2022 Garden Thread

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Tangy and Sweet Tomato-Bacon Jam With Onions and Garlic Recipe

This savory jam is loaded with onions and tomatoes that have been cooked in bacon fat until thick and spreadable. A touch of maple syrup, brown sugar, balsamic vinegar, and Dijon mustard gives it a sweet-tart edge that would be as good on a burger as it would served alongside a wedge of cheese.
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Add some smoked pimenton to this recipe and you have the best sh!t ever...
 
Should I cut the growing tips off all my squash vines, cantelope, and tomatoes to get the fruit that has set to ripen faster before winter? At this point I just want a few of each variety.
 
What kind of squash ?
Summer has a ways to go here, so don't be in a big rush...
:)
 
Mossback said:
What kind of squash ?
Summer has a ways to go here, so don't be in a big rush...
:)
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Oregon sweet meat, I have a few that are golf ball sized. Cantelope is sweet granite, an early maturing variety also a few fruits that are golf ball sized. Didn't expect anything with how late I planted but if I can get just a few across the finish line I'll be happy.
 
Yeah for winter squash i would cut off all flowers for sure, but not leaves.
Too late is too late for some plants, but you never know...although golf ball sized is a bit small in September I would think.

Get it down to 1 squash at this point, and pray a lot.

Lol
 
FontinalisFin said:
Should I cut the growing tips off all my squash vines, cantelope, and tomatoes to get the fruit that has set to ripen faster before winter? At this point I just want a few of each variety.
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I would not ut hollow stemmed vines to speed up anything. I topped my tomatoes 2 weeks ago. Mid month i will root prune which is a simple process the roots are a circumference below the soil 6-8””. I just glab a bread knife and saw a straight path about 3-4” away from center stock. Does not kill the plant just freaks it out a bit. Been doing this for 35 years. I used to wait longer… but I have more winter stuff to put in.
 
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Only thing produced so far this year, I hear these are edible. So at least I'm good at growing "flowers"
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I love me some squash blossoms. Stuffed with farmer’s cheese or we’ll drained ricotta and some garlic/fresh herbs and pan fried or just chopped up in quesadillas. I recall reading a recipe from Rick Bayless for a squash blossom soup years ago but never tried making it. Thanks for the reminder, I need to get a few before it’s too late.
 
SteelHeadDave said:
I love me some squash blossoms. Stuffed with farmer’s cheese or we’ll drained ricotta and some garlic/fresh herbs and pan fried or just chopped up in quesadillas. I recall reading a recipe from Rick Bayless for a squash blossom soup years ago but never tried making it. Thanks for the reminder, I need to get a few before it’s too late.
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Golden Squash Blossom Crema (Crema de Flores de Calabaza) - FineGardening

Chef Rick Bayless calls this soup the "squash blossom dish of dreams."
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A question for the tomato gurus here. Why do some (a high percentage) of my tomatoes split about a day after picking them? I never had this issue with the tomatoes we grew in FL but it is prevalent for me here in WA.
 
albula said:
A question for the tomato gurus here. Why do some (a high percentage) of my tomatoes split about a day after picking them? I never had this issue with the tomatoes we grew in FL but it is prevalent for me here in WA.
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Could you be overwatering?

Once my tomatoes get close to ripening, I more or less stop watering.
 
albula said:
A question for the tomato gurus here. Why do some (a high percentage) of my tomatoes split about a day after picking them? I never had this issue with the tomatoes we grew in FL but it is prevalent for me here in WA.
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That's odd that's its a delayed reaction, I have had trouble with cherry varieties splitting after picking them but it seems to be from disturbing/weakening in the stem area as most of the splits were ones that I picked without the stem still on.
 
Overwatering or inconsistent moisture are the common causes of splitting.

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Why Do Tomatoes Split After Picking?

Growing tomatoes can be an extremely satisfying experience, and eating home-grown tomatoes is even better! That’s why it’s so frustrating when an otherwise healthy-looking tomato splits. Tomatoes crack and split due to changes in moisture.
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I have 17 remaining tomato plants . Production this year lousy. Still a few dozen or so on remaining plants. Right now it is about peppers and rattlesnake beans. This past late spring I had 3 failures of planting my favorite pole bean- gold marie(yellow romano type heirloom) dowgauk is hatching currently - always start in mid June for end of season harvest because they need 75 deg soil-ish. Anyway here are pepper plants doin their usual lTe season thing. I have adapted to this less than ideal sun exposure and after 4 years with Jeanne here in town i am figuring it out.D0536987-511B-4402-8E66-A9DB382E5544.jpegA2703DBB-DD21-45DA-BEA0-FE1B24BBC305.jpeg

Is it possible to type below each photo to id each image? I saw no way to attach a comment on them once posted through the edit function
 

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