What did you do in the garden today?

[BReeder!]

BReeder. They grow deeper, onions, you see their heads on top of the pot kind of, and THAT is where they are, garlic now, you dig a few inches down to get to where the bulb is. You said you had them in pots, so did I, unfortunately the lower levels of my pots were at a place where the water could collect, and after 10 days of straight rain, standing in that water 'down there' they neck rotted. Where as, since I didn't know better, I poked my finger in the top regions and said, oh ok, they are good, not water logged.

I have a few here that I am growing in pots and I move them around the yard all the time, they don't seem to mind it one bit. If you did have to transport them, I don't think it will hurt them any at all.

Aaron

Thanks for sharing your experience.
I do want to transplant them at least once to put them in a raised bed when the weather warms a bit.

What I do know so far is my garlic seems perfectly happy for the time being. In some of the pots all the cloves I planned have sprouted already. I think this stage of my little experiment is going to be a success. We'll just have to see if the fare will for the next several weeks and then if they transplant fine.

Now on to onions... those can just be direct sowed in the Spring as bulbs right?
I'm not growing onion from seed, but from bulbs. Although I am growing a wild onion from seed, but that's for the flowers. Those are sprouting BTW. That was my last tray of wildflowers to begin sprouting. Although some of the seeds in my second (out of 3) tray are not sprouted so now those are the ones we are waiting for. I'm also waiting for celery to sprout... it's about 65F in the den, will celery sprout that low?

 

[Ascholten]

I have some Dutch Red Shallots growing and from what I have seen, it's very hard to kill them. The garlic is pretty hearty too, except for roots standing in water as I mentioned earlier. I also have some garlic, I believe it's the generic elephant though, so nothing fancy that has literally been growing for a year now, the thing looks like a monster tree trunk, and is going very strong. I was waiting for the usual browning back signalling it's ready for harvest, this stuff now is just getting stronger as it goes. Maybe it's the chicken poop fertilizing it? Onions overall are pretty sturdy. I honestly can not tell you much about celery I have not grown much of it to be of any reliable source of info.

Aaron

 

[Sally PB]

Last year I grew two kinds of onions from "sets," which is what the little bulbs are commonly called. Stuttgarter and Red Baron. Both did very well for me.

Plant sets with the tip just sticking out of the ground. You can fertilize them the same as a leafy plant, as you are eating the (modified) leaves. So composted chicken poop is fine.

 

[Artichoke Lover]

Today, I put the gate up on the fence. I’ll finish the 2nd side tomorrow Lord willing. I also filled all but one of the pots now that the potting soil thawed out enough. It sleeted and rained all last night so the garden is a mucky mess today.

 

[igorsMistress]

Good afternoon gardeners. Happy Friday Eve! I went out to plant seeds this afternoon and found that one of my broccoli plants has grown a head of broccoli already. I’m going to have to read about it because I’ve never had success before and not sure when to cut it off. Does it grow more if you cut it? Anyway, I put in a luffa, a squash and then tomato, beans and pepper seeds, then watered everything. The big ducks are hanging out with the babies a lot! The last few days have been windy and the big girls don’t seem to care for it so maybe that’s why. Here’s a few pics from the garden today, and I never abandoned the carrots so those are coming along too. Have a great night all!

 

[MarkJr]

Lemon cucumbers! Much excited about this growing season. I have sourced a couple hundred more jars, my garden will be twice the size. (its 30x50 now. Staked off 50x90 and am building deer fence). Life is good.

 

[BReeder!]

Last year I grew two kinds of onions from "sets," which is what the little bulbs are commonly called. Stuttgarter and Red Baron. Both did very well for me.

Plant sets with the tip just sticking out of the ground. You can fertilize them the same as a leafy plant, as you are eating the (modified) leaves. So composted chicken poop is fine.

Stuttgarter is what I ordered this year.
Last year I grew red onions and they were just whatever Menards had in stock. Pretty sure the label just said "red onion". They were still pretty small at harvest and I wasn't overwhelmed at all by the taste.

You mention eating the modified leaves. I'm more interested in harvesting onion as bulbs than green onions. Although I will eat some green onions, we don't use them very much. Did the stuttgarter produce large bulbs for harvest?

 

[Sally PB]

You mention eating the modified leaves. I'm more interested in harvesting onion as bulbs than green onions. Although I will eat some green onions, we don't use them very much. Did the stuttgarter produce large bulbs for harvest?

Oh! Sorry, what I meant is you can fertilize with nitrogen like for a leafy plant. The bulb is actually a modified "leaf" structure, as far as how it works for the plant anatomy. We think of them as roots, but the actual roots are the little hairy things on the bottom. Yes, some of mine were HUGE bulbs. Some were small, and a lot were what I would call "good sized." I had my best onion harvest ever.

 

[karenerwin]

Good afternoon gardeners. Happy Friday Eve! I went out to plant seeds this afternoon and found that one of my broccoli plants has grown a head of broccoli already. I’m going to have to read about it because I’ve never had success before and not sure when to cut it off. Does it grow more if you cut it?

Yes, the broccoli will produce more heads !! You are supposed to harvest the heads before they start to go to flower. Think about what you see on broccoli you buy fresh at the store. From what I can see that head is ready.

 

[igorsMistress]

Yes, the broccoli will produce more heads !! You are supposed to harvest the heads before they start to go to flower. Think about what you see on broccoli you buy fresh at the store. From what I can see that head is ready.

I was thinking that it’s ready. I’m going to cut it off now, thanks Karen!