2015 Garden Thread
- Thread starter Red Mosquito
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Herb boxes are going really well.
We've already made 4-5 batches of pesto and countless tomato/basil/mozz salads, and the basil is showing no signs of letting up.
Hop harvest this week prolly
Peppers are hitting full stride.
Caribbean/Habaneros
Jalapenos
Ghost peppers
Thai Dragons
First Ghost pepper off the vine....
We've already made 4-5 batches of pesto and countless tomato/basil/mozz salads, and the basil is showing no signs of letting up.
Hop harvest this week prolly
Peppers are hitting full stride.
Caribbean/Habaneros
Jalapenos
Ghost peppers
Thai Dragons
First Ghost pepper off the vine....
qclabrat
Well-Known Member
never tried a ghost pepper, how do they measure up the others you've planted this yearFirst Ghost pepper off the vine....
I will let you know.
As a rule, I always give the first pepper off each plant away.
Dominos
Well-Known Member
We have dwarf trees - and keep them to about 11' tall - so everything can be reached on a 6' ladder.
Peaches are self pollinating, but having two different types may hedge against any disaster. we have 3
They need some trimming of cross branches, and anything that goes straight up. Usually in winter, and it doesn't need anything larger
than hand trimmers to do it. They have beautiful flowers in the spring, and there is minimal mess from dropped fruit (our local groundhog
takes care of that.)
if perfect peaches are the goal, then they will require spraying with insecticide. depending on area and personal tolerance,
the stuff can get nasty (malathion) - i don't spray at all, and just prune off the peaches that the bugs break into, and cut out
the bad spots on the ripe ones (birds picking the bugs off make holes)
they taste terrific when just ripe...
I'd also recommend asian pears - again dwarf variety - 2 of these are needed. I'll post some pics if i have time later.
qclabrat
Well-Known Member
had the same experience with peach, have 2 trees but only one is producing fruit
same goes for asian pears, had two, one died, but last one still producing fruit, though terribly picked on by birds and squirrels
should see the beating my cedar is taking - galls all over it....apples don't seem to mind tho..
Roadie
Well-Known Member
New business venture? Pat's Pickles!
Why do you say it's lame? Doesn't look lame to me. You have fruit, they'll get red eventually.
gtluke
The Moped
the VEDY BIG QUASH is HUUUGE with no fruit.
No red tomatos yet.
ugh.
did you get fruit like a month ago? @Robin got zuch's in like March.
I'm going to take a couple more trees down this fall. Next year if my garden sucks still I think I'll give up. Or just grow a few things on my porch.
To you have flowers? Because if you do, take a Q-tip and do the pollination yourself.
Sun is important!
gtluke
The Moped
Yeah the squash has flowers. There are butterflies and stuff all over them so I think they are pollinating. I just got the flowers in the last few days.
I need to pay attention to the sun more, as the season progresses the sun's position changes, I think I'm getting shade when I thought I was having sun.
I think I have full sun till 2pm at least, I'm going to try to get it until at least 4pm.
I don't want to go crazy with the trees, some of the trees keep my house very cool in the summer, I surely don't want to touch those. It's crazy how cool my house is in the middle of the summer. but that's probably also largely why my garden sucks.
Dominos
Well-Known Member
Plant sex is not an appropriate topic for this forum!
