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The season is moving from cool weather crops to warm weather crops. You will probably notice a lot of your cool weather vegetables bolting (flowering). This typically signals the end of the run for them. Lettuce can become bitter and other plants stop growing the parts we want. You might have time for 28 day radishes but aside from that, it is time to switch gears to WARM WEATHER CROPS.
That is, you can get your tomatoes and peppers in the ground. You can plant your zukes, cukes and squashes. Your beans can go in. You basil can go in. Don't forget your melons too. I'll be doing a full blog on warm weather crops over the next week.
Good Luck and Good Growing!
I plan on making a video demonstrating how to create a disease barrier in the garden. It is time to plan you prevention spraying schedule and get started with the first wave of spraying.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Tending Container Potoates: Back-Filling to Increase Yield!
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Growing potatoes in containers works. This video shows you the process of back-filling the container once the potato stems grow. The idea is to fill the container with soil, hay or similar to about 1/2 to 3/4 the stems growth. You do this several times as the stems grow. I was actually a little late in the video. Potatoes will grow out from the stems! This is how you increase your potato yield in containers.
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Growing potatoes in containers works. This video shows you the process of back-filling the container once the potato stems grow. The idea is to fill the container with soil, hay or similar to about 1/2 to 3/4 the stems growth. You do this several times as the stems grow. I was actually a little late in the video. Potatoes will grow out from the stems! This is how you increase your potato yield in containers.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
How to Tend, Prune and Remove Suckers from a Young Tomato
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I am continuing to make videos. This video is about tending and training a young tomato. It will show you how to remove suckers, prune lower branches to begin creating a disease barrier and other basic care. The tomato was in the hot-house tomato cage for 4 weeks. It grew nicely!
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I am continuing to make videos. This video is about tending and training a young tomato. It will show you how to remove suckers, prune lower branches to begin creating a disease barrier and other basic care. The tomato was in the hot-house tomato cage for 4 weeks. It grew nicely!
Saturday, May 12, 2012
More Cool Weather Crops and What's Going on in the Rusted Garden
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I will be shooting several videos this weekend. One will demonstrate how to prune and manage a young tomato. This will include creating a disease barrier. I will be showing you how to tend your 12 inch potato plants by adding soil, compost, or hay to 1/2 the stalks. And a video on container peas.
I shut down my grow-lights and everything is outside. I'll be writing about creating transplants as a way to manage your summer garden and maximize space and production. Please let me know if you have questions or would like to see certain gardening subjects covered. If I don't know how to do it... I will make up something fun.
Other cool weather crops in pictures below. Oh... In Maryland, we have about 4 weeks left of what would be considered cool weather. Enough time for some baby lettuce, spinach and radishes.
The peas that are huge are sugar snap edible pod. The little bunch are standard peas. And that is my last wave of tomatoes that are for my garden and for sale.
I wouldn't classify these as 100% cool weather but they need some cool weather growing time. This is my first time growing celery and that is because I stumbled upon it in seed cells. I figured what the heck. The celery had to be protected when frost was around.
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I will be shooting several videos this weekend. One will demonstrate how to prune and manage a young tomato. This will include creating a disease barrier. I will be showing you how to tend your 12 inch potato plants by adding soil, compost, or hay to 1/2 the stalks. And a video on container peas.
I shut down my grow-lights and everything is outside. I'll be writing about creating transplants as a way to manage your summer garden and maximize space and production. Please let me know if you have questions or would like to see certain gardening subjects covered. If I don't know how to do it... I will make up something fun.
Other cool weather crops in pictures below. Oh... In Maryland, we have about 4 weeks left of what would be considered cool weather. Enough time for some baby lettuce, spinach and radishes.
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| Cool Weather - 'Blue Vates' Kale and Chive - The Rusted Garden |
You can see an asparagus branch, strawberry leaves and over-wintered leeks in the picture above.
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| Cool Weather - Onions Planted in March - The Rusted Garden |
That is lemon balm to the left. It is a very hardy and a super fragrant herb. Great in teas! It smells like summer.
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| Cool Weather - Container Peas: Gary Pilarchik |
The peas that are huge are sugar snap edible pod. The little bunch are standard peas. And that is my last wave of tomatoes that are for my garden and for sale.
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| Cool Weather - Carrots, Beets and Celery - Gary Pilarchik |
I wouldn't classify these as 100% cool weather but they need some cool weather growing time. This is my first time growing celery and that is because I stumbled upon it in seed cells. I figured what the heck. The celery had to be protected when frost was around.
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| Cool Weather - ( L) Pak Choi, Brocolli Raab, and 'Black' Kale: Gary Pilarchik |
In the back left corner is 'Red Russian' kale that over-wintered. Kale is a great crop in Maryland.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Lettuces Planting Methods and Cool Weather Crops
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Here is the video describing a couple different methods for planting lettuces - a cool weather crop. Below are updated pictures of the progress of the lettuce as well as pictures of other cool weather crops. Remember in Maryland Zone 7 we can plant cool weather vegetables again mid August for fall vegetables.
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Here is the video describing a couple different methods for planting lettuces - a cool weather crop. Below are updated pictures of the progress of the lettuce as well as pictures of other cool weather crops. Remember in Maryland Zone 7 we can plant cool weather vegetables again mid August for fall vegetables.
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| Scatter Plot of Lettuce - The Rusted Garden |
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| Heavily Seeded Lettuce Row - The Rusted Garden |
In the above picture right in front is parsley and 'Bright Lights' swiss chard. Both grow in the cool weather and survive warm weather well. In the middle are two rows of lettuce seeded in a way that the seeds touch each other. I just dropped a bunch in a row. You can cut leaves and let them grow back or pick whole plants to thin the row and let the remaining lettuces grow larger. In the back are radishes, another row of lettuce and spinach. All cool weather vegetables.
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| Lettuce Spaced for Full Heads and Container Greens: Gary Pilarchik |
In the containers are mustard greens. And in the bed are lettuces to mature to full heads and spinach in the back left corner. These are all cool weather vegetables. The heat generally makes cool weather vegetables bolt to flower and bitters the leaves.
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