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Post by daylilydude on Sept 14, 2018 4:17:21 GMT -5
Do you prepare your garden for big storms?
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Post by brownrexx on Sept 14, 2018 7:33:34 GMT -5
I used to always have my tomato cages knocked over in storms so I finally got smart and started putting 2 metal stakes outside of each cage. This year none got knocked over.
If a hail storm is predicted and the plants are not too big, I have 1/2 bushel wooden baskets that I place over my tomato or pepper plants to keep them from getting beaten up.
If a hurricane happens at the end of the season like now I remove all small wire cages or other items that could become projectiles in the wind and I just hope for the best for the remaining plants.
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Post by september on Sept 14, 2018 9:21:14 GMT -5
No, too many plants and beds to cover. If there is time, I might try to tie up any longer stray vines on the tomato trellises, or pick any ripe and near ripe fruit that might get damaged.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Sept 14, 2018 11:33:31 GMT -5
I just make sure that there is nothing that will blow into the garden; too many plants to worry about all of them, but certain ones, that seem a little unsrturdy, I might put a stake or two against them. Last year, a very strong storm in June blew over a few things - one was one of my 3 chocolate habaneros, breaking off at least 80% of the plant. I just left it there next to one of the others in that EB (way too late to start another) and it grew back, producing more than the smaller of the other two!
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Sept 15, 2018 10:10:07 GMT -5
I pick what is ripe and replant as needed.
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Post by spacecase0 on Sept 16, 2018 19:38:11 GMT -5
my summers are filled with approximately zero rain or storms. so nothing there to get ready for there.
winter garden only has sugar peas and grain growing the largest threat they see is hail. and they seem to deal with the hail just fine with no care at all, not that I could really set up to keep hail off of a field of grain.
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