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  1. velocetwo

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    #76 velocetwo, Apr 30, 2012
    Home made compost can solve almost any soil problems and if you set some aside w worms you are going to be successful.

    Anything will grow in good soil right? Feed the soil.
     
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    #77 Osiris_x11, May 7, 2012
    Some good rain here as of late- hopeful it'll continue & help the yard & trees!

    My tomato plants, no fruit at all so far! They are quite grown, settled, and seemingly healthy. Temps have been 85-90 for past week or so. Waterings have been regular, there was one fertilizer session perhaps 2 weeks ago. Only one plant of the dozen or so has any "fruit" (and even that's 1 or 2 tomatoes that have been on it for a month, as it was a 6" potted plant I got from a friend then planted it mid March & it's had that tomato or two since early April). Soil is good. Compost has been added. What gives!

    If I don't see any measurable quantity of fruit by June, I'm gonna toss 'em in the composter. Those plants hog'up valuable real-estate in the planter, require some solid watering & feeding efforts. Last year, I had about 2-3 dozen large tomato plants - zero fruit. The plants eventually rivaled corn-stalks. And I watered/fed 'em from May thru August. A total waste of time & resources.

    Oh yea, I got an XXL raccoon that's staked claim in my backyard as I catch him coming & going. I got lots of fruit trees & flowers, along w/ my composter & veg+herb planters. I'm thinking I'm gonna do Golden Malrin & cola (secure it from other animals, as-in pets/birds/etc). I've had to deal w/ roof-rats, nesting squirrels, and else in the past year. I'm gonna take care of this varmint ASAP.

    (I'd use a .22LR or similar, but my HOA is rather gestapo'esque)
     
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    #78 vincent355, May 7, 2012
    What are your night time temps?
     
  4. Osiris_x11

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    #79 Osiris_x11, May 8, 2012
    Got some Thai basil & sweet basil planted as well. The spinach is more-or-less done so I'm gonna transplant some of the sweet peppers & banana peppers there, along w/ a few young(er) tomato plants; it's a shady area so we'll see how it goes. .

    The nighttime temps had been low-to-mid 70's for past month or so (daytime temps were mid 80's for past month or so). But, we've had a nice (cool) weather-front emerge past few days (almost 1 week!) which has our daytime highs in the lower 70F's & the nighttime lows in the low-to-mid 60F's! Not to mention the nice precipitation for past few days- yesss! :D

    And as'if almost on cue of my post, the tomato plants have flowered & a few of them have quite a few lil' tomatoes along w/ the prospect of more tomatoes as buds(?) are appearing! So, finger's crossed- but still a long growing season ahead!

    I believe nighttime temps of mid-to-high 70F's is the upper end of successful tomato plant fruiting... correct?


    velocetwo, will fish bone meal attract wildlife (ie. possums, moles, rodents/varmints), in-particular raccoon(s)? I got a backyard vagrant I need to dispose of as this sucka' chillaxes back there, comes & goes as'if it's his bungalow!?!

    (I got lotsa squirrels & a raccoon, so I may hold'off on the fish bone meal, well- till I take care of bidness!)

    And w/ all this rain- the garden looks like astro-turf, wild grasses/weeds all have popped-up outta nowhere! Gonna have to get down & dirty tomorrow to clean'up.
     
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    #80 vincent355, May 9, 2012
    night time temps need to be lower than the 70's for the plants to set fruit, you are correct. I thought that may have been the problem. It's why there are many places where you can't grow tomatoes, even though everything else seems right.

    Ours are doing well and we have seen a few flowers, but they are only 3 weeks in the ground at this point. One of them is not looking healthy so we'll most likely take it out and replant another.
     
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    #81 velocetwo, May 9, 2012
    Yes, meat eaters can be attracted to it until it gets watered in well, it takes about three days before the smell is all gone. Warm weather here and most plants have doubled in size just in the past week.
     
