I've done tomatoes before and started them inside in Feb then transferred them around this time. The next couple of years they reseeded themselves from dropped rotten ones haha. Tomatoes, zucchini and lettuce are the only veg I've had luck with
I've done tomatoes before and started them inside in Feb then transferred them around this time. The next couple of years they reseeded themselves from dropped rotten ones haha. Tomatoes, zucchini and lettuce are the only veg I've had luck with
I kill most everything! So I'm looking for easy, maybe I should do zucchini instead of cucumber. We eat a ton of it!
We have a very short growing season. I have found that tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, green beans, and lettuce are fairly easy to grow even with the short season. This year I'm adding green peppers, carrots, broccoli, and pumpkins but I haven't had luck with them in the past.
I've done tomatoes before and started them inside in Feb then transferred them around this time. The next couple of years they reseeded themselves from dropped rotten ones haha. Tomatoes, zucchini and lettuce are the only veg I've had luck with
I kill most everything! So I'm looking for easy, maybe I should do zucchini instead of cucumber. We eat a ton of it!
For me zucchini was incredibly easy but needed a lot of space to spread out, we had them in raised beds. We did green and yellow and were getting at least 1 a day at peek season. Romaine lettuces were easy and took 2 weeks from seed to veg and it was nice going outside to pick what we needed for a salad or sandwich
Post by jennyinheaven on May 21, 2017 18:51:52 GMT -5
We just put in zucchini. Herbs, tomatoes and lettuces. We plant in a community garden though not a container but this is the time of year we typically plant.
I planted cucumbers, collard greens, zucchini, green beans, tomatoes, cantaloupe, romaine lettuce, and spinach. I also have banana peppers growing in a pot. In the fall, I'm going to do broccoli and cauliflower since I waited too late to get started and it's too hot for it now. scotty138 I've never been able to get carrots to grow either.
Post by SpinsOffResonance on May 21, 2017 19:17:59 GMT -5
I tried tomatoes in a container last year. By the end of the growing season we had 5 tiny green tomatoes. Not sure where we went wrong
This year DD1 really wanted to plant a garden. We dug out one of the raised beds at MIL's house from under the weeds. I let DD1 pick out the seeds. We planted them 2 weeks ago. We have cucumbers, peas, carrots and watermelon. So far only a few peas spouted. In case you couldn't tell, i have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. DD2 helped out a little bit, she like to rake but she wasn't into planting at all. We did have a good time today looking for baby plants, bugs and worms in our planters.
Post by springbeduk on May 21, 2017 21:07:00 GMT -5
Is the container one you can bring inside for the night if you get a late frost? Or maybe also too many cool damp days in a row (some years here tomatoes and I think other nightshades too get some mildew sort of problem - basically when there's a really long cool damp stretch) if it is drier and warmer inside. If so definitely not too soon to plant. Even if you can't bring them inside you could cover them.if there is a late frost do they would probably be ok, right?
My problem with growing veggies has always been critters. So many hungry animals around, from slugs on up through deer and all sizes in between.
Post by duskymonkey on May 21, 2017 23:53:32 GMT -5
kittyriot, what zone are you in? I am in zone 5. We have a very short growing period where I am. Hell, we just got 3-4 inches of snow just last Friday!. Due to this, I've given up on larger veriety of toms and found cherry toms ripen faster and I can enjoy a bountiful earlier in the season. Also O would have a great time plucking and eating them off the plant. Yes to tomatoes now! and earlier if you can - use WOWs ( Wall O Water ) to protect them from frost in the night or make your own - I use 1 liter soda bottles and fill them with water and surround the plants - works great. If it snows - put a bucket over it lol! I find bush beans are mush easier and no need for trellises, Kale is also cold weather hardy so another good one to get a long harvest from as well as Swiss chard. I've never really tried zukes - like emmagk, said they spread out and I dont have much space for them to spread out. I also do a mesclun mix lettuce and seed groups of them a week apart so harvest is staggered and they'll pretty much grow all season - just chop of the tops and you can harvest them all season long.
