NFR 2025 Gardening Growing Thread

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

Yeah overdue starting a new thread. Not much news other than i have dug up all our begonia bulb and put in the greenhouse . Raked swept the balance of leaves . Digging another yard of my compost tomorrow and planning greenhouse starting dates . Still have a lot of parsley and oregano growing and shallots , winter stuff all growing swiftly. Favas and biennial broccoli from Sept planting about 30” tall. Temps very very mild . Lowest temp here so far since winter began is about 38-40 degrees. Garlic is taller than usual for January. Narcissus , and other bulbs on there way. Have made a soil amendment list. Will get it in the ground/ raised beds in the next month- 50 lbs cottonseed meal, 25lbs kelp meal, 12 lbs bonemeal , some worm castings(12. Lg bags) maybe ght grab 30 lbs of alfafa pellets. Happy gardening!

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

I decided to go Buckminster Fuller with tomato cages this year. Foreground of bottom photo are parsnip planted late fall last year. When pulled at size i will increase potassium a bit for planting rows of Chiogga beets. The bottom right side with squirrel protection are sets of yellow onions coming up- a great companion plant for the tomatoes to be planted in a couple weeks or so

 

[Gary Knowels]

I love radishes also. Have you tried Icecicle radish. All white mild taste like your French breakfast and longer.
Territorial Seed..

Yes, I tried them last year. They grew well but the worms/pests preferentially ate those compared to the dragon and Easter egg varieties.

 

[Salmo_g]

I planted my tomatoes May 7th, 4 in my cold frame tomato house and 2 in a raised bed. The latter 2 plants won't get going for a while, but I did this last year and when late summer temps began cooling I put up a visqueen tent to shield them from the cool night air. Seemed to work out OK.

 

[Gary Knowels]

I put my 3 tomatoes and 2 peppers in yesterday since we are supposed to have a decent string of days

Sungold, Sonoma grape, and lemon boy
Tabasco and serrano

 

[SteelHeadDave]

The topic of seed viability reminded me of this story. Pretty cool.

 

[Salmon123]

Coming right along i was worried last week we got down to 31 thought it might take out the tomatoes but they are still going at it.

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

I needed to clear out some areas to make room for transplants. Picked some Fava beans foe dinner last night

 

[Bagman]

I put my 3 tomatoes and 2 peppers in yesterday since we are supposed to have a decent string of days
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Sungold, Sonoma grape, and lemon boy
Tabasco and serrano

I seem to remember that you should remove the bottom 2-3 starts from you tomatoes, when you repot tomatoes, but I can’t remember where I heard it or if I’m just dreaming it? Anyone help

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

I seem to remember that you should remove the bottom 2-3 starts from you tomatoes, when you repot tomatoes, but I can’t remember where I heard it or if I’m just dreaming it? Anyone help

Someones opinion is all. I plant deep removing bottom few and plant deep though used to plant legging tomato start in 6”” deep ammended trenches and trellis them to 10-12’. Not a simple method but a way to grow larger tomatoes

 

[Gary Knowels]

I seem to remember that you should remove the bottom 2-3 starts from you tomatoes, when you repot tomatoes, but I can’t remember where I heard it or if I’m just dreaming it? Anyone help

That's what I did. The roots are about a foot down in this bed because I've had more success that way.

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

That's what I did. The roots are about a foot down in this bed because I've had more success that way.

You have more success because it is all about root structure .

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

Gardening daily…Jeanne planned the redo of the front yard. Yeah I dug the the drain field to about 30” deep and we bought a lot of rock pots and a bunch of trips for a custom potting soil and amendments:

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

Gardening daily…Jeanne planned the redo of the front yard. Yeah I dug the the drain field to about 30” deep and we bought a lot of rock pots and a bunch of trips for a custom potting soil and amendments: View attachment 155564View attachment 155565View attachment 155566View attachment 155567

Jeannes father made the metal bird sculptures. Her brother was a brass instrument restorer snd ran a repair shop . Mainly for HS bands . Jeannes dad inherited his sons instrument components.I realized this while cleaning up these old large works of art.

 

[Mike Cline]

Things are heating up and drying out here in Bozeman. Stuff in the raised bed is coming along nicely--onions, peas, squash, lettuce, etc. -- with two exceptions. Broccoli and Kohrabi nursed from seed to seedlings started off fine but fell prey to a here abouts protected species--the bunny rabbit. He/She/It can't be harmed according to the spouse. Rodent repellent doesn't work so protecting vulnerable seedlings with wire cloth is the only solution. We've had one of these cute pests living under the back porch for the last 17 years and this one has doubled in size over the last month. Keeps the felines excited when they see it roaming around the back porch.

 

[Stonedfish]

I’ve got a couple empty spots I’d like to fill, just not huge spots.
Any suggestions on plants that attract hummingbirds that won’t get large / huge and do well in western WA in partial sun?
I had hardy fuchsias there that weren’t too hardy.
Thanks for your suggestions.
SF

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

I always plant enough starts for us and family members and this year an extra 50 or so tomatoes and peppers. Give away in the neighborhood from our place posting on the neighborhood FB page. i put them on a table snd keep eyes peeled for gardeners.

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

Gave away about 20 plants yesterday nice warm weather soi will hang out gardening and stuff. Greenhouse has a stash of 30 plants not planted but for my nephew and more neighbors. To give you an idea of varieties this is what is on the table out front now.
Old German Tomato,Bulgarian Carrot Pepper,BoscBlue Bumblebee Tomato, Red Lipstick Pepper, Orange Leysa pepper, Black Krim Tomato,Giant Belgian Tomato, Costoluto Genovese Tomato, Great Red Tomato, Marvel Stripe Tomato , Great White Tomato

 

[Modest_Man]

Finally keeping up on the weeding this year, which means less fishing time. Got our first strawberries this last weekend. Been eating lettuce and asparagus for quite a while now, with the green house we can do lettuce for ~10 months out of the year. Spinach pretty much year round. I went through our leftover onion and garlic this weekend and weeded out the individuals that had the audacity to try sprouting - I think we can grow a couple hundred less this year and still have onions and garlic for all year.

Our grapes are starting to take off on the pergola, I'm excited to see them fill out.

We purchased sheep in the fall and had them sheared in January. This round of wool isn't anything special so we've been using it as a weed barrier and it is working way better than I thought it would to keep weeds down between the Brassicas. Trade offs I guess since a couple lambs got out and ate off some of my Honeycrisp buds.

Not pictured are the fruit trees (pears, apples, and cherries) and pumpkin patch (trying to grow some giants this year).

The photo is a couple weeks old - the black locust in the background are now in full bloom with wonderfully smelling white flowers that are edible as well.

 

[albula]

For reasons unbeknownst to me my flowering dogwood has next to no blossoms some years. This was not one of those years.

This year it is covered.

The area around it is now quite fragrant.

 

[Gary Knowels]

Any idea what's eating my snow peas?