NFR 2025 Gardening Growing Thread

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Capt Insano Emeritis

Capt Insano Emeritis

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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!
 
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Smalma said:
An interesting berry year; great year for 3 of the 4 crops.

The June strawberries are winding down, with 4 4 x12 raised beds lots of berries. The plants were loaded with large berries, lots of jam and frozen berries and the neighbors and family sharing the bounty. Best crop ever. Experimented with 8 different types with 6 clear winners.

The raspberries (5 10-foot rows) are having a poor year. Just starting to pick the few berries - will be worst crop ever.

The Marion berries (1 10-foot row) are load and generally produce large favorable berries. Looks to be another great crop and will be sharing

Just starting to pick blue berries (10 bushes with 2 being 40 years old) and the bushes are loaded and unless have a usual weather situation likely to be the best crop ever.

Curt
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I’m hoping my neighbor have a good crop of raspberries. Part of my reward for watching their house while they are out of town is I get all the berries. 😉
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Got sick of the birds and the deer fighting over my blueberries and me ending up with the few that remained. Built in sections so that each can slide out of the way to allow for harvest as each of the three varieties ripen at different times.
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goinoregon said:
hey curt. i have a few blue berries, and added a few new plants this year. are you aware of any guidance on the web? about how to properly prune the bushes ? i know, not now, but when appropriate. thx.
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Standard wisdom is to each year when they are dormant to prune out 1/3 of the oldest canes to encourage new growth. Has worked well for me. Before last years sudden deer and bird issue I was enjoying the berries fresh and freezing about 12-15 lbs off of just 6 bushes of 3 different cultivars.
 
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Carrots and leafy greens can still go in too, depending on where you are and where you put them. I like to tuck summer lettuce in the shadows of my pole beans, but I'm also in Puget Sound lowlands
 
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albula said:
Standard wisdom is to each year when they are dormant to prune out 1/3 of the oldest canes to encourage new growth. Has worked well for me. Before last years sudden deer and bird issue I was enjoying the berries fresh and freezing about 12-15 lbs off of just 6 bushes of 3 different cultivars.
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ok. thx. so, you take the whole cane out? or just trim down? i have some older canes that are woody, but seem to generate good berry crops.
 
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Mother's day weekend I spent many hours edging the grass around the garden with a shovel. The next day my foot was a bit sore, I thought I'd bruised it. But it never got better. Finally got in to see a podiatrist Monday and I fractured a bone in my foot jumping on the shovel. Supposed to be in a boot for the next 5 weeks.

I told my wife I can't help in the garden any more.
 
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