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Not really a garden...just tomatoes. 1 patio, 1 Roma, 1 better boy and an heirloom. Planted from seeds. That better boy already has fruit. The last pic is wildflowers. I have 3 more much bigger beds with wildflowers. Trying to attract as many pollenators as possible. I love salsa, salad and slicers. Mater's mean summer to me.
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Looks good bro!

I bought 5 acres of land last year with my parents and we're both building our own homes on the property. Finally just got all permits with final approval last week so foundations are being poured in a few weeks. My mom and fiance are huge into gardening. Going to be planting tomatoes, onions, lettuce, cucumbers, watermelons, pumpkins, etc. Those 2 will spend all day out in the garden while my Dad and I race around on ATV's. My foot should be healed up real soon, I can't wait to go riding again.
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We have poblanos and jalapenos blooming right now.
Gave up on tomatoes.
Squirrels get them as they ripen.
Rip them off, one bite, then drop them.

They leave peppers alone.
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ProKawi24 wrote:
Looks good bro! I bought 5 acres of land last year with my parents and we're both building our own homes on the property. Finally just...
Looks good bro!

I bought 5 acres of land last year with my parents and we're both building our own homes on the property. Finally just got all permits with final approval last week so foundations are being poured in a few weeks. My mom and fiance are huge into gardening. Going to be planting tomatoes, onions, lettuce, cucumbers, watermelons, pumpkins, etc. Those 2 will spend all day out in the garden while my Dad and I race around on ATV's. My foot should be healed up real soon, I can't wait to go riding again.
I used to own a little farmette. I had 56 tomato plants, same number of cayenne, habenaro, jalapeno. Potatoes, zucchini, okra, cantelop, watermelon, peas, etc. I was active duty and poor. Fed the family for a few years but it was HARD work. Had rabbits, chickens, ducks, sheep, goats...whatever we could raise and eat Being out there with room to breath is so nice. You're gonna be a-ok bud.
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We have poblanos and jalapenos blooming right now. Gave up on tomatoes. Squirrels get them as they ripen. Rip them off, one bite, then drop them...
We have poblanos and jalapenos blooming right now.
Gave up on tomatoes.
Squirrels get them as they ripen.
Rip them off, one bite, then drop them.

They leave peppers alone.
I don't have problems with squirrels...it's the damn cut worms. I hate putting pesticides on my plants but some years you just have no choice. I share with 'em till they get too greedy. I'd love to have some peppers but I've lived here 22 years and only had one bell pepper survive. I don't know why.

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Joey_Bridges wrote:
We have poblanos and jalapenos blooming right now. Gave up on tomatoes. Squirrels get them as they ripen. Rip them off, one bite, then drop them...
We have poblanos and jalapenos blooming right now.
Gave up on tomatoes.
Squirrels get them as they ripen.
Rip them off, one bite, then drop them.

They leave peppers alone.
plowboy wrote:
I don't have problems with squirrels...it's the damn cut worms. I hate putting pesticides on my plants but some years you just have no choice. I...
I don't have problems with squirrels...it's the damn cut worms. I hate putting pesticides on my plants but some years you just have no choice. I share with 'em till they get too greedy. I'd love to have some peppers but I've lived here 22 years and only had one bell pepper survive. I don't know why.
That’s odd, bell peppers grow like crazy in NE Kansas.
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That’s odd, bell peppers grow like crazy in NE Kansas.
Lol...your dirt and humidity are a lot different than here in south central KS.

Plus my main problem has been pollenators. That's why I'm planting so many flowers and humming bird feeder. The last few years I've been using a battery powered toothbrush to "stimulate" and spread pollen.
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SEEMEFIRST 5/12/2022 7:08pm
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Bell pepper is hard to grow here too.
I gave up.
I like jalapeños anyway.
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Homegrown tomato’s are soooo much better than store bought. Enjoy 👍
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Out of all the things to grow, tomatoes seem to offer the biggest benefit. Corn is probably second. I also have issues with Bell peppers.

For tomato newbies, some plants get huge. Don't waste your money on Home Depot tomato cages. I use 6" x 6" concrete reinforcement. It comes in 4' x 7' sheets. Roll it into a 4' high cylinder. But damn! The price of anything made of steel today is nuts.

Question for plowboy: how do you get your hands in there to pick tomatoes? Maybe the openings are bigger than they look.
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borg wrote:
Out of all the things to grow, tomatoes seem to offer the biggest benefit. Corn is probably second. I also have issues with Bell peppers. For...
Out of all the things to grow, tomatoes seem to offer the biggest benefit. Corn is probably second. I also have issues with Bell peppers.

For tomato newbies, some plants get huge. Don't waste your money on Home Depot tomato cages. I use 6" x 6" concrete reinforcement. It comes in 4' x 7' sheets. Roll it into a 4' high cylinder. But damn! The price of anything made of steel today is nuts.

Question for plowboy: how do you get your hands in there to pick tomatoes? Maybe the openings are bigger than they look.



I cut strategic holes for access.
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We planted about half of our the other evening.




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I still have 2-3 weeks before I can get mine in the ground



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Rick knows how its done.......
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An hour a day till they get hardened off



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Thank you. Biotone starter is the best thing I have ever used. You just mix it in the soil and it works so amazingly well. I won't plant with out it. It smells/stinks like every high-end nursery with perfect plants and is like cheating. Everything I use it with always look so healthy. I also try to keep the ph right in my water and it works miracles whether hydroponic or soil and it makes the plants strong and allows them to absorb the nutrients and fight issues.

