What did you do in the garden today?

[Acre4Me]

Quick fruit tree Q: when should I plan to fertilize them? I typically use the fruit tree spikes, then throughout the season I foliar feed about every 2 weeks. I still need to spray them 1 more time while dormant with dormant oil (with added copper for the peach and nectarines).

 

[igorsMistress]

Quick fruit tree Q: when should I plan to fertilize them? I typically use the fruit tree spikes, then throughout the season I foliar feed about every 2 weeks. I still need to spray them 1 more time while dormant with dormant oil (with added copper for the peach and nectarines).

The stakes I use have directions on the package. If you don’t have the package I’ve looked it up on amazon and read the label that way.

 

[Smokerbill]

When my baby pepper plants get around 6 leaves or so I pinch the top two sets of leaves off with the little stem . This helps to make them have more branches for them set fruit on. When I don't do it I get a tall pepper plant that is more apt to get top heavy and break. This is just what I find to be successful in my garden to get lots of peppers. May not be for everyone, but look into it and maybe try a couple for an experiment! If you're starting seeds I always suggest a few weeks early if topping for them to recover and push out side branches!

That's a new one to me. Thanks! Makes sense. I have a dozen pepper plants growing and I think most of them would be ready to top. I think I'll try it with half the plants and see what happens.

 

[WthrLady]

Quick fruit tree Q: when should I plan to fertilize them? I typically use the fruit tree spikes, then throughout the season I foliar feed about every 2 weeks. I still need to spray them 1 more time while dormant with dormant oil (with added copper for the peach and nectarines).

We spike ours as soon as the rainy season starts and the soil is soft enough, usually mid April.

 

[akroberts1085]

Today I am officially a duck mom. I wanted more chicks but they were sold out so I got 4 ducklings.

 

[WthrLady]

I woke up with a small sinus head but I was out of special water for my nivage. UGH. I plowed on, rode my bike 12 miles, did quick chores, headache building.
Decided I better go get some distilled water. As long as I was driving to the market, 40 minutes away - I stopped at a barn sale (dusty, mouse droppings, real barn - fabulous sale). Tried to ignore headache.
Farm store was next door to barn sale - wandered in there.
Sinus' trying to explode.
Got distracted by the Charity shop.
Pressure on ears screaming.
Swung into the country market to get water, oh look Sonic pudding!.
Ears thumping (I get fluid behind my eardrums)
realize it's 2pm and I need lunch.
Pull through drive through, eat in the parking lot.
Drive the 40 minutes home and didn't even bother to warm the water.

A nice nivage and Tylenol and some ice tea...and two hours and I almost feel human again.

BUT I found my carbonated tea, some Irish cobbler potatoes for the garden, Sonic pudding, an incredible barn sale, and even managed to get the door in the barn that's been stuck for three years, open!

I will be a sofa lump, with a sinus headache hangover for the rest of the night though. Bleh.

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

That's a new one to me. Thanks! Makes sense. I have a dozen pepper plants growing and I think most of them would be ready to top. I think I'll try it with half the plants and see what happens.

Do- I think experiments in my garden make it even more enjoyable! Love trying new things, seeing what works and inevitably what fails plus just the tried and true!

 

[Sally PB]

That's a new one to me. Thanks! Makes sense. I have a dozen pepper plants growing and I think most of them would be ready to top. I think I'll try it with half the plants and see what happens.

I'm not going to tell hubby, but I'll do this on half of his peppers. 2 habaneros and 1 jalapeno.

I might buy some pepper plants at the farm market in April/May, and try it on them too.

 

[Smokerbill]

Do- I think experiments in my garden make it even more enjoyable! Love trying new things, seeing what works and inevitably what fails plus just the tried and true!

I'm not going to tell hubby, but I'll do this on half of his peppers. 2 habaneros and 1 jalapeno.

I might buy some pepper plants at the farm market in April/May, and try it on them too.

I have 6 jalapeno pepper plants from seeds I bought and they're all around 6 inches tall. Then there are the three habanero plants from seeds I saved from a single habanero pepper I bought (for 17 cents, I think) when I was making salsa last summer. And three Hatch chili pepper plants from saved seeds, one being small because I had to replant to get a third plant.

It's strange that the habanero plants are all so short, maybe 3 inches tall. And they already have side branches forming so I won't top them. I wonder if that's typical of habaneros? To have lots of branching going on.

Habanero peppers... (tall jalapeno behind them)


Six jalapenos on left, three habaneros, and the three Hatch chilis, from store bought pepper seeds.

 

[Ext 918]

I grabbed up my second round of strawberries of this year before the birds steal them