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Post by smsmith on Jun 20, 2023 9:44:06 GMT -6
Our tomatoes in lumite look great. They love this hot, dry weather. We bought so many tomatoes this year we were out of room for peppers. Those went in the main garden this year. They look good down there, but I've been watering that spot all spring. It's also some heavy ground compared to the houseplot/pumpkin mounds west of the house. If I had to haul water in buckets to the garden(s) I don't think it'd get done... My neighbor put in a new garden this year. He's got almost the whole thing covered in lumite. Cuts way down on watering. There's a bunch of Amish and Mennonite west of us who do the same thing every year. Their gardens really crank out the food. I like it for weed suppression as well. Not much more I hate than weeding the garden. Absolutely. I don't weed gardens. I'll rototill and spray gly on dead calm days. I also buy Preen so the wife can sprinkle it after she weeds (she wants the garden, she can weed it). We've found that if it's weeded well, and you put down a heavy dose of Preen between rows/along the edges, and water it in, you cut down weeding significantly.
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Post by badgerfowl on Jun 20, 2023 10:10:53 GMT -6
I like it for weed suppression as well. Not much more I hate than weeding the garden. Absolutely. I don't weed gardens. I'll rototill and spray gly on dead calm days. I also buy Preen so the wife can sprinkle it after she weeds (she wants the garden, she can weed it). We've found that if it's weeded well, and you put down a heavy dose of Preen between rows/along the edges, and water it in, you cut down weeding significantly. Never heard of it. How is it applied? Is it a spray?
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Post by smsmith on Jun 20, 2023 10:22:00 GMT -6
Absolutely. I don't weed gardens. I'll rototill and spray gly on dead calm days. I also buy Preen so the wife can sprinkle it after she weeds (she wants the garden, she can weed it). We've found that if it's weeded well, and you put down a heavy dose of Preen between rows/along the edges, and water it in, you cut down weeding significantly. Never heard of it. How is it applied? Is it a spray? I buy it in the pail. It comes with a little "shaker" tool www.preen.com/products/preen-garden-weed-preventer/There's another product Preen makes that isn't to be used around veggies. Make sure to get the stuff for use in veggie gardens.
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Jun 20, 2023 13:14:12 GMT -6
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 20, 2023 13:14:12 GMT -6
I have some weed mats that I should have tried on the tomatoes, but they are too big now. I have used cardboard the last few years.
I loaded a tote with water from the neighbor on Friday and parked it by the garden. It looks like it will last 6-7 days. I also watered my newly planted apple trees out of it today.
I was carrying water in buckets from the house, up until Friday.
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Post by badgerfowl on Jun 20, 2023 13:52:06 GMT -6
I've been driving the side by side to the house (about 5 miles). Filling up the 8 buckets we have lids for and back to the Shed. Then put them in a watering can and water the plants. It's a pain in the ass. Only thing keeping things alive though at the moment.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 25, 2023 7:12:23 GMT -6
I irrigated the houseplot/pumpkins last night, then we got just over an inch of rain. They should be good to go for a week or more I'd think
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Post by benmnwi on Jun 26, 2023 11:28:03 GMT -6
my pumpkins haven't even sprouted yet, so I don't think I'll have a crop this year. That's too bad that this is the first year I planted them where I can't water them with sprinklers.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 26, 2023 14:30:52 GMT -6
my pumpkins haven't even sprouted yet, so I don't think I'll have a crop this year. That's too bad that this is the first year I planted them where I can't water them with sprinklers. That sucks, sorry to hear it. It seems the last 5 or 6 years here we've had significant dry spells/drought. Irrigating plots is kind of a PITA. I may not continue doing so in the years to come.
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Post by benmnwi on Jun 26, 2023 15:16:52 GMT -6
my pumpkins haven't even sprouted yet, so I don't think I'll have a crop this year. That's too bad that this is the first year I planted them where I can't water them with sprinklers. That sucks, sorry to hear it. It seems the last 5 or 6 years here we've had significant dry spells/drought. Irrigating plots is kind of a PITA. I may not continue doing so in the years to come. I normally plant my pumpkins in a few patches that are near my barn and a water supply, but this year I decided to get creative and try planting them in a new area. It is pretty odd to have a dry spell this time of year though, but not much you can do about it. My corn and bean plots are looking thin and crappy too since shallow planted seed didn't germinate. I broadcast a bunch of brassicas on Saturday morning in thin sections ahead of the impending storm that completely dissolved about 5 miles from my place. If all else fails, I'll just broadcast a bunch of winter rye and brassicas later in the summer. My apple trees are still holding a pretty solid fruit load, but they will need rain soon as well.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 28, 2023 9:19:26 GMT -6
Early June is a good time to plant pumpkins, right? I had some left over soil from some old flower pots. Added a few forkfuls of composted pine shavings from last year's chickens, and a cup or so of watersorb. Mixed it all up in a wheelbarrow and plan to make a few mounds for pumpkins. I'll put those down by the garden so they can get watered. I'm thinking I'm also going to try planting some in a few gopher mounds in the houseplot. I have sprayed that plot 2 years in a row with Imox, so I'm doubting I'll get very good germination. We'll find out I guess.edit...I put in three mounds by the veggie garden and maybe half a dozen in the houseplot. The seed is at least two years old, so I'm not super hopeful for awesome results. The pumpkins planted where I sprayed IMOX germinated just fine. I have since learned (this may be common knowledge, but I didn't know it) that most herbicide residual impact is destroyed with tillage/soil disturbance. Since I disturbed the soil/mounded it up when I planted the pumpkin seeds, that must have allowed the seed to germinate.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 30, 2023 16:58:30 GMT -6
I irrigated the houseplot/pumpkins last night, then we got just over an inch of rain. They should be good to go for a week or more I'd think sitting on the back porch burning thermocells, figured I may as well fire up the tower sprinkler on the pumpkin mounds
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Pumpkins
Jun 30, 2023 18:54:47 GMT -6
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 30, 2023 18:54:47 GMT -6
I irrigated the houseplot/pumpkins last night, then we got just over an inch of rain. They should be good to go for a week or more I'd think sitting on the back porch burning thermocells, figured I may as well fire up the tower sprinkler on the pumpkin mounds and a cold one?
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Post by smsmith on Jun 30, 2023 19:03:07 GMT -6
sitting on the back porch burning thermocells, figured I may as well fire up the tower sprinkler on the pumpkin mounds and a cold one? yup, quite a few more than one though
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Post by smsmith on Jul 9, 2023 18:32:12 GMT -6
I've been watering pumpkins and clover west of the house the last couple nights. I could buy a bunch of pumpkins for the cost of a new well pump I'm sure.
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Post by Foggy on Jul 9, 2023 20:45:55 GMT -6
I've been watering pumpkins and clover west of the house the last couple nights. I could buy a bunch of pumpkins for the cost of a new well pump I'm sure. What is it about pumpkins. They are likely the most fun stuff to grow.
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