2023 Garden Thread

We have not grown that one. It has a relatively narrow range as a wild lily, and so careful site selection would be important when planting.
I see bulbs for sale from native plant folks, so it is available for purchase.

Ecology: found from Mt. Hood in Northern Oregon south into Central California in the Sierra Nevada from 1300-7200 ft. (400-2200 m). Lilium washingtonianum grows on dry slopes, open forests, and montane chaparral.

Growing Conditions: full to partial sun, well drained semi dry soil.

Named after Martha Washington, this lily is not actually found in the state of Washington.

We grow several species lilys, but only the easier ones. In general they are not as vigorous or floriferous as the hybrids of course. The exception for us is L. regale, which is like a weed...

Good luck, looks to be a cool plant.
 
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Deer crushing everything in my yard too. Roses, Tomatoes, Pumpkins, Hastas, etc... I've have 8'ish ft netting on bamboo poles around most stuff but they find ways to push through/over/under it somehow. I've tried the various sprays (Coyote blood/Mint + lemon combo) and it seems to keep them away for just a day or two. So.... I'm now trying an electric fence... Got a solar charger, and the braded poly line and have put it as many places as I can make it fit. Only been hot for 1 night so i'll let you know how it goes. I'm really hoping to see one get nailed on my security cameras...
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What do I do here? The poles are 10 feet tall. Do I top them? Do I just brace them that high, let them grow and flop from there?IMG20230728184431.jpg
 
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Depends...
We typically add heavy twine or light insulated wire and tie it off from the stakes to another post and train the tomatoes on that. I have used single strand insulated 12g wire with good results over multiple years.
If you are in a colder climate, and have a good crop of fruit hanging at this point, you could consider topping. Depending on variety, you could have anywhere from 60-100 days to fruit ripens after pollination. If you have a short growing season, pollination after mid august can be tricky to ripen with long hang time varieties.
 
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Depends...
We typically add heavy twine or light insulated wire and tie it off from the stakes to another post and train the tomatoes on that. I have used single strand insulated 12g wire with good results over multiple years.
If you are in a colder climate, and have a good crop of fruit hanging at this point, you could consider topping. Depending on variety, you could have anywhere from 60-100 days to fruit ripens after pollination. If you have a short growing season, pollination after mid august can be tricky to ripen with long hang time varieties.
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I'm 3 miles from Puget sound, 8b I think. Would I get better ripening/better fruit by topping or is it just that anything above won't ripen? I'm fairly new to this, but I think I've been pulling all fruit in late September, weather dependent, the last couple of years.
 
Yeah late September for sure when it is dry and decent is a typical harvest time for us.
Your fruit will ripen about the same topped or not has been my experience...the late pollination with tiny fruits in mid september rarely ripen, so we often cut the small fruit trusses off if it gets real late in the season.
A lot of this is variety specific, as in how many days to ripen, so check your varities and then do the math on days, then we cut off what ain't gonna ripen.
The plant will slow down in the Fall, so having a bunch of fruits to ripen can be stressful and less successful, why we cut the small stuff off in good fruit years. Always plenty of green tomatoes for chutney for us anyway.
 
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Mossback said:
Yeah late September for sure when it is dry and decent is a typical harvest time for us.
Your fruit will ripen about the same topped or not has been my experience...the late pollination with tiny fruits in mid september rarely ripen, so we often cut the small fruit trusses off if it gets real late in the season.
A lot of this is variety specific, as in how many days to ripen, so check your varities and then do the math on days, then we cut off what ain't gonna ripen.
The plant will slow down in the Fall, so having a bunch of fruits to ripen can be stressful and less successful, why we cut the small stuff off in good fruit years. Always plenty of green tomatoes for chutney for us anyway.
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We stop watering our tomatoes at the end of July or so. It takes discipline because at this time of year, I think summer will last forever. This lets them know to step up the fruit ripening. I trim any blossoms at this time too. Then in about 3 weeks will get LOTS of ripe tomatoes and the sauce making begins!! 🍲
 
Been digging garlic- duganski and elephant… pole beans dragons tongue, violet poddedstringless, gold marie( romano) rattlesnake- trombocini- picked a dozen so far and gave away most, clipping fernleak dill and drying. Canning pickles and blackberry jelly- have been picking tomatoes for a couple weeks- redcurrant for grandkids, cherokee purple, bloody butcher, Caspian pink, marvelstripe, sone others- have 25 plants so be picking through September. Seed saving going on. I
 

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Unidentified plant came in some bulk compost mix? Any ideas? Should I try a berry?
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