Looks like squash leaves to me, should be interesting to see how it turns out!
2015 Garden Thread
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qclabrat
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yes, we did that for a potted cherry to keep it low and not need a cage
About 6 inches, which seemed to be plenty last year. The soil drains very quickly fwiw
Friend or foe?
Doh, was in the garden this morning and I forgot to look for/get rid of it. Definitely a foe based on some quick searching, should have dealt with it last night!
Seems my tomatoes are doing a bit better a week after fertilizing, maybe that's my problem all along? Though kale and broccoli have been thriving in the same bed. Who knows, either way I pruned all of the shit from the bottom of the plants.
So I pulled my broccoli and the rabe since it all bolted and had been wasting space. Grabbed another 4 pack of tomatoes as a backup, and more habaneros too. Also planted more swiss chard that's been kicking around. Need to figure out how to prune the pole beans, they've topped the trellis and just keep going. So far my cucumbers look like the garden frontrunner, have tons of buds.
Seems my tomatoes are doing a bit better a week after fertilizing, maybe that's my problem all along? Though kale and broccoli have been thriving in the same bed. Who knows, either way I pruned all of the shit from the bottom of the plants.
So I pulled my broccoli and the rabe since it all bolted and had been wasting space. Grabbed another 4 pack of tomatoes as a backup, and more habaneros too. Also planted more swiss chard that's been kicking around. Need to figure out how to prune the pole beans, they've topped the trellis and just keep going. So far my cucumbers look like the garden frontrunner, have tons of buds.
qclabrat
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hate weeding more each year, going the weed block route next year like mattyb
Some sort of pole bean, not sure what really. Yea the tomatoes are close, "supposed" to get away with 1 plant per sq ft, will see how it goes if/when they take off. I need to get them supported, I'll probably try to keep them well pruned since they're so close.
After a little more reading I'm not going to trim the beans, just let them do their thing.
So the last few days I've been reading about slow irrigation and some neat and/or efficient ways of doing it. Two popular ideas on the internet are to take a milk jug, poke 4 holes in the bottom, and fill it with water. You cap it then place next to the plant to let the water slowly trickle out. The other is to take a water bottle and put a small hole in the cap. Then cut off the bottom, bury the bottle (cap in the dirt) then fill with water.
I'm testing out both. The buried cap can be done with any bottle really, and I think the 12oz water bottles are a good size for these pots. The downfall is that you still need to remember to water every few days.
The milk jug method isn't going to work here, so I'm trying it with 12oz bottle also. There's no hole up top for vacuum release so I was hoping these would trickle out over a few days. So far they don't seem to be doing anything. I might need more holes, or maybe put them around the side instead of on the bottom of the bottle.
Another interesting fact is that 12" pot needs 1/2 gallon a week (1 inch of water) when it's not hot out, that pretty much doubles when the average temp is 80. So to start I need to fill these bottle 5x a week, I'm not sure they're getting that much water right now.
I'm also thinking about drip irrigation for the larger beds. Ideally I'd like a gravity fed system (to use rain water) but I'm not seeing anything that jumps out at me, aside from this. Need to search a bit more:
So the last few days I've been reading about slow irrigation and some neat and/or efficient ways of doing it. Two popular ideas on the internet are to take a milk jug, poke 4 holes in the bottom, and fill it with water. You cap it then place next to the plant to let the water slowly trickle out. The other is to take a water bottle and put a small hole in the cap. Then cut off the bottom, bury the bottle (cap in the dirt) then fill with water.
I'm testing out both. The buried cap can be done with any bottle really, and I think the 12oz water bottles are a good size for these pots. The downfall is that you still need to remember to water every few days.
The milk jug method isn't going to work here, so I'm trying it with 12oz bottle also. There's no hole up top for vacuum release so I was hoping these would trickle out over a few days. So far they don't seem to be doing anything. I might need more holes, or maybe put them around the side instead of on the bottom of the bottle.
Another interesting fact is that 12" pot needs 1/2 gallon a week (1 inch of water) when it's not hot out, that pretty much doubles when the average temp is 80. So to start I need to fill these bottle 5x a week, I'm not sure they're getting that much water right now.
I'm also thinking about drip irrigation for the larger beds. Ideally I'd like a gravity fed system (to use rain water) but I'm not seeing anything that jumps out at me, aside from this. Need to search a bit more:
