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The spicy capsicum should tingle their senses and keep them away instead of inviting them. This is another reason I was thinking of doing a raised bed in cedar, etc.
Some of the tomatoes are putting out flowers and will soon be big enough for stakes. In my area once the night time temp get a lot of 75 F, there will be no fruit. We are near that mark mark now. So far no disease.Mike: for the seeds you send me: The brandywine tomato seeds I see are spouting and #23 sweet is also spouting up. I covered the pots for tonight. We have cold snap coming that that might reach 36 F tonight, but still some frost might be possible.
Some years ago I tried a fish based fertilizer and something dug into the pot.We are just getting into the growing season in Northern Oklahoma.
Almost got a freeze a couple weeks ago.
My buddy plants the garden, as we are traveling all the time, but I wanted to try a tomato plant with some fish guts after cleaning some as a natural fertilizer.
Found one at the nursery that was about a foot tall and planted it with only the top exposed with fish guts in the hole to slowly dissolve and fertilize.
He has two dozen plants in another location. We put this one out in a remote location to see if the raccoons and other critters would dig it up for an experiment.
I did it one at our home before we started traveling and our dogs dug it up.
They stunk for a week. LOL! Wife wasn't happy.
My dogs recently just killed some critters. Today I found one rotten possum and a freshly killed armadillo that i tossed over the fence for the wild critter to dispose of. Dog or not, something may still dig up your fish products.Years ago, I tried fish guts for fertilizer. My dogs dug them up.
We don't have dogs now so trying it again.
So far, no issues. I actually saw a video today that I forgot to share that showed putting fish guts into a plastic bag with the corner cut out and bury at root level. As they dissolve, they drip the liquid into the soil from the cut and its like a slow release fertilizer.My dogs recently just killed some critters. Today I found one rotten possum and a freshly killed armadillo that i tossed over the fence for the wild critter to dispose of. Dog or not, something may still dig up your fish products.
Do you use a green house?A couple of items from my lil' garden patch yesterday here in West TN. Appears my tomatoes will be soon as I have a couple turning color finally.
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No. Notice all but the squash are "frost tolerant" I try to have my dirt ready early Feb. I had onions from shoots and bulbs planted this year by 3/1, broccoli & cauliflower a couple of weeks later, I did have a late hard frost down to 27F, and covered the broccoli & cauliflower, onions are never a problem.Do you use a green house?
That's awesome! Young onions like that are good with just salt and pepper raw.A couple of items from my lil' garden patch yesterday here in West TN. Appears my tomatoes will be soon as I have a couple turning color finally.
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Yes, and I enjoy most of my veggies only lightly steamed maintaining as much of the natural flavors.That's awesome! Young onions like that are good with just salt and pepper raw.
We have had an asparagus bed for almost 30 years now. Love that stuff in the spring, but the first of June, we have to stop picking so it can go to fern and get ready to produce more next spring.Yes, and I enjoy most of my veggies only lightly steamed maintaining as much of the natural flavors.
I started an asparagus bed this spring, it'll be next year at least before I can enjoy those.