Gardening

[oober]

Want to prep for next yr. This yr tomato blight has been awful. What type of soil amendments should be added to possible increase the good bacteria and eliminate the blight? I still will have plenty of good tomatoes, but the leaves are real bad this yr. I had to screen the tomatoes to keep the skins from getting scorched.

 

[RacerX]

Want to prep for next yr. This yr tomato blight has been awful. What type of soil amendments should be added to possible increase the good bacteria and eliminate the blight? I still will have plenty of good tomatoes, but the leaves are real bad this yr. I had to screen the tomatoes to keep the skins from getting scorched.

I think a lot depends on your micro-climate. I live in Nor-Cal and have gotten Jurassic-Park type results from this soil recipe:

Base Soil Mixture:
1 yard + 5 buckets Diestel compost
7 buckets lpm
3 wheelbarrow loads Nicasio Blend organic compost
3 yds + 5 buckets Lyngso Potting Mix


Soil supplements:
30 c Alfalfa meal,
15 c Feather meal,
11.5 c Fish bone meal,
0.5 c Greensand,
16 c Oyster shell flour,
11.5 c Kelp meal,
16 c Gypsum,
3 c Elemental Sulfur

Topicals:
1.5 yards + 6 buckets wheelbarrow loads redwood sawdust mulch
40% of a bale of peat moss
1.5 buckets small fir bark

 

[RacerX]

So many heirlooms and cucumbers, lots of serranos as well - gave away loads to frieinds, but still had to process more than I really cared to, after many hours I got 'er done.

Temporary solution: made about 8 gallons of gazpacho. Now, i enjoy a cool bowl of gazpacho now and again, but afraid I'm going to begin hating it. Will probably freeze it all in quart mason jars and work through a quart every other week until i can't stand it anymore.

Next 50 lbs. of 'maters I'm going to convert to bloody mary mix.

 

[Tater]

So many heirlooms and cucumbers, lots of serranos as well - gave away loads to frieinds, but still had to process more than I really cared to, after many hours I got 'er done.

Temporary solution: made about 8 gallons of gazpacho. Now, i enjoy a cool bowl of gazpacho now and again, but afraid I'm going to begin hating it. Will probably freeze it all in quart mason jars and work through a quart every other week until i can't stand it anymore.

Next 50 lbs. of 'maters I'm going to convert to bloody mary mix.

Don't forget to mix in a few serranos in there. Gotta give it as little kick.

 

[Burque]

So many heirlooms and cucumbers, lots of serranos as well - gave away loads to frieinds, but still had to process more than I really cared to, after many hours I got 'er done.

Temporary solution: made about 8 gallons of gazpacho. Now, i enjoy a cool bowl of gazpacho now and again, but afraid I'm going to begin hating it. Will probably freeze it all in quart mason jars and work through a quart every other week until i can't stand it anymore.

Next 50 lbs. of 'maters I'm going to convert to bloody mary mix.

How big is your garden?

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[RacerX]

How big is your garden?

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6 large planter boxes, about a dozen extra large planter baskets, about 50 square feet of in-ground plantings, and about a dozen fruit trees in a long chicken run. Just added a couple avocado trees in another area of my yard.

 

[Burque]

6 large planter boxes, about a dozen extra large planter baskets, about 50 square feet of in-ground plantings, and about a dozen fruit trees in a long chicken run. Just added a couple avocado trees in another area of my yard.

Nice! I'm running one 4x8 planter box, and about a dozen 4-7 gallon pots.

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[Fatman LOU]

Nice! I'm running one 4x8 planter box, and about a dozen 4-7 gallon pots.

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I picked up 12 bathtubs that i will be using for our elevated garden boxes.

 

[Crystallas]

I picked up 12 bathtubs that i will be using for our elevated garden boxes.

...and hooch

 

[Crystallas]

I came up with my own winterization blend. But really, new tricks are useful. What kind of things do you guys do to save your outdoor plants in autumn, other than bringing them indoors?

Thinking about a deeper perlite at the base of pots, put them in compost heeps, windbreak, and just wait on near-spring to mess with them. Hoping the perlite layer would be enough to discourage rooting through the pots and into the compost. Could backfire as well by creating a cold pocket and nullifying the radiated heat.

