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Re: The Dawg Patch
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2024 7:31 am
by GoDawgs
The second flight of fall plants was planned for setting out around the 24th but they're ready for take off now. They were started Aug 15th. I'll set them out on the porch today and let them adjust for a few days and then plug them in. However before that day I'm going to have to dig holes in advance and pour the water to them for several days as the ground is still powder dry.
24.09.14 Next flight ready to fly early.JPG
Still no rain and the same old "cloudy with spotty showers" forecast. This morning the map shows showers all over next door neighbor South Carolina and a few in south Georgia. There's a big old red line of storms cutting through Alabama from NW to SE. It will probably fall apart before it gets here. Heavy sigh...
Re: The Dawg Patch
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2024 9:43 am
by JayneR13
Dawgs, please remind me: when you direct seed during dry weather, do you put newspaper or cardboard down over the plantings to keep the moisture in? I'm thinking to lay cardboard down over the garlic planting at the food pantry so I don't have to run over there Every.Single.Day to water. And obviously, we remove the cover once the seed has germinated. Once germinated I'll probably have to make a weekend run, but the place is close to home and it wouldn't be the first time!
Re: The Dawg Patch
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2024 7:10 am
by GoDawgs
JayneR13 wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2024 9:43 am
Dawgs, please remind me: when you direct seed during dry weather, do you put newspaper or cardboard down over the plantings to keep the moisture in? I'm thinking to lay cardboard down over the garlic planting at the food pantry so I don't have to run over there Every.Single.Day to water. And obviously, we remove the cover once the seed has germinated. Once germinated I'll probably have to make a weekend run, but the place is close to home and it wouldn't be the first time!
Yes, I do. I soak the furrows well several times then plant and water one more time. Then I lay soaked newspaper sections over the row, using poles down each side of the newspaper to hold it down. The trick is to make sure the newspaper or other covering is removed at the first sign of germination or risk leggy useless seedlings. Bush beans usually pop up in 4-5 days but I start checking them on Day 3.
Once they pop up they get watered again and then mulched well to lock in the moisture.
Re: The Dawg Patch
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:06 am
by GoDawgs
I found a Covington sweet potato at the grocery in January and after reading that it was somewhat resistant to nematodes I bought one to try. Slips were grown from it and two test hills were planted. Yesterday was digging day. They're a lot smaller than the Jewels despite being in the ground the same amount of time. We'll see how they taste and how well they store.
24.09.16 Covington sweet potatoes dug.JPG
24.09.17 Covington test hills dug, 4 lbs.JPG
I spent yesterday morning plus this morning and afternoon prepping holes for tomorrow's planting. The soil is so dry at least a shovel's depth. So I dig a hole and fill it several times with water.
24.09.17 Prepping planting holes.JPG
Then I add a shovel of compost, refill the hole, add fertilizer and turn the soil about four times before making a saucer-shape to plant in. The saucer shape helps catch rain (LOL!). In this case, I water one more time. Once plants are in I'll mulch everything. This bed is ready to plant. There are 50 plants of various brassicas that will get planted later today. It's cloudy, low 80's and that heavy wind of the past several days is gone. Perfect.
24.09.17 Bed ready for planting.JPG
The peppers are loving the cooler weather. It's the same every year. They shut down in the summer heat so you keep them alive, pick a few now and then and then watch them go nuts when it cools off. This is a Mucho Nacho jalapeno plant, just loaded.
24.09.17 Mucho Nacho pepper loaded.JPG
Tomorrow I need to prep some areas for seeding turnips and carrots later. Once all that's done and the mulch is down it's maintenance time. Whew!
Re: The Dawg Patch
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:46 am
by GoDawgs
Yesterday afternoon was planting time for the second half of the fall stuff. Fifty plants went in pretty quickly with two of us plugging them in. I learned a good while ago that trying to prep holes and plant that same day is just way too much to do. Better to spread it all out over two days.
Today I need to take down the four trellises out there and prep a row for carrots.
Meanwhile the fall tomatoes are looking good. They like this cooler weather. There are a lot fewer of them than the spring group. That big one on the left is the SunSugar cherry, a spring holdover that I cut in half a month or so ago. It's right back up there and setting fruit again.
24.09.17 Fall 2nd round tomatoes, peppers.JPG
This is Laura's Bounty Dwarf, a first timer for me. It's setting nicely and down at the bottom the first one is ripening.
