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 Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Payne]
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03/26/24 04:50 PM
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sounds similar in size to our raised bed (4' x 8' x 14") ... this year we put in 5 tomato plants of various types, along with some beets. previously we would put in 5-6 tomato plants, 1 jalapeno and 1 hot banana pepper. we tried okra & peas but not really enough space to have those to produce enough to be worthwhile. At least with tomatoes, they produce pretty good up thru mid/late June until the temperatures get to hot to produce, but we leave the plants and they start producing again by mid/late Sept. thru the first freeze.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Payne]
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03/26/24 05:07 PM
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Thanks PMK! Curious, what kind of soil did you fill your raised bed with? Just regular raised garden bed soil?
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Payne]
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03/26/24 07:29 PM
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If my calculations are correct then you need 0.75 cubic yards of soil. I would go ahead and get 1 cubic yard delivered to your house from a nearby garden center. They can dump it wherever you want as long as they can backup to it. Then use a shovel and a wheel barrel.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Payne]
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03/26/24 08:06 PM
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I didn't really over think it when I filled my beds. A little of this and a little of that. The last 3yrs I have just yanked the old plants out in spring. Top it off with compost and rake it smooth and it's worked great.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Payne]
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03/27/24 05:54 PM
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My beds are more like a terrace since my yard is on a slope, so over time I've just amended the native soil with various composts and tilling in the mulch at the end of the growing season. Sounds a lot like what Derek is doing. I saw this video on youtube from a channel I like that talks bout this very thing...
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: B Razorback]
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03/27/24 08:02 PM
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Thanks PMK! Curious, what kind of soil did you fill your raised bed with? Just regular raised garden bed soil? we live on solid limestone (literally) and when we put in our garden, I used landscape timbers stacked up to form our beds but laid down a garden cloth on the bottom to prevent any native weeds coming up from the bottom. I went to Gardenville (local garden & landscaping products) and got a yard or so of their garden soil blend, shoveled into my forms, watered down and them topped off again for depth. When we were ready to plant, I used a spade to loosen up the soil and planted the plants. each year afterwards, I till up with a spade and just get a few bags of garden soil & compost from Gardenville or Home Depot. When we are ready to plant, dig a hole and line it with the new garden soil, place plant and fill in around with the new garden soil. We usually let the plants get established a few weeks and then put out some 13-13-13 around each plant ... just be cautious not to use to much
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Payne]
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03/27/24 10:29 PM
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One of the determinate varieties I'm growing this year is Red Snapper, the rodeo winner from 2020. I got the seeds from Hoss Tools. I've never grown them before, so I'm excited to see how they do.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Derek]
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03/27/24 10:49 PM
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I grew a Phoenix a few years ago that's on the list. It was awesome but I've never seen it again. Got it at HEB and makes sense they are selling some rodeos since they are based in San Antonio. They had the Bobcat earlier this year and I passed on it because I had never heard of it. Went back after to the guy last week and they were gone. Seen others on the list at HEB in the past. Going to pick a few off the list and source some seed and try them out.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Payne]
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03/28/24 12:44 AM
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HEB has had some good plants this year. I bought my two Serrano plants there. They had some tomatoes when I was there today that looked good, but I didn't stop to see what they were since my garden spots are all full.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Payne]
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03/28/24 01:25 AM
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I didn't start a Serrano this year. Years past Hot Rod Serrano has been a big producer and great flavor.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: PMK]
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03/28/24 01:40 AM
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Thanks PMK! Curious, what kind of soil did you fill your raised bed with? Just regular raised garden bed soil? we live on solid limestone (literally) and when we put in our garden, I used landscape timbers stacked up to form our beds but laid down a garden cloth on the bottom to prevent any native weeds coming up from the bottom. I went to Gardenville (local garden & landscaping products) and got a yard or so of their garden soil blend, shoveled into my forms, watered down and them topped off again for depth. When we were ready to plant, I used a spade to loosen up the soil and planted the plants. each year afterwards, I till up with a spade and just get a few bags of garden soil & compost from Gardenville or Home Depot. When we are ready to plant, dig a hole and line it with the new garden soil, place plant and fill in around with the new garden soil. We usually let the plants get established a few weeks and then put out some 13-13-13 around each plant ... just be cautious not to use to much I'm a big fan of the 13-13-13 with gardening and lawn care. One difference I do is when I top off my beds I sprinkle in T13 and rake it smooth/level best I can then plant. No wrong way to do it unless you apply to much like you mentioned.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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03/28/24 02:17 PM
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I didn't start a Serrano this year. Years past Hot Rod Serrano has been a big producer and great flavor. Gotta have some serranos. Pico de Gallo and venison tacos are a staple around here!
