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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/01/21 02:14 AM
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/01/21 03:05 AM
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Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/01/21 11:57 AM
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My tomatoes are finished. I'm prepping the garden today to plant okra, peppers, eggplant. What else will do well in the heat of the summer in Texas?
For prepping the soil I was going to add compost where I had the tomatoes, any other advice?
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/01/21 01:34 PM
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/01/21 01:38 PM
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For prepping the soil I was going to add compost where I had the tomatoes, any other advice? I like a blend of compost, garden soil, vermiculite, perlite, alpha pellets. I always have some 13-13-13 fert on had and will mix a little bit if that in,.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/01/21 01:39 PM
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Peas like it hot and dry, this usually when they start maturing. Anybody growing any black eyed, or purple hulls?
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/01/21 02:13 PM
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Peas like it hot and dry, this usually when they start maturing. Anybody growing any black eyed, or purple hulls? These have produced really well for me. About to yank the squash and plant some. I like them because they grow like a small shrub and not a vine type. https://www.victoryseeds.com/cowpea_quickpick-pinkeye.html
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/01/21 02:25 PM
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I like driving down to Luling and buying fresh frozen shelled purple hull and black eyed varieties.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/01/21 04:24 PM
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What causes tomatoe plant look wilted ? Heat. I’m watering mine and wetting tops 2-3 times a day. My tomatoes are finished. I'm prepping the garden today to plant okra, peppers, eggplant. What else will do well in the heat of the summer in Texas? For prepping the soil I was going to add compost where I had the tomatoes, any other advice? Yup, on all the above; cantaloupes, okra, watermelons, and peppers love the heat. I've gotten great cantaloupes last year with 'Hales Best Jumbo'. They all keep producing like mad till fall frost, if you can keep them evenly watered. Got 'drip' irrigation all setup again for this year- and a 'late start' having to replant melons & okra after an awful 2 cloudy/rainy months, but they are catching up fast: For cantaloupes, watermelons, and cucumbers I put 2-3 plants per 'weephole' irrigated, and give'em space to run. I 'fashioned' my 'drip irrigation' using pvc accumulated over the years - put threaded male/female ends on each 10' stick; - 3/4" on supply trunks, and 1/2" on row runs with 1/64 holes drilled per spacing intervals. Been 'building' this collection over 10 years. I love the pvc cause it's cheap & lasts forever, and with threaded ends you can configure and re-configure at will. This year I 'upgraded' by adding in 1/2" valves and a short piece of hose for flex-connect, for each row, making balancing rows a cinch.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/01/21 04:26 PM
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Nothing tastes better than home grilled hamburgers, with HOMEMADE pickles from a neighbor, and home grown tomato slices from your own garden on them...... My watermelon plants have been growing... one plant has 2 runners about 12 feet long circled up... small buds coming on....
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/01/21 04:34 PM
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oldoak, I wish I had the room to make a garden like yours.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/01/21 04:47 PM
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oldoak, I wish I had the room to make a garden like yours. Yeah - I started out at previous place 21yrs ago with 10' x 10' garden, grew to about 15' x 40' and we too spent 9 years wishing & looking - but by then the kiddos were graduating and going off to college, so that opened us up to finding a smaller/older home but with more acreage for the same budget in the area we wanted. Bought this place in 2015 - no way we could afford just the land we're on with today's prices. Land rich, but house/cash poor.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/01/21 07:56 PM
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OLDOAK, when you say 1/64 holes in the pipe, does that mean you just drilled those holes in the pipe next to your plants where it will drip out?
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/02/21 10:12 PM
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OLDOAK, when you say 1/64 holes in the pipe, does that mean you just drilled those holes in the pipe next to your plants where it will drip out? Yep 1/64 - it more than drips - just limit pressure with valve or put a rag around it or it will spray 10' at full pressure! I also use the gray 'electrical' PVC threaded ends (male/female) because they are much cheaper than the white - especially a 10-pack (or 20pk) of the 1/2" - since this is a low-pressure project - they are just as HD as the white ones. Also buying 10-packs of the 1/2" pvc sch 40 10' sticks is much cheaper than buying singles (at Home Depot, anyway...I think $22 for 10 sticks -vs- $2.91ea, if they're still doing that.) I also put threaded ends on the 3/4" supply trunks - makes it easy to disassemble/move/reconfigure, etc.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/03/21 04:14 PM
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Thanks! When i finally build my permanent garden this sounds like the way to go!
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/06/21 12:16 AM
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/06/21 12:21 AM
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Looks like a rainbow.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/06/21 05:04 PM
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Looking good.
Do not forget to entertain strangers, For by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels Hebrews 13:2 (R-TX)
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/06/21 07:40 PM
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Also the grey pvc is uv tolerant
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/07/21 08:25 PM
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/08/21 01:35 AM
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My wife is trying her hand at peppers for the first time. What’s going on here ?
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/08/21 01:20 PM
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Derek
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Looks like Anthracnose. Treat with Daconil. 2 tsp in a gallon pump up sprayer. Apply it 7 days apart. A couple applications and you should be good.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/08/21 01:26 PM
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Looks like Anthracnose. Treat with Daconil. 2 tsp in a gallon pump up sprayer. Apply it 7 days apart. A couple applications and you should be good. X2
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/08/21 09:39 PM
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I think Jamaican Reds. So far, the first 3 have had 0 heat. I’m gonna start stressing it now, as if I haven’t enough yet. See how it’s laying over? I gave up staking that one. It kept growing so I left it alone. We’ll see. All the other peppers’ heat is on point. I can’t believe how stout the serranos, japs and pequins are.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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07/08/21 09:50 PM
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Looks like Anthracnose. Treat with Daconil. 2 tsp in a gallon pump up sprayer. Apply it 7 days apart. A couple applications and you should be good. Thank you sir
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