Mystery Seedlings

[Patriotic Sheepdog]

I am right on the edge of 9a and 9b....thanks for the info on tomatoes and onions, guess I will leave that alone. I was going to ask you about trellises, but you answered with A-frame. When the next grow bags get here I will have 40, plus about 5 hard sided containers. I am looking at planting some ginger as apparently they can do well in a tropical environment. In fall I want to plant garlic.

Harvested three cukes last night....These are Sumter Cucumbers and you harvest them when they get about 3"-4". Will put them on salad soon...

You did corn, squash and beans in same container? How big is the container?

[surviort_wwdnet]

Nice cukes!! I can't wait to have some. I have pickling cukes and Marketmore cukes.

The container is 12 square feet. The corn is at one end, the acorn squash at the other end, and the pinto beans are on the side. They're climbing the trellis like crazy!

Trellises are made from 6 ft garden stakes, 11mm diameter. I ordered the connection kits from Amazon, as well as the trellis net. My squash row has 7 upright A's with 8 cross braces, and took 2 nets. They are surprisingly sturdy.

I'm pretty high up in 9a, which explains why you're producing ahead of me. It stayed really cold here until the end of March, then it was spring quickly followed by hot.

[Patriotic Sheepdog]

yeah, weather here has been cool for this time of year. We only had a high of 81 yesterday with winds of 15mph and gusts into the low 20's....

Speaking of weather, do you watch the YT channel Suspicious Observers? If not, you may want to watch him (Ben Davidson). I have been watching him for years and he is a conservative guy that is a lawyer and happens to have been trained in meteorology iirc. He stands up against big boys like NASA, Yale, Harvard, etc. and calls them out. He has a playlist called Catastrophe Series that is very good. I only support two sites with my $$...this one and Ben....

[surviort_wwdnet]

It's been in the low 80's for a few days, and I'm not complaining except the pool is cooling off again.

Found the YT channel and subscribed. I'll check it out later on.

Finally got (and planted) my seed peanuts. I hope the trellis net will keep the squirrels out! Also saw a nice yellow squash about 5" long - progress! All of my cukes, squash, and watermelon are definitely climbing and clinging to the net with their little tendrils. It's fun to watch the changes.

Canned ground beef and cubed beef today, and will do some more tomorrow. I refuse to be enslaved by the power grid...I'll just keep the good ($$) steaks in the freezer.

[Patriotic Sheepdog]

Received the new grow bags yesterday. Hope to plant stuff today or tomorrow. We have about 3 more cukes to pick and our squash plants have at least 6 squash that I noticed. The largest is about 4" long and smallest about 1". Everything in the grow bags have sprouted except for the lettuce mix which I was doubtful about. I need to get zucchini and sunflower seeds before planting the new bags. One thing I have been doing is watering with the water from my hand pump. I figured it is a "pure" as it can be as the other water runs thru my well system which has salt and chlorine. It is fertilizer time today or tomorrow so hope to se a jump in everything over the next few days. Only have three of eighteen plants in the Kratky totes sprouting...two basil and one cuke. I need to study more on this system to figure it out.

[Patriotic Sheepdog]

Been busy around here and have not checked in over the last 2-3 days. Working on the broken truck. Son and maybe our future DIL comes into town today, so I may be absent for a couple days...hope to have truck completed so he can take it back to Nashville...
Glad to see your crop is growing strong. Will have to talk more about p-nuts....hmmm.....

[surviort_wwdnet]

It's the little things...

I got the landscape staples I ordered yesterday, and finally got my last trellis net secured to the ground; black beans and sugar snaps are already starting to climb. Husband weed-whacked by the fence just past my first row of tomatoes, so now I can lay down another length of landscape fabric to create some more separation between my first and second row of tomatoes. I'll do that tomorrow since it's already 97? and I'm not that much into sweating!

I have a yellow squash that I'll pick tomorrow, a zucchini that will be ready in a couple of days, and I finally see one tiny prickly cucumber Yesterday I picked and steamed a bunch of sugar snaps - yum!

Speaking of yellow, some of my squash leaves have yellowed. I checked them for all manner of typical disease symptoms and critters, and nothing. That leaves too much water, so I'll cut back for a few days. We're starting to get afternoon rains and Mother Nature can take care of it. Otherwise, the produce looks healthy, lots of blossoms, and is growing like crazy, especially the yellow squash, zucchini, and spaghetti squash.

Good luck with the truck repair! Looking after family is priority #1, so I hope you're able to get their vehicle back in good working order.

[Patriotic Sheepdog]

Okay, question: Squash plants....some new buds are green and some yellow? Same plant, same conditions, etc....why?

[surviort_wwdnet]

Okay, question: Squash plants....some new buds are green and some yellow? Same plant, same conditions, etc....why?

