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My Garden
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Paul B
I dig hammocks.
thanks Google!
"Furrow Irrigation: Irrigation method in which water travels through the field by means of small channels between each groups of rows. "
"Furrow Irrigation: Irrigation method in which water travels through the field by means of small channels between each groups of rows. "
Che
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I may have to re-think my setup. When the romas start ripening, many drop. Often they'll rot before I can pick them up. Great timing, I was going to plant them tomorrow. Thanks Steve!
I'm going to do some googling myself (thanks for the keywords, Paul)....I wonder if that method of watering would be helpful in my daylily 'garden'. I don't like overhead watering, but there's too much foliage to water close to the plant otherwise.
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Frans
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In Steve's area, they irrigate the stone fruit orchards with that type of irrigation method.
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No Bivy that is the neighbor's almond orchard. It is 6 years old and that's about all I know about it, except that the almonds are very tasty and my wife always yells at me for eating them when they are in the winrows. Last year they had such a big crop that some of the trees just leaned over with the weight and uprooted. He would drag them to the edge of the orchard and call me to dispose of the tree.
okietreedude
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Well, got my way and the garden is going where i wanted it to go.
Worked on it most of the day. I meant to take pics and forgot until well after the fact.
I started out w/ a sod cutter cutting out the grass. came in w/ my skidder and picked up the sod, transferring some to some bear spots in the yard and the rest will go to fill in a hole in my truck yard. Started working w/ a rototiller. WHAT A BITCH! There is a silver maple not too far away and the roots i encountered were amazing. I had to stop after each pass and pull out the roots. Ive been back over it once and will make a couple more passes tomorrow trying to get up the roots that are free but down in the soil.
Im planning on getting the plants in the ground tomorrow, then bringing home a truck w/ chips in it later in the week.
On the planting list: 11 tomatoes (3 jet star, 2 better boy, 1 grape, 1 bradley pink, 1 black krim, 3 yellow), 12 peppers (3 green bell, 3 yellowbell, 3 jalapenos, 3 habeneros), 3 crimson sweet watermelon, 1 pumpkin, 3 butternut squash, 3 acorn squash, 3 marketmore cucumbers, 3 green zucchini. Id also like to put in some green beans and okra, but not sure Ive got the room. The plot is about 22x20.
The pink and krim tomatoes were on sale for 25 cents at the store. Thought, what the hell, they may not be any good, but then again....
And the funniest thing....I wont eat ANY of it! (unless i find room for the beans.)
Worked on it most of the day. I meant to take pics and forgot until well after the fact.
I started out w/ a sod cutter cutting out the grass. came in w/ my skidder and picked up the sod, transferring some to some bear spots in the yard and the rest will go to fill in a hole in my truck yard. Started working w/ a rototiller. WHAT A BITCH! There is a silver maple not too far away and the roots i encountered were amazing. I had to stop after each pass and pull out the roots. Ive been back over it once and will make a couple more passes tomorrow trying to get up the roots that are free but down in the soil.
Im planning on getting the plants in the ground tomorrow, then bringing home a truck w/ chips in it later in the week.
On the planting list: 11 tomatoes (3 jet star, 2 better boy, 1 grape, 1 bradley pink, 1 black krim, 3 yellow), 12 peppers (3 green bell, 3 yellowbell, 3 jalapenos, 3 habeneros), 3 crimson sweet watermelon, 1 pumpkin, 3 butternut squash, 3 acorn squash, 3 marketmore cucumbers, 3 green zucchini. Id also like to put in some green beans and okra, but not sure Ive got the room. The plot is about 22x20.
The pink and krim tomatoes were on sale for 25 cents at the store. Thought, what the hell, they may not be any good, but then again....
And the funniest thing....I wont eat ANY of it! (unless i find room for the beans.)
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MasterBlaster
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Cool, post some pics when there's something to see!
Che
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I was at the dentist's AGAIN this morning, the dental assistant told me that she tried planting those upside down tomato bags last summer. She said they did 'ok'.....but the ones they planted in the 5 gallon white buckets did alot better.
She figured it was the larger volume of soil available to the plant. Not only was there more room for the roots to grow and more soil to hold water longer, but the reflective white and extra soil around the roots probably helped the heat issue.
I'm going to try it, I can spare a feed bucket...got lots.
She says they just cut a hole in the bottom and threaded the small plant through and then filled it with soil. I think I might put a coffee filter around the upside down stem where it comes out of the plastic to make sure the soil stays where it should.
She said the buckets did fine watering every other day.
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xtremetrees
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Stehansen we done got 5 tomatoes. yall got any yet?
okietreedude
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Heres the garden pics.
1) the garden after 4 tilling pics. I first cut out the sod, then hit it w/ the tiller
2) Plants before planting
3) fence going up around to keep out the dog
4) Son Logan on the skid loader w/ a load of roots that came out of the ground
5) Finished fence w/ plants in ground
6) tomatoes
7) peppers
8 ) squash, cucumbers, pumpkin
1) the garden after 4 tilling pics. I first cut out the sod, then hit it w/ the tiller
2) Plants before planting
3) fence going up around to keep out the dog
4) Son Logan on the skid loader w/ a load of roots that came out of the ground
5) Finished fence w/ plants in ground
6) tomatoes
7) peppers
8 ) squash, cucumbers, pumpkin
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okietreedude
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Ive also got okra planted along the fence behind the bball goal. Planted as seed so its not up yet. hopefully by the end of the week.
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I'll have to go out and look but I don't think so.
I went and looked and I do have a few. Ladies and Gentlemen, for your viewing pleasure, my tomatoes. I put a little nitrogen fertilizer in the furrow a week ago or so and watered it in.
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Old Monkey
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Ha, we just put ours in the ground a couple of weeks ago.
Che
Treehouser
Mine got planted last night....just in time for today's rain.
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You can catch a little more time up in the summer being further north than me OM. Che, you'll just have to be a little later. 
I have been in the midwest a few times and it seems like a greenhouse in the summer with the humidity. Plants love that. People, not so much.
I have been in the midwest a few times and it seems like a greenhouse in the summer with the humidity. Plants love that. People, not so much.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
darkstar
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NICE looking good
okietreedude
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Picked our first tomatoes today. 3 grape tomatoes. also picked about 7 jalepeno peppers and 3 yellow squash.
here are some updated pics.
tomatoes
bell peppers (these are yellow bells, not ready to pick yet)
acorn squash
butternut squash
jalapenos
the plants now
some cannas along the back fence
here are some updated pics.
tomatoes
bell peppers (these are yellow bells, not ready to pick yet)
acorn squash
butternut squash
jalapenos
the plants now
some cannas along the back fence
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Looking good treedude. I've probably picked a couple of tomatoes off of each plant. I'd take some pictures but I have weeds and I want to represent but alas am too lazy. So I'll just tell you about it.
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Here you go. The last picture is of an orange tree I planted a few months ago. It's showing a little stress from the 112 degree day we had the day before yesterday. It gets the afternoon sun reflecting off the building behind it too.
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NickfromWI
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MasterBlaster
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I've seen that done with a 5 gallon bucket, it works.
