Garden Geeks thread

[leswp1]

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Not that far ahead here. Seeds under the lights.

[MadTownSioux]

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Potatoes and Peas went in last weekend. Frost for tonight - I'm praying for my cherries and apples.

[MadTownSioux]

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..... We tried drenching the soil with a fungicide this year before planting.

What Fungicide did you use, if you don't mind me asking?

[FreshFish]

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What Fungicide did you use, if you don't mind me asking?

It's called "Soap-Shield" and it is a "Flowable Liquid Copper Fungicide."

It comes as a concentrate and you mix it with water. We put it in a watering can and watered the soil with it before planting.

You also can put it in a sprayer and spray the leaves with it every other week or so after the plants are well-established.

[leswp1]

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Late start this yr. Soil was horribly wet then I got sick as a dog last week, barely upright today but it is getting way too late to plant. Just planted the veggie garden today- tomatoes (had planted indoors, repotted- they are huge!)basil, cukes, soliel and nickel beans, lettuce- ridiculously late

[leswp1]

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Anyone ever grow a Hawthorne tree (white ? got one at a garden swap because the person said it should grow to 15 ft but when I looked it up it says to 30 ft and very wide Left it in the pot until I find out. Also said it needs 2 stems- which it has- but I can find no reference to this.

[walrus]

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It's not too late to plant. Maybe for cold weather crops like peas but up here soil temps are still low as its so wet. I'm not sure squash will germinate it's still so chilly.

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[leswp1]

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It's not too late to plant. Maybe for cold weather crops like peas but up here soil temps are still low as its so wet. I'm not sure squash will germinate it's still so chilly.

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Hiyah wally! It has been close to 50 at night for a bit here but cool/rainy for most of the days- some sun. Hoping for the germination.

[walrus]

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Soil temp in garden 57, higher than I thought. 66 in hoop house with black plastic down

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[leswp1]

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Soil temp in garden 57, higher than I thought. 66 in hoop house with black plastic down

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Had some sun yesterday but back to cooler and clouds today. Sigh.

[walrus]

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I planted tomatoes and peppers in hoop house. Put down black plastic for squashes but didn't plant them or green beans

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[leswp1]

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No one with Hawthorne tree experience huh?

[walrus]

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We had a Hawthorne tree in Orono when I was a kid. I want to say 15 or 20 feet but as I remember the thorns are killer

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[FiveHole12]

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No one with Hawthorne tree experience huh?

I have a hawthorne. About 10-12 yr old?, 20'x20', nice cone shape. I trim the lower branches so it can be walked under without getting your head all bloodied up. This is the first year I had a beautiful show of white spring flowers... and I do mean beautiful. What a nice tree.

P.S. A lot of my trees came from the arbor day society... as twigs, planted years ago. My Washington Hawthorne is a single trunk.

[leswp1]

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Thanks guys. Now trying to figure out where to put it as it looks to be potentially much larger than I have room for