/Gardening/

[Anonymous No.16110176]

It's mid-spring and it's gardening season, what delicious things are you growing?

[Anonymous No.16110197]

seems like waste of time. I could eat all that in a day.
That's like 1 big salad.

[Anonymous No.16110218]

That looks amazing if pic rel is yours, currently in an apartment so not much other than herbs. Used to grow tomatoes, onions, and aubergines a while ago and that was fun

[Anonymous No.16110234]

Just had a salad from my garden, also snacked on some rhubarb. Put my tomatoes out of the greenhouse into a bed. They should be fruiting as soon as they adjust. They are already flowering.

[Anonymous No.16110415]

For now, strawberries, raspberries, started some grape tomatoes, basil, and chives. I don't plant anything until after memorial day because we usually get a late spring snow storm at the end of may. The perennials are pretty hardy and are out there growing on their own.

[Anonymous No.16110446]

>>16110197
The point is that they get bigger if you have a little patience and keep the bunnies away. Each one of those will grow into a whole head of lettuce/greens if you give them a chance to thrive.

Plus, home-grown stuff always tastes better, on account of being picked fresh instead of wilting on a grocery store shelf for days.

[Anonymous No.16110460]

>>16110176
I've got 12 chili pepper plants, 3 tomato plants, and an herb garden with mint, basil, thyme, rosemary, and oregano. The tomatoes just started blooming earlier this week, and the chilies are getting buds.

[Anonymous No.16110481]

>>16110197
Most of that grows like a weed all season. Depending on where you live, you start seeds at the end of march and when you plant them in may you have bountiful harvests for 4-5 months. $20 seeds turns into hundreds of dollars of produce. Plus the therapeutic experience of watching things grow and keeping them alive to thrive.

[Anonymous No.16110489]

>>16110176
The only thing REALLY worth growing yourself is herbs. Basil, oregano, rosemary, thyme, parsley, etc.
Tomatoes are nice, but I don't need 300 of them all in September. When they are ripe, they are also available local, organic, fresh, and cheap at the market. And they will have been cared for better than I can manage with limited time for things that are worth pennies.
Wholesome hobby, but you need to be seriously bored to sink your time into it.

[Anonymous No.16110490]

>>16110489
Zoomer mentality

[Anonymous No.16110499]

>>16110176
I fucked up (sort of) and havent started anything, but it's been so damned cold here the past 2 months(last night 37) and the temp fluctuations so wild that I'm not sure it's worth it
Is there any hope for me? What should I try and grow if so?

[Anonymous No.16110501]

we've been having trouble getting ours off the ground got any tips /ck/?

[Anonymous No.16110504]

>>16110176
WEED

[Anonymous No.16110507]

>>16110489
I've been considering trying to grow odd medicinal herbs like panax ginseng and valerian root, and selling them to the local stoner hippies, but I don't know if there's any real money in doing that as a hobby

[Anonymous No.16110509]

>>16110501
Have you tried mattering black lives more?

[Anonymous No.16110520]

>>16110501
pictures of the chaz garden make the whole burning the world for 10 months worth it imo

[Anonymous No.16110542]

>>16110499
Just keep them indoors until it gets to ~50 degrees at night, but acclimate them before transplanting.

[Anonymous No.16110549]

My Joshie Allen :)

[Anonymous No.16110550]

>>16110520
I must have missed some, I remember seeing someone had scattered hay over some lawn and that was the 'garden.' Would've fed them all, I'm sure.

[Anonymous No.16110564]

>>16110520
Remember that leftists are the smart and creative ones, who cares if they can't do what primitive humans have been doing for a hundred thousand years. They fucking love science!

[Anonymous No.16110567]

>>16110489
>Tomatoes are nice, but I don't need 300 of them all in September.
The trick is to pick different varieties of tomato instead of all the same one, paying attention to when each variety yields. If you've got some early, middle, and late yielding plants, you can have fresh tomatoes all summer and early autumn without any special effort.

[Anonymous No.16110583]

>>16110567
That, and also can them. I can tomatoes, diced, paste, sauces. And use them all winter long.

