The Gardening Thread

[SoilVol]

Still need to reply to your previous post on peach trees care and maintenance. But if you don’t mind me asking, what area of the country do you live in? My guess is Florida, Texas or some place similar that allows pineapple growing.

I’m trying to find a good calendar to follow for fruit tree maintenance, but seems sparse. And there seems to be a ton of spraying needing to be done with peaches (from my small amount of searching I’ve done). Do you apply dormant oils in late fall and early spring?

I've used stuff like neem oil at times yeah.

I'm actually in Virginia and moving to DC. I grow the pineapples in pots and bring them in during the winter.

 

[SoilVol]

Other crops I’ve thought about growing are corn, German potatoes, and sweet potatoes. It’s finding the time with 2 littles. Hard to justify right now. Still, garlic has probably been my most prolific crop I’ve ever grown. That and Hungarian paprika. My paprika I made is still hands down the best and everyone from the fam asks for some from my jar. VIBRANT red and not dull brownish red like you see in the stores. More flavor. Tastes great on deviled eggs .

You'd be surprised what you can do with just a little bit of space. You honestly don't need much room or effort for a decent corn crop. I usually plant about 20 plants in a square (better for fertilizing silks than a row) and leaves me with plenty. Sweet potatoes are fairly easy just avoid too much nitrogen because they'll put more growth into leaves/vines than tubers. Edamame is actually very easy to grow (its just a variety of soybeans that tastes good green) and has a really nice plant.

I also like to let pumpkin vines run to choke out weeds. In the fall I throw out a cover crop (rye, oats, vetch, clover) and in the spring I lay that over to create a mulch and plant directly into it. No hoeing rows. Plants grow up through it but the weeds don't germinate until the crop is already mature.

 

[zhangliao04]

I've used stuff like neem oil at times yeah.

I'm actually in Virginia and moving to DC. I grow the pineapples in pots and bring them in during the winter.

What’s your routine/planning for growing pineapples?

 

[SoilVol]

What’s your routine/planning for growing pineapples?

I grow them in a pot for a year or 2, upsizing pot as needed. Bring them inside during the winter and place in a south facing window. In feb/march trigger flowering with a banana peel in the crown OR drop a calcium carbide rock into water in the crown. Tricks the plant into flowering. Once the flower forms fertilize the heck out of it. If it flowers in March-April you'll harvest in Aug-Sept.

 

[Jackcrevol]

crazy Q how do you morans keep ferns alive in winter?

 

[Go aeiou]

No such thing as crazy questions. I'll tell my wife you just called her a moron.
Either bring them inside. They will likely make a mess. Put them in a green house. Throw them in the trash.

 

[Volunteer_Kirby]

Moonflowers. Had about 15 out the other night! Had a lot of Sphinx moth activity earlier in the season but still havent got that money shot!

 

[Volunteer_Kirby]

 

[Tin Man]

I’ve had moon flowers every year for the past 2+ decades. Luv me some moon flowers.

 

[Go aeiou]

A good source for garlic. I only grow Elephant now. It's mild and once you plant it you will have it forever.

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Saving the Past for the Future

www.southernexposure.com

 

[zhangliao04]

A good source for garlic. I only grow Elephant now. It's mild and once you plant it you will have it forever.

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Saving the Past for the Future

www.southernexposure.com

Another great place is Keene Garlic. A huge selection and what I used before. They even sell a really good fertilizer for really anything but it’s meant for the garlic.