It was a hot weekend, but I got a good bit done. Tomatoes and some late cabbage transplanted, bush beans and summer squash planted. Peas, onions, potatoes and spinach fully weeded, and chopped straw mulch laid on tomatoes, kohlrabi, cabbage, and peas. Just need to get the peppers transplanted when the heat breaks. Then its time to get support up for the maters and bird netting up around the blueberries, plant winter squash and then yard-long pole beans. After that its just trying to keep a handle on mowing and weeds...and harvesting of course.
I just planted my blueberries. Should I cover them up? Is there that much loss to birds?
Also do you make the cover holes big enough for bees to get through?
Bird-X netting is what we have used in the past. Worked fine.
It was a hot weekend, but I got a good bit done. Tomatoes and some late cabbage transplanted, bush beans and summer squash planted. Peas, onions, potatoes and spinach fully weeded, and chopped straw mulch laid on tomatoes, kohlrabi, cabbage, and peas. Just need to get the peppers transplanted when the heat breaks. Then its time to get support up for the maters and bird netting up around the blueberries, plant winter squash and then yard-long pole beans. After that its just trying to keep a handle on mowing and weeds...and harvesting of course.
I just planted my blueberries. Should I cover them up? Is there that much loss to birds?
Also do you make the cover holes big enough for bees to get through?
Bird-X netting is what we have used in the past. Worked fine.
So I do need it though?
If you just planted them I'm guessing you won't get enough berries to bother. If they are new young plants, its best to pinch the flowers off so the vegetative growth is increased for next year's production.
It was a hot weekend, but I got a good bit done. Tomatoes and some late cabbage transplanted, bush beans and summer squash planted. Peas, onions, potatoes and spinach fully weeded, and chopped straw mulch laid on tomatoes, kohlrabi, cabbage, and peas. Just need to get the peppers transplanted when the heat breaks. Then its time to get support up for the maters and bird netting up around the blueberries, plant winter squash and then yard-long pole beans. After that its just trying to keep a handle on mowing and weeds...and harvesting of course.
I just planted my blueberries. Should I cover them up? Is there that much loss to birds?
Also do you make the cover holes big enough for bees to get through?
Bird-X netting is what we have used in the past. Worked fine.
So I do need it though?
If you just planted them I'm guessing you won't get enough berries to bother. If they are new young plants, its best to pinch the flowers off so the vegetative growth is increased for next year's production.
It was a hot weekend, but I got a good bit done. Tomatoes and some late cabbage transplanted, bush beans and summer squash planted. Peas, onions, potatoes and spinach fully weeded, and chopped straw mulch laid on tomatoes, kohlrabi, cabbage, and peas. Just need to get the peppers transplanted when the heat breaks. Then its time to get support up for the maters and bird netting up around the blueberries, plant winter squash and then yard-long pole beans. After that its just trying to keep a handle on mowing and weeds...and harvesting of course.
I just planted my blueberries. Should I cover them up? Is there that much loss to birds?
Also do you make the cover holes big enough for bees to get through?
Bird-X netting is what we have used in the past. Worked fine.
So I do need it though?
If you just planted them I'm guessing you won't get enough berries to bother. If they are new young plants, its best to pinch the flowers off so the vegetative growth is increased for next year's production.
Ahhh got it. Just like a mater plant.
Thanks
With tomatoes, I don't pinch off blooms. I do pinch off suckers, though.
It was a hot weekend, but I got a good bit done. Tomatoes and some late cabbage transplanted, bush beans and summer squash planted. Peas, onions, potatoes and spinach fully weeded, and chopped straw mulch laid on tomatoes, kohlrabi, cabbage, and peas. Just need to get the peppers transplanted when the heat breaks. Then its time to get support up for the maters and bird netting up around the blueberries, plant winter squash and then yard-long pole beans. After that its just trying to keep a handle on mowing and weeds...and harvesting of course.
I just planted my blueberries. Should I cover them up? Is there that much loss to birds?
Also do you make the cover holes big enough for bees to get through?
Bird-X netting is what we have used in the past. Worked fine.
So I do need it though?
If you just planted them I'm guessing you won't get enough berries to bother. If they are new young plants, its best to pinch the flowers off so the vegetative growth is increased for next year's production.
Ahhh got it. Just like a mater plant.
Thanks
With tomatoes, I don't pinch off blooms. I do pinch off suckers, though.
Towards the end of the season I pinch off the flowers so the plant can focus on whats left on it and not waste energy on new flowers. I crop the top too and it does the same thing.
No, don't lop anything yet, they are a bit young yet. When they get another 2-3 inches they should be ready, then you take out the center growing tip, which is those tiny, often curled leaves in the middle. YouTube can show you exactly when and what to pinch until you get a feel for it.
No, don't lop anything yet, they are a bit young yet. When they get another 2-3 inches they should be ready, then you take out the center growing tip, which is those tiny, often curled leaves in the middle. YouTube can show you exactly when and what to pinch until you get a feel for it.
these are my raspberries and strawberries uncovered until fruit appears. The one covered is a josta berry. Goose/red current mix. Yet to see if its nice. Its fruiting now but they be bitter
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@deadendp Have you grown the ground cherries before? I've read they are unique and delicious and taste like custard or something.
