2023 garden season

[husqvarna257]

Planted the garden today. I had planted beans a week ago but nothing sprouted so I planted a new batch. Today I planted Brussel sprouts, purple Cherokee tomatoes, Brandy wine and some frying peppers my wife found, can't remember what they are called. I had planted seed potato last week only 4 lbs, 2 rows. I also planted another rhubarb plant , the other one we planted last year came back great but some bug is eating the leaves. I sprayed it down with neem oil.
Speaking of neem oil I was introduced to it as a better spray for Colorado potato beetles rather then harsher stuff. I got a big bottle that needs to be mixed with water. I did not see it in any box store or nursery I as at this year. Is it another banned spray?

 

[husqvarna257]

Can't keep the squirrels out of mine.

We had a drought last year so everything got eaten barely had any tomatoes that the mice did not get. I don't have any fruit trees but all over town people lost their crop from mice and squirrels.

 

[husqvarna257]

If I were you I'd try Spam.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I'm thinking Jersey Giant or Jersey Knight. Plants spread that much? Grow out from the sides of the crowns?

Farmer Steve would know. and in The Joy of Gardening D Raymond does an in-depth how-to to do asparagus.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Thanks, I generally use 12-12-12 because it's readily available around here. That'll work?

that'll work! but it is a root crop at first... more in middle # to help... i used 13-13-13 and 2nd side dress woke up our dormant, sleeping cuke plants! ~

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

I have a new kitchen but my kitchen faucet not working
what to do or how to fix it?

lol, is this for real??

what does not working mean?.....

 

[spuldup]

lol, is this for real??

what does not working mean?.....

This seems to be a bot account. Best to set to "ignore".

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

This seems to be a bot account. Best to set to "ignore".

got it

 

[Seachaser]

They’re saying the Georgia peach crop will be off 90% this year. Prices will be up. My trees are a couple of years away. Meanwhile:

 

[djg james]

I ordered 20 Jersey Knight crowns last night. When I first started to look, they had both kinds in stock, but when I went to order, only the one. Might get a 10 pk of the Giants next year to see the difference.

Got well-needed rain yesterday, so it's too wet to excavate my trench. I need to get more compost, which I get from the tree guy in 5 gal buckets.

Some vendors recommend 12" spacing, others 18". Does it matter? I was planning on 12" if it doesn't.

 

[muddstopper]

Planted the garden today. I had planted beans a week ago but nothing sprouted so I planted a new batch. Today I planted Brussel sprouts, purple Cherokee tomatoes, Brandy wine and some frying peppers my wife found, can't remember what they are called. I had planted seed potato last week only 4 lbs, 2 rows. I also planted another rhubarb plant , the other one we planted last year came back great but some bug is eating the leaves. I sprayed it down with neem oil.
Speaking of neem oil I was introduced to it as a better spray for Colorado potato beetles rather then harsher stuff. I got a big bottle that needs to be mixed with water. I did not see it in any box store or nursery I as at this year. Is it another banned spray?

My experience with neem oil by itself is it isnt very good for tater bugs. I find Spinosad to be much better and a mix of neem and spinosad to be killer for the beetle.

 

[husqvarna257]

My experience with neem oil by itself is it isnt very good for tater bugs. I find Spinosad to be much better and a mix of neem and spinosad to be killer for the beetle.

I'll check it out so far only one plant comming up, I expect more this week

 

[jollygreengiant]

Yeah you don't have to fight the rear tines so much. Of course you pay the cost when it's time to turn them around in a tight space!

That is quite the pasture behind your garden. Is that something you have to mow?

Nope, that's actually the neighbor's winter barley crop. He will likely harvest that the first part of July and then plant sorghum as a forage crop to harvest in the fall.

That's one nice thing about where I live. Wide open farm fields all around. It makes for some windy days at times but the views can't be beat, especially the sunsets.

 

[Mad Professor]

Too late to plant Asparagus (crowns) in the MidWest? It's dry enough to work the new ground in my garden that was the reclaimed strawberry patch.

I was going to have two 10 foot rows in approximately a 8' x 10' bed to allow for row spacing. I've got an attachment on my FRONT tine tiller that lets me dig deep. I'd then excavate it down to around 10" and make my mounds with dirt/compost. Would you add sand? Do rows really need to be 3' apart? Can you get by with just 2' apart?

James, This has good references for most every garden vegetable. ~300 pages. New England Vegetable Managment Guide, 2020-2021 ed., It's put out by UMass Coop ext., for New England, but we have a wide variety of Plant Zones.

Asparagus is covered in the guide. Has soil prep, nutrition, planting, harvest, diseases, insects....etc

Loose well drained soil that's weed free. Put rotted manure and/or compost in the trenches, also phosphorous as it like phosphorous (I use bone meal/char), and pH near neutral.

 

[Mad Professor]

I hurt myself a few weeks ago so garden prep and direct seeding has not happened yet. Starts are still in the greenhouse.

I guess not to bad though, Calling for frost Wed night here, upper 20s. Hope it don't kill the fruit/berry blossoms.

 

[Brushpile]

I planted my transplants on the full moon of June 5. Zone 6b. (No more frosts expected. And if it did I could just cover them for a night or two. Raised beds.)
As the moon fades and the nights darken, the gravitational pull increases and draws moisture downward lending a hand in root growth. Then, in a few weeks, as the moon begins to wax again, the increase in light will encourage leaf production. Hot peppers, okra, bush cukes, heirloom tomatoes and some better boys and super sweet 100's. I work so much I barely had time to put em in, but wish I had a coupe more beds for purple hull peas, potatoes and onions.

 

[Orange Ripper]

Evenin folks!
New to this particular forum, seen it and figured I might be able to pick up a few tips and have somewhere to ask questions if I run into anything!
New to the gardening and this will be our first year with the greenhouse! Which I finally got all fully wrapped and enclosed in plastic! Just have to build a door tomorrow!
I did work all summer last year at a fully hydroponic lettuce greenhouse and picked up a little experience there!
So looking forward to seeing the fruits of our labour this summer! Still a few odd and ends on the inside and she’ll be good to grow!

This is the lettuce greenhouse I worked for! Growing Up to 5-7000 head at a time, 2000+ out in the long troughs, and annother 3-5 in the nursery, and of 6-7 different varieties!

 

[Mad Professor]

I planted my transplants on the full moon of June 5. Zone 6b. (No more frosts expected. And if it did I could just cover them for a night or two. Raised beds.)
As the moon fades and the nights darken, the gravitational pull increases and draws moisture downward lending a hand in root growth. Then, in a few weeks, as the moon begins to wax again, the increase in light will encourage leaf production. Hot peppers, okra, bush cukes, heirloom tomatoes and some better boys and super sweet 100's. I work so much I barely had time to put em in, but wish I had a coupe more beds for purple hull peas, potatoes and onions.

Your time zone is about 3 weeks ahead of me?

 

[Brushpile]

Your time zone is about 3 weeks ahead of me?

I usually plant early and cover, or cool weather crops first and then more temperate plants later. I still had some collards that wintered nicely for me even with 5 days below zero in Dec. But this year I waited til May and went straight to okra tomatoes peppers and the like.

 

[Seachaser]

Took this morning: