Fed up with the garden

[goeduck]

I can't keep up with the cukes, they are still good, even as large as they are. Green bean stalks are up to 14 feet tall and producing like crazy. The top of the hog wire is 7'8", the bamboo pole goes another 5 or 6 feet. I will be picking them with an orchard ladder.

 

[Yander]

Well, I bushhogged my corn patch around Mid July and replanted. See the pre-bushhog pic, pathetic. But here are the progression pics. From Before Bushhoging on July 16th, After tilling and replanting July 17th and July 30th about 10" to this evening at about 8' tall. I hit this patch with 45 nitrogen at about 10" and again at about 2' tall. See the apple tree for perspective. Apple tree is about 12' tall. Now, it is setting the fruit and I am going to water if we don't get rain tomorrow.

I think it is 75 day variety corn so I will possibly have corn by end of Sept. I know, that's late but we essentially freeze it and eat it all year. I hope there are enough growing units left to produce a yield.

 

[goeduck]

I am jealous of that corn. We are not in sweet corn country unless we grow Canadian varieties and even then it is hit and miss.

 

[Yander]

I am jealous of that corn. We are not in sweet corn country unless we grow Canadian varieties and even then it is hit and miss.

The key to growing corn is nitrogen and water. Water right after you apply nitrogen at about 10 inches. Then water again as the ears are starting to form.

A good soaking water with a soaker hose that gets down deep. Or a good inch or two of rain will do the trick

 

[Oaktree]

Corn also likes hot weather, something that's been in short supply for much of this summer up this way. No shortage of moisture though...

One thing I've gotta say is that the early-season "Florida corn" has gotten much better in recent years. Doesn't seem many years ago that it was pretty tough, but now it's as sweet as fresh picked. Different variety perhaps?

 

[Jstpssng]

Corn also likes hot weather, something that's been in short supply for much of this summer up this way. No shortage of moisture though...

One thing I've gotta say is that the early-season "Florida corn" has gotten much better in recent years. Doesn't seem many years ago that it was pretty tough, but now it's as sweet as fresh picked. Different variety perhaps?

It used to be that as soon as it was picked the sugar would start turning to starch. The “old timers” would say that the only way to eat it fresh was to put the water on to boil, then go out and pick the corn.

In the past few years they’ve come up with some gmo “super sweet” varieties with more sugar and which turns to starch more slowly. I hate to admit it but I bought some at a stand before mine was ready and it was better than what I grow. The farmer’s son was eating an ear raw while I was there, that’s how sweet it is.

 

[LouNY]

It used to be that as soon as it was picked the sugar would start turning to starch. The “old timers” would say that the only way to eat it fresh was to put the water on to boil, then go out and pick the corn.

In the past few years they’ve come up with some gmo “super sweet” varieties with more sugar and which turns to starch more slowly. I hate to admit it but I bought some at a stand before mine was ready and it was better than what I grow. The farmer’s son was eating an ear raw while I was there, that’s how sweet it is.

Not necessarily GMO, allmost all sweet corn is hybrids. So none is useable as seed as you have no idea what you will get.

 

[m1garand762]

I’m done with mine the pepper and cakes all rotted the tomatoes are all we picked this year all the cold crops rotted or drowned. I plowed out everything but the tomatoes and planted some daikon , turnips and mustard. I’ll disc them down I. The spring and hope for better luck next year

 

[Jstpssng]

The turkeys went through my tomatoes today, and got what few fruit was almost ready. That’s OK though, they weren’t doing well anyhow and turkey season starts on Saturday.

 

[masseyrider]

I can't believe how many people had crap gardening seasons, not just in my area but from the sounds of many here, all around the continent.
Thank goodness for real farmers who keep us fed.

 

[shooterdon]

In case some of you do not know. When you have a bountiful harvest, and you "share" your stuff, at least in my case, I end up throwing about half of what is given to me away.

"Share" is in quotation marks because most people are just trying to give crap away they cannot use. Most times they keep the good stuff and "share" the stuff that is not so good.

I end up feeling obligated to take stuff from friends even when I tell them I do not want it. At least I have a lot of wild critters that will consume most of it.

Heed the words of your friends when giving away stuff. Some of the stuff is very appreciated and is enjoyed. For example, we just got 6 tomatoes. That is about right for our lifestyle. The "sharer" told us we could have more and we declined. In the past, we would get a grocery bag full and it was way too much.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Planted some Lettuce (numerous kinds, Bibb and a Mesclun mix) and some kale yesterday. A couple more days of hot weather here and then it cools off. I hope it doesn't burn up. I will water it well the next couple of days.

 

[bigtiller]

My tomatoes were great, the peppers were so-so. That's all I planted.

At least we haven't had to lock our doors during zucchini season yet.

 

[Dftodd]

My tomatoes were great, the peppers were so-so. That's all I planted.

At least we haven't had to lock our doors during zucchini season yet.

I remember those days come out of the store and find a couple bags of yellow squash or zucchini in the back seat

Course that was back when nobody had AC in their vehicles and didn't lock their cars.

 

[wmfamily]

When we have way too much and the neighbors are full too that is when I wish we could have chickens or a pig. Either would love excess garden produce and will give you eggs or meat in return. When I was growing up the chickens loved the extra tomatoes and just about anything else we couldn't/wouldn't eat. Geese love anything green and do a good job converting it to goose poop.

 

[goeduck]

Picking at least this amount every other day now. Around here September is tomato month, we have a short season. Most people give up in our marine climate, but not me.

 

[Jstpssng]

When we have way too much and the neighbors are full too that is when I wish we could have chickens or a pig. Either would love excess garden produce and will give you eggs or meat in return. When I was growing up the chickens loved the extra tomatoes and just about anything else we couldn't/wouldn't eat. Geese love anything green and do a good job converting it to goose poop.

I thought that also. Then I got both and while the chickens really liked the squash the pigs couldn’t care less about it.

 

[Yander]

Planted some Lettuce (numerous kinds, Bibb and a Mesclun mix) and some kale yesterday. A couple more days of hot weather here and then it cools off. I hope it doesn't burn up. I will water it well the next couple of days.

Will be doing the same this weekend. Ripping out some of my tomato beds and planting some cool weather crops

 

[masseyrider]

When we have way too much and the neighbors are full too that is when I wish we could have chickens or a pig. Either would love excess garden produce and will give you eggs or meat in return. When I was growing up the chickens loved the extra tomatoes and just about anything else we couldn't/wouldn't eat. Geese love anything green and do a good job converting it to goose poop.

My spending money as a kid came from growing tomatoes for the local shipper who took our farms peaches.
I hate chickens for this reason.
About 3 times a week I would pick and pack my tomatoes. I'd bring them into the open bay of the barn to pack. You couldn't keep the F'nn free range chickens out of them. Don't dare take a break or go to the bathroom. They'd be all over the trailer.
The kicker was the yard out front had all sorts of tomatoes that had been thrown out just for them.
They wanted number one fresh.
A rooster paid the ultimate price for his tomato fetish.
I caught him on the trailer one afternoon and threw a large tomato at him. Direct hit in the head killed him.
Old man was pissed at me not so much for killing the rooster but that he had to clean him when it was mid80s outside.

 

[goeduck]

You should have been a quarterback with that ability to throw a tomato on a dime.