Vegetable Garden

general mills · Mar 7, 2013

mineralman55 said:
How do you keep the bugs from eating the various plants?

Biggest problem I have is aphids and stinkbugs. Aphids, soap and water. Stinkbugs, eight insect control.

Also have this stuff for cabbage lopers that I can't find now, but it's aparently not an insecticiede, but a natural extract and it causes them to run off and poop themselves to death. All I know is it works great.

general mills · Mar 7, 2013

also, never kill ladybugs or spiders.

crazy_mike · Mar 7, 2013

damn time for a garden already lol. just kidding, honestly i just pulled my bell pepper and banana pepper plants from last year. They were actually still producing. This year besides all my herbs i will be planting ghost peppers and sweet corn, along with the usual tomatos thinking about doing potato's also

sawgrass · Mar 7, 2013

general mills said:
Also have this stuff for cabbage lopers that I can't find now, but it's aparently not an insecticiede, but a natural extract and it causes them to run off and poop themselves to death. All I know is it works great.

BT works great for chewing caterpillars.

http://www.planetnatural.com/site/bacillus-thuringiensis.html

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tonen123 · Mar 7, 2013

Just planted some tomatoes in pots. I just grab some miracle grow moisture control and a tomato plant, and put it together. Is there anything I should add such as fertilizer or anything? Any other pointer would help.

SVTFreak · Mar 8, 2013

Just put down my second shot lol. 8 creole tomatoes, 2 grapes, 3 sweet banana peppers, 3 jalapeño, 3 cajun bell pepper (should be a nice addition to my hot pepper relish), 3 cayenne peppers. Still want to try habenero peppers this year also. Also still going to plant 2 chocolate cherry tomatoes for the wife. Also planted 4 cucumbers and 4 yellow squash.

blackened1313 · Mar 9, 2013

Yes that isthe one. Havent planted yet.

wfarrell1 · Mar 12, 2013

tonen123 said:
Just planted some tomatoes in pots. I just grab some miracle grow moisture control and a tomato plant, and put it together. Is there anything I should add such as fertilizer or anything? Any other pointer would help.

MG has a shake n feed for tomatos with calcium that is supposed to work pretty well, I havent had a chance to put some on my tomatos yet tho.

My step dad and I actually work for scotts miracle gro as store merchandisers. So if any of you have questions on chemicals or feeds lmk. My step dad has worked with the company a good while and can usually answer most questions.

508 · Mar 12, 2013

Got to break out the disc and Kubota soon and get started, myself!

MudHog · Mar 12, 2013

Got 80 tomato plants under my lights right now (Better Boy, Tastey Treat, Green Zebra, Supersteak). Sweet corn will go in the ground this coming Monday or Tuesday. Carrots, cucumber, okra,
bell peppers, pole snap beans will get planted. Then sunflowers after the corn is finished.

Garden overall is (18) 60' rows. Normally two rows of maters, two rows of okra, two rows of carrots, four rows of beans, and 8 rows of corn.

3fifty7 · Mar 12, 2013

My carrots are starting to show. Tomatoes, cucumber, eggplant, and peppers will get planted this weekend.
I believe my tulips are gonna pull through these last few frosts.

508 · Mar 22, 2013

I have finally started discing this week.
(5) 100 foot rows are started.

My little pea picker is out there looking for fossils.

Metryshooter · Mar 22, 2013

Have any of you even tried growing garlic? Any luck?

PPBart · Mar 23, 2013

general mills said:
early? My garden goes all winter long! I have lettuce, spinach green onions and radishes and carrots right now. I'm waiting for the last round of lettuce to mature to plant tomatoes and cucumbers.

Sounds like mine... I'll be cleaning out the last of the lettuce and collards this weekend, planting in the next few days. My garden is a series of raised beds, about 300 sq ft total. Tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, peppers (bell, banana, jalapena), squash (yellow, butternut), lettuce, collards, mustard, cabbage, herbs all are in annual planting plan.

LACamper · Mar 23, 2013

Metryshooter said:
Have any of you even tried growing garlic? Any luck?

anyone?

Going to look for some blueberry bushes this weekend.

N4sir · Mar 23, 2013

Metryshooter said:
Have any of you even tried growing garlic? Any luck?

I have and it was wierd because I had tops(like green onions, which you can eat)but no bulb when I dug it up. Maybe I'll try again.

mforsta · Mar 23, 2013

LACamper said:
anyone?

Going to look for some blueberry bushes this weekend.

Make sure you get two different strains of blueberry bushes or they won't produce. Plant them about 5-8 feet a part and mulch around them.

toddrod · Mar 23, 2013

Metryshooter said:
Have any of you even tried growing garlic? Any luck?

I did. I planted some bulbs from the grocery store. They made some nice bulbs. On the other hand I tried Vidalia onions and the tops were pretty but the bulbs would not swell.

508 · Apr 26, 2013

Let's get this thread revived. I love seeing other folks pictures!
I've got mine all planted. I got corn, peas, beans, okra, squash, watermelon, and cantaloupe. I let the little girl plant flowers on the ends of the rows. My corn was planted first of the month and it about 4 inches tall. Peas and beans are just starting to break through.
Cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers are the wife's part so they are being done on the back porch, in milk jugs.

The_Shadow · Apr 26, 2013

Finished pulling my green onions up, cleaned, chopped and frozen. The rest will be puled in May for bulbs to replant in Late August early September...
Trans-Planting Tomatoes tomorrow, in the row I pulled the onions from. I need to take out some squirrels they are digging up my seeds and peas, pesky bastids!

More rain Sunday so need to wrap it up tomorrow!

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