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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Stonedfish said:
I’ve never grown them, but would like to try next year.
A couple questions regarding them.
1. Any similar issues that tomatoes have with tomatillos such as blossom rot?
2. How do you determine they are ready to pick?
Thanks
SF
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This is only my second year. First year they were tiny (quarter size) You must plant at least 2 so they can pollinate each other. I planted 4 in this bed. Giving them away to friends. The husk fills out and splits or dries up. Supposed to be better before they fall off tho. I read they can get blossom end rot like tomatoes with inconsistent watering or lack of calcium in soil. I am pretty regular in watering and supplementing with fertilizer and calcium.
 
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Mark Yoshida said:
This is only my second year. First year they were tiny (quarter size) You must plant at least 2 so they can pollinate each other. I planted 4 in this bed. Giving them away to friends. The husk fills out and splits or dries up. Supposed to be better before they fall off tho. I read they can get blossom end rot like tomatoes with inconsistent watering or lack of calcium in soil. I am pretty regular in watering and supplementing with fertilizer and calcium.
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My neighbor grew some 5 -6 years ago and till them up every year to plant other things they are like blackberries you cant get rid of them they spread like crazy he has them come up every year throughout his garden
 
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Salmo_g said:
I pruned my tomatoes last week. They were outgrowing their 6' stake supports. I want them to put more energy into growing and ripening more tomatoes, not vines.
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I did the same yesterday. Mine got very dense, so I thinned them out so more sunlight can penetrate down into the plants.
SF
 
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Seeing those reminds me that mine are in a major need of pruning and thinning out non essential growth.
 
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It's nice this year not to be sharing my blueberries with the deer and the birds. My daughter and granddaughter did a major picking while I was in Norway and now the bushes are ready for the second harvest. These will be dehydrated and vacuum sealed for later use in whole wheat sourdough bread with blueberries and pistachios which has become the family favorite.
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albula said:
Seeing those reminds me that mine are in a major need of pruning and thinning out non essential growth.
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This year my tomatoes have gone jungly. Some for the black potion used but it is an extraordinary growing season
albula said:
It's nice this year not to be sharing my blueberries with the deer and the birds. My daughter and granddaughter did a major picking while I was in Norway and now the bushes are ready for the second harvest. These will be dehydrated and vacuum sealed for later use in whole wheat sourdough bread with blueberries and pistachios which has become the family favorite.
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in every garden there are interlopers that must be managed
 
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I have two small beds of celery. Both in only part sun and shade during the heart of the afternoon. This is perfect for my Utah celery. One planting is for cleaves ad stems , the other is thinned and spaced to grow full size celery.

The first here Are leaves and chopped very thin stems minced . All a drying now in my swell little food dryer . The celery will take aabout two hours to dry with a couple tray roations. Then stem jfragments if fully dry will be ground to powder and seasoned for a celery salt seasoning recipe. The leaves will be dried and hand crushed and placed in herb jars I have saved and used for many years dried crops.
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hey capn. do you happen to know anyone that could coach me on blueberry bush trimming in the fall/winter - or when its supposed to be done ? i could even pay someone. i just have a few plants at our new place, but they are growing .
thx
 
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goinoregon said:
hey capn. do you happen to know anyone that could coach me on blueberry bush trimming in the fall/winter - or when its supposed to be done ? i could even pay someone. i just have a few plants at our new place, but they are growing .
thx
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I was told by someone who grew blueberries to remove 1/3 of the oldest canes each year to promote new growth. So far it's been working for the last 6 years that this blueberry patch has been in the ground.b404c3fa-1a25-41d0-b8e0-59bf69c6fa27~1.jpg
 
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I pulled up a bunch of lettuce yesterday. It was bolting. The leaves taste bitter when the plants grow long stalks. I tried to follow Mossback's advice and plant more lettuce every 2 or 3 weeks, but the latter plantings didn't take for some reason. My success is so damn random! Like I planted spinach 3 times, and the 3rd time almost succeeded but got shaded out by the adjacent row of lettuce. I'll try some more lettuce now with these rainy days this week if I still have some seeds.

My tomato plants in the raised bed are outperforming the plants in my "tomato house" cold frame. The raised bed plants are over 6' tall and likely even taller if I hadn't pruned the tops off a week ago. The Sungold is producing more and much larger fruits than the tomato house plants. And the Big Beefy are just beginning to ripen. Hope this rain doesn't cause splitting or other troubles.

I've gotten a good harvest of green beans, frankly getting tired of eating them every night.
 
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