2022 Garden Thread

[Mark Yoshida]

Wow, some of you guys have huge gardens! Looks like a lot of work, even if retired. But I admire you all and the effort.

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

Wow, some of you guys have huge gardens! Looks like a lot of work, even if retired. But I admire you all and the effort.

I am at home all the time except for a couple times a week we go grocery shopping or I walk 5 blocks to the hardware store. I am exceedingly work driven as in projects I always have been. And I do know what I am doing, I am creating .

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

Well soakind sugar snaps and sugar mag nolia pole peas overnightthe wet paper towels and sprouting inside for a few days - legume inoculant on them and plant sat or Sunday… here are my fall planted winter crops as of this morning

 

[cody-]

planted more arugula a while ago and transplanted Purple sprouting biennial broc from the nursery bed I use to pull small starts. All that I have been planting are good to go as long as the night temps stay just above freezing...once started and have true leaves and a bit larger all these plants once established are fine to 15 degrees nighttime...

Isn't arugula just the best leafy thing ever? I never tried it when I was was younger, but once I did... Wow, skyrocketed to my top favorite food. I'll find any excuse to work arugula onto any sandwich.

 

[Dr. Magill]

Alfalfa pellets Skip?

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

Alfalfa pellets Skip?

I use a lot of them worked into beds and in the compost as an activator. The benifits are enormous.

 

[Dr. Magill]

I use a lot of them worked into beds and in the compost as an activator. The benifits are enormous.

I’m learning
Started using them last year
Had a terrific garden

Just the pellets from the feed store right??

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

I’m learning
Started using them last year
Had a terrific garden
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Just the pellets from the feed store right??

Yes but long ago i bought 40 lb bags of ground meal. The price increased a lot. I went to pellets used for feed a 30 lb bag is $18-ish at Wilco. They also sell 20 lb bags of worm castings for about $10 i buy about a dozen bags of castings and 20 large bags of pellets a year. I do veg garden year round

 

[Mark Yoshida]

I use a lot of them worked into beds and in the compost as an activator. The benifits are enormous

Curious about the benefit. Never heard of this. How much per bed? Will try to find out online.

 

[mark wlker]

Anyone care to venture an opinion on the best yellow tomato for tomato sandwiches?

 

[Dr. Magill]

Curious about the benefit. Never heard of this. How much per bed? Will try to find out online.

Adds nitrogen
Trace minerals
Inexpensive

 

[Anonymous member 148]

Curious about the benefit. Never heard of this. How much per bed? Will try to find out online.

Its an expensive way to go about it, plant any legume as a cover crop to fix nitrogen then turn the soil over.

 

[Dr. Magill]

Its an expensive way to go about it, plant any legume as a cover crop to fix nitrogen then turn the soil over.

That works too

 

[mcswny]

Its an expensive way to go about it, plant any legume as a cover crop to fix nitrogen then turn the soil over.

We turned our cover crops last week. Hoping to get our spring lettuces in, in a week or two.

 

[Mossback]

Anyone care to venture an opinion on the best yellow tomato for tomato sandwiches?

Harless Creek Gold
Pineapple
Dr Wyche’s Yellow

Harless Creek and Pineapple are both very good growers for us. Wyches Yellow was also very good, but was not as productive, but it could have been the season.

 

[Mark Yoshida]

Its an expensive way to go about it, plant any legume as a cover crop to fix nitrogen then turn the soil over.

So when do you plant a cover crop and when do you turn it over for it to help?

 

[Anonymous member 148]

Anyone care to venture an opinion on the best yellow tomato for tomato sandwiches?

I have only grown out the Hawaiian pineapple varietal (yellow with red blush) but it was definatly good, got big too. I'll send you as many seeds as you want, no guarantee on germination rates, but the way I save seeds, I pulp then ferment, rinse then dry.

 

[Anonymous member 148]

So when do you plant a cover crop and when do you turn it over for it to help

Usually it's in the fall then turned over in the spring. Field Peas/ clover/alfalfa(legumes) rye grass etc. Adding pellets now would totally work as a cheat.

 

[Anonymous member 148]

Also planting something with deep roots, like yellow sweet clover or dicon raddish will mine minerals from deep and bring to the surface. Not as big a deal in a raised bed. Adding glacial rock dust does the same.

 

[Anonymous member 148]

That works too

Yea not saying anyway is better than another but we run those alfalfa pellets through a rabbit first, ymmv. And feed costs are going up up and away right now. I actually just cleared a huge side lawn to replant as alfalfa this year, also bought Dutch white clover, I might mix in. Gonna see if it's feasible to cut with a scythe then hand bale. There are some pretty cool hand baler designs on youtube.