2023 Garden Thread

[Mossback]

Looks to me like it is Solanum nigrum
Black Nightshade...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/solanum-nigrum

Eating berries from plants you are not sure about is always a good idea...same with eating mushrooms you don't know about.
Lol

 

[eazy-e]

wizard hats



tictokcrock was right, crazy good garden thread over here

 

[Stonedfish]

So tomatoes…..getting a bit late in the setting season, but some still setting. I have a good deal of blossoms and I continue to stimulate them with the electric toothbrush.
Should I continue to do so for maybe another week or so or clip off the remaining blossoms and call it good on the setting season?
Thanks for your input.
SF

 

[Mossback]

Depending on variety, I would let things go until mid month.
I think it will be an extended summer here, like last year, so mid October till things turn sharply against tomatoes weather wise...so 70 days or so.
I could be wrong, but I would wait until the 15th...
That's a Tuesday, so seems like the right day.

 

[brownheron]

Looks to me like it is Solanum nigrum
Black Nightshade...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/solanum-nigrum

Eating berries from plants you are not sure about is always a good idea...same with eating mushrooms you don't know about.
Lol

I was thinking exactly the same thing.

 

[TicTokCroc]

Looks to me like it is Solanum nigrum
Black Nightshade...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/solanum-nigrum

Eating berries from plants you are not sure about is always a good idea...same with eating mushrooms you don't know about.
Lol

I thought it looked like some kind of nightshade

 

[TicTokCroc]

Every fruit off of an entire row of 40ish plants has blossom end rot. Only affecting my paste style tomatos, Oregon Star and Opalka. Every plant got a scoop of bone meal in the hole no other varieties affected.


North Georgia Candy Roaster is impressing me. Setting lots of fruit fast and seems to be fine in our climate.

Caging squashes and pumpkins to have pure seed.

 

[Matt B]

I thought it looked like some kind of nightshade

Which includes eggplants, tomatoes, potatoes and more.
How big are those unidentified fruit?

 

[Mossback]

Blossom-end rot is often associated with calcium deficiency, though salt stress and even high concentrations of calcium salts can also cause blossom-end rot.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030442382100621X#:~:text=Blossom%2Dend%20rot%20can%20cause,also%20cause%20blossom%2Dend%20rot.

 

[Dr. Magill]

Every fruit off of an entire row of 40ish plants has blossom end rot. Only affecting my paste style tomatos, Oregon Star and Opalka. Every plant got a scoop of bone meal in the hole no other varieties affected.

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North Georgia Candy Roaster is impressing me. Setting lots of fruit fast and seems to be fine in our climate.
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Caging squashes and pumpkins to have pure seed.
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[Dr. Magill]

Check out U of Wisconsin Horticulture.
Great discussion on Calcium and the behavior of it in plant metabolism. It’s a little trickier than just adding Ca.
Good growing and sorry about those tomatoes
Lots of work to have it suck

 

[Dr. Magill]

Blossom-end rot is often associated with calcium deficiency, though salt stress and even high concentrations of calcium salts can also cause blossom-end rot.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030442382100621X#:~:text=Blossom%2Dend%20rot%20can%20cause,also%20cause%20blossom%2Dend%20rot.

Wrong kind and too much N are issues as well

 

[Mossback]

Yeah...it's not as easy as putting a Tums in each hole.
Some varieties are more prone to it than others, we have it with Roma and San Marzano the most often, and rarely if ever on the others.
Balanced fertilizers formulated for tomatoes have the best effect on supressing end rot from what I experience...and still some is always present.

 

[Stonedfish]

I had some end rot on my romas last year. I've been more diligent on consistent watering this year and that seems to have eliminated the problem.
SF

 

[TicTokCroc]

Which includes eggplants, tomatoes, potatoes and more.
How big are those unidentified fruit?

Blueberry sized, they are definitely black nightshade, which is both poisonous and an amazing edible according to the internet, talk about mixed messages.

 

[TicTokCroc]

Check out U of Wisconsin Horticulture.
Great discussion on Calcium and the behavior of it in plant metabolism. It’s a little trickier than just adding Ca.
Good growing and sorry about those tomatoes
Lots of work to have it suck

At least I have 2 other other rows with different tomato varieties. I think I'm going to pull them all since it was the row hit the hardest by the deer and replace with some winter veg crop.

 

[mcswny]

I’ve given up on San Marzanos because of blossom end rot. I only grew them for pizza sauce and Bianco DiNapoli canned tomatoes are so god damn good (and consistent) I haven’t looked back

 

[TicTokCroc]

I had some end rot on my romas last year. I've been more diligent on consistent watering this year and that seems to have eliminated the problem.
SF

Seems like this is the culprit. My watering has been very inconsistent the last few weeks, they had some dry periods.

 

[Matt B]

Blueberry sized, they are definitely black nightshade, which is both poisonous and an amazing edible according to the internet, talk about mixed messages.
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That one that says Death Berry looks like deadly nightshade with the very large sepals. Different plant than black nightshade. But glad we figured that out!

 

[O clarkii lewisi]

The season of processing begins!

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My safety video...


Garlic drying and storage
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Well done Shawn and Laura!!!