2022 Garden Thread

Mossback said:
At one time we grew 4 differebt kinds of kale...now just have 1 perennial kale.
Which 50% of the residents here feel is one too many, but hey...it was rigged...it was...really.
Got some serious garden work done in the rain. Added some new perennials, got the baskets fertilized, tightened up some edges, mowed, did a major weeding, killed about 109 slugs, and fertilized a bunch of heavy feeders.
All in all a good day...tomorrow is another heavy garden day, with hundreds of plants to go in.
Fuck it, I'm planting, those little bastards better grow...🤣
Now moving on to a shower and the a fine meal this evening.
Hope everyone is having a good holiday weekend.
Enjoy...
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Red Russian kale is what i like which perennializes, but putting in melons in that box
 
I have been watching the peas blossom in purple… Maestro purple pole snap peas…got 7 feet tall before flowering and starting to set… looks like i will be living withem a while… their spot will be later crops. Picking a lot of garlic and leek scapes. Peel and chop for soups I have 40 elephant garlic and the sMe of leeks … both to be harvested in Mid to late July. Again that is 2x 2 x 6’ watering trough out of commission for tomato planting so iwill plant biennial crops for into fall and or nursery beds for a jump on winter favas, biennial sprouting broc , Dutch corn salad. And brussel sprouts( the winter hardy red ones) and leek starts and more garlic once dried a bit probably. Forgetting cold hardy parsnips and carrots
 
Five varieties, 11 pots, 22 plants in today after fishing.
I double up plants as I have a very limited space to put them that get sunlight all day.
I’ve been putting them out daily for the past three week or so. Have some blossoms and one tomato set so far.
I need to add a couple more plants to go with my potted lavender to attract bees.
Any suggestions on good perennial bee plants that do good in pots would be appreciated.
SF

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Nepeta is good for bees, and flowers a long time.
Its pretty much a weed in the ground, flowers almost all summer, very little care needed.
Walkers Low or Jr. Walker are varieties that should be readily available and be suitable for a pot.
Its usually covered in bees wherever i have planted it.
Pots look good....
 
Stonedfish said:
Five varieties, 11 pots, 22 plants in today after fishing.
I double up plants as I have a very limited space to put them that get sunlight all day.
I’ve been putting them out daily for the past three week or so. Have some blossoms and one tomato set so far.
I need to add a couple more plants to go with my potted lavender to attract bees.
Any suggestions would be good perennial bee plants that do good in pots would be appreciated.
SF

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Purple coneflower, maybe?
 
This is the 3rd summer here in Downtown… 4 yers ago it was out in a rural area north of Camas. Zone 8b there zone 8a here. Noticeable difference especially the critter issues. There is was rabits and tons of deer, here it is a battalion of flying rats - squirrels. But then i had to barricade both gardens
 
My pole beans are just starting to germinate and I noticed something is eating the leaves. I've treated with slug/snail killer so I'm pretty sure that isn't it. Plus they are eating holes into the leaves. Any ideas what it is and how I feel with it?
 

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Gary Knowels said:
My pole beans are just starting to germinate and I noticed something is eating the leaves. I've treated with slug/snail killer so I'm pretty sure that isn't it. Plus they are eating holes into the leaves. Any ideas what it is and how I feel with it?
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Look up white oil it is a diy recipe that kills soft bodied insects and larva… you mix a concentrate of veg oil and unscented dish soap. In a quart jar proportion is 1/4 cup dish soap or murpys soap and 1 cupveg oil or mineral oil -cap and shake to mix - (write 1 Tablsp to a quart)of warm tap water in a 32 ounce spray bottle… shake and spray the top and underside of leaves daily Most likely it is cabbage moth or some kind of larva/ caterpillar.
 
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We get flea beatles that eat our young pole beans sometimes. They like rotten wood, some of the posts are old so probably the culprit.
We put out yellow sticky traps and that pretty much takes care of them after a couple weeks.
 
Mossback said:
We get flea beatles that eat our young pole beans sometimes. They like rotten wood, some of the posts are old so probably the culprit.
We put out yellow sticky traps and that pretty much takes care of them after a couple weeks.
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Yes i use yellow and white cards once in a while with 10 year old can of tanglefoot, obviously not usedoften
 
I have been growing an Italian heirloom climbing squash for 35 years, Trombocini rampicante also called climbing trombone squash. I did last year on a compact trellis. I picked some maybe a dozen small ones the the squirrel posse found it and pillaged it daily. So yesterday I built this with access doors for picking ( 8’ ladder) It is in a neighbors back yard who just does nothing in his yard and thought it would be hreat a few years ago. The box next to ot had Red Russian kale in it since last fall and will be planted with some Jenny Lind melons702F0A16-53AF-4D8B-84A2-B1DF8751E406.jpeg
 
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I have been growing an Italian heirloom climbing squash for 35 years, Trombocini rampicante also called climbing trombone squash. I did last year on a compact trellis. I picked some maybe a dozen small ones the the squirrel posse found it and pillaged it daily. So yesterday I built this with access doors for picking ( 8’ ladder) It is in a neighbors back yard who just does nothing in his yard and thought it would be hreat a few years ago. The box next to ot had Red Russian kale in it since last fall and will be planted with some Jenny Lind melonsView attachment 17341
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You remind me that I had to rebuild my tomato "house" this season due to storm and other damage. I figure my tomatoes will cost me around $40 per pound. Looks like you will enjoy some expensive squash.
 
The mid-season ripening blueberries are doing well this year after the June scorching of last year.
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This variety is Pink Icing. Named for the pink frost on the new growth. Four feet in height at maturity, it's in a planter. Great ornamental and best tasting berry IMO.

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Blue Jay - planted in ground, 6 feet at maturity, vigorous grower, good flavor, extended picking, as berries last a long time on the bush.
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Jelly Bean - 2 foot miniature in a planter, hell bent on berries. Flavor was a bit bland last year, but the berries were buried in heavy foliage. Not this year, we'll see!
 
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