Speaking of gardens, what do you use for pesticides ( if any) ?
My leaves are pretty chewed up on a few plants, I'm thinking Neem oil as a spray.
Tim
It does in the Arctic. I have three varieties of tomatoes and three of peppers 🌶 in a grow tent. They are doing great. It’s the only way short of a greenhouse I can get a decent yield on the warm weather crops. When I get rich I’ll put in a heated 12x20 in the front yardDoes this count?
I use either Neem or Azamax when required and Sluggo.I don't spray anything, but if I did, neem oil would be at the top of the list.
Oh I'm so on this, just got some pickles out the garden.Hey, Steve. I started with THIS RECIPE, and have since increased the amount of dill (I like a lot of dill flavor in my dill pickles), vinegar (I use 2.25 cups vinegar to 4 cups water), and garlic. I also make sure the brine is cool before pouring over the cucumbers, as this contributes to a crispier pickle. You can reuse the brine for at least two batches.
Cheers,
Rich
Those are wallet-size tomatoes!I've had an unusual year in the garden. Due to aforementioned deep freeze, my onions did not go into the ground until first week of March, usually plant mid-Feb. Just now putting onions into storage, full month behind.
And I lost all 10 of my Big Beef tomato plants that I had grown from seed on April 21. We had a predicted late freeze. It was cold, cloudy and about 2 pm in the afternoon I covered my plants with 5 gallon buckets. About 4 pm, the sun came out. I should've taken the buckets off but did not think about it and the plants roasted from the sun hitting the buckets. I would've easily survived the freeze.
So the next day, I went to a local nursery and bought 10 new plants. They were varieties I'd not grown before, Beefmaster, Better Boy, and Arkansas Traveler. And these Beefmaster plants put on huge tomatoes. They're cat facing a lot , but still mostly edible and good eatin. May be the largest tomato I've ever grown
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