All Vegetable Gardening (growing plants, tomatoes, spring, planting)

[speagles84]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Tis the season!... Too soon?




I plan on doing a test, see which company is better. I always had success with Burpee.

And I like the attention grabber "Italy seeds". Wonder how much truth there is in that.

Burpee is based in Warminster Pennsylvania (Right outside of Philadelphia). I agree though, probably due to minimal shipping for us and semi similar climate

I bought mine last week too, and at home depot lol

[Cambium]

Working on my raised bed in January feels weird



Black GOLD!

[Cambium]

Starting to think about the garden since there is no snow cover yet.


The other bed I'll do Tomatoes

[twinkletwinkle22]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Starting to think about the garden since there is no snow cover yet.
The other bed I'll do Tomatoes

Cambium

Do you rotate your vegetables? Move the tomatoes to different spots every other year or so?

[Threerun]

It's asleep here in MT

[memph]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Starting to think about the garden since there is no snow cover yet.


The other bed I'll do Tomatoes

Have you had success with fava beans? I started mine in March, transplanted in April, and then they grew well through May but then the heat in the second half of June beat up on them and the yield was pretty underwhelming and not worth it for me. Might've been compounded with the dry conditions and very well draining (sandy) soil though (+on a slope, made it even harder for water to filter in).

[memph]

Originally Posted by Threerun

It's asleep here in MT

My vegetable garden is still alive, it just got moved to the basement.

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by twinkletwinkle22

Cambium

Do you rotate your vegetables? Move the tomatoes to different spots every other year or so?

Farmers don't do it so I don't. I used to do it but don't anymore. If its in a different spot its because I redesigned the layout but not because I had to rotate something.

Originally Posted by memph

Have you had success with fava beans?

They hate heat but its been tough because Springs are short after a extended winters recently. But yes, I've had success, I even found an organic mix to spray any aphids. They love Fava beans those aphids!


Here's a pic from 2020, scroll down a bit. And one from 2016.


60 Fava beans harvested end of June 2016

Originally Posted by memph

My vegetable garden is still alive, it just got moved to the basement.

incredible! I'm so scared bringing outside plants into my home. I am bug free inside for decades now.

Originally Posted by Threerun

It's asleep here in MT

Having a bad year here with snow. Only 1" this season. Usually have AT LEAST 7" by now. At least its been raining so the soil isn't drying out with lack of snowcover

[Threerun]

Originally Posted by memph

My vegetable garden is still alive, it just got moved to the basement.

Ours got moved to the basement too… in mason jars and on the shelves, lol.

[memph]

Originally Posted by Cambium

They hate heat but its been tough because Springs are short after a extended winters recently. But yes, I've had success, I even found an organic mix to spray any aphids. They love Fava beans those aphids!


Here's a pic from 2020, scroll down a bit. And one from 2016.


60 Fava beans harvested end of June 2016

Well, 60 pods for 40 plants is about what I got too, but that seems rather underwhelming compared to the production you'd get from peas or beans.

Originally Posted by Cambium

incredible! I'm so scared bringing outside plants into my home. I am bug free inside for decades now.

Not an unreasonable concern. I've got the aphids mostly under control, but still working on the fungus gnats. Last year it was less of a problem, but I only had 7 plants, 3 of which I washed the roots and used new soil with, and I pruned them all back in late November, and then put them in an room without artificial light, so most of their remaining leaves dropped off. That meant little foliage or anything else for the bugs to hide in. I had a bit of aphids but was able to remove them all after a few weeks. However, I lost 3/7 plants.

This time, I have twice as many plants (14), and have grow lights on two of them that I haven't yet pruned back because they're still ripening fruit. Even the ones that I pruned back kept a bit of leaves and are growing new ones due to the grow lights nearby. So there's a lot more foliage for the bugs to hide in. And I also haven't cleaned the roots/replaced the potting soil. I did treat the soil with nematodes and put up dozens of sticky traps last week though so hopefully that brings the fungus gnats under control. The peppers seem unbothered so I think I'll be heading into spring with a greater quantity of more advanced plants than last year, I'm just worried about the new vegetable starts and other more vulnerable, less established plants I'll be trying to grow in March-April.