Garden Update
One Sungold ready to munch. :)
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Juan Flamme setting like crazy:
Garden Peach keeping up with Juan, hope they are good despite fuzzy skin:
Big Beefs being secretive in their tight canopy, but also getting big, so I am happy:
Lone Cherokee Purple plant presenting a blushed shoulder:
Another holding a half dozen in a clutch I call a Cherokee Purple Keep:
I am a happy tomato gardener this year. I owe much to this online group for the knowledge you share. Thank you.
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Seysonn_ 8a-NC/HZ-7
7 years ago
janice8bcharlestonsc
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David Austin cutting tips plus rose garden up-date : 24th May 2020
Comments (8)Darren, I have been eager to see an update and found myself leaning forward into the computer screen to catch every detail. Harlow Carr is such a beauty, I have not seen one before except in the Austin handbook. All your rose cuttings are amazing, so healthy looking. It was extremely helpful to hear how you start them. I've had a 100 % failure rate with my cuttings and will try it your way this year. How terribly difficult for you to find the garden in a damaged state, and the stunted blooms are heartbreaking- Ava's sad little face showed she felt your distress. I bought an organic Miracle Grow soil that nearly killed everything in it. I am going to use Alaska Fish Fertilizer, but it stinks horribly as you would expect for multiplied dead fish. I should plant a Gertrude to counteract the fish scent with her perfume. Today I noticed my fern had not died as I had thought, two small fronds had unfurled. I hope the victories you experience this year will far outweigh the setbacks. I was looking at shelter dogs online this morning and spoke to God out loud I would trade all my roses to have another dog. What a comfort you have with your horticulturist Ava, better than thousands of roses. Have some hot tea together, better days will come....See MoreBrooklyn garden update 2021 - 2:
Comments (2)Probably and survive 9 out of 10 years if properly root pruned. For insurance I always bury the smaller pots (I have a few and one northern italian fig from a friend in ground) in my empty vegetable bed during winter and pop a garbage pail over it. One big one (Greek Fig) in a pot is too big too bury so I throw a frost cloth over it. Momma fig is still alive at my friends family house in Greece and a 3 story clone exists at his Brooklyn House....See MoreBrooklyn Garden Update 2021 - 6
Comments (2)I have 3 in pots (D'Anjou, Bartlett and something else) being grown to size. One in ground of decent semi dwarf size has exactly ONE Pear still out of 4 that took.......bad Spring that week to 2 week period, dems the breaks. But I did get some cross pollination. Long term I gotta get lucky one year....See MoreBrooklyn Garden Update 2021 - 9
Comments (8)I see fruit, about the same size as mines) Let's hope they grow and fully ripen by the end of summer....See MoreTomatoZesty 9B Central CA:Coastline
7 years agojanice8bcharlestonsc thanked TomatoZesty 9B Central CA:Coastline- janice8bcharlestonsc thanked daninthedirt (USDA 9a, HZ9, CentTX, Sunset z30, Cfa)
janice8bcharlestonsc
7 years agoSeysonn_ 8a-NC/HZ-7
7 years agoHer is my garden update May 16, 16
long shot
BETTER BOY
BIG BEEF
BIG BOY
CHEROKEE PURPLE
DANIEL BURSON
COPIA
OREGON SPRING.
janice8bcharlestonsc
7 years agoSeysonn_ 8a-NC/HZ-7
7 years agoThanks Janice,. Yes we have a long spring, short summer . warm weather crops like tomatoes and peppers move very slowly. And yes, I try to grow mid season varieties, as much as I can. My plants are also growing despite the cool nights , still mostly in 45 to 49F range . I measured some of them yesterday. They (tallest ones) are at 3ft make. I started planting out 6 weeks - 4 weeks ago.
On Green Zebra, I grew one 2 years ago. The way to tell it is by touch and feel. The skin color also will get more yellow.
Few more pictures.
INDIGO APPLE
INDIGO ROSE
SAAKHARNYI ZHELTYI (sugary yellow)
Sey
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