[Anonymous No.16110615]

>>16110489
>The only thing REALLY worth growing yourself is herbs.
I'd disagree with that. You can get fresh herbs at most supermarkets these days.

If you're really only going to grow one thing, grow chili peppers, because you can't get ripe chilies at the store. Jalapenos and Serrano peppers ripen to a deep red if you leave them on the plant long enough, developing a complex sorta fruity flavor that's so much better than the one-note grassy heat of store bought chilies.

The agricultural-industrial complex has convinced people that these chilies are supposed to be green because farms can get an extra crop out of the plants by picking the fruits early instead of letting them ripen.

[Anonymous No.16110684]

>>16110489
Growing your own food is very rewarding in itself.

[Anonymous No.16110718]

Planted a half dozen raspberries and straw berries a few years ago, they spread like weeds so fast that I had to start pulling them so they didnt take over each other. I get several dozens of jars of preserves, jellys and jams every year which I end up giving a lot away because it's more than I can use.

[Anonymous No.16110819]

>>16110718
How do you deal with pic related? Or are they not around where you live?

These motherfuckers always decimate berry plants when I try growing them.

[Anonymous No.16110824]

Spray them with soapy water

[Anonymous No.16110992]

I plant potatoes and onions in the fall, always have way too much to harvest. But potatoes you just cut into and put them back in the ground, one potato becomes dozens.

[bruce3434 No.16111248]

>>16110992
If you store them properly potatoes can last at least a year, so they're one crop that you can't really have too much to harvest.

[Anonymous No.16111284]

>>16111248
Oh yeah? I keep them just above freezing and they start to wilt and dry out after a month.

[Anonymous No.16111327]

They aren't getting ventillation and that is too cold. Burlap sack and a dark and cool location. But they will start growing sprouts and eating themselved trying to find fertile soil to continue growing. They are a very resilient hearty plant.

[Anonymous No.16111345]

>>16111248
I think it was Peter the Great that required imported potatoes and required everyone to grow them because they basically grew themselves.

[Anonymous No.16111353]

>>16110176
growing a little of everything
garlic, leek, onions, bok choi, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, cucumbers, melons, zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, potatoes, green beans, pole beans and herbs

[Anonymous No.16111374]

>>16111284
Potatoes are one thing you actually don't want to keep at fridge temps. Brush off most but not all dirt, dry them out in the sun for about an hour, then store in a dark, dry, place at around 6-12 degrees celsius. This is what a root cellar is for.

I may have been a bit optimistic when I said a year, but six months should be very achievable. People wouldn't have been able to survive using potatoes as a staple crop if they couldn't make them keep over winter.

[Anonymous No.16111395]

Reminder if you are religious or not that god looks down favorably on green thumbs and grants you good karma for cultivating the earth and shepherding the crops and feeding the flock.

[Anonymous No.16111411]

>>16111395
would you please stop putting words in god's mouth. farmers have gotten motherfucked since the beginning

[Anonymous No.16111415]

>>16111395
>he hasn't read about cain and abel

[Anonymous No.16111614]

>>16110176
Glad I haven't started anything, we've had multiple freezes into fucking May this year.

[Anonymous No.16111634]

>>16110176
Gardening is the stupidest fucking "hobby" by people who think they're doing something productive. You spend $500+ dollars on soil/starts/equipment/water to get maybe $50 worth of vegetables that you won't eat. Best you end up with is a shit ton of salsa/tomato sauce/hot sauce that you can give people for Christmas or something

[Anonymous No.16111660]

>>16111634
>zoomer thinks you need to spend a billion dollars to grow plants
Probably because you are a fucking retard like most people that can't even keep a sapling alive.

[Anonymous No.16111668]

>>16111660
English is a second language to you, right?

[Anonymous No.16111684]

>>16110176
I wish I was growing more than herbs. I live in a shoebox apartment.

[Anonymous No.16111700]

>>16110501
I think you need a bigger layer of compost when starting new beds.

