What did you do in the garden today?

[BReeder!]

Seeds are sprouting!!!

Looks like the SuperSauce toms are just starting:

The SuperSweet 100 are closest and the Purple Cherokee in the farther half - both are of to a good start:

All of the kholrabi are sprouted:

The only other thing in there is the tray of different peppers - no sprouts there yet but probably by the weekend.

 

[WthrLady]

Does anyone know what kind of bugs these are? I see them every year, about this time. Zillions on the snow. It is slightly larger than life size. The move around, and I think they can fly...? Not sure about that.
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100% snow fleas - we get them too
they aren't really fleas
they are a sign of a super healthy yard ecosystem

 

[WthrLady]

Planted 300 iris seeds. Interested to see how many come up, if any.

 

[agarnp]

It says they're closely related to crustaceans. You have a little Barbie sized lobster boil right there. Lol

 

[CNJ]

FL 9A here. I planted the rest of my potatoes in 10 gallon grow bags, transplated peppers into grow bags. Transplanted lettuce, Ridicchio, Tokyo Mustard, Turnips, Yellow Squash, Magnolia Sugar snaps, and Cucumbers into raised beds. Started a bunch of Peaches and cream and silver queen corn, habanero and datil peppers, up potted tomatoes, peppers, and herbs.

How many potatoes come out of a 10 gallon bag when they are done?

 

[BReeder!]

How many potatoes come out of a 10 gallon bag when they are done?

That answer will depend on how many were planted, what variety, and the tuber size may vary - a lot of small ones might be equal to lesser amount of big potatoes.

 

[CNJ]

My Brad's Atomic Grape tomato plants look kind of wimpy compared to my Atomic Fusion ones. Furthermore, my Atomic Fusion tomato plants were the most vigorous compared to all the other tomato varieties I have planted, so far.

There is a weird tomato disease that I have a problem with in my yard, but I don't know what its called. I plan on growing the varieties that have resistance to this disease. When the tips start looking like the picture, the plants don't die, but they stop fruiting and their growth slows down. Looks like a stunting disease.

I think I found the answer, it really is a stunting disease:

Tomato bushy stunt virus (TBSV) is a virus of the tombusvirus family. It was first reported in tomatoes in 1935 and primarily affects vegetable crops, though it is not generally considered an economically significant plant pathogen. Depending upon the host, TBSV causes stunting of growth, leaf mottling, and deformed or absent fruit.

It says the disease is mainly passed on by using snips without sanitizing between plants. In addition, it may be passed through the earth or water. They say to get rid of infected plants, and rotate crops, but they did not say anything about what can cure it.

 

[drycreek]

Planted peas, potatoes, radishes, lettuce (two kinds), and carrots. Now we’ll see how the weather cooperates or not.

 

[karenerwin]

This sounds pretty good, have you tried it yet?

Yes it has a good flavor! I felt like it was a bit grainy. Like maybe the sugar didn’t break down enough or something. Others have said they didn’t think it was grainy at all.

 

[Swiss]

I went to Menards to get paste tomato seeds (they sell Burpee seeds for less than the price on the package). I fought with myself to only get one type, and ended up getting 3 different kinds of tomatoes: San Marzano, Roma (because there weren't many seeds in the SM packet), and Early Treat. The Early Treat are not paste tomatoes, but days to harvest is 49 days! 49! That is almost a month before all the rest of my tomatoes!! Oh I hope they produce delicious tomatoes!!