2019 Garden
- Thread starter Shorty
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Took a garden walk last night everything's doing well except a couple of things. A few tomatoes are yellowing at the base. This is usually too much water. We haven't had any rain for for a week so I don't think that's the problem. A few of the banana peppers are also yellowing. I'm thinking a lack of nitrogen so I gave them a good shot of Miracle Grow this morning. It rained slightly this morning so the wet ground wicked it down deep. More rain here coming so it should wash down good.
We're trying a new pole been this year called Cherokee Trail of Tears. We have a bare spot about 22 x 12 that was meant for potatoes I might put out another row of beets & some more bell peppers. My wife cans the beets & the green beans chops & freezes the bell peppers.
The second potatoes I planted are coming up good. A few of the first plantings that didn't rot are doing good also. The sweet potatoes given their rabbit damage are doing well. The ones that were eaten are coming back. This is a new area this year for potatoes. I didn't get to plow it like I wanted. I did till it twice with the Simplicity 7117 with a rear tiller attachment & disc it twice with the Sears SS15 pulling a double gang disc. I'll have to hill the potatoes again soon & I'll cultivate the rest to get rid of the field grass, that stuff is tuff.
We're trying a new pole been this year called Cherokee Trail of Tears. We have a bare spot about 22 x 12 that was meant for potatoes I might put out another row of beets & some more bell peppers. My wife cans the beets & the green beans chops & freezes the bell peppers.
The second potatoes I planted are coming up good. A few of the first plantings that didn't rot are doing good also. The sweet potatoes given their rabbit damage are doing well. The ones that were eaten are coming back. This is a new area this year for potatoes. I didn't get to plow it like I wanted. I did till it twice with the Simplicity 7117 with a rear tiller attachment & disc it twice with the Sears SS15 pulling a double gang disc. I'll have to hill the potatoes again soon & I'll cultivate the rest to get rid of the field grass, that stuff is tuff.
Looking good. Yellowing is to much moisture 90% of the time. We need the ground to dry out good for a change. Mowed through water on a slope again this morning. Bet I find a couple more wet spots before I am done. May get in the garden tomorrow - if it don't rain again. Seems like any little cloud that comes over has rain in it.
Good tater news with a little bad. The bad is we've had so much rain I had a couple feet of hills washed out to expose the tubers. The good news is they were loaded with quarter size taters. I hope they all are doing this well. I shoved them all back in the middle & covered them up again.
nice garder there and tidy too , i assume the pea's will be soon finished as it will get hot where you guys are , My potatoes last summer was all top and roots but not a tata on them, all 12 bushes so don't know what happened cept to dry
Picked a good bunch of bell peppers & some jalapenos on Saturday. A few of the bells were stunted but the plants were showing signs of stress so had to bn pick them. Yesterday they looked a lot better & the new buds looked more anxious. I learned over the years that peppers & beans get to a point more than most that you have to keep them picked.
If you like bell peppers, have you ever tried Spanish Spice peppers? Even though the name says “spice”, mine have always just tasted like bell peppers. They are very prolific.... a few bushes will have you covered up in peppers.
Jung Seed
I like to plant those and banana peppers for mild, jalapeño for medium/hot, and Thai for hot.
Jung Seed
I like to plant those and banana peppers for mild, jalapeño for medium/hot, and Thai for hot.
