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Gardening YouTube and Tiktok are both fun resources if you're looking for ideas. But yeah, I got the Maryland Master Gardener handbook when we moved into a house with a yard. Expensive though! e: You can also be me and ignore the master gardener advice about mulching your beds and fight a losing battle against early blight every year 
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Had to pull a wilty cucumber. Hoping to get a decent harvest from the neighboring cucumber plant before it too succumbs. I was definitely overzealous and crowded my raised beds, but it was too exciting not to. In better news, the tomato I garroted about 5” from the ground has begun producing fruit.  I have a ferment going with anaheims and am inundated with jalapeños. I also crowded my peppers, and the bell peppers have both bells and jalapeños, while the jalapeños are growing some suspiciously anaheim-like fruit. The habs finally took to fruiting, and the lemon drops have finally flowered. Good times.
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Jul 22, 2023 14:34
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ThePopeOfFun posted:Had to pull a wilty cucumber. Hoping to get a decent harvest from the neighboring cucumber plant before it too succumbs. I was definitely overzealous and crowded my raised beds, but it was too exciting not to. In better news, the tomato I garroted about 5” from the ground has begun producing fruit. We have harvested 2 cucumbers from at least a dozen plants this year. All have succumbed to wilt immediately after first fruiting. It’s been an awful year for cucumbers, at least here in Indiana in zone 6.
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Jul 22, 2023 14:53
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My china jade cucumbers have really taken off. I've already made the salad that everyone makes with these things, but I'm going to need some more ideas at this rate.
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Jul 22, 2023 15:18
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Cucumbers are a fun addition to stir fry.
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Jul 22, 2023 15:42
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The inevitable fate of all of my produce. Thanks, I'll have to try it. My summer stir fries usually have some mix of tempeh, eggplants, long beans, chilis, and bitter melons.
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Jul 22, 2023 15:47
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ThePopeOfFun posted:Had to pull a wilty cucumber. Hoping to get a decent harvest from the neighboring cucumber plant before it too succumbs. I was definitely overzealous and crowded my raised beds, but it was too exciting not to. In better news, the tomato I garroted about 5” from the ground has begun producing fruit. Peppers don’t mind being a little crowded, and they’ll just grow into each other and make a maze of branches. Keeping them separate only matters if you’re trying to save seeds for next year. Otherwise I will often plant them about 9” apart and just let them go. They just need fertilizing in June and July and that will take them through while closely planted.
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Jul 22, 2023 16:36
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PokeJoe posted:I started growing wine caps this year and it's the easiest shroom ive ever grown. you just throw some spawn in the woodchips and mushrooms happen Good to know, definitely looking for stuff that's gonna be low effort for my first year.
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Jul 22, 2023 17:56
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So what rear end in a top hat bug is this that invaded my strongest tomato plant that made me cut off the leading vine?  
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Jul 22, 2023 22:19
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Hmm weird, looks like some kinda Hymenoptera. What part of the country are you in?
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Jul 23, 2023 04:23
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Bay area CA
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Jul 23, 2023 04:41
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Dr. Eldarion posted:Ooh, tomatillo definitely seems likely. Thanks! Tomatillo followup: still thriving with nothing but rain and occasional hose water. Shoved a couple bamboo sticks in there that the POs had lying around, but may need to add more support soon.  Also, a few weeks ago we bought a seeded watermelon and just for fun I threw the seeds in an empty pot to see if they'd grow. They did!  I probably planted them too late to get any fruit, but it'll be interesting to try earlier in the year next year. Next year's when the real fun starts, I'm planning on putting in a pretty sizable concrete block raised bed. Very excited to get some garden tomatoes again, store bought are terrible.
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Jul 23, 2023 16:42
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Also, another identification question from me. Found this guy growing right next to our house in the front. Any idea what it is? Google Lens seems to think it's a redbud, in which case it definitely needs to be yoinked out.
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Jul 23, 2023 16:48
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Dr. Eldarion posted:Also, another identification question from me. Found this guy growing right next to our house in the front. Any idea what it is? iNaturalist agrees it’s in the Genus Cercis
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Jul 23, 2023 16:52
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Spent today balancing on the edge of a truck bed setting bagworm nests on fire with a weed torch. Property ownership is so exciting.
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Jul 23, 2023 18:31
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Spikes32 posted:Bay area CA Maybe a sawfly? Can't find a good match...
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Jul 23, 2023 18:57
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My mysterious squash plant finally had to be put down, the previously mentioned method for squash borer removal definitely kept it going for a little longer but some horrible moldy poo poo started growing on some of the leaves so I called it. At any rate I was able to harvest one (1) giant rear end squash from it.  Tomatoes presented for scale
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Jul 24, 2023 02:48
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Sure looks like a spaghetti squash.
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Jul 24, 2023 02:51
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That’s what I’m thinking. Guess we’ll find out soon lol
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Jul 24, 2023 03:08
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Dr. Eldarion posted:
Redbuds are the weediest trees, but they're also lovely and planted intentionally all the time.
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Jul 24, 2023 03:16
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GlyphGryph posted:Good to know, definitely looking for stuff that's gonna be low effort for my first year. Update: all these came from a single potted blueberry today. All the maintenance/care was just watering the plant 
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Jul 24, 2023 06:28
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Sometimes people on the internet say wine caps don't taste that good. I'm here to be a person online that says yes they do.
