767 days ago
by Vallyncia |
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I started some sweet peas inside this spring and moved them outside without “hardening them off”. I did this because sweet pea vines are challenging to move and because I was eager to get some plants on my balcony. The plants seem to be doing okay – they haven’t grown much but they are still green and healthy with no apparently sign of disease. However, the leaves are turning reddish and I have no idea why. I Googled it and there was nothing for “sweet peas + red...
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785 days ago
by Trumpetvine |
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Well, here goes….I am really unsure about how to do things here on Garden tenders yet, so I hope I do this right & put it in the right format. I love COLEUS & am trying to gather as many different varieties as I can this summer. I love the pops of color that they add to the shade beds. This 1st pic is of a variety named ALABAMA This next one is called PINEAPPLE This one is RED RUFFLES This is RAINBOW MIX This is STAINED GLASS This is RED KONG This is WIZARD MIX I don̵...
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789 days ago
by chscholz |
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It’s been an unusually cold winter and a long spring here in TX. Average last frost is March 15 but this year we had the last frost late Feb. if I recall correctly. It is the buy time of the year; most vegetables are translated in the yard and we see the first flowers.What’s new this year as compared to last year?
increased the garden by a fair amount by taking out more lawn
had the trees trimmed to get more sun
bought rain water barrels
planted more pepper seeds,
plant...
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800 days ago
by Vallyncia |
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Finally spring has come!My seedlings will be moving to their new homes soon (although not as soon as I would have liked, spring has not been overly warm here yet). I will be getting the patio cleaned off as soon as it stops raining outside. My entire patio garden is getting an overhaul this year in the hopes that we will be to use the patio instead of just having it be essentially a greenhouse like it was last year. I didn’t mind so much, but my husband would like to be able to use the ...
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802 days ago
by daltxguy |
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The red broom corn ( sorghum bicolor) has matured and the seed heads are now a brilliant reddish color ( as advertised).
I didn’t really know how it goes from plant to broom so I looked it up and here is what I found out:When the seed peduncles ( isn’t that a fun word?) begin to turn from a yellowish color to a light green color then the seed heads should be cut off.
Now, isn’t that strange? Normally things go from green to yellow in the fall. Nope these go gr...
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826 days ago
by Vallyncia |
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My cabbage is looking sad, and I’m not sure if it’s frost bite or rot. Please help!
(The holes are from cabbage moth caterpillars last fall; it’s the spots that I’m concerned about.)I have more pictures if needed!
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866 days ago
by Vallyncia |
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I was walking in my community garden the other day and was so excited to see the tulips beginning to poke their way out of the ground! I am so ready for the spring planting season to begin.I’m a little wary of putting things in the ground too soon, however, so for now I will just have to enjoy starting some seedlings at home and tending them until the ground decides to stop freezing at night.I will be purchasing a grow light this weekend and putting in the very first of my seedlings. I ...
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894 days ago
by daltxguy |
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2 feet of rain in September, followed by 8 weeks drought in spring with 30C+ temps ( 90F+) followed by too much rain and a flood from the same storm which is (still) dumping on the Aussies got things off to a strange start but the combination of the moisture and heat and long days has brought things right in a hurry.
The corn is knee high by 4th of Jan so we must be on schedule! and there is a veritable food forest thing happening.
Here you can see the corn in the forefront, the sorghu...
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950 days ago
by chscholz |
3 comments »
Here are a few pictures of bai cai (literally white cabage, aka napa cabbage)
Kohlrabi
and some other mystery vegetable (I am serious, no clue what this is)
The pictures are a 1.5 weeks old, simply did not find the time to post them earlier.We’ll probably dig up a few sweet potatoes this coming weekend and plant these vegetables.
Chris
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952 days ago
by chscholz |
8 comments »
Another vegetable we’ve been harvesting for a while: Si Gua.
And of course there is always more don gua, Seven more to come. Just hope the frost stays away a few more weeks…
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