How To Water Tomatoes in Zone 4b/5a?
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Is it too late to plant garlic in zone 4b/5a ?
Comments (17)I agree that in the far north, it's important to get the garlic in the ground in the fall. In the spring, it's usually too muddy to get into the garden and plant. As early as I ever dare venture into the garden in the spring, my garlic is always well on its way. Ideally, it's best to plant 4 weeks or so before the ground starts to freeze. Obviously, it's difficult to know ahead of time just when that will be. In Vermont, I once planted on Thanksgiving Day -- much later than I had intended to. It snowed the very next day and that was the last I saw of my garden until spring. My garlic came up just fine that season, possibly slightly smaller bulbs than usual, but I got a perfectly acceptable crop....See MoreProductive dry beans for Zone 4b/5a
Comments (8)I had pretty good luck with Hutterite, Vermont Cranberry and Jacob's cattle from Fedco last season. The Hutterite Soup beans, I agree make a very good Ham, Bacon & bean soup. The Jacob's Cattle are very pretty beans. I have not yet had a chance to cook them, but they might be made into chili con carne this coming weekend The Vermont Cranberry are a nice dark red baking bean and they make very good baked beans in my smoker. The Vermont Cranberry bean out produced the Hutterite Soup and Jacob's Cattle beans by double in my garden. Note all of these beans were sitting in very, very, very wet soil all season and that might have affected their results. Dean...See MoreZucchini plants -- bad powdery mildew riot Zone 5a New England
Comments (6)Thanks, Peter and Ig. The PM is already spreading to the acorn and butternut. I soaker hose long-watered yesterday and I pulled the gray, dead PM leaves off and put them into the trash bin. Someone I met suggested fish emulsion feed. Of course, I cannot now locate that small green bottle of stinky liquid. The soil drains well. Weedy area and some Heritage raspberries or maybe they are wild blackberries are sprouting up here and there. It's a constant challenge. I'm tempted to experiment on the two front zucchini plants: immunox on one and "copper spray" on another. (What sort of copper spray? Any drawbacks?). The butternut squash up hill at my neighbor's isn't particularly full, but doesn't have any noticeable PW either. It rained last night and this morning, so that should help. With no rain or moisture, how could any Epsoma or 10-10-10 break down to get to the plants? Question: if overhead watering contributes to Powdery Mildew, PM, then what about rainfall? Is rainfall any different than overhead watering (assuming minimal back spash of soil onto leaves)?...See MorePeaches and Apricots for 4b/5a Ontario
Comments (5)I will keep you updated on that and I sure want updates on Hargrand as well please :). Hargrand was my second choice, but if I had done more research on apricots before buying my trees, it would have been my first choice. I was interested in Goldcot and moongold as well. I have never tasted any of them, but store bought only and I found them very good, actually. I too hope that a tree ripened one is going to be even better! We might have to be patients though, as I read many times that apricot blossoms are very frost sensitive and therefore, rarely set fruit in our fluctuating climate here in the NorthEast. Still, I am hoping it is not going to be the case with hardy varieties such as Harlayne and Hargrand... Btw, I pruned mine into a very low open vase shape, so it stays under snow as long as possible to delay blooming, but still gets plenty of sun in summer. Plus, that way, there is a proper airflow to prevent all the humidity diseases of the NE....See Moreminis006
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