Gardening

[X]

Saw this 'recipe', wanted to know if anyone else had tried something similar.

2 TBSP crushed red pepper
6 Drops Castile Soap
1 Gallon of Water

Sit it overnight, shake well, spray your garden. Keeps pests off.

Sounds worth trying anyway.

 

[Crystallas]

That's a base for a lot of basic gardening sprays.

Add epsom salt, and you have an awesome plant killer(used properly, will kill off weeds Used wrong, you can kill a lot more than weeds).

Add lye, and you have a pet urine neutralizer.

Add gypsum, minus pepper, spray over hard soil and you have an awesome clay softener.

 

[Urblock]

I think we own a rabbit ranch this year. Any ideas on dealing with them? My wife won't let me kill them. My dog used to keep them busy but he died and I'm not ready to get another one yet.

 

[brett05]

Fence

Sent from my SCH-I200 using Tapatalk

 

[Urblock]

Thanks. The fence makes it a hassle to work in the garden. That looks to be the answer. Just thought I'd check with my CCS friends for a genius plan. I've never seen so many rabbits as we have this year. Maybe it is time for a dog.

 

[brett05]

Not so bad. Two feet of chicken wire around the perimeter of the garden or your fence property line

Sent from my SCH-I200 using Tapatalk

 

[Sunbiz1]

I think we own a rabbit ranch this year. Any ideas on dealing with them? My wife won't let me kill them. My dog used to keep them busy but he died and I'm not ready to get another one yet.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Liquid-Fence-1-qt-Ready-To-Use-Deer-and-Rabbit-Repellent-HG-112/202269516

 

[brett05]

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Liquid-Fence-1-qt-Ready-To-Use-Deer-and-Rabbit-Repellent-HG-112/202269516

Does not work. The only thing you will have is a yard that smells like rotten egg

 

[DC]

I've been following this thread as I'm a gardener as well. Bravo to all of you. We moved into a new place last fall (our dream home!) and I got a super late start to making the garden. I had to remove nearly 5 tons of rocks to make room. Rototilled, new soil, ran irrigation up and through each of the raised beds (paid a pro to do it). Now it's hooked up to the sprinkler system in the garage. It's so nice. When I'm at work, or the wifey is busy with the babies, it just waters itself. It's been a learning experience though. Having to constantly add more soil because I planted on a bad slope or adjusting the water etc... Next year will be the real year now that everything is setup. I don't expect to get anything from the vine plants because I started too late, but it's good to know I can grow them from seed in my new space.

Next one will be a strawberry patch. Didn't spread, but it will next year!

The next one is tomatoes with some onions and carrots intermixed. I had low expectations based on when I planted so I just threw them in their to see how my new soil reacted.

Butternut squash on the right, watermelon on the left. Random cucumber and tomato plant in the middle:

 

[HeHateMe]

So I need help. Wife fucked up and didn't write down some of our chilies. I have four plants that grow neon green sport pepper looking fruit that point straight up. They turn red, I eat one and burns like a Mofo. Taste like cayenne burn much hotter, any ideas?

 

[brett05]

Serrano maybe

 

[HeHateMe]

Serrano maybe

my serranos point down like jalapenos.

 

[HeHateMe]

I've been following this thread as I'm a gardener as well. Bravo to all of you. We moved into a new place last fall (our dream home!) and I got a super late start to making the garden. I had to remove nearly 5 tons of rocks to make room. Rototilled, new soil, ran irrigation up and through each of the raised beds (paid a pro to do it). Now it's hooked up to the sprinkler system in the garage. It's so nice. When I'm at work, or the wifey is busy with the babies, it just waters itself. It's been a learning experience though. Having to constantly add more soil because I planted on a bad slope or adjusting the water etc... Next year will be the real year now that everything is setup. I don't expect to get anything from the vine plants because I started too late, but it's good to know I can grow them from seed in my new space.

Next one will be a strawberry patch. Didn't spread, but it will next year!

The next one is tomatoes with some onions and carrots intermixed. I had low expectations based on when I planted so I just threw them in their to see how my new soil reacted.

Butternut squash on the right, watermelon on the left. Random cucumber and tomato plant in the middle:

next year mound up the soil you are planting melons and cukes in.

 

[X]

Pickings from the last cpl days


----»Sent from above.

 

[ruprecht]

next year mound up the soil you are planting melons and cukes in.

Yep. Nice work though DeepChicago. Always good to see people growin'.

 

[DC]

You mean higher mounds? I was running out of soil, only went 4-5 inches.

 

[DC]

Updates: Like I said earlier this summer, I started late-real late. I eventually pulled the cukes b/c they don't grow well with squash and melons apparently. Ignore the stupid tomato in the middle. I eventually stopped the growth on the watermelons and butternuts because I finally got real fruit and wanted the plant to focus. Will only get two melons and three butters. This whole area underwent a massive change this year on the fly, so I'm proud. Can't wait until next year!

Hard to tell but one watermelon is the size of a baseball, the other a small cantaloupe.

 

[DC]

Getting close to gardening season! I would like to grow some corn. Pretty easy? From seed? Any tips?

 

[brett05]

I have done corn a few times. It's pretty easy, but results will vary. The key is really pollination. You either needs paired rows in a decent quantity or you need to pollinate by hand. The issue will be what do you do with a hundred ears of corn at one. Each plant grows three ears. When the silk is out you'll see the tassels start to appear. When the tassels turn from green to yellow, I cut a few off and I manually brush the silk with them to make sure pollination occurs.

http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edi...rn-pollination-how-to-hand-pollinate-corn.htm

Corn is done when you slice a kernel with a fingernail and white milk comes out.


I'm doing by seed two different types of tomatoes, some sweet peppers and some habaneros. Going to be bagging the food for the folks on exit ramps.

Then in about 5 weeks for planting I will be doing corn, cucumbers, carrots, and romaine lettuce

 

[DC]

Thanks! My little boy loves going to town on some corn on the cob. Who doesn't?