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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,904
    Peyote?


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434

    It was snowing a few weeks ago. Been gardening all day. Hotter than hell. 
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    lastexitlondon said:
    Peyote?
    I never lived in the right area at the right time. I grew up in shroom country. 

    But peyote is one of the last things I want to try before I die. 
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    The one we’re having tonight is Swiss chard. 


    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,403
    lastexitlondon said:

    Does nobody see the bee?

    Awesome pics Rob!!!
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576

    Carpenter bees are my primary blueberry pollinators.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,403
    rgambs said:

    Carpenter bees are my primary blueberry pollinators.
    They tear shit up though.  .38 caliber holes everywhere lol!
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    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. 
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,403
    rgambs said:
    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?
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    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. 
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,403
    deadendp said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    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?
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    tempo_n_groove said:
    deadendp said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    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.

    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,403
    rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    deadendp said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    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
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    deadendp said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    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. 
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,403
    deadendp said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    deadendp said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    rgambs said:
    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.
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    Makes sense. 

    Any tips on getting a bigger yield from my pepper plants? 
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    deadendp said:
    Makes sense. 

    Any tips on getting a bigger yield from my pepper plants? 
    Top them when they get 6-8 true leaves so they set more branches, and a a foliar spray of epsom salts just before and after flowering.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434


    Lop that whole center part of 3-4 leaves out? Decapitate it? :fearful: Specific details so I don't kill them, please. 
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    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.  
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    rgambs said:
    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.  
    Gotcha. Thank you!
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1

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