Figure us in this zone have around 3 weeks to come up with a plan, and two weeks to execute it to be fully frost-ready.

 

[Burque]

I came up with my own winterization blend. But really, new tricks are useful. What kind of things do you guys do to save your outdoor plants in autumn, other than bringing them indoors?

Thinking about a deeper perlite at the base of pots, put them in compost heeps, windbreak, and just wait on near-spring to mess with them. Hoping the perlite layer would be enough to discourage rooting through the pots and into the compost. Could backfire as well by creating a cold pocket and nullifying the radiated heat.

Figure us in this zone have around 3 weeks to come up with a plan, and two weeks to execute it to be fully frost-ready.

I am far away from my first frost here, but I imagine frost comes quickly there. My thought would be total enclosure and heat source, but that would require running a line.

 

[Burque]

made my first batch of hot sauce and it is fucking HOT!

approx 25 Jalapenos, 25 habaneros and 5 Ghost peppers, also 5 heads of garlic.

added vinegar and boiled till soft. Left the seeds in. put all boiled pepper and garlic into a blender with salt and some sugar with about a cup of vinegar. blended until it was entirely smooth. Let it cool on the counter in two pint jars with lids and then put it in the fridge.

Hot as **** but delicious.

 

[brett05]

Made our first batch salsa.
Used four different kinds of tomatoes and two different types of jalapenos. Added a couple of red onions, garlic, salt, and cilantro. Needed more heat, but the salsa rojo had such depth of flavor, I actually didn't miss the heat so much.

Had our first batch of green peppers from the garden. AMAZING!

 

[AussieBear]

i didnt start early dis year.. but finally cleaned up a couple of beds and got a couple of tubs fer some shit the other day..

need to get a greenhouse backup fer next yr..

years past had started germinating and da indoor growing shit july/aug that was ready fer the sep aussie spring.. but none dis yr.. going to the nursery and is probably gunna juss throw down random seed.

idk what im growing this year.. maybe juss green beans and greens.. or dat handful of randoms and see what i gets

 

[RacerX]

Tomato and melon production are rapidly slowing down, but all the peppers are exploding - got about 12 varietals of chili peppers peaking as well as both sweet and Cajun bell peppers, padrons, etc.

Especially enjoying the Allepo peppers, guajillos, biker billy jalapenos, and Aji Amarillos. Time to batch process some chili and start canning.

Also, just bought my first Instant Pot, gonna figure out how to process the harvest utilizing the new kitchen toy.

 

[Burque]

Tomato and melon production are rapidly slowing down, but all the peppers are exploding - got about 12 varietals of chili peppers peaking as well as both sweet and Cajun bell peppers, padrons, etc.

Especially enjoying the Allepo peppers, guajillos, biker billy jalapenos, and Aji Amarillos. Time to batch process some chili and start canning.

Also, just bought my first Instant Pot, gonna figure out how to process the harvest utilizing the new kitchen toy.

What's Allepo?

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[RacerX]

What's Allepo?

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* Aleppo *

 

[Burque]

* Aleppo *

Lol I had to.

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[Burque]

Made my second batch of hot sauce today. Only jalapenos for the chiles and it is FUCKING hot!

 

[Fatman LOU]

I think a lot depends on your micro-climate. I live in Nor-Cal and have gotten Jurassic-Park type results from this soil recipe:

Base Soil Mixture:
1 yard + 5 buckets Diestel compost
7 buckets lpm
3 wheelbarrow loads Nicasio Blend organic compost
3 yds + 5 buckets Lyngso Potting Mix


Soil supplements:
30 c Alfalfa meal,
15 c Feather meal,
11.5 c Fish bone meal,
0.5 c Greensand,
16 c Oyster shell flour,
11.5 c Kelp meal,
16 c Gypsum,
3 c Elemental Sulfur

Topicals:
1.5 yards + 6 buckets wheelbarrow loads redwood sawdust mulch
40% of a bale of peat moss
1.5 buckets small fir bark

Wow that seems complicated, im just spreading and tilling cow manure and some horse manure for next years crop.
But i live in the far north