[Anonymous No.16111867]

>>16111415
God didn't favour Cain because Cain gave God his number 2 vegetables and Abel gave him prime cuts.

[Anonymous No.16111888]

>>16111353
That's incredible anon, hope i can aquire such a land in some years.

[Anonymous No.16111895]

>>16110176
Every season is gardening season.

[Anonymous No.16111972]

>>16111374
6 Celsius is what fridges usually are.

[Anonymous No.16111977]

>>16110176
Nothing, too much pollen outside this season, at least in my area. Every time I walk out I sneeze.

[Anonymous No.16111990]

>>16111972
What the hell gave you that idea? Fridges are typically between 0 and 4 degrees celsius. If they were any warmer than that you would open yourself up to food poisoning with some of the stuff you store in there.

[Anonymous No.16112065]

>>16111972
4º is ideal imo

[Anonymous No.16112144]

>>16111990
What is that "some of the stuff"?

[Anonymous No.16112154]

>>16112144
Anything that isn't even slightly shelf stable and that may be particularly prone to pathogens. Raw chicken mince, for example. Point is that the danger zone for pathogen growth in food is between 5 and 60 degrees celsius.

[Anonymous No.16112181]

>>16110176
In the UK I'm germinating carrot (Autumn King), beetroot (bona), chard (bright lights) and sunflower at the moment. Soon to be followed by kale (Emeral Ice). When it warms up enough I'll get the french climbing beans (Cobra) and courgette (Partenon) going.

Funnily enough my biggest problem is not the actual growing, but the pic related pests. A vixen has given birth to pic related somewhere close by and the whole family are trampling and digging holes everywhere. Anything that does germinate will be trampled or dug up before long.

I've tried putting netting up, but they jump on top and crush everything underneath. Tried some metal chicken type wire, but they still stick their noses into any exposed places. The space that would need to be covered by metal wire is quite large so it doesn't really make economic sense to buy a lot of it and it makes the garden look like a prison. They can jump surprisingly high (the adults can jump up and over the 6ft fence) and the young ones are constantly digging underneath the fence around any tiles and bricks I use to block their access. Seriously, foxes are bad news for gardeners. They chew up anything and everything too.

[Anonymous No.16112207]

>>16110819
Just shoot them anon, whenever I water my plants, I just turn the nozzle to go to "far" mode and blast them off my fucking plants.

I just hope that you didn't try to start a small plant in a place where there's these nigger beetles, you should start them somewhere safe before you stick em' in the bigger playground.

[Anonymous No.16112673]

>lettuce
>spinach
>tomatoes
>zucchini
>kohlrabi
>beetroot
>carrot
>chili
>leek
>arugula
>radish
cherry tomatoes in a big pots, various herbs here and there, pumpkins and I think that's all.

[Anonymous No.16112748]

>>16110176
>have to go down to basement to reach garden level
nothing anon, i am growing fucking nothing. imagine having to go down to your musty ass basement to get a handful of parsley or something.

[Anonymous No.16112754]

>>16111353
comfy as fuck land, good job

[Anonymous No.16113540]

>>16111353
That looks so good. Leaving for Russia in a couple weeks to look for land.

[Anonymous No.16114378]

>>16110501
never understood why people didnt understand that this was a garden on the first day. what do you expect. fuck that movement but this just looks like a freshly planted garden

[Anonymous No.16114408]

>>16114378
It lasted more than one day you've got to understand.

[Anonymous No.16114586]

>>16114378
The problem is they put down cardboard over the actual soil and then planted the plants in a thin layer of potting mix spread on the cardboard.

That's just not how you grow plants.

[Anonymous No.16114628]

>>16110501
this looks like the fucking CHAZ "farms" lmao

>>16114378
oh shit, it is the chaz farm?
well basically see >>16114586 it shows a fundamental sort of ignorance that only coastie bugmen could accomplish. planting in the normal soil (upturned and so on) would have been primitive too but at least made sense. what we have here is them looking at some perfectly good ground and going "Hmmmmm nope. I need to CONSOOM to grow food!" and going off to buy potting soil and moving boxes.

