Garden failed this year?

[pbjmaker]

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Is that what is causing our leaves to wilt and turn yellow? The plants are still growing, we have had tons of tomatoes that have ripened and now there are even more tomatoes that are green again but are growing with splits on them.

Our tomatoes are in molasses buckets this year. We seem to be the only people with ripe tomatoes around here.

Our beans started off doing OK but then the heat hit and they turned yellow. I picked a bunch of dried beans and they look beautiful in a jar

I purposely planted heritage varieties that made good soup beans also.

My summer squash is just now taking off as are some of my pepper plants. Got one OK crop of potatoes - not bad in my book since it is the first time I have planted them.

Eggplant is doing good - we planted a variety called Casper.

Green beans were coming back but yesterday the ducks took care of those.

They also ate all my cukes earlier in the spring. Bad ducks!

 

[EweSheep]

I've got alot of green roma tomatoes but nothing turned red yet. I picked one orange and would let it sit on countertop to ripen.

The rest of the tomatoes fell on the ground, many of them are orange colored, rotting.

Two nights ago, I forgot about my sprinkler being on.....so it was watered all night.

Strawberries in pot, looking very good, got runners on them.

 

[bullyforme]

I did everything the same as I did last year, three raised beds and several container tomatoes. Last year my garden produced more than I could possibly eat so I canned for the first time (I usually only grow enough to eat fresh). This year, out of 7 tomato plants I've gotten exactly 15 cherry tomatoes. Everything else - nada. Cukes, 2 plants - 0. Squash - 4 plants - 0. Eggplant - 1 plant, 2 fruits. Beans - 6 plants, about 1 pound of beans. Jalapenos - 2 plants, 1 pepper. Sweet peppers - 4 plants, about 5-6 peppers still maturing. So I guess my sweet peppers are the most successful.

Needless to say I'm so disappointed, I spent a great deal of money to water these through the summer. I'm tilling it all over this week, going to start fresh next summer with some amended soil and a different plan.

 

[Carols Clucks]

How many of you do a fall cover crop

companion planting

or use flower beds/plants that attract the pest bugs or ones that discourage them?




Just curious if it helps or makes little difference in certain areas.

 

[EweSheep]

Not sure if I can plant something like clover that can be rototilled in the dirt or have a clover yard LOL!

 

[Illia]

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Companion planting all the way. Helps a LOT, especially with things like legumes to feed hungry plants (melons, squash, corn, etc)


Fall cover crop? Umm, I do crops ALL year round. . . . Does that count?

Planting, growing, and harvesting year round is the best thing, ever.

I use flowers to attract pollinators, but not much to deter pests. I'm a "free lance" entomologist, (mainly moths are my specialty) so, if I see something that is actually a problem I'll find a way to handle it.

 

[EweSheep]

Ive got alot of honey bees in my honeysuckle and veggie plants flowering....no moths. A few wasps here and there.

 

[seminolewind]

Hi. The only things I can think of is "overkill"- if your nitrogen's too high, plants don't do well. For 50 years, Grandpa, then me, always used 5-10-5. Chicken poo is very high in nitrogen. It might be too high.

I would move the garden to a new spot and give the old spot a rest.

 

[pbjmaker]

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Companion planting all the way. Helps a LOT, especially with things like legumes to feed hungry plants (melons, squash, corn, etc)


Fall cover crop? Umm, I do crops ALL year round. . . . Does that count?

Planting, growing, and harvesting year round is the best thing, ever.

I use flowers to attract pollinators, but not much to deter pests. I'm a "free lance" entomologist, (mainly moths are my specialty) so, if I see something that is actually a problem I'll find a way to handle it.

My hubby is planning out a green house right now - can you get a picture of what yours looks like from the outside? Some different views perhaps?

 

[Two Creeks Farm]

I use Rye and Barley Oats, somethimes Winter Wheat if its available here as cover crops. The deer flock to it so it serves me dual purpose. If Vetch wasnt so pricey I may use it more.