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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 20, 2020 14:21:24 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum! Sounds like you are getting your garden really going in such a short time. Looking forward to hearing more about it in the future.
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Post by meandtk on Aug 20, 2020 14:44:34 GMT -5
Nice to have you here, domination2580th , looks like you have plenty of space for growing. Looking forward to hearing more. Nice crop so far, and I know all about weeds taking over! What part of the country are you gardening in? Yes, hello, welcome, and whereyat?
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Post by domination2580th on Aug 20, 2020 16:23:36 GMT -5
Nice to have you here, domination2580th , looks like you have plenty of space for growing. Looking forward to hearing more. Nice crop so far, and I know all about weeds taking over! What part of the country are you gardening in? Yes, hello, welcome, and whereyat? Parkston sd. Im actually im town as well so I have a pretty decent sized back yard.
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Post by bestofour on Aug 20, 2020 21:22:40 GMT -5
Welcome domination2580th. Nice gardens even with weeds. I trellis cucumbers. Works well.
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Post by domination2580th on Aug 20, 2020 21:48:05 GMT -5
Welcome domination2580th. Nice gardens even with weeds. I trellis cucumbers. Works well. Is there a specific species or just any cucumber?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 20, 2020 22:20:15 GMT -5
Most cucumbers are climbers, for trellises, but there are a few types that aren't. They aren't really bush types, like beans, but more like some types of winter squash, that don't have super long vines.
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Post by domination2580th on Aug 22, 2020 12:35:49 GMT -5
Today's harvest. Those pumpkins are pretty cool too.
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Post by brownrexx on Aug 22, 2020 16:04:10 GMT -5
I love those little pumpkins but I think that you have harvested your butternut squash a bit early. They are supposed to be a dark tan color with no green color remaining.
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Post by domination2580th on Aug 22, 2020 16:43:21 GMT -5
I love those little pumpkins but I think that you have harvested your butternut squash a bit early. They are supposed to be a dark tan color with no green color remaining. That one was harvested a little early yes. It was hot 90 degrees, and I don't do well with that high heat. It was a little hard to really get a good look at it with all the vines that are intertwined. Left the rest so they can color up
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Post by domination2580th on Aug 22, 2020 16:45:26 GMT -5
I love those little pumpkins but I think that you have harvested your butternut squash a bit early. They are supposed to be a dark tan color with no green color remaining. Also not 100% sure why some of my tomatoes cracked on top.... only thing I can think of is a calcium deficiency. Any thoughts?
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Post by brownrexx on Aug 22, 2020 17:55:30 GMT -5
Also not 100% sure why some of my tomatoes cracked on top.... only thing I can think of is a calcium deficiency. Any thoughts? I seriously doubt that you have a calcium deficiency. Most cracks seem to be caused by uneven watering such as when it rains after a prolonged dry period. The inside of the fruit expands quicker than the skin causing cracking. However some varieties seem more prone to those radial cracks that radiate out from the stem. I have one variety that is doing that and others growing beside it have no cracks. You mentioned that it has been very hot and weather causes more imperfections in tomatoes than any nutrient deficiencies in my opinion. My most perfect looking tomatoes come at the beginning of the season before we get such hot and dry weather.
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Post by domination2580th on Aug 23, 2020 7:52:09 GMT -5
Also not 100% sure why some of my tomatoes cracked on top.... only thing I can think of is a calcium deficiency. Any thoughts? I seriously doubt that you have a calcium deficiency. Most cracks seem to be caused by uneven watering such as when it rains after a prolonged dry period. The inside of the fruit expands quicker than the skin causing cracking. However some varieties seem more prone to those radial cracks that radiate out from the stem. I have one variety that is doing that and others growing beside it have no cracks. You mentioned that it has been very hot and weather causes more imperfections in tomatoes than any nutrient deficiencies in my opinion. My most perfect looking tomatoes come at the beginning of the season before we get such hot and dry weather. It hasn't rain for a while now and they are all watered once a day automatically at 6 am.
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Post by brownrexx on Aug 23, 2020 7:56:42 GMT -5
My garden has an excess of calcium per my soil test and I have those cracks in some varieties so I still think that yours are either just normal for the variety or weather related. I would not worry about the cracks.
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Post by september on Aug 23, 2020 8:53:50 GMT -5
I think light cracking is normal in a home garden situation. You'd have to grow in a commercial greenhouse where all facets of growth including a circulating nutrient solution and heat and light can be controlled, in order to get those perfect tomatoes without a blemish. Or just grow thick skinned hybrids meant for shipping.
The cracking doesn't hurt anything if you bring them in before any mold can grow, just cut around the cracks. In my garden, unless we get downpours of rain which will affect almost all of them, severity definitely varies by variety. I just brought in a few Dwarf Sweet Sue, a delicious pale white/pale yellow variety that seems to not have any cracking at all, unlike the some other Dwarf Project varieties that are growing right next to it.
