What did you do in the garden today?

[esturtz27]

I take it ALL back!
More covid symptoms but still testing negative on home test.
Get outside late to check on everything only to find it looks like BIG Foot himself has trampled all through the raised bed and dug up everything!
I had just got it all fertilized and covered with pine shavings and it looked beautiful! God gave it a good rain!
And now this!
I am so frustrated n at whatever this thing is!
I didn't have my phone with me or I would have taken pics.

Sounds like a big bunny or a deer.
.both are tasty

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Sounds like a big bunny or a deer.
.both are tasty

If it was a deer it would have destroyed the plants walking all in that small a space right? It's only 16x4' raised off ground 2'

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Hmmm now I'm super curious...I have one that is blooming like it's a job and is a massive plant

I would probably harvest next month then! Even when there are blooms I wait until August so they put on some more size but flowers are a good sign that there are potatoes because sweet potatoes won't flower until they feel they have sufficient energy stores under the ground, aka sweet potatoes!

 

[Sally PB]

Today was much more productive. Not much to show for it, but I did get stuff done!

I think I'll dig up a couple of onions tomorrow. Some of the tops are flat on the ground and drying, so I don't think that those particular bulbs will grow much more.

 

[Wolfie2]

esturtz27, Just because you chased the Dillo off don't mean he's gone for good. Survival is a powerful instinct. Dillos are a pretty primitive animal and he/she knows where his food is @. It will be back! As cruel as it sounds, it needs to leave, permanently, if you get my meaning. Then another will invade the vacated territory. It's kind'a a win/lose situation. Somethins gotta give. Either you or the dillo. You decide!​

PS, I've been in this for a long time, I know how it works.

 

[esturtz27]

If it was a deer it would have destroyed the plants walking all in that small a space right? It's only 16x4' raised off ground 2'

Yeah probably. You would've seen prints too lol just wishful thinking since deer season is slowly closing in and I'm tired of the heat.

 

[Acre4Me]

I grow sweet potatoes like weeds here every year. I legitimately have them popping up where I don't want them because the ground doesn't freeze and they never die, lol. With that said I eat them right out of the ground. You could let them sit for a day but it's really not necessary in my experience.

My neighbor from LA (Louisiana) said that he’d eat them out of the ground too (raw). But every place I’ve looked up info instructs to cure them -this is partly to increase their ability to store well as they will heal minor scratches and toughen the skin enough to be handled without few issues.

They will certainly not grow year after year here, on their own…it can get down to the negatives teens in the winter!!

I’m excited to experience growing sweet potatoes bc it will be a new experience. But, with about 80 slips growing…I’m going to have to figure out sone room for curing and storage.

 

[esturtz27]

esturtz27, Just because you chased the Dillo off don't mean he's gone for good. Survival is a powerful instinct. Dillos are a pretty primitive animal and he/she knows where his food is @. It will be back! As cruel as it sounds, it needs to leave, permanently, if you get my meaning. Then another will invade the vacated territory. It's kind'a a win/lose situation. Somethins gotta give. Either you or the dillo. You decide!​

PS, I've been in this for a long time, I know how it works.

Lol it'll always be the dillo they carry leprosy and other diseases so I have no problem camping out for him/ her. I've been gardening a while but never in the south so it's good to know I can't scare them off.

 

[Wolfie2]

Rained a little while ago. Thunderboomers , high winds and everything. We got about 15 min. good rain. Registered about 1/8 inch on the rain gauge. Didn't really get the top of the mulch wet, much less the dirt. Thank ya Lord for the effort. I know ya gotta work with the effects of mere mortals.


Will probably water tomorrow!

 

[esturtz27]

My neighbor from LA (Louisiana) said that he’d eat them out of the ground too (raw). But every place I’ve looked up info instructs to cure them -this is partly to increase their ability to store well as they will heal minor scratches and toughen the skin enough to be handled without few issues.

They will certainly not grow year after year here, on their own…it can get down to the negatives teens in the winter!!

I’m excited to experience growing sweet potatoes bc it will be a new experience. But, with about 80 slips growing…I’m going to have to figure out sone room for curing and storage.

If you can find a wicker linen basket that's how my mom and grandad have always kept them

My neighbor from LA (Louisiana) said that he’d eat them out of the ground too (raw). But every place I’ve looked up info instructs to cure them -this is partly to increase their ability to store well as they will heal minor scratches and toughen the skin enough to be handled without few issues.

They will certainly not grow year after year here, on their own…it can get down to the negatives teens in the winter!!

I’m excited to experience growing sweet potatoes bc it will be a new experience. But, with about 80 slips growing…I’m going to have to figure out sone room for curing and storage.

I did the same thing. I planted 50 bush and 20 vine slips
I planted at interval every 2 weeks for 2 months thinking it would spread out my harvest. Now I doubt it because the biggest vine (it dwarfs my toddler if he stands in it ) is the last one I planted.

Ps today I'm failing with technology