Gardening

[Uncle Dave]

Strawberries!!!!

[Uncle Dave]

Asparagus!!!!

[Uncle Dave]

Broccoli!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7d9gzzJjJo

I'm just about finished harvesting my broccoli(Green Magic Hybrid) crop which I planted March 21. I'm up to 18 pounds of large heads and raab. At Kroger, organic broccoli was going for $3.99/lb. The quality was pathetic. At a farmer's market it was $4.00/lb and looked awesome. My crop thus far is worth $72.00 which more than pays for all seeds and homegrown sets for my entire garden for the year. Insect pressure(cabbage loopers, harlequin beetles) was light.

[Lighthouse]

Did you plant seeds in the ground? If so, how deep and how far apart?

[Uncle Dave]

Did you plant seeds in the ground? If so, how deep and how far apart?

No, I planted sets. I planted the seeds for the sets February 21st. All of my sets are ready in four weeks. For eight years I've been using the Park Biodome starter kit and a four foot fluorescent grow light. Works great for me. I planted the broccoli about 15 inches apart and feed every 4 weeks or so. My plants are huge.

[Lighthouse]

No, I planted sets. I planted the seeds for the sets February 21st. All of my sets are ready in four weeks. For eight years I've been using the Park Biodome starter kit and a four foot fluorescent grow light. Works great for me. I planted the broccoli about 15 inches apart and feed every 4 weeks or so. My plants are huge.

Thank you. I'll forward this on to my son.

[Uncle Dave]

Thank you. I'll forward this on to my son.

You're sure welcome. This publication is excellent...http://www2.ca.uky.edu/agcomm/pubs/id/id128/id128.pdf. Maybe forward this to your son. If he'd prefer a hard copy, have him call Jeff Co Extension office at 502-569-2344. The folks who work there(all hardcore UK fans) will be happy to mail him a copy.

[Uncle Dave]

Spinach!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQchTnsv-I

[CATHYnKY]

Our tomato plants are huge. Harvesting Sweet 100s. Banana peppers ready too. Pimentos doing well. I love them stuffed with herbed cream cheese and baked. Love fresh veggies.

[Matt Dillon]

Love fresh veggies.

Same here, Cathy.

[Matt Dillon]

I have a question for my fellow gardeners (I don't know if I quality as a gardener). I love home grown tomatoes with lots of different dishes. We live in a country setting but there's lots of trees in and around our yard which limits the amount of space receiving adequate sunshine. My wife and I bought a couple of plants that are specifically meant to be planted in pots. We filled two huge pots with Miracle Grow garden soil and put them in them. For awhile, they seemed to really takeoff. Each plant has several tomatoes on it but they seem to have stalled out for some reason. The existing tomatoes don't seem to be growing like they were and some of the blooms are dying as well as several of the leaves. Could we possibly be watering them too much, or not enough? Also, they looked as if something was eating on the leaves and my wife put Sevin spray on them a few days ago. Thanks in advance to any and all who reply.

[Lighthouse]

I have a question for my fellow gardeners (I don't know if I quality as a gardener). I love home grown tomatoes with lots of different dishes. We live in a country setting but there's lots of trees in and around our yard which limits the amount of space receiving adequate sunshine. My wife and I bought a couple of plants that are specifically meant to be planted in pots. We filled two huge pots with Miracle Grow garden soil and put them in them. For awhile, they seemed to really takeoff. Each plant has several tomatoes on it but they seem to have stalled out for some reason. The existing tomatoes don't seem to be growing like they were and some of the blooms are dying as well as several of the leaves. Could we possibly be watering them too much, or not enough? Also, they looked as if something was eating on the leaves and my wife put Sevin spray on them a few days ago. Thanks in advance to any and all who reply.

The tendency is to water to much. In a pot, check the soil by taking a handful from down a couple or three inches, squeeze it and if it sticks together, don't water until it doesn't stick. They need a few hours of sun every day.

[Uncle Dave]

More about tomatoes!!

[Uncle Dave]

Somali refugee farmer and commercial grower, Bakar Aden from the Incubator Farm Program talks about succession planting. Those of you in Jeff Co can find Bakar and his family at the St. Matthews and Rainbow Blossom farmers' markets.

[Uncle Dave]

Anyone want to share experiences gardening this year? I had a decent year except for the legumes I planted....bush beans, lima beans and edible pod peas. Beetles inhaled my bush beans. Too much rain ruined my lima bean blossoms. Cold wet soil doomed my early peas. I'll do better next year. Still have a lot of cold hardy plants doing really well. I planted my 2022 garlic crop from cloves that I saved from the last harvest. Looks good not to mention free of charge. Raised meat birds this fall. Took all the spoiled bedding from the brooder and been mixing it around in my compost bins. Anxious to get it out and see what effect that will have.