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Post by paquebot on Aug 23, 2020 22:23:41 GMT -5
I don't see any major cracking issues. The bigger the fruit, the bigger chance of cracking. And then there are two types, vertical and radial. Vertical starts at the stem and extends outward. Radial goes around the fruit. Both are strictly cosmetic and no effect on the quality.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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alexbur9
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Joined: May 2021
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Post by alexbur9 on May 5, 2021 4:01:12 GMT -5
Hello! My name is Alex, I am 28. I am glad I found this forum because there are a lot of questions that interest me. I moved into a new house not too long ago, I am gardening and I realize I am enjoying it. Thank you for having me here!
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Post by brownrexx on May 5, 2021 7:45:40 GMT -5
alexbur9, welcome to the forum. You will find lots of enthusiastic and friendly gardeners here!
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Post by september on May 5, 2021 9:29:13 GMT -5
alexbur9 , Welcome Alex! It's so nice to see a fresh face here! Please jump in and post whenever the fancy strikes you.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on May 5, 2021 9:40:43 GMT -5
Welcome, alexbur9! It's nice to meet you, and I am looking forward to hearing about your garden! If you're willing, put your general location (just the state is sufficient, but your USDA zone is nice to know) in your signature. Knowing your climate will help us give you better answers if you have questions.
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Post by pepperhead212 on May 5, 2021 10:00:18 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum!
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indigogirl17
Pro Member
Blazing here again...90's and dry after aq period of 3 weeks of solid rain a few weeks back. .
Posts: 191
Zone:: 5b
Favorite Vegetable:: sweet corn, collards, turnip greens, yellow wax beans, Cherokee purple tomatoes
Joined: March 2011
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Post by indigogirl17 on Aug 5, 2021 13:20:34 GMT -5
Hi, everyone! I've been on this board for quite awhile, but not active recently, so I will re-introduce myself. I live in Bowling Green, OH (NW Ohio, 20 miles south of Toledo). I live in the small city but have a good sized backyard with some fenced gardens for veggies and berries and also quite a few flower gardens in front.
I have been gardening for about 45 years, sometimes as a young person renting, in other people's backyards and/or in big pots. I've lived in southern California, Michigan, SW Colorado and now Ohio, so lots of different climates and environments. It is good therapy for me after a long day of teaching college 18 year olds:). Another "therapy" is photographing cemeteries for FindAGrave.com
I am a dog guardian of a beautiful rescue named Shasta, play guitar and ukulele, listen to a wild diverse collection of music, have a grown son and his lovely partner as family, and think of seed catalogs as one of my many reading addictions. I share seeds through Seed Savers Exchange as Cynthia Mahaffey.
Have a good day, everyone
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Aug 5, 2021 13:23:18 GMT -5
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Post by september on Aug 5, 2021 13:43:02 GMT -5
indigogirl17 , nice to see you back, I hope to see many more posts from you soon!
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Post by brownrexx on Aug 5, 2021 14:21:56 GMT -5
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Post by paquebot on Aug 5, 2021 22:50:12 GMT -5
Welcome back OH MA C2 from WI LO M. Not listing this year. Turned 911 varieties of tomatoes over to MI LU K.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 6, 2021 0:10:24 GMT -5
Welcome back!
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Post by daylilydude on Aug 6, 2021 4:02:26 GMT -5
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directsunlight
Junior Member
Posts: 23
Zone:: 8a
Favorite Vegetable:: artichoke
Joined: September 2021
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Post by directsunlight on Sept 19, 2021 17:58:48 GMT -5
Hi I am Jeff from Texas. I used to be active on the idigmygarden forums (in the top 300 anyway). I live in an area that should be zone 8, but it's more of a 7 with an extremely hot summer, for this particular spot. For example, we had a killing frost in late March, and a patchy frost April 6 or so and a near miss on May 3. The first frost last year was October 28. Does that sound like zone 8 to you? I try not to take myself too seriously in the garden, and I try not to exaggerate, except for comic effect (the squash bugs carried it off this year....) I do like it when things go well though. This year I got 1300 pears from a single kieffer pear tree, and there were 100-150 more that I couldn't reach. Basil and currant tomatoes are usually the best things going in the garden in September for me. If it matters, I use organic insect and disease controls in the garden, but am ok with using organic or conventional fertilizer. I have an approximately 1000 square foot garden, and a couple of raised beds. The raised beds are oval and bordered by pavestones, and are roughly 12X6. In them I have artichoke and horseradish in one, and artichoke and lavender in the other one. I also have a marchmallow plant that grows in a shaded area right next to a spigot. Fruit trees are pear (2), persimmon, and less successful peach, pomegranate, and not trees but a blackberry bush or 2.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Sept 19, 2021 22:17:17 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, directsunlight! What, no peppers listed in Texas?
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directsunlight
Junior Member
Posts: 23
Zone:: 8a
Favorite Vegetable:: artichoke
Joined: September 2021
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Post by directsunlight on Sept 19, 2021 23:58:03 GMT -5
Thank you, pepperhead212! I did a bellyflop this year when it came to peppers. All but one kind failed to germinate when I grew them from seeds. Banana peppers are great, but I got lots last year. Then, the April frost damaged 1/2 of those, with the remainder never becoming anything much. I've gotten 15-20 peppers total. Last year I had trinidad perfume, jigsaw peppers, an Anaheim, and 6 very strong banana pepper plants. Tells me to pay more attention to the shelf life of seeds!
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