Post by duskymonkey on May 21, 2017 23:59:36 GMT -5
SpinsOffResonance, it's all trial and error and you'll learn as you go along . Also toms need like at least 8 hrs of full sun a day or they just wont grow well and ripen. Practically most vegs do. If you have them in containers, you'd have to make sure they receive adequate fertilizer.
Post by duskymonkey on May 22, 2017 0:03:22 GMT -5
emmagk, that's what happened to me my 1st time planting here so I gave up on big toms - I tried Roma's but that didnt ripen until late Sept too so I;ve been sticking to just cherries.
kittyriot, what zone are you in? I am in zone 5. We have a very short growing period where I am. Hell, we just got 3-4 inches of snow just last Friday!. Due to this, I've given up on larger veriety of toms and found cherry toms ripen faster and I can enjoy a bountiful earlier in the season. Also O would have a great time plucking and eating them off the plant. Yes to tomatoes now! and earlier if you can - use WOWs ( Wall O Water ) to protect them from frost in the night or make your own - I use 1 liter soda bottles and fill them with water and surround the plants - works great. If it snows - put a bucket over it lol! I find bush beans are mush easier and no need for trellises, Kale is also cold weather hardy so another good one to get a long harvest from as well as Swiss chard. I've never really tried zukes - like emmagk, said they spread out and I dont have much space for them to spread out. I also do a mesclun mix lettuce and seed groups of them a week apart so harvest is staggered and they'll pretty much grow all season - just chop of the tops and you can harvest them all season long.
I'm not sure what zone we're in but we live in the heart of farm country Ontario so I know we have one of the best growing seasons.
We planted tomatoes, peppers and zucchini in a plastic baby pool lady weekend. It's like the lazy person's raised bed. It is our first year doing it, so we'll see how it goes.
Ha. That's awesome. I was trying to think of something I could retrofit as a raised bed because I am also useless with tools.
Ugh. I have to get out and pull weeds from the garden bed for the second time already. And I haven't even planted anything yet!!
We had really good luck with zucchini last year. I've done broccoli, green beans, tomatoes and a couple other things before. This year I have a ton of pumpkin plants that emerged from last years Halloween that we just tossed in there. I think this year we are going to just do pumpkins and sweet corn.
DH is in charge of the gardening. He does asparagus, strawberries and rhubarb. We tried corn and green beans and the squirrels ate them. We are trying herbs but they aren't fairing too well. DH is more into fruit than veggies. We have a peach tree, 2 apple trees, 2 cherry trees, blueberries, raspberries, fig tree, hazelnut tree, pomegranate tree and a flowering plum tree that actually produces fruit. Last year was a really bad year because we had a late frost but everything is looking really good this year so I'm excited. It saves so much money.
I came into this thread curious to see if I could possibly pull off a tomato plant. Then I realized I don't like to plant flowers and have others do it for me. Up until SD was old enough, my Mom would come plant my flowers every year in my front planter, lol
emmagk, that's what happened to me my 1st time planting here so I gave up on big toms - I tried Roma's but that didnt ripen until late Sept too so I;ve been sticking to just cherries.
Even our cherries didn't ripen until late but at least they did ripen. The beef toms never did
DH is in charge of the gardening. He does asparagus, strawberries and rhubarb. We tried corn and green beans and the squirrels ate them. We are trying herbs but they aren't fairing too well. DH is more into fruit than veggies. We have a peach tree, 2 apple trees, 2 cherry trees, blueberries, raspberries, fig tree, hazelnut tree, pomegranate tree and a flowering plum tree that actually produces fruit. Last year was a really bad year because we had a late frost but everything is looking really good this year so I'm excited. It saves so much money.
activebaby and duskymonkey, it's all DH. Sometimes we get so much fruit, we have to freeze it and other years we get very little. Last year we got no peaches and only a few apples because we had a late frost, but got a ton of blueberries. The year before we got enough apples for the whole year and were giving them to our neighbors. It's hit or miss. And DH does very little to maintain them.
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