24.09.17 Laura's Bounty.JPG
Got the first Noah's Stripes dwarf yesterday. Not a real pretty one with all those little dits on it but gives me an idea of what it looks like. The plant has been struggling.
24.09.17 Noah's Stripes Dwarf.JPG
And the Morden cucumber is starting to climb. Those are BIG leaves for a cucumber!
24.09.17 Morden's cuke taking off.JPG
We had the first heavy fog this morning. Time to count 45 days and see if it's close to the first killer frost. Our usual first killer is around Nov 10 so we'll see.
Re: The Dawg Patch
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 5:16 pm
by Seven Bends
Is anyone else not seeing the photos in @GoDawgs' latest post? I just see file names ending in .JPG. Tried reloading, tried right-clicking, no luck.
Re: The Dawg Patch
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:49 pm
by JRinPA
same
Re: The Dawg Patch
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:50 pm
by pepperhead212
+2
Re: The Dawg Patch
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2024 8:32 pm
by JayneR13
Ditto. We’re not nuts. It’s a technology thing.
Re: The Dawg Patch
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:27 am
by GoDawgs
GoDawgs wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:46 am
Yesterday afternoon was planting time for the second half of the fall stuff. Fifty plants went in pretty quickly with two of us plugging them in. I learned a good while ago that trying to prep holes and plant that same day is just way too much to do. Better to spread it all out over two days.
Today I need to take down the four trellises out there and prep a row for carrots.
Meanwhile the fall tomatoes are looking good. They like this cooler weather. There are a lot fewer of them than the spring group. That big one on the left is the SunSugar cherry, a spring holdover that I cut in half a month or so ago. It's right back up there and setting fruit again.
24.09.17 Fall 2nd round tomatoes, peppers.JPG
This is Laura's Bounty Dwarf, a first timer for me. It's setting nicely and down at the bottom the first one is ripening.
24.09.17 Laura's Bounty.JPG
Got the first Noah's Stripes dwarf yesterday. Not a real pretty one with all those little dits on it but gives me an idea of what it looks like. The plant has been struggling.
24.09.17 Noah's Stripes Dwarf.JPG
And the Morden cucumber is starting to climb. Those are BIG leaves for a cucumber!
24.09.17 Morden's cuke taking off.JPG
We had the first heavy fog this morning. Time to count 45 days and see if it's close to the first killer frost. Our usual first killer is around Nov 10 so we'll see.
Re: The Dawg Patch
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:29 am
by GoDawgs
Apologies for the photo foul up!
I have no idea why it happened but it looks like it's good to go now.
And I did pick that Laura's Bounty that was turning. As I touched it, it fell off into my hand. Yep, ready! It has light striping on it. Haven't tasted it yet.
24.09.19 Dwf Laura's Bounty.JPG
Re: The Dawg Patch
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2024 8:51 am
by Tormato
GoDawgs wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:27 am
GoDawgs wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:46 am
Yesterday afternoon was planting time for the second half of the fall stuff. Fifty plants went in pretty quickly with two of us plugging them in. I learned a good while ago that trying to prep holes and plant that same day is just way too much to do. Better to spread it all out over two days.
Today I need to take down the four trellises out there and prep a row for carrots.
Meanwhile the fall tomatoes are looking good. They like this cooler weather. There are a lot fewer of them than the spring group. That big one on the left is the SunSugar cherry, a spring holdover that I cut in half a month or so ago. It's right back up there and setting fruit again.
24.09.17 Fall 2nd round tomatoes, peppers.JPG
This is Laura's Bounty Dwarf, a first timer for me. It's setting nicely and down at the bottom the first one is ripening.
24.09.17 Laura's Bounty.JPG
Got the first Noah's Stripes dwarf yesterday. Not a real pretty one with all those little dits on it but gives me an idea of what it looks like. The plant has been struggling.
24.09.17 Noah's Stripes Dwarf.JPG
And the Morden cucumber is starting to climb. Those are BIG leaves for a cucumber!
24.09.17 Morden's cuke taking off.JPG
We had the first heavy fog this morning. Time to count 45 days and see if it's close to the first killer frost. Our usual first killer is around Nov 10 so we'll see.
I know that I didn't send you Arkansas Little Leaf by mistake.
Please save seeds if you get that far.