  7. Osiris_x11

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    #82 Osiris_x11, May 9, 2012
    Thanks for the insight, I presumed as much as-per last year I healthy tomato plants but no tomatoes! :D

    (it was on record, the hottest summer in Texas in over a century!!)

    Well, I guess I gotta deal w/ the vermin ASAP! :p

    (I'm really excited of the fish bone meal addition to the compost & manure-hummus-soil dealio I got going...)
     
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    #87 Osiris_x11, Jul 1, 2012
    Past week's temps. of 106, 104, 109, 105, and 106 weren't kind to the garden- ha! :D

    Otherwise, I'm satisfied w/ this seasons production. Actually getting tomatoes (nite temps. have been reasonable AND I planted in-ground earlier than previous years).

    Spinach mustard as well as okras are rocking-&-rolling, both seemingly do well in this climate.

    Pepper yield hasn't been gob'smacking but still handfuls daily & more on other days. These are TAM jalapeno, mammoth jalapeno, Serrano, Habanero, Bhot Jolokia "Ghost", and Thai chili.

    The less-than-impressive yielding peppers have been the banana, sweet, and cayenne. Tho' it should be noted that these were planted later, and in a somewhat shaded area.

    The eggplant is finally on verge of giving some solid pickings; funny story- they were planted as seedlings in early March, then in latter April they were hastily re-transplanted to a new area as the tomatoes were encroaching their space & blocking most sunlight, and in latter May they were accidentally trimmed down bare to stem by a family member thinking they were spinach/greens/etc! Tough suckers- I'll especially enjoy them this summer for how they've adapted!

    The squash (zucchini-like) grew aggressively & flowered readily, giving a handful of fruit but nothing in the past month. No idea what happened. May be gonna give it some manure-compost and/or bloom fertilizer.

    Busts this year so far have been spinach (March-May), snow & snap peas (March-June). I gave up a lot of prime growing real estate for the former, all to no avail. And for the latter- I erected elaborate steel trellises, so the tomatoes were then forced to be crowded & affecting their fruiting.

    I've been occupied w/ some intensive professional education/training for past month or so, but it's now settling down. I need to do some major weeding/tilling & composting in the planting areas, as there's a carpet of wild-grass dominating (and sucking up water/nutrients). My composted crappe` is ready to be meshed/screened, so the plants will be getting a nice treat soon.
     
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    #88 velocetwo, Jul 1, 2012
    Planted a lot of beans this year and they are coming in strong along with cucumbers. Tomatoes still need a few weeks.
     
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    #89 vincent355, Jul 10, 2012
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    We're starting to harvest regularly. Zuchinis one to two a day for the last month, tomatoes over the last week have started, beans too, padron peppers over the last few weeks, and cucumbers. Melons soon!
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    #93 vincent355, Jul 24, 2012
    Nice looking maters!

    We're being overloaded here....haricots verts, melons, tomatoes, padrons, zuchs, eggplant coming on, all kinds of peppers.
     
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    #94 agup48, Aug 3, 2012
    Are there any counter top/indoor planters? I want something simple to grow and easy to maintain... any recommendations?
     
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    Couple weeks ago we were pleasantly surprised to get a letter from the Milwaukee Garden District committee that our front yard was chosen as a 2012 Award Winner (our first full year living there). Tonight was the awards event, pretty cool!

    I can only take credit for the heavy pruning, and watering like crazy while Mrs. Nurburgringer did virtually all of the planting, clipping and weeding.
    The event was almost a block party of my neighbors: out of the maybe 30 in our district that got awards, 5 of them were in our little cul-de-sac of 7 houses!
    Tough work keeping up with the Joneses....
    Anyway we're proud, and happy to help keep our neighborhood looking good.
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    #98 velocetwo, Sep 19, 2012
    Beautiful nice eye for design. That beech tree is a great tree, I had one next to my Koi pond at my last house.
     
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