OT: Please share any vegetable garden tips.

[Mr. Potter]

I have four variety of tomato's, multiple peppers-mild and hot. Pickled Cukes, Green beans. Should be picking tomatoes within the next two weeks.

A tip I would like to share that was passed down on the theme of marriage gardening. Plant Giant Sunflower Plants next to your tomatoes and you can train the tomatoes to climb the sunflower stalk. Something Van-Gogh would paint.

Shalom

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

you’re too late is all I got

 

[Nittering Nabob]

I have four variety of tomato's, multiple peppers-mild and hot. Pickled Cukes, Green beans. Should be picking tomatoes within the next two weeks.

A tip I would like to share that was passed down on the theme of marriage gardening. Plant Giant Sunflower Plants next to your tomatoes and you can train the tomatoes to climb the sunflower stalk. Something Van-Gogh would paint.

Shalom

Do you find that unprotected tomato plants (no wire meshing around them) tend to get pecked by birds just as they are about to be perfectly ripened?

 

[Mr. Potter]

Do you find that unprotected tomato plants (no wire meshing around them) tend to get pecked by birds just as they are about to be perfectly ripened?

Always.

 

[PSU Mike]

Roots in the soil. Leaves on top.

 

[prt]

Wegmans has a pretty good produce section.

 

[BobPSU92]

Wegmans has a pretty good produce section.

I also highly recommend the frozen section. Microwave. Easy, peas-y.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

you could melt all this stuff

 

[Steve JG]

I have four variety of tomato's, multiple peppers-mild and hot. Pickled Cukes, Green beans. Should be picking tomatoes within the next two weeks.

A tip I would like to share that was passed down on the theme of marriage gardening. Plant Giant Sunflower Plants next to your tomatoes and you can train the tomatoes to climb the sunflower stalk. Something Van-Gogh would paint.

Shalom

let your tomato seedlings get tall and leggy, like 1 foot, then cut most of the leaves off right up to top, then plant entire stem all the way down to top leaves, so like 1 foot of stem below ground. Put hand full bone meal in hole before planting. I use a long blade drain. spade to dig hole. They start a little slower but will develop much larger and stronger root system and hence plants and tomato yield.

 

[HarrisburgDave]

My fireplace generates a ton of ashes that I collect and give to my son for his garden. He uses them every year when he prepares his garden soil in the Spring. He claims his success in producing great beefsteak tomatoes, peppers, and squash is because of the benefits to his soil. His hot peppers are incredible.

 

[TheBigUglies]

Veggie gardens are much maintenance work(from past experiences), I now choose to spend my time hiking, biking, and traveling. I call it retirement practice.

 

[psuro]

My fireplace generates a ton of ashes that I collect and give to my son for his garden. He uses them every year when he prepares his garden soil in the Spring. He claims his success in producing great beefsteak tomatoes, peppers, and squash is because of the benefits to his soil. His hot peppers are incredible.

It makes the soil alkaline, which helps with those types of crops.

 

[psuro]

I have four variety of tomato's, multiple peppers-mild and hot. Pickled Cukes, Green beans. Should be picking tomatoes within the next two weeks.

A tip I would like to share that was passed down on the theme of marriage gardening. Plant Giant Sunflower Plants next to your tomatoes and you can train the tomatoes to climb the sunflower stalk. Something Van-Gogh would paint.

Shalom

Cucumbers grown near an all girls college tend to sell well.

Probably use it for the cucumber water they enjoy so much.

 

[BobPSU92]

Cucumbers grown near an all girls college tend to sell well.

Probably use it for the cucumber water they enjoy so much.

Sensual or sensuous?

 

[psuro]

Sensual or sensuous?

sensible

 

[Therealm.knox]

I have four variety of tomato's, multiple peppers-mild and hot. Pickled Cukes, Green beans. Should be picking tomatoes within the next two weeks.

A tip I would like to share that was passed down on the theme of marriage gardening. Plant Giant Sunflower Plants next to your tomatoes and you can train the tomatoes to climb the sunflower stalk. Something Van-Gogh would paint.

Shalom

Miracle Grow for tomatoes every other week. About a quart per plant. Keeps BER away and increases yield.

Sorry, nothing artsy.

 

[Nittany1865Farmer]

The Mountain hybrid series of tomatoes, developed by the Ag Department at N.C. State are considered the best resistant to tomato blight and fruit rot. I've had good success with these varieties. Plus when planting tomatoes, add about a teaspoon of plain Epson salts to your hole and lightly cover it with soil before planting. You don't want the bare root against the salts. This also helps with blight and fruit rot. Above all else - before planting next Spring, get a PSU soil kit from your local Cooperative Extension agency or Master Gardener and request the nutrient profile of your vegetables. Too many people over-fertilize their gardens with the wrong nutrients and waste a lot of money.

 

[HarrisburgDave]

Cucumbers grown near an all girls college tend to sell well.

Probably use it for the cucumber water they enjoy so much.

Cucumbers?! Another reminder of my "shortfalls".

 

[SkiLion2]

Since it seems like a significant portion of this thread has turned into tomatoes and peppers. I will ask one question: do you eat bananas? If the answer is yes, then stop throwing away the peels and instead put the banana peels in water for no more than 2 days. The potassium in the peels will leach into the water and you can then use the water on your tomatoes and peppers. This also works well for pot - if you can grow that where you live. Just don't leave the peels in the water too long or the water can harbor mold which will kill your plants.