I'm hoping to get everything all weedwhacked and cleaned up for a nice whole-garden photo soon...I never get everything presentable at once to get the photo lol
@rgambs Yes, we have. My daughter absolutely loves them. They grow with a lil paper husk on the outside like a tomatillo. I ended up with 9 plants and I told her that we can see how many we get, but perhaps there is a pie or some small jars of jam in our future. She is excited to see what we will get!
I place tomato cages around them to give them a lil support to keep from rambling all over. Baker Creek Seeds is where I buy Aunt Molly's Ground Cherries.
@rgambs Yes, we have. My daughter absolutely loves them. They grow with a lil paper husk on the outside like a tomatillo. I ended up with 9 plants and I told her that we can see how many we get, but perhaps there is a pie or some small jars of jam in our future. She is excited to see what we will get!
I place tomato cages around them to give them a lil support to keep from rambling all over. Baker Creek Seeds is where I buy Aunt Molly's Ground Cherries.
How many blueberry bushes do you have and how much do you usually get from them? I've had 10 for a few years, but this will be my first full harvest. They got blasted by cicadas the year after I planted so I had to nurse them back to health and then last year I missed most of the harvest on a 3 week vacation.
How many blueberry bushes do you have and how much do you usually get from them? I've had 10 for a few years, but this will be my first full harvest. They got blasted by cicadas the year after I planted so I had to nurse them back to health and then last year I missed most of the harvest on a 3 week vacation.
It is the year of the cicada too. Maybe I should cover them this year?!?
How many blueberry bushes do you have and how much do you usually get from them? I've had 10 for a few years, but this will be my first full harvest. They got blasted by cicadas the year after I planted so I had to nurse them back to health and then last year I missed most of the harvest on a 3 week vacation.
It is the year of the cicada too. Maybe I should cover them this year?!?
We did the 17 year cicada cycle here in 2016. In 1999, we lived within a few miles of the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area and my husband was an interpretive naturalist for CVNRA at that time. Those were loud! We were also there for the great gypsy moth infestation.
We did the 17 year cicada cycle here in 2016. In 1999, we lived within a few miles of the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area and my husband was an interpretive naturalist for CVNRA at that time. Those were loud! We were also there for the great gypsy moth infestation.
The double-fault final-play elimination hasn't occurred since the Helsinki episode of 1919, and I think we all remember how THAT turned out!
We did the 17 year cicada cycle here in 2016. In 1999, we lived within a few miles of the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area and my husband was an interpretive naturalist for CVNRA at that time. Those were loud! We were also there for the great gypsy moth infestation.
The double-fault final-play elimination hasn't occurred since the Helsinki episode of 1919, and I think we all remember how THAT turned out!
We did the 17 year cicada cycle here in 2016. In 1999, we lived within a few miles of the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area and my husband was an interpretive naturalist for CVNRA at that time. Those were loud! We were also there for the great gypsy moth infestation.
The double-fault final-play elimination hasn't occurred since the Helsinki episode of 1919, and I think we all remember how THAT turned out!
We did the 17 year cicada cycle here in 2016. In 1999, we lived within a few miles of the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area and my husband was an interpretive naturalist for CVNRA at that time. Those were loud! We were also there for the great gypsy moth infestation.
The double-fault final-play elimination hasn't occurred since the Helsinki episode of 1919, and I think we all remember how THAT turned out!
We did the 17 year cicada cycle here in 2016. In 1999, we lived within a few miles of the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area and my husband was an interpretive naturalist for CVNRA at that time. Those were loud! We were also there for the great gypsy moth infestation.
The double-fault final-play elimination hasn't occurred since the Helsinki episode of 1919, and I think we all remember how THAT turned out!
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Any tips on getting a bigger yield from my pepper plants?
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Lop that whole center part of 3-4 leaves out? Decapitate it?
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Have you grown the ground cherries before? I've read they are unique and delicious and taste like custard or something.
I'm hoping to get everything all weedwhacked and cleaned up for a nice whole-garden photo soon...I never get everything presentable at once to get the photo lol
Yes, we have. My daughter absolutely loves them. They grow with a lil paper husk on the outside like a tomatillo. I ended up with 9 plants and I told her that we can see how many we get, but perhaps there is a pie or some small jars of jam in our future. She is excited to see what we will get!
I place tomato cages around them to give them a lil support to keep from rambling all over. Baker Creek Seeds is where I buy Aunt Molly's Ground Cherries.
https://www.rareseeds.com/store/vegetables/ground-cherries/aunt-molly-s-ground-cherry
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Are they too tomato-like for you?
If you can get seeds, give it a go. Not too late.
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I've had 10 for a few years, but this will be my first full harvest. They got blasted by cicadas the year after I planted so I had to nurse them back to health and then last year I missed most of the harvest on a 3 week vacation.
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