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Triplesnake]
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03/29/24 02:33 PM
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I didn't start a Serrano this year. Years past Hot Rod Serrano has been a big producer and great flavor. Gotta have some serranos. Pico de Gallo and venison tacos are a staple around here! You guilt tripped me and I had to go get one ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2024/03/full-45545-416884-img_3068.jpeg)
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Payne]
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03/29/24 03:02 PM
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What would y'all classify as too much? I have a bag of 13-13-13 sitting in the garage. Starting the garden next week so may need help posting some pics!
You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas! -Davy Crocket
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Payne]
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03/29/24 06:39 PM
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You can use a fert calculator and weigh it out if you want. I just eyeball it salt bae it. Typically after I rake in some granular I switch to a water soluble 20-20-20 since I have a lot of it. Say if your garden was 100sq feet and you wanted to give it o.5lbs of NPK that would be 0.4lbs of weighed out T13 granular. Round it up to 1/2lb of actual product. http://agebb.missouri.edu/fertcalc/
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Payne]
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03/30/24 02:24 AM
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Anybody use banana liquid fertilizer, home made brew, in their garden for tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers . For added potassium.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Payne]
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03/30/24 04:36 AM
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Anybody have the 411 on where to find giant jalapeño plants this year? I can’t seem to find any and my bungholeo’s begging for more punishment this year 
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Payne]
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03/30/24 10:22 AM
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I'm guessing since there's a pepper shortage then there's a pepper plant shortage too.
Pass the gravy.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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03/30/24 08:52 PM
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I didn't start a Serrano this year. Years past Hot Rod Serrano has been a big producer and great flavor. Gotta have some serranos. Pico de Gallo and venison tacos are a staple around here! You guilt tripped me and I had to go get one Good! Serranos make people happy. I feel like I accomplished something, LOL.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
[Re: Ol Thumper]
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03/30/24 09:46 PM
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Anybody have the 411 on where to find giant jalapeño plants this year? I can’t seem to find any and my bungholeo’s begging for more punishment this year Walmart had Mammoth jalapeño plants today
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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03/31/24 10:59 AM
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I got Fresno Chilis because there were no jalapenos locally.
Pass the gravy.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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04/01/24 03:11 PM
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Anybody have the 411 on where to find giant jalapeño plants this year? I can’t seem to find any and my bungholeo’s begging for more punishment this year Found some yesterday at the Tractor Supply in Princeton. There were a couple out there
You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas! -Davy Crocket
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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04/07/24 05:21 AM
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Anybody have the 411 on where to find giant jalapeño plants this year? I can’t seem to find any and my bungholeo’s begging for more punishment this year Walmart had Mammoth jalapeño plants today I appreciate the heads up, I found some at Walmart today  I also planted some Ghost, Habanero, Yellow Fevers and Reapers today just to see how they turn out. If anyone would like to try some let me know,,
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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04/07/24 03:09 PM
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Anybody have the 411 on where to find giant jalapeño plants this year? I can’t seem to find any and my bungholeo’s begging for more punishment this year i bought some megatron jalapeno plants at atwoods. there red dirt plants are 99 cents each. they are the small ones but look good
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