What did you do in the garden today?

[Smokerbill]

Fall cukes found the trellis...

 

[chickengr]

My row of fall bush beans are sprouting out of the ground now. Watered some things today and planted some of my brassica starts after amending the bed with chicken run compost... Three collards, 4 red Russian kale and 5 Brunswick cabbages. I still have 7 cabbages, 2 kale and 2 collard plants left that I'll put in the garden tomorrow. Somewhere.

I saved seeds from a Black Krim tomato plant I grew last year that had bright yellow fruits. Looks like the plants are making red tomatoes this year. Darn.

rainbow krim tomato, lol.

 

[Smokerbill]

Do you have much or any trouble with rot on your onions?

None at all. I got 90 yellow onions last year and they lasted until I ran out in January or February, and none went bad. I remember you saying you were fighting that issue.

Do you have the long day/short day thing right? I have to grow long day onions here. I guess in Maryland you'd need long day onions too.

I wait until they fall over in the garden and the stems at the onion tops is shriveled before pulling them out. Then I spread them out in the hot sun for two or three days, turning them each day. And then into the shade to finish drying until the tops are completely dry, all the way down to the bulb. That's when I trim off the tops. That's my method.

 

[Smokerbill]

rainbow krim tomato, lol.

I'm guessing the yellow colored black krims last year were due to an inadvertent cross pollination, and this year they're reverting to the red side of things. I still have two other plants that haven't shown any ripe fruit yet so there's still a chance I'll get one with yellow fruit. And I still have a bunch of saved seeds from the yellow krim tomatoes from last year if I feel like trying it again next year.

 

[Rick589]

None at all. I got 90 yellow onions last year and they lasted until I ran out in January or February, and none went bad. I remember you saying you were fighting that issue.

Do you have the long day/short day thing right? I have to grow long day onions here. I guess in Maryland you'd need long day onions too.

I wait until they fall over in the garden and the stems at the onion tops is shriveled before pulling them out. Then I spread them out in the hot sun for two or three days, turning them each day. And then into the shade to finish drying until the tops are completely dry, all the way down to the bulb. That's when I trim off the tops. That's my method.

You’re correct. I’ve attempted long day onions a few times and even though we do get something out of them they always end up with some level of rot regardless of when pulled, how dried, etc.

 

[Smokerbill]

You’re correct. I’ve attempted long day onions a few times and even though we do get something out of them they always end up with some level of rot regardless of when pulled, how dried, etc.

Didn't you say that the rot happened in just certain layers of the onion?

 

[TJAnonymous]

Sowed some fall bush beans and got the cushaw seedling in the ground. Supposed to get 2 inches of rain tomorrow. Bring. It. On.

 

[Rick589]

Didn't you say that the rot happened in just certain layers of the onion?

Yes I did. You have a good memory. Usually a layer or two and always rotting and soft at the stalk end. Even if the onion looks perfect when pulled and dried on a drying rack they still tend to soften and rot. Perhaps a soil bacteria

 

[Smokerbill]

Yes I did. You have a good memory. Usually a layer or two and always rotting and soft at the stalk end. Even if the onion looks perfect when pulled and dried on a drying rack they still tend to soften and rot. Perhaps a soil bacteria

Yeah, that's my guess, or a fungus. You got me curious. Probably something you haven't already seen, though.

https://agrolearner.com/common-diseases-and-pests-of-onions/

https://www.heraldextra.com/news/co...at-to-do-about-rotting-layers-in-your-onions/

 

[jxp]

... three gallons of raw, nothing added, cider. ...

The best kind.