Forum: Gardening

NPK-University Soil Microbiology With Harley Smith About 30 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PssluRwbOc4

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening/ OCTOBER 2017 1st Poor planting day. Kill poison ivy, weeds, clear land, but no planting. 2nd - 3rd Extra good for vine crops. Favorable days for planting aboveground crops where climate is suitable.

While watering my orchids I snapped one of the stems. It's hanging on by a thread and is in bloom. Is there a way to graft it together or is it a lost cause? Thanks!

Has anyone imported/purchased praying mantis for their garden for pest control? Do they really work well? I am at my wit's end this year. After a mild winter, and warm, humid, rainy summer, the bugs are seriously trying to take over. The cabbages are so holey I can see through them, the...

Well if you're in the midwest right now and go outside you might notice an unusual sight. Tons of butterflies that look sorta like monarchs but only smaller. They're called Orange Painted Ladies. Apparently due to the warmer spring and the unusual temps this summer it's been a banner year for...

This is a good interview. I think he is one of us. He says that the widespread use of genetically modified crops and resulting illness in people is being done on purpose. He does not give his chicken any chicken feed because it has GMO corn in it. Instead he plants extra stuff in his garden to...

Learning by experience. I don't usually buy pelleted seeds but I got some when my favorite carrot seeds weren't available locally one year so I tried something new. I got some pelleted carrot seeds, not my usual variety but they did great. They are a couple of years old now and I tried them...

Does anyone know why peonies suddenly quit budding and blooming. Had our place for 3 summers now and the first year we had lovely big blooms on the peonies, but the last 2 years ...... nothing at all. Not one bud. Irrigation gets to them, lots of sun, not too many ants..... Do they just...

We're pickling beets today.The tough outer leaves and stems went to compost, after cooking, the skin, tops and bottom went to chickens, the greens went to freezer and the pickled beets went on a shelf. edit to add: 2 half gallon bags of greens and 7 pints of beets from 3' x 7' bed.

This is my first full year at my new digs. I'm here by myself - with some occasional help from friends & family - whom I hope to benefit from what I'm planning here. I've got 10 acres to play with. I'm taking care of the big structural improvements/remodelling/maintenance issues this year......

I just planted some blueberries and read that they like acid soil. Other than adding sulfur from a bag I got at the nursery, what else can I add to the soil that will provide some natural acid making soil??

www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening/ JUNE 2018 1st Plant late beets, potatoes, onions, carrots, and other root crops. 2nd - 4th Poor days for planting. Kill plant pests, spray, fertilize, do general farm work.

Planting Guide Dec 2017 www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening/ https://www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening/ December 2017 1st Fine for planting beans, peppers, cucumbers, melons, and other aboveground crops where climate is suitable.

www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening/ MAY 2018 1st - 2nd Seeds planted now will do poorly and yield little 3rd - 5th Plant late beets, potatoes, onions, carrots, and other root crops.

Planting timing can make a small garden space much more productive and insulate you a bit from the vulgarities of nature. There are 4 basic types of garden plants, Spring thriving, summer, fall thriving, and full season. I will describe the season and it's plants. You will need to fit it into your...

Is there any way I can eliminate these @%^$#!&*^ things??? I've trapped 5 so far this season, but it seems I get one and another moves in. Helllppppp!! TIA squeeks

1. Folks, I'm looking for Potato Onions, if anyone has or know someone that has, please send me a message. 2. I also have a few heirloom pole bean seed to trade. Again, send me a message. Thank you. (mods: if this is a problem please delete.)

Hydrangea shrubs 3:43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FFKfWN68VQ 3:38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynUC4bIcI3g 23:10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WeuewNwfeg

I finally had radishes grow for the very first time this year. They were a long variety, breakfast radish maybe. They got woody kind of fast, so I didn't bother pulling all of them out. To my surprise, what was left in the ground grew and produced seed pods. Now if I could get some carrots...

This was 2nd year for my grape vines. They were super healthy and grew like crazy. There were TONS of little grape clusters but they all disappeared. I don't see them on the ground; don't see that birds pecked them; haven't seen anything that could have gotten in there and swiped ALL those...

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So anyone here in Texas saving their seed from year to year? I ask because I am looking for some varieties (of vegetables and herbs) that have been climatize to the Texas weather through several generations of local breeding. I am curious to see how much (if at all) better they might grow...

I have 4 large cucumbers that was reserved for seeds. I haven't picked them yet as I am waiting for them to turn more yellow than they are. When I do pick them, cut them open and scrape out the seeds, do I add a little water and ferment them a few days like tomato seeds or do I just wash and let...

Alrighty, got the last bits of the garden harvested yesterday, and now everything is mulched or will soon be mulched and is ready for winter. What seed catalogs are y'all looking at right now? And what's on your must plant list? For the first time in ages ALL of my raised beds are filled...

My daughter cleaned out the seed cabinet today. Wow did we have a lot of older seed. Going to do some germination tests just to see before I chuck it. Some is from the late 90s. Been stored in the basement. Found some cotton seed and sorghum from a few years ago when I messed with them.

We are about to build some raised beds, and I've been looking at various set ups. Your opinions would be greatly appreciated. Right now, our current thinking is to line the beds with heavy black plastic, lay weeping tile (pipe) in bottom, cover with landscape fabric, then a layer of sand to help...

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening/ SEPTEMBER 2018 4th - 5th Plant seedbeds and flower gardens. Good days for transplanting. Fine planting days for fall potatoes, turnips, onions, carrots, beets, and other root crops. 6th - 9th Clear ground, turn sod, or kill plant pests.

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/calendar/gardening/ 1st Excellent for sowing grains, hay, and forage crops. Plant flowers. Good day for planting peas, beans, tomatoes, peppers, and other aboveground crops in southern Florida, Texas, and California. 2nd - 3rd Start seedbeds. Excellent time for...

Simple offgrid method of hydroponic growing. My wife does a tour of the lettuce house as we were building it.

Happy New Year! I am planning on mixing my own seed starting soil this year and was wondering what "receipes" you all use. Last year I simply used peat moss and potting soil from Home Depot. This year I'm thinking of adding Perlite or Vermiculite. What all are you using? Thanks and happy...

After reading it on TB I'm doing the back to Eden garden. I've gotten all of the old grass encrusted raised beds broken down, the paper is spread and chips are on top. I have one really nice pepper plant that I want to try and save through winter. It has two tomato cages on top of it, so I...