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Post by badgerfowl on Aug 9, 2021 19:38:39 GMT -6
The wife tripped over this zucchini tonight in the garden.  Should probably get that one mounted.  |
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Post by smsmith on Aug 13, 2021 12:26:14 GMT -6
Pulled the dill out a bit ago. In the past, my wife had always saved seed from the previous year. We didn't have a dill crop last year, so I bought her some "new" seed this spring. Big difference in performance. Next year I'll buy her some more fresh seed and with any luck she'll only plant a 1/4 of what she planted this year. Our garden has never cranked out food like this year. All the sun and heat really made for quick production (obviously along with weekly deep watering).
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 13, 2021 13:02:28 GMT -6
I had been watering about 6 days per week with buckets. I skipped two nights on the tomatoes to see if I could get better tasting fruit.
I am not sure if it is too much irrigation, the different varieties, or still post covid. Probably all three.
I prefer the juicy, high acid tomatoes I grew up with. Early Girl is the closest I have found.
That is all we could grow in the north country.
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Post by smsmith on Aug 13, 2021 13:25:43 GMT -6
I had been watering about 6 days per week with buckets. I skipped two nights on the tomatoes to see if I could get better tasting fruit. I am not sure if it is too much irrigation, the different varieties, or still post covid. Probably all three. I prefer the juicy, high acid tomatoes I grew up with. Early Girl is the closest I have found.That is all we could grow in the north country. We're not fans of Early Girl. Kind of all juice and no "meat". We are both partial to the "beefy," heirloom varieties. The problem with most of those is that they're highly disease prone. This year has been great for tomato growing. No rain = much less disease pressure. |
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 13, 2021 14:02:09 GMT -6
I had been watering about 6 days per week with buckets. I skipped two nights on the tomatoes to see if I could get better tasting fruit. I am not sure if it is too much irrigation, the different varieties, or still post covid. Probably all three. I prefer the juicy, high acid tomatoes I grew up with. Early Girl is the closest I have found.That is all we could grow in the north country. We're not fans of Early Girl. Kind of all juice and no "meat". We are both partial to the "beefy," heirloom varieties. The problem with most of those is that they're highly disease prone. This year has been great for tomato growing. No rain = much less disease pressure. My wife likes those beefy tomatoes, also. We just couldn’t grow them up north or never tried. I put lemon pepper or salt on the tomato slices to make them juicier and more acid. Remember, I eat dolgos, also. |
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Post by smsmith on Aug 13, 2021 14:05:01 GMT -6
We're not fans of Early Girl. Kind of all juice and no "meat". We are both partial to the "beefy," heirloom varieties. The problem with most of those is that they're highly disease prone. This year has been great for tomato growing. No rain = much less disease pressure. My wife likes those beefy tomatoes, also. We just couldn’t grow them up north or never tried. I put lemon pepper or salt on the tomato slices to make them juicier and more acid. Remember, I eat dolgos, also. Ever try Wisconsin 55 tomatoes? You'd probably have to start them by seed or order plants online. |
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 13, 2021 14:09:30 GMT -6
I got a plant from my brother in law this year and he says they are his favorite eating tomato. I can’t find the tag to tell which plant it is.
He has tomato varieties like I try crab apples. Big Mama is pretty good and so is Big Daddy.
Celebration hasn’t impressed me after the first two tomatoes.
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 14, 2021 15:57:02 GMT -6
I had been watering about 6 days per week with buckets. I skipped two nights on the tomatoes to see if I could get better tasting fruit. I am not sure if it is too much irrigation, the different varieties, or still post covid. Probably all three. I prefer the juicy, high acid tomatoes I grew up with. Early Girl is the closest I have found. That is all we could grow in the north country.  Sub Arctic Plenty and Cold Set tomatoes were what my Dad used to plant. When Gurneys was in Yankton, South Dakota, they sold the seeds. I see they are also available from some heirloom seed dealers. |
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 15, 2021 12:20:57 GMT -6
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 15, 2021 14:08:27 GMT -6
. Or you are photographing collards, pumpkins, and no till drills. Note, I DIDN’T mention apple trees. |
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Post by kooch on Aug 15, 2021 14:32:21 GMT -6
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Post by kooch on Aug 15, 2021 17:14:16 GMT -6
Plum trees by my place in Burnsville. Aside from pulling the pits out of the raccoon poop, how should I go about grabbing these and planting them in a pot to transplant? How Long should I wait? Do you think they are viable now?    Wrong thread. Sorry guys. |
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Post by smsmith on Aug 18, 2021 11:18:56 GMT -6
My wife was picking peppers and tomatoes last night and found some Colorado potato beetles on the peppers. Apparently they can defoliate plants rather quickly. Read up on them and found out they're resistant to many insecticides. One they aren't immune to is Spinosad. I just happened to have a jug of Captain Jack's Dead Bug Brew (Spinosad) in the garage. I hit the plants this morning. Lots of dead CO potato beetles now  |
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Post by smsmith on Aug 25, 2021 18:39:19 GMT -6
The wife is on like batch 4 or 5 of canned salsa. Our ghost peppers are just getting ripe. She tasted one today and was ranting for over an hour about how hot it was. I told her to suck it up. She put a few of them in today's batch of salsa. I just had a few scoops. They've got some heat  |
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Post by biglakebass on Aug 25, 2021 21:14:34 GMT -6
Plum trees by my place in Burnsville. Aside from pulling the pits out of the raccoon poop, how should I go about grabbing these and planting them in a pot to transplant? How Long should I wait? Do you think they are viable now? Pick em and make some Jelly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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