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N&C Midwest: June 2022
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N&C Midwest: June 2022
My tomatoes look a little scary. We’ll see—2 of them are very yellow and look stressed out. My unlabeled cukes/squash/melons are up and some have formed true leaves. Will try to get those in this weekend.
Nothing that I can identify as a ground cherry—will re-start those because I love them! Sunflowers are about ready to go in. Basil will be re-seeded. Only 2 of the 5 clumps are up.
What’s going on, Midwest?
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
Peas are still going stronger, just not producing anything yet. Finished mulching all my garden beds with shredded leaves and direct sowed some zucchini and cucumbers.
Seems like it is taking my marigolds, alyssum and nasturtiums forever to germinate, so I don't know what is going on there.
Looking forward to all the growing June will bring!
Scorpio Rising....are ground cherries similar to tomatillos? I have tomatillos growing this year and have been wondering about ground cherries.
Strawberries are on my list to try next spring. Trying to make sure I am adding to the garden SLOWLY!!! LOL
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
Potatoes, onions, turnips and radishes were happy.
I managed to get a 10x10 community garden plot so the summer squash and bush acorn squash are planted there.
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
My beets and carrots also seem to be doing okay. I just don't know when to pull them! LOL
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
Carrots I tend to do a “push back the soil and check the shoulders” approach to harvesting….beets are a little easier but you kinda have to see how big the globe is. I’m jealous! No idea where or if the beets are in?
Nrstooge, I hope my yellow Brandywine and pear are because of the temps….fingers crossed.
OG, same boat as you as far as the zukes etc. will go in!
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
Pineapple Tomatillo
Is this the variety of ground cherry that you have grown the couple of years? If so, how does it compare with the Aunt Molly's variety?
This might have to be the one new thing that I add next year!
Thanks!
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
Yes! That’s the one I have grown recently. I just ordered Aunt Mollys because I’m out of seeds. The Pineapple plants are much larger, but the fruits of both are very similar size and taste-wise in my opinion. The birds and squirrels also love them! I have had to net them before.JAM23 wrote:Scorpio Rising-MI Gardener has a variety on their website:
Pineapple Tomatillo
Is this the variety of ground cherry that you have grown the couple of years? If so, how does it compare with the Aunt Molly's variety?
This might have to be the one new thing that I add next year!
Thanks!
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
That is good to know - thanks for sharing. I've got Aunt Molly's on my patio for the first time and the squirrels do love digging in my patio containers.Scorpio Rising wrote:Yes! That’s the one I have grown recently. I just ordered Aunt Mollys because I’m out of seeds. The Pineapple plants are much larger, but the fruits of both are very similar size and taste-wise in my opinion. The birds and squirrels also love them! I have had to net them before.JAM23 wrote:Scorpio Rising-MI Gardener has a variety on their website:
Pineapple Tomatillo
Is this the variety of ground cherry that you have grown the couple of years? If so, how does it compare with the Aunt Molly's variety?
This might have to be the one new thing that I add next year!
Thanks!
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
I have ground cherries going in several squares. Whatever the "stock" variety is because that is what I could get at the time. I may have them too cramped.Scorpio Rising wrote:Yes! That’s the one I have grown recently. I just ordered Aunt Mollys because I’m out of seeds.
How many plants do you grow per square? Thanks!
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
I had some volunteer ground cherries peak out (I think) in my container that held them last year. They are tiny but that’s OK. YAY!
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
Will you be using Mel's Mix on the top of the existing fill? Or just adding compost and calling it a raised bed. Will you be creating walk-on isles?nrstooge wrote:I managed to get a 10x10 community garden plot so the summer squash and bush acorn squash are planted there.
Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
Our community gardens are in ground - with chicken wire around each plot to keep the public out - so just a regular garden but I'm using the spacing for a SFG. It is required for us to be organic, so did use compost to add to the soil.sanderson wrote:Will you be using Mel's Mix on the top of the existing fill? Or just adding compost and calling it a raised bed. Will you be creating walk-on isles?nrstooge wrote:I managed to get a 10x10 community garden plot so the summer squash and bush acorn squash are planted there.
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
My corn is up! Tiny but yep--also Dragon Tongue beans....just watching and seeing what is happening at this point! Looks like my kohlrabi is also up.
Super late.
Tomatoes and peppers are doing well--watered everything, we are supposed to get rain but you never know what that means exactly. Potatoes look great. I will try to get some pics tomorrow!
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
Other than that, I did water the recently planted unknowns…probably squashes and melons?
Hot and dry here at the moment.
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
Pulled some radishes today and some more mache. Harvested a volunteer head of lettuce and planted another round of bush and pole beans. My snap peas are huge and starting to flower. I hope they do okay with the upcoming heat! Swiss chard is looking good and the tomatillos are big! Pulled out all of the spinach.
Plugging along here! Hoping to go strawberry picking this week and make some jam. We finished the last jar from last years batches a week ago, so we are in need of more!
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
I actually had to water last night—the storm came in straight out of the north, my south annex didn’t get a drop of water! That’s where my tomatoes are, and hopefully zucchini and or melons???? I need to be much better at labeling (I say this every year).
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Re: N&C Midwest: June 2022
I have been thinking about purchasing some Thuricide Bt (Captain Jacks???) for my kale because I did have cabbage loopers last year. Right now I have it under tulle but it's getting tall!
I have a few pepper plants that I have no clue what they are!
Picked the last of the mache, have a few radishes that will need to get picked today and started picking some swiss chard. I think a few sugar snaps will be ready today and branches will need to be cleaned up as well. Glad to hear the storms weren't worse!
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JAM23 wrote:I have been thinking about purchasing some Thuricide Bt (Captain Jacks???) for my kale because I did have cabbage loopers last year. Right now I have it under tulle but it's getting tall!
Just a thought on Thuricide Bt, look for the concentrate instead of the Ready-To-Use. It is much less expensive, and lasts much longer. The concentrate is 98% Bt, while the Ready-To-Use is just under 10% Bt and 90% water (expensive water). The concentrate uses 1 Tbsp per gallon of water, to a pint of it goes a long way (32 uses).
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