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Post by farmchix on Aug 9, 2019 0:51:33 GMT
While our garden is indeed about a month behind everyone else, we are finally worthy! Tomato hornworms have shown up this week. Been pulling them off and feeding *most* of them to the chickens, who consider them quite the delicacy. Two were too "juicy" this morning for me to stomach carrying them and I smooshed them as a warning to their friends. Another month of hornworms..... *sigh*
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Post by feather on Aug 9, 2019 15:35:33 GMT
You are worthy.
We had quite a few things put in a bit late here, we still haven't eaten a red tomato. Not our best year. YET.
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Post by farmchix on Aug 9, 2019 17:05:27 GMT
We finally have a lot of green tomatoes, but they aren't big enough to even fry yet. LOL We have eaten two cherry tomatoes. Hoping we get more soon. I'm done with Amish Paste. I think next year I am going to switch over to San Marzano and Romas.
The green beans I started early and transplanted are the same size as the ones I direct sowed. Lesson learned.
I have also learned that (duh! they are both in the nightshade family) hornworms also love those husk cherry plants! I had been joking in a FB forum that I have enough ground cherries to feed the entire state - the chickens left seeds deposited in my compost.
Squash vine borers have gotten most of the mini pumpkins that we planted, but they are (for the most part) leaving the big pumpkins alone.
Peppers look great, though! No hornworms have found them.
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Post by feather on Aug 9, 2019 17:37:30 GMT
farmchix, we hope to have a tiny harvest of green beans or soy or chickpeas. We planted and replanted 11 times, and something was eating them off. It was raccoons, rabbits, and deer. We dealt with the raccoons and rabbits. So they are just starting to grow--it will be late sept or early oct before we see beans. We grow the paquebot roma and san marzanos, both produce well but they both get the mold/fungus, starting at the bottom leaves, and we spray them with an anti-fungicide so it doesn't kill off the leaves too early. You are welcome to free seeds for next year if you want them. Are the husk cherries like ground cherries or like tomatillas, or are they the same thing? I know the tomatillas seem to reseed themselves, but they stay green.
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Post by farmchix on Aug 9, 2019 19:17:40 GMT
farmchix , we hope to have a tiny harvest of green beans or soy or chickpeas. We planted and replanted 11 times, and something was eating them off. It was raccoons, rabbits, and deer. We dealt with the raccoons and rabbits. So they are just starting to grow--it will be late sept or early oct before we see beans. We grow the paquebot roma and san marzanos, both produce well but they both get the mold/fungus, starting at the bottom leaves, and we spray them with an anti-fungicide so it doesn't kill off the leaves too early. You are welcome to free seeds for next year if you want them. Are the husk cherries like ground cherries or like tomatillas, or are they the same thing? I know the tomatillas seem to reseed themselves, but they stay green. Husk cherries are also called ground cherries. They are the 'cherry tomato' version of a tomatillo. We are stretching the shade cloth on the high tunnel later today and I get to start prepping to plant in there. I will be planting fall crops and some peas, beans, etc. The jury is still out on whether we are going to heat it this year. We need to make a decision now, because if we are, then I will also plant a few tomatoes. I learned that if I plant the tomatoes down by the heater, I can get some ripe tomatoes. I don't plant a ton or spend a lot of time on them. It's not like the yield will be anything like a summer tomato planting. I would love seeds, if you have extra! To keep deer away, we installed an 8' fence. It has helped with the rabbits, raccoons and other pesky critters (rabbits, etc.) for the most part. Our whole garden is just now starting to grow, so we will be right there with you with harvests. None of our Amish melons came up, nor did our cucumbers. I thought about trying cucumbers in the high tunnel....I really need to take pics. Our struggle in the big garden was the nutshedge grass. Between the garden staying too wet for so long and the rapid growth of the nutshedge, it was a total loss. That's when we did the raised beds this year, also adding to the delay. I have just a little coming up on the North side of the garden. Hubs hit it with my flame thrower weed killer, and it seems to have helped. Since it rained yesterday (there is about a foot of wood chips covering the whole thing), I am going to hit it again in places where it is still green. I will NOT be defeated!
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Post by feather on Aug 9, 2019 19:42:44 GMT
You will not be defeated because you are worthy!!!! You sound very determined! Yes, just PM me your mailing address and I'll get them mailed off tomorrow. San Marzano and paquebot Roma, and anyone else wanting those seeds, just PM me your address.
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