2024 garden season

[TNTreeHugger]

I got a few of those making a mess as well. I have been considering taking them out too.

Ever since Moose got killed, I've been wanting to get a Great Pyrenees puppy so bad... even found some near me online.

But, my common sense canceled that out.
Between food and vet bills, I just can't justify adding that expense to my budget.

It is still on my mind though... if I knew someone who had one to give away, I could easily be persuaded to take it.

 

[TNTreeHugger]

Things still doing well in the garden...

The garlic is poking up through the straw already!
Is that good, or bad??

My first tomato plants (from April) are still producing... but I'm not crazy about this variety, so I've been letting the critters have most of them.

The sickle pod is resurrecting itself and blooming again.

The potatoes are looking Fabulous!
Although, I'm not seeing any signs of vining or blooming ... hopefully, that means there's lots of action going on below the surface.

A volunteer tomato - with huge leaves. I'm hoping this is the purple Cherokee.

Another clump of volunteer maters... looks to be the same as the others from April that are still producing. Someone gave them to me and I don't know what variety they are, but I don't really care for them.

 

[muddstopper]

Opinion time. Garlic will be fine, just throw some more straw on top of them. you can remove the straw in the spring. You did plant them deep didnt you? Taters will bite the dust with a good frost, but never fear, they will come back. You can cover them with extra straw, but you wont be able to save the vines. Maters and anything else you have growing will turn black and be done for next good frost you get. Nothing will save them unless you have them in pots and can bring them inside.
One thing to also consider. I planted my garlic in Sept and it came up beautiful, it really impressed the deer, so much so that the deer pulled it up and ate the tops. I replanted the bulbs and they have came back up. My potted taters have been eaten to the ground three times and I noticed one plant coming back up. I wont be doing anything to try and save it as I figure its just a matter of time that the deer gets it anyways.

 

[TNTreeHugger]

Opinion time.

Garlic will be fine, just throw some more straw on top of them. you can remove the straw in the spring. You did plant them deep didnt you?

I planted them 2" deep, as recommended on the website info I read. About half of them already had begun to sprout when planted. I have more straw... should I wait until the weather turns cold (IF it ever does), or cover it now?

Taters will bite the dust with a good frost, but never fear, they will come back. You can cover them with extra straw, but you wont be able to save the vines.

We had two nights of frost already several weeks ago and I covered all the tater plants. The way the crazy weather is, if we get another frost warning I'll cover them again since it's likely to warm back up again and hopefully give them a little more growing time.
If they don't have time to make taters this season, and the tops die back, will they sprout back up again in the spring??

Maters and anything else you have growing will turn black and be done for next good frost you get. Nothing will save them unless you have them in pots and can bring them inside.

I've already dug up and potted one vol. mater plant and brought it inside. It has one flower on it. I'm also going to pot up the vol. with the big leaves before it gets too cold.

One thing to also consider. I planted my garlic in Sept and it came up beautiful, it really impressed the deer, so much so that the deer pulled it up and ate the tops. I replanted the bulbs and they have came back up. My potted taters have been eaten to the ground three times and I noticed one plant coming back up. I wont be doing anything to try and save it as I figure its just a matter of time that the deer gets it anyways.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[muddstopper]

We had two nights of frost already several weeks ago and I covered all the tater plants. The way the crazy weather is, if we get another frost warning I'll cover them again since it's likely to warm back up again and hopefully give them a little more growing time.
If they don't have time to make taters this season, and the tops die back, will they sprout back up again in the spring??

One year I left a whole row of taters in the ground. come spring, I had a whole row of taters come up. Top dressed with fert, ran the tiller thru the row, hilled them up and had lots of little taters. I suspect over crowding was the cause of the smaller size, butt the little ones ate well. Also had a lot of rotten taters and mouse tasted spuds. Nothing like digging into a row of taters and pulling up a squishy smelly tater.