  lol

I have my tomatoe plant in a 3-4 gallon pot. Is that big enough or should I transplant? Don't have any other big pots but I could use a horse grain bag lll

 

[dan26552]

I have my tomatoe plant in a 3-4 gallon pot. Is that big enough or should I transplant? Don't have any other big pots but I could use a horse grain bag lll

I think that should be big enough, though I personally have never had much success with tomatoes in pots, think I'll stick with the earth.