On the left is Red Gold that had sprouted in my shed during winter and on the right is Yukon Gold that I bought new at the feed store and planted a week later…
Posted on 06/07/2013 1:13:59 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Oh No! Your beautiful garlic. What can be done about it? Any way to keep it from spreading, or has it already hit the whole crop?
I could not find the class size online, but it is limited to a small group as I remember. If they would survey or try once to have evening classes, I believe it would work. It’s only once per year that they do it anyway, how difficult could it be to find 12-15 people for an evening class every year? I might would take it in the evenings, too. Just my opinion, who am I?
Wow! The blackberies that grow wild all over the deep south are not bushes but vines. I have never imagined a blackberry two feet tall. The same kind are here in Texas, but not as plentiful as Alabama.
There are a number of people who grow container tomatoes inside during the winter...there are probably videos on YouTube, since everything else seems to be on there.
Thank you tubebender. Does the rust hurt the garlic bulb?
It looks rather pitiful.
LOL! It’s infectious, isn’t it? Darlin’ has been allowing me to do my thing and isn’t interfering with my experiments, and has been supportive with helping me move things, advice, etc but lately, has also been taking a little more active role in other yard and gardening projects.
If you think the garlic is pitiful you should see the look on my face. All I can do is wait until the end of the month to see how they fill out
Well phooey, I guess my pinky did something. I lost my msg before I was ready to send. My point was, “just my opinion, who am I ?” You are one less volunteer they can utilize, and volunteers do not just fall out of the sky.
On the other hand, in Nebraska, the Master Gardener information is online through the University of Nebraska which is a land grant university- there is good information there one can download, print, or just read.
I have found both Minnesota and Texas have very applicable information for me in south central Nebraska. Not all, but alot.
Good luck- lots of fun to learn the principle behind the why it does or does not work.
Sarajevo: I have jalapeno plants that are 4 years old, growing in a greenhouse. If your constantly water them, the peppers should grow to a decent size, but they won't be as hot as the one's that are watered less. The peppers that I've grown in pots produce less and only last 1 season. Those grown outside produce well, but they will be killed by frosts/freezes unless you build a cold frame around them for protection in the winter.
This is the second year my over-wintered jalapenos have been in ground. San Antonio had a rather mild Winter, so wasn't very hard to nurse them through what passed for light freezes.
Last year the peppers were red hot. This Spring they're tame and lame in the heat department. Then, my father-in-law gave me a slap-my-forehead moment.
Just like Sarajevo said, jalapenos thrive on hot, dry weather. Our Spring has been rather mild and I've watered them every other day, plus we've had a few decent rains which made watering really unnecessary. Voila, I have a bumper crop of very large, ultra-mild red jalapeno peppers almost good enough to pretend they're misshapen baby bells. :-).
The Summer heat is about to ponce upon us and I'll cut way back on the water. I've picked all the ripe pods and will wait to see what happens next. I also have three Biker Billy plants ready to put in the ground. That ought to give me a good comparison.
So, in my case, looks like I did it to myself.
Huh. So a bit like container gardening.
I am mixing some mush. compost in when I fine rake prior to planting. Today I got lazy and just chucked some into the hole and stuck the plant on top. Figured I’m getting stuff in so late what with late freezes and three days of rain, it can’t hurt! Can’t plant anything here before June 1 - except peas and a few hearty veg. seeds. Oh, and herbs.
My few hens gave me manure which I dumped in during the winter. That will help, but I wish our composter was ready to be emptied.
Right now we still have “dirt”. I aspire to have “soil” within the next two or three years.
If I were in better shape, I probably would take the MG program here, but the ground keeps getting farther and farther away from me, so that I can hardly even see it anymore, much less reach it. All the resources of the ext agent are available to me anyhow if I should need any assistance.
I hope that your garden is doing well and is producing already or getting close. We are now enjoying sliced tomatos with our meals each day, which is why we do it. Looking forward to watermelons this year, too, sometime next month. Happy gardening to ya!
Not much going on in my garden at the moment aside from pulling a few weeds and watching things grow. I did harvest some broccoli a few days ago. It’s pretty tasty stuff. So much better than store-bought.
Do you know what variety your ‘compost ‘mater’ is?
Some roma type I suspect. We had a bag of them from the grocery store a few months back.
We’ll soon see :)
Roma is good.
It’s better than the drowned half dead maters i’ve got in the garden right now. That’s for sure.
We’re still waiting to set out the super hots. They’re about 12” tall in their giant cups. We’ll probably put them in a raised bed just so they don’t absolutely drown and we can cover them at frost this fall.
I’m still amazed I lost maters to frost the first week of MAY at my house.
I know Red Hampshire is under G-d's judgement...it rains on the just and unjust, I guess. :-)
Overlooked in your post your plants are TAM, which are mild to begin with.
Sampled one of my picked red jalapenos last night. Full of full-throttle heat. Had to wipe the sweat off my forehead.
Wife had a good laugh.
She suggested I might amend my previous comment. Heat seems to vary even among pods on the same plant.
So, the question reverts, what makes a really hot jalapeno?
On the left is Red Gold that had sprouted in my shed during winter and on the right is Yukon Gold that I bought new at the feed store and planted a week later…
/johnny
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