Be careful, gf's charity just dealt with a dog that was poisoned and died from snarfing a poisoned mole.
Traps work well too and don't kill anyone's pets.
What's growing? The garden thread.
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Be careful, gf's charity just dealt with a dog that was poisoned and died from snarfing a poisoned mole.
Traps work well too and don't kill anyone's pets.
We are getting bombarded by those awful helicopter seeds from the neighbors’ maple trees and the dog keeps wandering around eating them. Are they toxic or is he just gonna grow a tree out his ass?
You guys and gals watering a lot this week? I learned last summer that my tomatoes don’t need as much water as I was giving them which caused the skin of them to break open on some. It’s bone dry out there but I’m trying to follow this new plan for water and prevent from over doing it.
I just try to water them the same time of day consistently. Husband bought some rings that are supposed to divert water down. They seem to be doing fine even though we got them in late. I would usually think maybe it helps them being small during a scorching spell but I think the whole summer is supposed to be this way so maybe not.
Went to a family reunion at farm where MIL grew up. They had a garden there and it was about 20 rows of radishes - nothing else. I asked what was up with that. Mrs. Velo's cousin said he always planted radishes and got them too thick so he was thinning like crazy. He borrowed someone's planter this year and it planted them at the correct spacing. He put the seed he had in it and he kept planting and planting thinking "Is this thing ever going to run out." He ran out of garden before he ran out of seed.
Needless to say we came home with a whole crap load of radishes.
Needless to say we came home with a whole crap load of radishes.
My roma tomatoes are doing good. This week I added some soil amendments and organic fertilizer that had a lot calcium to cut down on blossom end rot towards the end of the season. Anybody care to share their recipe on making tomato paste/salsa?
I have an onion question. Last weeks storm flattened some of my onions. A few are still standing but many are lying flat. One guy told me that if they are bent over at or near the neck they are done and should be pulled. That true? I asked my mom and FIL, both of whom gardened a lot of years, and neither had heard of that.
Also, if I need to pull onions, and my carrots are almost ready to harvest, what can I plant this late in the summer? I don't like the idea of a bare garden for half the growing season. Is there a heat tolerant lettuce (I live in Central IA)?
Also, if I need to pull onions, and my carrots are almost ready to harvest, what can I plant this late in the summer? I don't like the idea of a bare garden for half the growing season. Is there a heat tolerant lettuce (I live in Central IA)?
Bush beans? They grow quickly and I usually replant at least 1x after the initial planting in the spring.
I try to focus on watering in the morning so it has time to soak up throughout the day. Watering in the evening can lead to rotting and fungal growth because the water sits there throughout the night.
I also wouldn't be afraid to put some mulch down around the plants this time of year to help conserve moisture.
I think you can watch them a bit. They may pop up. If the part above ground yellows or withers you need to pull them. You could just plant more onions. Beans or peas would be fine. Also tomatoes with smaller fruit such as cherry or grape. I have thrown root vegetables in this late like potatoes or beets but we are in southern Iowa. My brother always gets more potatoes than he has room for and will show up with them in mid June. And you can always just throw in more radishes.
I’ve been told mulch is a terrible idea in many cases because of the fungal stuff that it generates.
Would adding some crushed eggshells help with the calcium?
I'll see if I can find a salsa recipe and send it to you.
Not an organic guy myself but ever since I put little barnlime in the hole when I plant, I don’t get end rot on my tomatoes
I just make fresh salsa, not cooked.
3 cups chopped tomatoes
1 cup diced onion
1/2 cup diced green pepper
1/2 cup minced fresh cilantro (I doubled recipe I took this from which says 1/4 cause I love cilantro)
2 T lime juice
2 T chopped jalapeños with seeds (original recipe 4 t)
1/2 t each of ground cumin, salt, and black pepper
It is time consuming with the chopping and I wear gloves for the jalapeños.
3 cups chopped tomatoes
1 cup diced onion
1/2 cup diced green pepper
1/2 cup minced fresh cilantro (I doubled recipe I took this from which says 1/4 cause I love cilantro)
2 T lime juice
2 T chopped jalapeños with seeds (original recipe 4 t)
1/2 t each of ground cumin, salt, and black pepper
It is time consuming with the chopping and I wear gloves for the jalapeños.
I made 9 pints of rhubarb syrup last week. That takes awhile. When the wife makes salsa, she does it by how full the 3 gallon pot is of tomatoes that she's run through the food processor, she adds the onions, cilantro, peppers, Mrs. Wages salsa mix, and vinegar. I wish she would like let the tomatoes sit overnight in the refrigerator to be able to get more water out so the salsa is thicker either that or she could add a little cornstarch to it also.
Already hit the tomato plants with calcium spray twice to prevent end rot. Had some early blight on the romas so I have sprayed them with copper fungicide twice and that has seemed to have done the trick. Onions have umbels on them already and are about 3' tall. I've been watering every third day with the sprinkler. I will water with Miracle Grow every other time I water the garden. With the heat I seem to hit it with a little water every day to keep the blooms from aborting and tomatoes filling out.
Having prairie grass down on top of the ground has really helped hold the moisture in and I have very few weeds to pull. Plus I just till this in fall for added compost next year.
Already hit the tomato plants with calcium spray twice to prevent end rot. Had some early blight on the romas so I have sprayed them with copper fungicide twice and that has seemed to have done the trick. Onions have umbels on them already and are about 3' tall. I've been watering every third day with the sprinkler. I will water with Miracle Grow every other time I water the garden. With the heat I seem to hit it with a little water every day to keep the blooms from aborting and tomatoes filling out.
Having prairie grass down on top of the ground has really helped hold the moisture in and I have very few weeds to pull. Plus I just till this in fall for added compost next year.
Are those yellow spots? If so I think it might be either too much or too little water. If light brown, maybe rust, which is fungal?
Get this and use it asap. Read the label before application. I apply it every two-ish weeks from mid June to mid august as a precaution and prevents many of the issues. Once you see a problem though, you need to address it asap as sometimes if you see it, it’s already too late. I buy it at earl may.