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I grew a small amount of edamame and it grew very fast and had quite a few on the plants. They tasted exactly like large sunflower seeds right off the plant and even better with some soy and Wasabi. Definitely going to grow a lot of them soon. Our pole beans get snatched by the dogs if they can reach them in the raised bed made from an old johndeere trailer tub.

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I got the hydroponic units off ebay for $100. You plug it in and add water. You just add 2 table spoons of nutrients. Test water and add granules to get the right ph and in a few weeks tons of beautiful veggies. It's ridiculous really how easy and quick it works. I'm a soil grower but I decided to try a dutchbucket system I built myself and the system in my lettuce pics above which is actually 2 systems hooked together. I ended up getting my inlaw and my daughter one and we all have salads forever. I also use it for herbs, celery, tomatoes, dill and anything really. Super easy and cheap.
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We planted about half of our the other evening. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/13/549790/s1200_9E5B0980_3F3A_4C1A_80F2_9EE26EE37CFC.jpg[/img]
We planted about half of our the other evening.




How big is that 1/4 or a 1/3 ace ? I hv acces to a patch a little bit bigger. What would b the most profitable vegetable to plant ?
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Gworm wrote:
We planted about half of our the other evening. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/05/13/549790/s1200_9E5B0980_3F3A_4C1A_80F2_9EE26EE37CFC.jpg[/img]
We planted about half of our the other evening.




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How big is that 1/4 or a 1/3 ace ? I hv acces to a patch a little bit bigger. What would b the most profitable...
How big is that 1/4 or a 1/3 ace ? I hv acces to a patch a little bit bigger. What would b the most profitable vegetable to plant ?
The picture must make it look bigger, it’s just about 25’x60’. Or about 1500 sq ft.

I don’t know about profitable, we just do tomatoes, squash, okra, lettuce, corn, and a few other things we like to eat.
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I grew a small amount of edamame and it grew very fast and had quite a few on the plants. They tasted exactly like large sunflower...
I grew a small amount of edamame and it grew very fast and had quite a few on the plants. They tasted exactly like large sunflower seeds right off the plant and even better with some soy and Wasabi. Definitely going to grow a lot of them soon. Our pole beans get snatched by the dogs if they can reach them in the raised bed made from an old johndeere trailer tub.

That is one big bean...jackWink
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Spent the last few days in an AirBnB in Tulsa for my niece's graduation from nursing school. My brother lives just west of Tulsa, just a stone's throw from the Arkansas river. I swear that is the most fertile place I've ever seen. I'm not sure he even owns a garden hose...the soil never dries out. When we go fishing...we just go out the night before and pick a bucket of night crawlers out of the yard. Tomatoes the size of softballs all summer. The downside is his place turns into a jungle without constant attention.
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FLmxer 6/23/2022 10:45am
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Its so hot here. How is everyone's garden going? Grabbed a few tomatoes today and these goliath jalapeños are getting there. Can't wait to stuff a few and toss them on the grill.



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Damn Farmer Brown...that is fantastic. I've had exactly one ripe patio tomato so far....but it was tasty. Trying to keep things watered enough to survive but city water is no substitute for a good old rain. You can see the mater's are stressed and even my wildflowers are struggling. Plenty of blooms and if the flowers would explode...might get some pollenators in there. Last year I had to use a battery powered toothbrush to pollenate the tomatoes.



I know from looking...those tomaters are gonna taste sooo good...yer weiner's gonna poke out.
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Doing a garden was something I never would have imagined putting so much time and work into and enjoying. The amount of work does get overwhelming at times and by fall I’m ready for it to be over…but it’s been a great experience with my 2 girls.






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Doing a garden was something I never would have imagined putting so much time and work into and enjoying. The amount of work does get overwhelming...
Doing a garden was something I never would have imagined putting so much time and work into and enjoying. The amount of work does get overwhelming at times and by fall I’m ready for it to be over…but it’s been a great experience with my 2 girls.






Great job man. Definitely a lot of work but awesome results. What did you do about that rattle headed copper moccasin?
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plowboy wrote:
Great job man. Definitely a lot of work but awesome results. What did you do about that rattle headed copper moccasin?
Ha! That was just a bull snake. We do have Rattlers that have very similar color and pattern in Eastern Wa State but haven’t ran into any on my property yet. Usually I just take the bull snakes out to my track and let them loose…sometimes I just fling them over my neighbors fence. I try to get them away so my wife doesn’t freak out, and our dogs like to kill them when they catch them and that gets messy and scares the kids. Last week we had a snake get caught in the bird netting I put over our strawberries.
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plowboy wrote:
Great job man. Definitely a lot of work but awesome results. What did you do about that rattle headed copper moccasin?
wpark89 wrote:
Ha! That was just a bull snake. We do have Rattlers that have very similar color and pattern in Eastern Wa State but haven’t ran into...
Ha! That was just a bull snake. We do have Rattlers that have very similar color and pattern in Eastern Wa State but haven’t ran into any on my property yet. Usually I just take the bull snakes out to my track and let them loose…sometimes I just fling them over my neighbors fence. I try to get them away so my wife doesn’t freak out, and our dogs like to kill them when they catch them and that gets messy and scares the kids. Last week we had a snake get caught in the bird netting I put over our strawberries.
All snakes are rattle headed copper moccasins. 20 feet away...oh look a snake. Under my feet...die Satan.

Man my tomato plants are struggling. Pulled some 2" long cutworms in the last couple of days. Even with good rains and watering they are so stressed from the heat. I go down to Oklahoma to visit my brother. He lives a couple hundred yards from the Arkansas river. He plants the seeds and that's it...no water, no attention whatsoever. Giant juicy mater's all summer. And he gives them away...fucking fuckerAngry
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