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Jul 24, 2023 06:30
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PokeJoe posted:Sometimes people on the internet say wine caps don't taste that good. I'm here to be a person online that says yes they do. Wine caps are awesome. People who don’t like mushrooms shouldn’t be allowed to post on the internet. Or speak about them ever. Those looked awesome.
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Jul 24, 2023 06:41
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PokeJoe posted:Update: all these came from a single potted blueberry today. All the maintenance/care was just watering the plant Some hosed up looking blueberries
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Jul 24, 2023 10:21
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Redbuds are the weediest trees, but they're also lovely and planted intentionally all the time. I'd love to have one! Just not a foot from my foundation.
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Jul 24, 2023 13:47
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Made a small 5x3 bed closer to the house so Mrs Pony could grow some herbs and such in a more convenient spot than the garden.  Any suggestions for a good mix of stuff to put in it? Central VA Zone 7a/7b full sun.
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Jul 24, 2023 14:14
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Shifty Pony posted:Made a small 5x3 bed closer to the house so Mrs Pony could grow some herbs and such in a more convenient spot than the garden. You could probably get some cucumbers, pole/bush beans, herbs, radishes, and summercrisp lettuce varieties (check Johnny’s seeds) for harvest before fall. Otherwise would be a good spot for some fall/winter brassicas. Start a couple of kale plants and enjoy kale from your lil tree until Thanksgiving.
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Jul 24, 2023 14:24
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Shifty Pony posted:Made a small 5x3 bed closer to the house so Mrs Pony could grow some herbs and such in a more convenient spot than the garden.
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Jul 24, 2023 21:16
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So far we are thinking cilantro, chives, a small amount of basil at the back. Greens are a really good idea. Mostly smaller stuff since our main garden is about 20'x70' of useable space when you subtract the berry bushes
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Jul 24, 2023 21:55
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Shifty Pony posted:Made a small 5x3 bed closer to the house so Mrs Pony could grow some herbs and such in a more convenient spot than the garden. I would put in a few radishes because they're just so satisfying. Sprouts within days, edible within a couple of weeks, full size in 30 days. Arsenic Lupin fucked around with this message at 22:01 on Jul 24, 2023 |
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Jul 24, 2023 21:58
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comedy option is a block of ten corn stalks (adjust quantity to get proper spacing). get you some good fishcorns!
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Jul 24, 2023 22:10
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I lived at a place that had a bed about that size in the back yard that we planted early and late blooming strawberries in and I wish I still had that for making more jam. It also had an elderberry bush in one corner and some yarrow around.
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Jul 24, 2023 22:20
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sexy tiger boobs posted:Maybe a sawfly? Can't find a good match... Pretty sure this was it. Thank you!
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Jul 24, 2023 23:09
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After making me sweat about it since spring, it looks like the bitter melon volunteers (from seed that has to have been in the ground for at least two years) have started producing: Last year I thought I'd lost the seed line I'd been propagating for almost a decade because the vines were vigorous but didn't produce any fruit. These volunteers have been growing well and they've been putting out plenty of male flowers for the past month or so, but they've just started producing fruit.
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Jul 24, 2023 23:36
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SubG posted:Specifically herbs and herb-like things? Random notes: My dad bought some bunching onions for $1 back in the 90s. He is still growing their descendants today. He also gifted some to my mother-in-law, who is also growing them. Pretty good bang for the buck, I'd say! After a season of being back into growing herbs, I am very happy to be growing chives, rosemary, and thyme. They are all things that are needed frequently in moderate quantities. Sage, as another poster said, has proved more trouble than it is worth. It's just a scraggly looking bush in the crazy heat we're having. It takes up an entire container, and for my trouble, I occasionally use a single leaf. We get a pretty good amount of Greek oregano out of a single plant in a 14" azalea pot, enough for summer grilling plus some to dry. It's a prostrate plant though, and so will act more like ground cover and sprawl out.
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Jul 25, 2023 02:51
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I keep meaning to post a state of the garden this year: And last year at the exact same time for comparison:  As you may be able to tell, it's much more businesslike this year, with no interplanted flowers. Also you can tell that this year hasn't been 105 degrees all month with no rain. Mostly tomatoes and mostly mostly peppers this year; with Swiss chard, tomatillos, celery and herbs mixed in Also also: 
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Jul 25, 2023 20:36
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I am also of the tomatoes have no laws approach, that looks like a handful. Very pretty sammich with one of my family's favorite hot sauces in the background. I'll get a picture of our pile when I get home, my wife has been living on tomato sandwiches for a while now.
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Jul 25, 2023 20:49
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Last year I was so worried about mildew that I trimmed and trained the tomatoes so there were no leaves below a foot of the ground, and only two main stems. They were... Unhappy. This year I just wife them through the wire occasionally and they love me
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Jul 25, 2023 20:53
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Discussion Quorum posted:After a season of being back into growing herbs, I am very happy to be growing chives, rosemary, and thyme. They are all things that are needed frequently in moderate quantities.
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Soul Dentist posted:Last year I was so worried about mildew that I trimmed and trained the tomatoes so there were no leaves below a foot of the ground, and only two main stems. They were... Unhappy. This year I just wife them through the wire occasionally and they love me I love indeterminates, just kind of go out there every day and make sure it hasn't become too out of control. Fruit has support, top of the plant is growing the right way. They're hilarious plants. *knocking really hard on wood* I don't think I've ever seen mildew on a tomato or other nightshade. I treat all my squash with copper early on because that one normally kicks my rear end but I've never seen it on anything else. Cut your dirt out, burn what you pull. Tomatoes are incredibly tough plants but when they fall apart they go hard.
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