The Gardening Thread

[volwindy]

Here's a picture of one of my watermelons from the 7th.

And I think this is the same melon on the 18th.

But I only have about 3 or 4 that are doing any good so far.

All the fruits and veggies look good! Yum!

 

[orangeblooded2]

Well, all my various Tomato Plants are fried crispy. Full of fruit and dead, dead, dead. Strangest thing I have seen in some time, gardening wise......

 

[MWR]

Well, all my various Tomato Plants are fried crispy. Full of fruit and dead, dead, dead. Strangest thing I have seen in some time, gardening wise......

Sounds like they are done. When mine get ripe - maybe around February - I may send you some home grown tomatoes.

 

[VolGal423]

We tried to do melons last year. But our Cantaloupe and Watermelon crossbred or something and we had some funkamelons. Needless to say we didn't grow any this year. We also grew pumpkins last year but they rotted before halloween. We failed in the melon department so we stuck to the basics.

Last week we got so much rain that our okra literally grew 7'' overnight thus all of the crop from those plants were wasted!

 

[MWR]

We tried to do melons last year. But our Cantaloupe and Watermelon crossbred or something and we had some funkamelons. Needless to say we didn't grow any this year. We also grew pumpkins last year but they rotted before halloween. We failed in the melon department so we stuck to the basics.

Last week we got so much rain that our okra literally grew 7'' overnight thus all of the crop from those plants were wasted!

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Just some of the joys of gardening.

And these things make what you grow taste better when things go right.

 

[VIF]

My new poblano pepper plant produced a beautiful pepper and them promptly died. Crap!

 

[jhen713]

We tried to do melons last year. But our Cantaloupe and Watermelon crossbred or something and we had some funkamelons. Needless to say we didn't grow any this year. We also grew pumpkins last year but they rotted before halloween. We failed in the melon department so we stuck to the basics.

Last week we got so much rain that our okra literally grew 7'' overnight thus all of the crop from those plants were wasted!

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hmy:You better be careful, you could kill someone with that thing.

I have okra almost that big if I go more than 2 days without checking the garden.

 

[J-P]

All of these garden hard luck stories are making me feel a little guilty. We harvested the last of our peaches last evening and got a bucket full. We also harvested a bucket full of our tomatoes (grape tomatoes, big mama roma tomatoes and heirloom tomatoes), about four more zucchinis, a bell pepper and several jalapeño peppers.

My wife made zucchini relish and canned it yesterday. This is a first, using a recipe from our Bell Canning Recipe Book, so we'll see; might be good on a hot dog or something. Today, she will be peeling and seeding tomatoes and peaches, making some marinara, some peach jam and some frozen peach pieces.

We harvested some wild elderberries along the side of the road the other day and put them in the freezer. The Mrs. made some delicious elderberry jelly with it last year, and we hope to gather enough wild elderberries this year to maybe make a batch of wine in addition to the jars of elderberry jelly. That might be a bit ambitious, because the birds seem to be eating a lot more of the elderberries this year than they did last year.

 

[MWR]

All of these garden hard luck stories are making me feel a little guilty. We harvested the last of our peaches last evening and got a bucket full. We also harvested a bucket full of our tomatoes (grape tomatoes, big mama roma tomatoes and heirloom tomatoes), about four more zucchinis, a bell pepper and several jalapeño peppers.

My wife made zucchini relish and canned it yesterday. This is a first, using a recipe from our Bell Canning Recipe Book, so we'll see; might be good on a hot dog or something. Today, she will be peeling and seeding tomatoes and peaches, making some marinara, some peach jam and some frozen peach pieces.

We harvested some wild elderberries along the side of the road the other day and put them in the freezer. The Mrs. made some delicious elderberry jelly with it last year, and we hope to gather enough wild elderberries this year to maybe make a batch of wine in addition to the jars of elderberry jelly. That might be a bit ambitious, because the birds seem to be eating a lot more of the elderberries this year than they did last year.

Since I was the guy who offered you some good advice about your peach trees (cut 'em down and burn 'em), maybe we could work out a trade for some of that peach jam. :rock2:

 

[jed]

I have a question for everyone! Don't mean to start a thread within a thread but:
What is your favorite kind of Tomato and Why??

I absolutely love tomatoes but the Big Boys n' Better Boys in my part of TN just don't seem to have any acid flavor in them. Any suggestions?

