OK Container growers,,,which varieties have done best for you?
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Comments (3)"Hilling" is just building up a 6-10" high hill that is 8-10" in diameter in the center and planting the seeds spaced evenly around the top of the hill. Plant 5-6 seeds and then thin to the best 2-3 plants. Most all squash varieties are planted in hills for several reasons - lets the soil drain faster since they don't like wet feet, lets the plants drape down the slope of the hill while still supported to avoid stem breakage (otherwise they tend to lean over from the weight and can break), and it gives you loose soil to bury any breaks or SVB punctures so the plant can keep going. As to # of plants - it is root mass that is the issue. 1 in a 5 gal. does ok with lots of extra feed and water care but produces only a few. 1 in 10 gallons does great but needs some hand pollination for good production. In 20 gallons you can easily put 2 and and maybe 3. They produce well and help support each other and you get much better natural insect pollination. You can always remove 1 of them if it gets over crowded. I routinely grow 3 in my cut in 1/2 40gal plastic barrel planters. Dave...See MoreOK, put a fork in me, I'm done...
Comments (8)Nancy..I'm filling the same way this summer. I try to get out there early since I'm an early riser but I can't make a lot of noise because I don't want to disturb my neighbors. I decided we had been cooped up here in the house since Sunday and we needed a change of scenery. Drove to shopping center 15 miles away that has Walmart, Target, Michael's, Home Depot, Giant and my favorite Dress Barn Woman..DH is a diabetic and diabetics can't tolerate the heat..He was okay in WM, come out and we drove over to HD and was in the garden shop for about 15 min. and his face started showing signs of stress and he was really minding it. He said he felt like he was going to pass out. Asked him if he wanted me to stop for something to eat. No, go on home. He got in the house and went straight to bed. I made him drink water and also take his BS..and made him lunch so it was high after lunch. BLT sandwich and chips..so it was 294..he should have taken the BS before he ate. I think until all these 90 plus days go away, he'll have to stay home in the A/C..When the temps get high 80's when I've been out working for a few hours..in I come for the rest of the day. All this high temps makes me wonder if we are in for a really bad winter..This year was so mild, you hardly knew it was winter, with exception of maybe 2 weeks.....See MoreFig report: which fig varieties did best for you this year?
Comments (10)Yes Herman I'm speaking about the dark Danny's Delight. The fact that so many collectors received a green Danny's Delight has caused this fig to have a bad reputation. But, the one that we have in ground, is indeed dark. We have been winter protecting it, now for three years by bending it to the ground, covering it with compost, then insulating it. I hope to start testing it the 2013/2014 winter, without winter protection. It is reputed to have been able to handle Michigan zone 5b/6a weather. Because we are also in a zone 5b/6a, we wanted to grow and test it here. So far it is the best tasting cold hardy fig I have ever tasted. I'm happy to hear that you will be comparing it against Malta Black, to see if they are the same. This is an impressive fig. Not only for it's great taste, but also, it is a heavy bearing fig, wet soil resistant, and is another early bearing fig, for those of us in very short growing areas. Now if it can handle as much cold as Marseilles Black VS, it will be truly a great northern fig. Bob - Connecticut - Zone 5b/6a...See MoreRecommended Vegetable Varieties for OK
Comments (8)River, I can't grow blueberries here, so I am probably the wrong person to answer your question, but here goes. You can grow highbush, southern highbush, or rabbiteye in Oklahoma, except in the parts of the state that have very sandy soil, or very alkaline soil, or very alkaline water or any combination of those three (generally western and southwestern OK, and parts of southcentral OK). Through heavy soil amending, I've taken the pH of our soil from the 7.8 to 8.2 range to the 6.8 to 7.0 range, so I still would have to bring in bales and bales of peat moss in order to grow blueberries, and even then I'd still have water that tests around 8.2. So, even though DH and DS love blueberries, I just can't make myself plant them here because it would be a constant struggle. Every time Scott talks about how wonderful they are, though, I almost talk myself into planting some. In your part of Oklahoma, you could grow any of the three. I think Dorothy and Scott and some of the others who post here that raise blueberries often mention rabbiteyes. I'll find and link the OSU blueberry fact sheet. My uncle grows them in his very acidic soil in East Texas and they not only produce very well there, but they are gorgeous plants too. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Growing Blueberries in Oklahoma Gardens...See Morejwr6404
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