PLANTED GARDEN TODAY - anybody planting yet?

[halo]

I just put out some zucchini and tomatoes. I grew some tomatoes from seed this spring; they didnt do very well, but I did get some suckers that I planted. I just planted them, and hope they do well. I love me some fresh maters!!

 

[math ace]

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I have at least a month wait before I can plant spinach seeds - - - still way too hot here for that. I LOVE fresh Spinach and BEETS !

 

[vfem]

We have lettuce in now, cabbage (chinese and head), fennel, bok choy, carrots.... and we're still planting! More lettuce and broccoli will be going in tonight. Maybe more bok choy so I have them in a rotation for picking.

I have acorn squash, butternut squash, sprite melon and the last watermelon ripening now. As soon as I pick the watermelon that bed will get the garlic that should come in the mail in the next week.

Lastly, I will get in the onions in October!

Yummmmmmmm

 

[math ace]

VFEM - - - I am just now finding tomato hornworms near my garden. They are not in my garden BECAUSE I am still having germination issues. I have been putting seeds in the garden for a month now - - since about 8/20. Almost NO GERMINATION ! !

I got so desparate that I went to jiffy peat pots with the plastic lid germination system. STILL NO GERMINATION !
What is going on ? ? ?

We are just getting down to the low 80's this week. I am starting to panic because my garden is so empty. I have 8 corn plants, 8 green bean plants and 8 lima bean plants that have germinated - -- - NOTHING ELSE. The green beans have bean in the ground so long that I harvest beans last weekend for dinner. The corn has ears that are close to maturity.

Why can't I get germination ?? ? The last 10 days, I have dramatically increased the amount of water hoping to improve germination . . .
I am replanting seeds every 10 - 14 days in any row that shows NO GERMINATION. . .

HELP - - SUGGESTIONS - - ANYBODY ELSE EVER HAD A GERMINATION ISSUE ? ? ?

 

[Tinkspirit70]

I have everything in right now except spinache and carrots but for some reason my green beans keep dying and I have to start them over which is odd to me since they are one of the easy's also I killed stink bugs on my squash yesterday ( yuck) I am in central fla by the way

 

[Tinkspirit70]

Math, How old are your seeds?

 

[math ace]

I've got some that are date 12/09 and some dated 12/10. I know the 12/09 may not have the best germination, but they should still germinate something. . . .

 

[math ace]

So, I went to the feed store today and they had a master gardener there. I asked her why my garden seems to grow things, but won't germinate things. . . .

She said she has had many people come in this last month and complain about the same thing . . . . Her answer - - - - things are taking about 3 weeks to germinate because we are so hot and dry. I have luck germinating in the pots using the same soil that is in my garden, but not directly in the garden. When I plant in pots - - - and it is this hot - - - I usually place my pots in the shade. .. .

She said since we are starting to cool off - - - finally - - - and we got 3 inches of rain over a 5 day period - - -I should start to see some germination in the garden.

I came home today and checked out my garden and LOW and BEHOLD - - - some cucumber's were starting to come through the soil !

The master gardener also confirmed that this has been a ROUGH year for us in North Florida - - -The extremes in temps combined with NO WATER for months have made for a NASTY year!

 

[vfem]

I was having germination issues too... including carrots which are always so darn tricky to start with! ARGH!

I did plant some mums to give me some peace after several plantings of carrots and cabbage have failed.

 

[math ace]

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Right there with you girl ! It has been extremely frustrating. Are you noticing that the weather has been way different this year in North Carolina ? ?