I started growing heirlooms a couple years ago. They are a little more trouble to grow but the flavor is unbeatable (in my opinion).

 

[J-P]

I started growing heirlooms a couple years ago. They are a little more trouble to grow but the flavor is unbeatable (in my opinion).

This was our first year growing heirloom tomatoes and I have to agree on the flavor thing. :good!:

We still grow a bunch of hybrid big mama roma style tomatoes for canning salsa and marinara.

 

[MWR]

Here's a Charleston Grey melon just getting going.

And I think this is an Ambrosia or Hale's Best Cantaloupe
or maybe some other kind. Won't know until we cut it open.

 

[MWR]

Now I've got some jubilee melons coming on.

I may have to take pictures of this melon as it grows and see it it fills out or keeps this strange shape.

That is if I can remember where it is.

 

[orangeblooded2]

Tomatoes and soil repair...

So I was in wally world yesterday and I notice all there soil supplements was on sale. Got 4 Cubic Feet of 2 different kinds of top soil (4 bags)and two bags of cow manure mulch. Going back for lime. All for around 12 bucks.

My question is...Work it into the soil now or wait until spring?
Definitely doing the lime soon and again in early spring.

I guess another question would be is this enough to repair the soil and bring it back for diseases I previously mentioned?
Space wise the area in question is only 18 X 6 feet. I usually get 14 plants in the area.

 

[orangeblooded2]

I may have to take pictures of this melon as it grows and see it it fills out or keeps this strange shape.

That is if I can remember where it is.

Got any peanuts growing close buy?

 

[MWR]

I may have to take pictures of this melon as it grows and see it it fills out or keeps this strange shape.

That is if I can remember where it is.

Got any peanuts growing close buy?

None close by, I may have to buy some.

And maybe I have stumbled upon a new food, the water nut or maybe the pea melon. Nahhh, if you baked the thing to remove the water, there wouldn't be much left.

Besides, neither sounds too appetizing.

 

[MWR]

A few garden pictures from today.

 

[MWR]

The cantaloupes have arrived.

When it comes to corn, tomatoes, potatoes, melons, and whatever else you grow, homegrown is much better than store bought.

These are some very good tasting melons.

The one I have my hand on is a Hale's best, but the ambrosias are my favorite.

 

[jhen713]

Nice!!!! I'm down to peppers(jlaps, bannana, and green bell) and okra. Toamtoes, green beans and zucchini are all dried up. I might get a few more tomatoes if they turn before I pull the plants up.

 

[MWR]

I've got corn just now coming in. Because we would plant about 6 or 8 rows of corn, wait a couple of weeks and plant another 6 to 8 rows, and so on. This is our next to last set.

And the coyotes took a liking to our corn. They go into the corn patch, pull up the stalks, drag them out of the garden, pile them up and chew on the ears just enough so they are not fit for anything. And what they don't drag out, they lay waste to and leave it laying in the corn patch.

So last Saturday I spent the evening out in the rain putting an electric fence around the corn patch. So far, the electric fence is undefeated and the coyotes have been shut out.

I guess they are wondering just where is Wiley E. Coyote when they need him.

 

[golfballs]

Certain parts of Ohio, particularly areas that have a lot of veggies, have had higher than normal rainfall and high temperatures. Mildew has been an issue

 

[CountVolcula]

How many on Volnation grow a garden every year like me?

Got a big spread this year

Corn
Purple Hull Peas
Green Beans
Shell Beans
Squash
150 + tomato plants
Hot Peppers
Cantaloupe
Watermelons

I might even post pictures later

Anyone else have a green thumb?

 

[OrangeVol79]

Had strawberries
Got basil, oregano, thyme, cilantro, mint, parsley, and sage
Hope to have a lot of tomatoes, jalapeños, cayenne pepper, and bell peppers

 

[CountVolcula]

Had strawberries
Got basil, oregano, thyme, cilantro, mint, parsley, and sage
Hope to have a lot of tomatoes, jalapeños, cayenne pepper, and bell peppers

I started strawberries this year in raised beds and just transplanted the first set of runners

 

[JayVols]

I have a small one.

5 rows of mountain half runner beans
1 row of cucumbers
1 row of okra
1 row of hot banana peppers
1 row of squash
8 rows of corn (silver queen/peaches and cream)
15 tomato plants
and last but certainly not least 11 Charelston Grey watermelon plants
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