What did you do in the garden today?

[BabyGotQuack]

Can someone give me some raspberry help?? I have everbearing and naturally in fall all our leaves collected in the raspberries so I left them as mulch covering. I was hoping new seedlings would come up through them. I have not seen any come up in the leaves, just outside of the leaves like you can see below. Do I need to remove all the leaves for new seedlings to emerge or are they just gonna take longer? Any raspberry advice I’d appreciate, I haven’t had the greatest luck with them & we’re on year 3 with them.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Very hot today. It’s 89F with just a light breeze. I watered the area ofthe gardens that I planted. Tomorrow DD is helping me work on the slope. I need to saw more of the downed trees so I can move them out of the way. I’m looking forward to the cooler temperatures heading our way. It’s much easier to work without the heat. Only a few branches on my forsythia are blooming. No blooms on the peach tree yet. My daffodils are blooming nicely now.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Can someone give me some raspberry help?? I have everbearing and naturally in fall all our leaves collected in the raspberries so I left them as mulch covering. I was hoping new seedlings would come up through them. I have not seen any come up in the leaves, just outside of the leaves like you can see below. Do I need to remove all the leaves for new seedlings to emerge or are they just gonna take longer? Any raspberry advice I’d appreciate, I haven’t had the greatest luck with them & we’re on year 3 with them.View attachment 3467483

Sure does look like you have a few coming up?

 

[pennyJo1960]

This past winter being the exception with several days at 20 below zero, our winters are relatively mild. We typically get a few nights at single digits. Most of the winter is in the 30s and 40s. My plan with the strawberry barrels is to use an insulated water heater wrap or other type of insulated blanket to cover them for the winter. If we are expecting double digits below zero again, I'll just move the barrels into the garage for protection.

Our winters are quite mild have a few open pots of strawberry like 5 years old.

 

[WthrLady]

Capped the drip irrigation system and turned the garden rows and augmented them with some yummy food in anticipation of rain.
I ordered some more deep drip sticks for the orchard in anticipation of not getting enough rain.
Things are starting to quickly come to life with 3 days near 90. Strawberries, willow, horseradish, honeyberry, maple trees, early apple and pear, blackberries, and grape are all popping leaves.

 

[BabyGotQuack]

Sure does look like you have a few coming up?

There are some coming up where it isn’t mulched, my concern is if they’ll come up through those leaves cause none have yet?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Put a small hardware cloth fence around all of them.
That would be best idea I have.

 

[Swiss]

Today, I started tilling up new garden bed #5 out of 8 around 10 am. I finished after 3 pm because it is toasty, and I had to keep taking water and cool down breaks. The dogs also required a play with the hose break. 83° when I came in, and I love it!

 

[igorsMistress]

Observation and thoughts on my Kratky with 6 inch net cup bucket cover in comparison to my 3 inch net cup Kratky bucket cover. The roots in my 6 inch net cup are not as robust as my 3 inch net cup, the roots in my 6 inch net cup look like they are being air pruned. I think the bigger net cup allows more moisture to evaporate, so the air space isn't as moist as the 3 inch net cup space.

I was kind of forced to keep the solution level touching the bottom of the 6 inch net cup as the roots were not keeping up with the evaporation. I have grown them like this in my first trial, but was thinking I needed a 3 inch air gap on this new trial, but the size of the cup had a significant difference in the plant roots, so I will switch to 3 inch net cups or try covering the top of my 6 inch net cups in follow up Kratky grow outs.

However, I don't see this problem in my hybrid Dutch bucket system with constant water flow on top. The water flow sucks in air and keeps the air space moist, so the roots don't air prune. There is only a constant 3 inch solution level in my hybrid Dutch buckets and the roots in this system keep growing until it reaches the 3 inch reservoir.

Did you drill holes in the sides of your buckets? I’m monitoring my buckets, using 6” net cups, and I’m not having any issues with air pruning, at least not yet. My plants are in clay pebbles and I didn’t drill holes in the sides of the buckets. I was wondering if I should, but haven’t changed anything yet.

 

[Sally PB]

Thanks for the tip on the seed leaves stuck in the seed. I've been putting a drop of water on the seed, and it looks like most of them are going to make it!!!