What did you do in the garden today?

[dirkandlorie]

Mature Pepper plants need less N and more P&K cut back Nitrogen back to zero.. grow the plant to desired height and then ditch N and only feed for flower and fruit.. I regularly start to get peppers end of May and June July I get a ton.. I only have a few plants this year no garden to speak of.. health issues..

This is Really good advice!!

 

[Smokerbill]

I don't know if deer are considered predators to garden plants, but they sure did a number on my garden last night. I'm trying to accept it as a learning experience, and as bad as it seems I'll survive. And the deer are just "being deer".

Everything they ate will either recover (tomato plants, winter squash plants), or I have time to replant and still get a crop. Kind of breaks my heart seeing every leaf stripped from my red Russian kale plants. And most of the lettuce plants. And most of the bean plants.

So the electric fence was basically a joke to the deer. I actually watched one yesterday evening as it stepped over the 18 inch high outer wire, then dipped to step in between the inner 10" and 24" wires. And it was energized, too.

I removed the entire electric fence setup. I bought 300' (six 50' rolls) of 4x2 welded wire fencing, along with eight or nine 8' T-posts. And T-post clips for the fencing.

I'm attempting to install an 8' high fence around the garden today. It's 81 degrees now, and supposed to get up to 85. And the garden is in full sun for the next several hours.

I'm drinking a whole lot of water and taking cool-down breaks regularly, so I think I can handle it.

Please wish me luck. I'm going to need it.

 

[WthrLady]

This is Really good advice!!

I do this with everything that sets fruit. Once the flowers start up, I switch over to the new feed. It make a noticeable difference.

 

[jerryse]

For those of you who had difficulty sprouting some squash seeds I have a tip I found. Cutting a little off the end of the seed to let moisture in helps. I had one that was taking way too long and tried this. The seed was not old. It did speedup germination. I am germinating more of this summer squash variety now Some of my own breeding. I did the big end but watched a video of a guy doing the small end.

 

[Charlie Wooster]

Scarification.. sand paper works well on a lot of seeds that need “scarred” just a few strokes on some fine sandpaper, for just a handful of seeds use an emery board or nail file..

For those of you who had difficulty sprouting some squash seeds I have a tip I found. Cutting a little off the end of the seed to let moisture in helps. I had one that was taking way too long and tried this. The seed was not old. It did speedup germination. I am germinating more of this summer squash variety now Some of my own breeding. I did the big end but watched a video of a guy doing the small end.

 

[gtaus]

I let my fenced in chicken out to have some fun, but when I went to check on them, they ate my newly planted long daikon raddish tops and up rooted some. I have them growing in two shallow 19 inch pots, I hope the bald ones in the ground grow new leaves.

I won't let them out again, big mistake............

I thought daikon radishes grow over a foot long. Would they even grow in a shallow pot?

 

[gtaus]

So the electric fence was basically a joke to the deer.

Yeah, I kinda figured that electric fence in your pictures would not keep out the deer we have. I know a guy who was growing grapes, and the deer would come and eat everything. Long story short, he ended up installing an 8-foot-high fence and added that angled wire top before he finally beat the deer. HIs little vineyard looks like a prison yard, but at least he now grows grapes and is able to harvest them.

His fencing looks something like this Google picture...

Please wish me luck. I'm going to need it.

For sure. Good luck.

 

[Charlie Wooster]

I thought daikon radishes grow over a foot long. Would they even grow in a shallow pot?

12-20 inches.. I've grown them in 10x20 grower trays as microgreens, very good for you and your animals as fodder..

 

[fuzzi]

I've already picked 2 large green peppers. Letting the others turn red. I started peppers really late this year but we also have had a lot of heat & rain.

Peppers love the heat. I started picking fruit a couple days ago.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Peppers love the heat. I started picking fruit a couple days ago.

I grew mine in a 5 gallon bucket this year in hopes of pruning them down and bringing them inside for the winter.