[Anonymous No.16114681]

>>16110415
Any tricks to keeping chives healthy?

[Anonymous No.16114716]

>>16110718
Nice, I just planted a few myself. There were wild ones already on my lot but they weren't taken care off and didn't produce much. I cut them back down to the ground so hopefully I get a bunch next year. Also planted blackberries, blueberries, honey berries and apple and pear trees.

[Anonymous No.16114726]

>>16110819
Anyone that has problems with bugs you can try this. It's a bacteria that rots the bugs inside out but is harmless to people. It does impact all bugs though so keep that in mind for pollinators.

https://migardener.com/store/plant-care/bonide-8oz-thuricide-bt-concentrate/

>>16110824
Soapy water solves most problems IMO, so does boron mixed with sugar for ants.

I've got one year experience in gardening in LP Michigan and I cannot wait. Happy to give any advice I can if anyone has questions. Eight raised beds, two ten gallon containers in my driveway (Gonna be herbs in one, dunno what the other). I have experience with -

Asparagus
Indeterminate and determinate tomatoes
Beans
Kale - high experience
Garlic - high experience
Sunflowers
Peppers
Peas
Zucchini, other squash
Radishes

[Anonymous No.16114764]

>>16110489
>The only thing REALLY worth growing yourself is herbs. Basil, oregano, rosemary, thyme, parsley, etc.
This. Grows so much you never run out of it and fresh herbs are expensive at the supermarket.

That said I have like 5 tomato trees going right now.

[Anonymous No.16114814]

>>16114586
Dude what? Look at the picture again. They layer cardboard down to smother the lawn then covered the cardboard in in compost. Those are all transplanted seedlings what the fuck am I the only person that’s ever grown a plant? That’s obviously not potting soil it’s way too brown. Definitely compost on top of sheet mulch which would be the correct way to plant a garden on top of a lawn at short notice. Composting in place is Also good not to disturb the fungal web. Again I must say fuck that gay ass movement it was ridiculous but this garden is set up correctly

[Anonymous No.16114829]

>>16114814
>this garden is set up correctly
they should have either dug up the grass or gotten/built proper planters

that soil is way too shallow for anything to grow very far

[Anonymous No.16115152]

>>16114814
I hope this is a troll and you're not actual this retarded. The guy who set it up went to college for horticulture, that doesn't mean his liberated plantings didn't wither and day in front of the world.
>short notice
they had about 300 idlers on hand they could have broken the soil if they wanted to do it right.

[Anonymous No.16115227]

>>16115152
>The guy who set it up went to college for horticulture, that doesn't mean his liberated plantings didn't wither and day in front of the world.
holy fuck, really? the absolute fucking state of american schools, lmao. even an actual college course for horticulture doesn't teach them the kind of shit kids learn in kindergarten across the rest of the world

[Anonymous No.16115234]

Potatoes n tomatoes

[Anonymous No.16115251]

>>16111888
>>16112754
>>16113540
Thank you but I don't own the property. I just lease the land and work kitchen for a nominal yearly fee plus utilities. I'm saving up for some land though and learning a lot of what not to do from someone else's property. Trying no-till farming with the fields for the third year in a row using a broadfork to fight compaction.

Just got 43 chickens and they really make it a true permaculture farm now. I call the chicken with the tiny pupil Eileen. She's my favourite.

[Anonymous No.16115277]

For me, it's
>4 types of tomato
>4 types of pepper
>3 types of basil
>3 types of lettuce
>3 types of onion
>2 types of carrot
>cukes
>snap peas
>brocc
>cauliflower
>cabbage
>b sprouts
>strawbs
>marigolds
>bunch of other random herbs

First year doing this and it's coming along really well.

[Anonymous No.16115308]

>>16115277
yeah that's looking good. 3 basils seems excessive but it'll smell good

[Anonymous No.16115340]

>>16110176
nothing. i rent and there's a big yard and all but it's just the landlord's green space to be a suburban bugman and groom but not actually use for anything

when i can buy a shitty trailer of my own i want to do berry bushes, spring onions, and maybe leeks. potentially potatoes if i have the space, and a little pond of fish

[Anonymous No.16115418]

>>16115251
>lease
nice. How did you find it? Did you go through a realtor?

