What did you do in the garden today?

[Smokerbill]

I just ordered a packet of Brunswick cabbage seeds from Baker Creek. It's supposed to be a good fall cabbage that keeps well and survives freezing weather. It'd be nice to have a winter's supply of fresh cabbages in the garden.

 

[TropicalBabies]

That is so cool! I bet I could make a mini version of that which would probably work great for tomatoes

Try look on YouTube. They have a lot of tutorials on wicking beds.
I do hope you try it and let us know how it works for you.

 

[Smokerbill]

Try look on YouTube. They have a lot of tutorials on wicking beds.
I do hope you try it and let us know how it works for you.

I put together a wicking bucket setup last year and tried it with some daikon radishes. I have a tomato plant in it this year.

I cut a circle out of the OSB that would support the bucket's rim, and cut a hole in the bucket bottom that supports a yogurt container. I lined the yogurt container with landscape fabric and filled it with packed potting soil to act as the wick, then filled the rest of the way with potting soil.

I put a water level indicator (clear vinyl tubing) in the storage container side through a pair of holes. A small fill hole for water is drilled through the OSB, and kept covered to prevent evaporation. Seems to be working well.

 

[OnlySympathy]

Try look on YouTube. They have a lot of tutorials on wicking beds.
I do hope you try it and let us know how it works for you.

Thank you i will!

 

[jerryse]

Thundershowers and 91. Found a female cucumber flower today. Looks like it bloomed yesterday. Hollyhock flowers are done.

 

[OnlySympathy]

I FINALLY got my first tomato

 

[dirkandlorie]

I put together a wicking bucket setup last year and tried it with some daikon radishes. I have a tomato plant in it this year.

I cut a circle out of the OSB that would support the bucket's rim, and cut a hole in the bucket bottom that supports a yogurt container. I lined the yogurt container with landscape fabric and filled it with packed potting soil to act as the wick, then filled the rest of the way with potting soil.

I put a water level indicator (clear vinyl tubing) in the storage container side through a pair of holes. A small fill hole for water is drilled through the OSB, and kept covered to prevent evaporation. Seems to be working well.

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Well dang! That looks like pure genius!

 

[OnlySympathy]

I FINALLY got my first tomato View attachment 4182147

I got 11 total

 

[Smokerbill]

Well dang! That looks like pure genius!

Well, I don't know about that but thanks! I just make do with what I have on hand. All I was lacking was the bag of potting soil.

I should probably work in a handful or two of fertilizer and water from the top a couple times. It's been over a year since I fed the soil.

ETA: Tomato bucket is fertilized and I got my fall kale and collard seeds planted in starter cells; 5 kale, 6 collards. I'll plant fall cabbage when the seeds arrive. I'd like to get a dozen of those planted in the garden.

 

[TheFowlLine]

Harvest egg plant and a few ripe dragon fruit before the birds get them. Eggplant tofu panda express style or eggplant Parmesan.