What kind of squash? Is it a yellow squash or somethng else? The green one actually looks larger than the yellow one, but neither looks like any of the squash I have. It could just be different stages of maturity. Are these from hybrid or non-GMO seeds, or did you start them from purchased seedlings. If these are from hybrid seeds, that might explain the color difference, as some may have reverted to the original source.

I have yellow squash and yellow & green striped squash on the same plant from heirlool, non-GMO, open pollinated seeds. Go figure. My yellow squash is planted next to my zucchini and they may have cross-pollinated.

[Patriotic Sheepdog]

Organic, Heirloom Butter nut squash. The small yellow ones seem to be dying off...

[surviort_wwdnet]

Organic, Heirloom Butter nut squash. The small yellow ones seem to be dying off...

I also planted heirloom butternut squash, so I'll watch for anomalies. Try adding some calcium, and make sure it's getting plenty of water.

I have to rearrange my bag garden. The tomato plants at the end of each row aren't getting enough water from the irrigation system and are in danger of dying of thirst! I have 3 shorter rows and will move them to the front of those - should be fun as the plants are large and all have tomatoes growing on them.

I was worried about my other squash, but an early morning check confirmed that I have friendly pollinators galore, so I'm just going to hang in there and hope for the best.

[Patriotic Sheepdog]

I also planted heirloom butternut squash, so I'll watch for anomalies. Try adding some calcium, and make sure it's getting plenty of water.

I have to rearrange my bag garden. The tomato plants at the end of each row aren't getting enough water from the irrigation system and are in danger of dying of thirst! I have 3 shorter rows and will move them to the front of those - should be fun as the plants are large and all have tomatoes growing on them.

I was worried about my other squash, but an early morning check confirmed that I have friendly pollinators galore, so I'm just going to hang in there and hope for the best.

Try using a hand truck...save your back. I know if I need to move any when the plants are grown, it will be using a hand truck (mine are 7 gallon grow bags)...my plants are not worth my back....

I planted 16 more grow bags...different watermelon, some cilantro, fennel and catnip (heard they help repel mosquitos) more tomatoes, muskmelon, bunching onions, cantaloupe, zucchini, more beans and sunflowers.....I have four more bags....trying to figure out what to plant...I will save two for potatoes but the other two????

[surviort_wwdnet]

How about okra? This is a good time for planting that (this is the South, after all), plus any other winter-type squash like acorn or spaghetti. You might get away with starting fall veggies in the house, but I think it's too warm to put them outside right now. Let me know what you decide to plant!

I moved the tomato plants when they were dry, so they weren't too heavy (love the grow bag handles and they all have tomato cages), and I put them closer to the sprinkler head. My tomatoes are all in 5-gallon grow bags or in the containers. Of course, it poured here this afternoon, and more predicted for tomorrow and Monday, so water shouldn't be an issue for a couple of days - not to mention that the pool is full to the top of the skimmer...

You can still plant peanuts. While I was boosting the fertilizer in a previously used container and transplanting peppers, I found a squirrel-sourced peanut in the container, so I moved it to the peanut grow bag.


My acorn squash is looking particularly lovely.


So is my spaghetti squash:

I may plant another spaghetti squash because it's a staple here.

With the temps so high, I hesitate to plant anything that will suffer under the blazing sun, but as soon as my black soybean seeds arrive, they'll be in a grow bag. I use so many of them that I really need to grow my own. I might try another zucchini and yellow squash if I can get some shade cloth. I suppose that means another trellis; fortunately, I have everything I need to set up another one. I still have five 5-gallon grow bags and one 10-gallon waiting to be used. Since my thyme didn't germinate, I'll need to replant that. I don't feel right if I'm not starting seeds...

[Patriotic Sheepdog]

I hear ya...gardening is addictive for sure, especially in todays world...may try to find an acorn squash and look a peanuts. I will let you know....

Those squash look amazing. I have a cucumber that is huge. The sumter type they say is ripe at 4-5" and this thing blew past that size in a day....not sure what happened, but we are watching it. One squash did the same thing....guess fertilizer works...LOL

[surviort_wwdnet]

I went to check the garden and had to laugh, because my yellow squash looks like it's growing a zucchini! Did some fertilizing, bug patrol, and put down weed killer between my containers. I have one cuke that's about 3" long and a passle of cukes 1/2" long. Check https://homegrown-garden.com (Homegrown-Garden) for some nice heirloom seeds. I got my seed black beans from them. My acorn squash seeds were from Amazon, brand Heirloom 55.

I ordered my seed peanuts on Amazon, but if you can find raw peanuts in unbroken shells, they should work. I've had whole peanuts that the squirrels "planted" and they germinated. So far 3 of my seed peanuts have sprouted.

If you used potting soil, which already has slow-release fertilizer in it, then added more fertilizer, you should get giant produce!