July Garden

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[–]Zapped[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (23 children)

The strawberries are fading out, but the eggplant is starting to produce. My jalapenos come in waves. Waiting on another wave now. The watermelon is a Crimson Red, but I did not note the planting date, so I will have to guess when they're ready, if I can get them before the raccoons do. It has been a decent first year back to gardening. I hope to expand back to a regular garden next year.

Any suggestions on fall or winter crops?

[–]Node 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (22 children)

Nice. Is that an Aji Amarillo in #4?

Had an injury back in Feb that really screwed up everything, and have just recently gotten new seeds started. The tallest of my new pepper plants are 1 inch, with some taking a while to germinate. The Red Lava Habs from u/Horrux popped a few days ago and are well on their way. Thanks, buddy.

I think the seeds from 2018 are a bit too old, so RIP to the Carolina Reapers, Trinidad Chocolate Scorpions, Goat Weed cross, Hungarian Rounds, Albanian Red Hots, Red Locatto, and a couple others. (but I'll wait another week or so in case they surprise)

Plants from last year are doing fine, and have some good sized peppers on them. Goat Weed, Urfa Biber, and Aleppo.

Any suggestions on fall or winter crops?

What is your climate zone? Does it freeze there?

Swiss Chard is a great cool weather plant. Broccoli is good. Garlic? Leafy greens in general prefer the cooler weather.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

So they've germinated already? Nice! Also... Mine are from 2018 too... ;-)

I'll probably grow a couple plants of these Red Lavas over the winter.

Let me know when you taste them!!!

[–]Node 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yep, these are going to be Red Lava Habaneros: Postal Crush Edition.

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Are you in a non-freezing area, or do you have an indoor setup?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Winters regularly reach -40 degrees out here. So yes, I have an indoor setup, and frankly it's kind of necessary, even for outdoor growing, when you can't put any plants outdoors before May and by October the Sun is too low to grow much of anything. Well, foliage will still grow.

Anyway, yes, I plan on growing one or two plants of this type fully indoors, with their own dedicated grow-light.

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

https://files.catbox.moe/rknqai.jpeg

Here's that pic of the postal crush. Those indentations were on all three folds. They run letters through something that really squishes them. Luckily that washer saved them from a horrible fate.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

WHOA, I don't think they do that around here, but damn, that is some serious pressure. I knew I was going to find a use for those espresso machine seals, even though the coffee maker is broken. This was a good use!

[–]Zapped[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (15 children)

Banana Peppers in #4. I'll look at the specific variety in the morning. Perfect for snacking right off the plant. I am in zones 3/4 in the southeastern US, so it does freeze, but we get plenty of rain. I had leaf lettuce this Spring that grew faster than I could eat until the heat made it bitter, so I may plant some more of that. I've thought about swiss chard and kohlrabi. Maybe carrots or beets. I've never had good results with broccoli.

[–]Node 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (14 children)

They grow some cauliflower around here with thick juicy leaf stems that are almost better than the cauliflower itself. Great cool weather crop.

I was looking at that curve in them and wondering. They could be the Ajis if they were straight.

Have a few chard plants and you can do a regular pick of the bigger leaves. Collard Greens do well in cool weather. They're frost tolerant, and it's even supposed to make them taste better.

https://territorialseed.com/collections/collard/products/collard-flash?variant=12786044371043

[–]Zapped[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

Collards are king around here, with kale and mustard greens popular, too. I've never been a big fan of greens, but if they're seasoned the right way, I like collard greens. Kale is good when roasted.

[–]factchecker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

greens make me go potty a lot.

[–]Zapped[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

Yes. They are high in fiber, along with folate, potassium, calcium, iron and vitamins A, C and K.

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

I miss a lot of posts and comments. If you post pics of your garden, give me a ping so I can come admire.

[–]factchecker 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

If you post pics of your garden, give me a ping so I can come admire.

I am growing some seaweeds out in my yard if you wanna stop over and look at it.

[–]Node 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Kelp

IRL I'm 2000 feet from growing seaweed in my yard, but not online. IRL I'm growing landweeds.

[–]Zapped[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Sure thing.

I had trouble getting seedlings to survive the transfer this Spring. Do you have any advice? All the plants I have now were purchased as small plants. I think I had one cilantro that survived.

[–]Node 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I can't recall ever having a problem with transferring seedlings. I usually start them in those small plastic '6 packs', with I think 8 fitting in a standard 11 x 21 gardening tray.

I like to mix sand in with standard potting soil to make it less 'fluffy'. After a day or so of the wet paper towel treatment, insert seeds at the proper depth and keep warm. Once they've popped, keep them within about an inch of grow tubes in a 4 foot shop light fixture.

When the roots grow enough to hold all the soil together in the cell, carefully extract them and place in the hole you've made to fit.

This is where yours die? Possible problems include: Weather or soil still too cold, damage to roots from transferring too soon, or going to full sun while they're still too sensitive.

Are you going right from a light fixture to full sun, without acclimating them? If so, try going to filtered sun for a few days to a week first. Work them up to full sun gradually over the course of the week.