Gardening 2021

[Jaybird1980]

I set up a little experiment in the garage.
A couple tomatoes and jalapenos grown under different lights to see if one works better.

Left blue/red led grow light
Right 2200 lumen 6500k led

 

[spencer rifle]

First peas from the garden yesterday, and lettuce-spinach salad.

 

[Expat]

The spinach has officially bolted now. Need to cut some more mustards as they look great but no doubt they will bolt with the next heat wave coming. Lettuce has grown back nicely and looks good. My peas haven't bloomed yet. Need to fertilize and hill up the potatoes.

 

[COOPADUP]

Broccoli and Brussel sprouts starting to finally grow. Today's rain will be very nice for the crops.

 

[Expat]

My broccoli and cabbage are looking pretty good. Getting some holes in the cabbage leaves though. May need to dust.

 

[vzdude]

What to plant this late in the year? Just doubled the size of my garden after finally getting rid of the stump that was stopping the expansion. New gardener, trying to learn to vacuum, can, and store fruits and veggies for winter too.

 

[Expat]

What to plant this late in the year? Just doubled the size of my garden after finally getting rid of the stump that was stopping the expansion. New gardener, trying to learn to vacuum, can, and store fruits and veggies for winter too.

Right now, if you can still find tomato and pepper plants at the garden center, I would go ahead and plant those. Corn and beans should be okay. I wouldnt get corn that has 4 months to maturity. The spring stuff, lettuce, spinach, greens might be tough in this heat. I know some people say they grow them, but mine usually bolt as soon as they come up.The biggest problem you will have at this point would be keeping them well watered. I plant new stuff up until mid summer for fall crops.

 

[d.kaufman]

The spring stuff, lettuce, spinach, greens might be tough in this heat.

Yeah lettuces would be rough outdoors right now. We ate our spring outdoor crop up already but when it gets hot like this we grow it in the basement under grow lights. Fall batch will be started from seed in the basement but will be planted outside early to mid September

 

[Jaybird1980]

What to plant this late in the year? Just doubled the size of my garden after finally getting rid of the stump that was stopping the expansion. New gardener, trying to learn to vacuum, can, and store fruits and veggies for winter too.

Beans, carrots, tomatoes, onions, melons, pumpkins.
We are starting a new plot for pumpkins now

 

[NKBJ]

Using buckets (some sunk in the ground, some on top), planters and raised beds.
This week fertilized and watered. Started deepening the soil on a tater bed. Need to rebuild the sides on another one. Put together a perimeter frame for another raised bed and started digging up the turf layer. Started tying up vines on the scarlet runners this week. The yard longs aren't long enough to start tying up yet (replanted after the frost killed them).

 

[vzdude]

Planted pumpkins, watermelons, green beans, sunflowers, and cucumbers today. Not much for storage food, but it’ll be good eating!

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

Way behind, still, but did get tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, yellow squash, watermelon, broccoli, cauliflower, and herbs in the new raised beds. The strawberry plants we put in last year have produced quite a bit of very small, but very sweet, fruit.

 

[JettaKnight]

Just had the first taste of fresh peas!

 

[NKBJ]

Happiness is having a three way conversation with a robin and cat while weeding the garden and waiting on pancakes.

 

[bwframe]

Second season...

 

[vzdude]

Any advice for strawberry plantings? We want something easy, possibly raised, that won’t take over the whole yard and rest of the garden. Obviously missed out for this year!

 

[Jaybird1980]

Any advice for strawberry plantings? We want something easy, possibly raised, that won’t take over the whole yard and rest of the garden. Obviously missed out for this year!

Raised bed is a good idea. You can still plant this year. Early September would be alright

The wife wants one of those tiered planter deals with strawberries, just haven't got around to doing it at this place yet

 

[NKBJ]

Still working on the better 2/3's happy place.
The gate is hung.
Still have more enclosure structure to complete (lumber prices are plumb painful).
Almost all of the concrete work is done.
Plotting on making a hanging basket support structure with some seriously warped landscape timbers.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Still working on the better 2/3's happy place.
The gate is hung.
Still have more enclosure structure to complete (lumber prices are plumb painful).
Almost all of the concrete work is done.
Plotting on making a hanging basket support structure with some seriously warped landscape timbers.
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Looks really nice. Well done.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Adding another small garden area this year.
Almost finished, one more till and it's time to plant. Should be done this afternoon.