[Anonymous No.16115493]

>>16115418
No I just started working on the farm and when the farmer retired I took it over and kept farming. I do two farmer's markets a week during the season.

[Anonymous No.16115686]

>>16110176
I need your help bros...

I have been forced to live in a house that has no place with straight out sun during the whole day!, what are some crops I can grow in small vases that will thrive in a mostly shadowy enviroment with sun for only 2-5 hours a day!

[Anonymous No.16115723]

>>16110176

[Anonymous No.16115757]

>>16110489
you don't eat all 300 tomatoes dumbass. Pickle, dry, sauce, paste, juice... think dude.

[Anonymous No.16115760]

>>16110176
3 tomatillos
a couple romas that need to get planted
1 serrano
1 cayenne
1 Carolina reaper
1 ghost pepper
a few watermelon seedlings
some pumpkin seedlings
non of my habaneros started :(

[Anonymous No.16115762]

>>16110819
I would catch them all in a pheromone trap, put them in a bucket of water, and feed them to my ravenous ducks. They would eat a days worth of those fuckers in just a couple of seconds.

[Anonymous No.16115984]

>>16112673
nice

[Anonymous No.16115992]

>>16110176
tomatoes

[Anonymous No.16116291]

Red potato plants
Thyme
Flat leaf parsely
Tarragon
Garlic
Dill
Green beans
CORN
Chives
Cilantro (yuck)
Oregano
Marjoram
Jalepeno peppers
Cayenne peppers

[Anonymous No.16117331]

>>16111660
>Assuming you have every piece of gardening equipement and pre-built beds (probably a $200 investment)

>$75 worth of soil
>$50 worth of starts
>$350 worth of water over a 6 month period

That's not including all the labor involved

[Anonymous No.16117947]

>>16117331
>>$350 worth of water
nigga water is free it falls from the sky and pools in streams and ponds hahahahahahahha

[Anonymous No.16117971]

>dill, garlic chives, parsley, oregano, purple basil
>lemon balm, lavender, mint
>cherry tomatoes, jalapeno peppers (4)
>onions, carrots, radishes
>normal strawberries and pic related, strawberry spinach
I'm trying to grow this from a seed and it's really hard. The seeds were so tiny and despite starting them back in april my seedlings are still only like a few inches tall. Reeee I want strawberry spinach I like the idea of it

[Anonymous No.16117982]

Had garlic and broad beans settled in over winter got carrots beetroot onions and leaks growing good now. Starting herbs today and some mixed salad leafs.

[Anonymous No.16117995]

>>16112181
Just had something dig up about one third of my carrot seedlings. I feel your pain fren but it just means I have to spend more time outside in the garden.

[Anonymous No.16117999]

>>16117995
>>16112181
.22 pellet is sufficient for fox. pro tip

[Anonymous No.16118001]

>>16114829
>>16115152
Charles Dowding just puts compost on top of cardboard and starts growing right away.

[Anonymous No.16118028]

Anyone actually interested /out/ had a general thread about growing veg /hgm/

[Anonymous No.16118537]

>>16117331
Unless you're way over watering, and you live in the sahara desert, $350 over 6 months is a bit high. Its probably closer to $50 over 6 months. Also, a 16 square foot area would probably take $125 of dirt and fertilizer. You should be able to start it from seeds too, so that'd drop to $25.

[Anonymous No.16118589]

So ive only ever used raised beds before but i just moved to a house with a very large back yard. Id like to use the farthest back portion for garden space instead of just having useless grass and weeds that produce nothing. Ive looked into methods of converting it and it seems like tilling it up would be simplest. The soil here is very rocky though and i see alot of stuff online that says tilling destroys soil health. Any tips?

[Anonymous No.16118649]

>>16117331
Lmao get a rain barrel, unless you literally don't have a roof over your head.