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Re: TFF Gardening Thread [Re: Siberman] #4893606 05/23/10 03:27 AM
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Second batch of string beans with some grape tomatoes. Peppers starting to do well. Already picked a batch of Cubanel peppers, waiting on the hot stuff.... thumb







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Those green beans look great. Some people pick fresh green beans and boil them until they taste like they came from a can. I blanch mine for around 8 minutes and then stir fry them, in butter, then add lemon juice, or lemon pepper.


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Re: TFF Gardening Thread [Re: Frank I] #4894436 05/23/10 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted By: Frank I
Second batch of string beans with some grape tomatoes. Peppers starting to do well. Already picked a batch of Cubanel peppers, waiting on the hot stuff.... thumb





nice.. I need to come see what a good garden looks like, because mine ain't it. It's ok, but nothing like what you are producing. I have about a dozen tomato plants, but only have a total of 6 tomatoes on the vine.

Speaking of, do you prune your tomato plants, and if so, how?
I understand the process, but not sure what gets pruned and what doesn't.

Also, Cubanelles are becoming my favorite pepper. Can't seem to find them in the markets anywhere though. I grew a few last year, but don't have any planted this season.





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Have never pruned our tomatoe plants, just let 'em go. I think the key to good growing is good dirt. I know you know about Dyno dirt, we talked about it last season. Since I've added it to my garden things have really grown better, fuller and produced more than previous years.



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I used dyno dirt, and that's it in my raised beds, and they just didn't do great. I think my problem had been drainage related. It's better, and I have better plant spacing, but still needs work.




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Re: TFF Gardening Thread [Re: LoneStarSon] #4896008 05/24/10 12:57 AM
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What about fertilizing ? I was told to put down the required amount, I think it was miracle grow time release type, my garden is fair at best, I bought select garden dirt that pretty much looked like mulch, it is about 12 inches deep and has good drainage, should I be fertilizing more ?


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No, probably watering more...Can you take pictures and post them?

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Originally Posted By: Happykamper
What about fertilizing ? I was told to put down the required amount, I think it was miracle grow time release type, my garden is fair at best, I bought select garden dirt that pretty much looked like mulch, it is about 12 inches deep and has good drainage, should I be fertilizing more ?


I always use fertilizer. The mulch could still be composting which will take up the nitrogen.


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Re: TFF Gardening Thread [Re: bill oxner] #4897472 05/24/10 01:58 PM
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The place I bought the garden fill from did mention to put nitrogen down and then after 30 days use whatever fertilizer you want, would some more miracle grow be a good choice ?
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What about fertilizing ? I was told to put down the required amount, I think it was miracle grow time release type, my garden is fair at best, I bought select garden dirt that pretty much looked like mulch, it is about 12 inches deep and has good drainage, should I be fertilizing more ?


I always use fertilizer. The mulch could still be composting which will take up the nitrogen.



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Anything with all three numbers will do. The first number is nitrogen. We always put more than needed in there anyway.


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Re: TFF Gardening Thread [Re: Happykamper] #4897592 05/24/10 02:24 PM
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Well, the cucumbers are doing great. Got to do a little pickling this weekend and the vines are loaded with little 1" to 1 1/2" cucumbers so later this week will be a busy time. laugh Jalapenos are looking great and I picked enough to can this weekend too. The bell peppers are doing nicely as well. Picked a couple of good sized ones this weekend. Odd story. I "thought" I had purchased red and yellow bell peppers. I have 1 bush that produced a purple bell pepper. Never seen antyhing like it so I looked them up. Yep, they exist. I guess someone put the plant in the wrong container. Oh well. But my roma tomatoes are ticking me off. I had blooms like crazy and about 20 little ping pong ball size tomatoes growing. Then I noticed the bottoms were turning brown and looked to be rotting. Hmmm. I ended up picking most of them off, some still looked okay. I researched a bit and the thing I read said it could be from uneven watering, letting the soil get too try then too wet instead of a consistent moisture content. I water about every 4 days unless we get rain so that seemed odd. It also mentioned having a ph imbalance, sorry not a chemist so I'm not sure how to check that. Could also be too much nitrogen and mentioned using fertilizer with more phospherous. These are growing in big pots (tubs) and I used a gardening soil from the nursery and mixed in some cow manure. Have sprayed with Miracle grow once, about a month ago. Maybe the manure had too much nitrogen but it hasn't seemd to bother the other plants, just my tomatoes.

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Sounds like you have blossom end rot on your tomatoes. Not much you can do this year. You need a source of calcium. I put lime in there for that before I plant. It seems to work.

You might get some good tomatoes later.


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Yep, that's what it looks like. I'm just going to let them do their thing and see if it can work thru it at some point.

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With all the heat we've been experiencing recently, it is time to start watering early in the morning or late in the evening...You will also need to increase the watering time to help keep the plants from burning up...

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Got another newbie question. When do you pick your cucumbers? I've got a few that are close to 10" long but don't look ready yet. Do I wait until it looks ready or will it get tough if I wait too long? Should I pick them at a certain size or does it not matter? Thanks again for everyone's help.



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