No.1685
hey /h/ bro
lookin good
do the cactus produce anything that you use? you smoke the peyote?
No.1686
>>1685Thanks budy
>do the cactus produce anything that you use?The San Pedro and Peruvian Torch have a roughly 8% mescaline alkaloid content. I have done extractions before, the Peyote has about 30-35% mescaline content
>you smoke the Peyote?No I make tea out of it, or dry the buttons and eat them. tbh I don't think smoking it works, I've been wrong before though
>pic 1Cucumber doing great! It's about 5 times the size of the one from last year. Grew it from seed of a cuc from last year too
the more I grow them here the more genetically predisposed the seeds will be to growing in this climate.>pic 2My buddys hybrid pepper grown from seed.
i didnt get a high germination rate on peppers this year, im pretty bummed about it, no habernero sauce this year, fucking gh3y>pic 3Cherry tomatos in the back, brandy wine on the left and right. The one on the left is a first gen, looks like its going to do better over all than the other one.
dat genetic shhhhiiiieeeet again I'll pull the beets and pickle them later this week.
No.1700
>>1698i like shredded pickled beets
good on burgers, dawgs, or with some nice bbq'd meats
No.1711
>>1700>shredded pickled beatsthat good budy?
No.1718
>pic 1 and 2
Cucumber getting hella rambunctious, dozens of flowers. It's still too hot for any fruit I guess :/
>pic 3
Pepper getting big too.
>pic 4
All the tomatos doing all right. Once it cools down I'm going to prune them and water.
No.1719
>>1718The server took too long to submit your post.
Here's the pics
DUDDER FIX IT No.1927
Bump
No.1934
>>1933based and cacti pilled
No.1935
>>1934Thx budy
>picFirst
maybe only cucumber of the year! The seeds will be second generation. :DD
No.1938
>>1935thats a funny looking cucumber, spro
No.1939
looks more lik marrow or squash or whatever is the name
No.1941
>>1939pretty sure my gf has a purple one of those in her room
No.1944
>>1941does it have sparkles too?
No.1946
>>1944no but it vibrates and spins around which is kinda cool
No.1947
>>1941>>1946thats an eggplant bozos
No.2126
Started the winter garden today.
>pic 1
Carrot bed
>pic 2
Spinach bed
>pic 3
Fennel, red chard, swiss chard, kale, red onion, red cabbage, regular cabbage, broccoli, sage, oregano, red lettuce gen I, spinach gen II, dill gen I
No.2141
>>2138i wanna fly you out when i get set up, jealous of your setup and knowledge
tomatoes and pepps were weird af this year, had sim thing where 'mato went apeshit then 3 dozen stalled on the vine from 2 plants
No.2142
I have two questions.
1. Do any of you have to deal with rabbits
2. Does anyone here grow medicinal herbs for personal use? I want to grow some and tea leaves but I have zero money
No.2143
>>2141>tom and pepMy tomatos still haven't done anything. I'll probably pull them all this weekend, peppers as I posted have done much better. Probably make some pickles out of the banana peppers this weekend too.
>>2142>bunniesNahhh mostly cats, snails, caterpillars, an occasional armadillo, and once in a blue moon a feral hog
>herbsI don't grow them personally, mainly because I don't have enough room.
No.2146
>>2142no wabbits but a durr somehow left a shit pellet on my ashtray table
just cooking herbs in one of them aerogarden things but thats a gud idea
can just ask around for seeds, hippies will hook you up espec if you flip em a bundle and dirt's free
what do you want to know?
No.2160
how's the winter garden gardenbro?
No.2161
>>2160>how's the winter gardenEmbarrassing honestly, idk wtf happened. This weather has really been throwing monkey wrenches into everything. Some of my farmer buddies at the market have been complaining about their yeilds too.
>pic 1Carrots
>pic 2Red onion, radish, and beets
>pic 3Oregano, sage, lettuce, and kale
>pic 4Spinach
I started everything from seed in September, the greens should be at an edible size and they are still basically seedlings. I think because of how hot it was still in Sept
triple digits here then abruptly dropped into the 70s half way through October had something to do with it. :/ will try again next year. Hopefully I can get some seed from some of these, I don't have a lot left of my gens for winter stuff
No.2165
>>2161damn thats lookin rough
if they seed, what're the effects?
never thought about it b4 but do they wanna correct the sins of their slacker father, or more lik programming socks and car ears
aka eugenics?
No.2166
>>2165>if they seed, what're the effectsIt's a simplistic form of bio engineering. The as the generations of plants create seed for the next generation, they will become more and more acclimated to the environment they originally grew in. The seeds I have a pretty decent for my region, they wouldn't do as well say, up in Vermont. However, after a couple grow cycles they will become acclimated to what ever new environment they are growing in. The main reason I like growing things outside
other than not having space is because they become more hearty.
No.2174
>>2166seems obvious now you explain it. always thought the stunted ones were losers and stuffed em in the compost locker
No.2175
>>2174>stuffed em in the compost lockerExactly. Why waste the resources
No.2206
>>2204rippers, what experiment?
No.2208
>>2206They contain
mescaline alkaloids. They should be done dehydrating Monday or Tuesday, then begins
the process of isolating the alkaloid. Tbh it's not very challenging, it's just a long tedious process.
No.2209
>>2208nice hope the care you gave to the plant will be repaid in kind, safe travels
No.2222
>>2220what a haul
heard any predictions about how the season's looking? haven't bothered to get a farmers almanac this year bc they suck now
No.2223
>>2222#guddigitsbudy>heard any predictions about how the season's looking?Not really, I haven't looked at a farmers almanac either. There is speculation, from what I've heard, that it will be unusually warm again because of how mild the winter has been so far. It's rained a lot though, and predictions are for more rain. Some dry spots have water in them,
for the first time in years it seems like the aquifer is recharging. I've noticed if there's a wet winter, it's usually a mild summer here. My rancher budy speculates the same. We will see
No.2282
>>2281lookin GUD spudy. i gotta wait another week or so to seed here. still building my empire. ur setup's been great at mogging me into getting off my ass, appreciate the posts
just snagged one o them carts too they're nice. plastic'd the yard last year gotta redo yard from scratch
No.2284
>>2282Thanks /sp/ro, I'll post updates in about a month once I get everything set up and finalized. Glad to have encouraged someone to have done the same. Post pics pls kthxbai
No.2288
Very nice thread.
Your garden grew a lot and changed since last time I've seen your photos.
Herbs like basil is a good way to go, as they don't need lot of space but can entirely cover the seasoning needs. Well at least those that can be grown.
No.2292
>>2287ummm ok thats ackhtually a monster sized gock right there spfella
No.2293
>>2220holy shit i can't make sense are those like gigantic beer cans and bottles or some shit or those trays for gardening are tiny wtf
No.2294
also what is that crystal looking thang???
No.2295
>>2293>>2294the trays are tiny theyre only meant to hold like one or two plants until you get em in the ground
>crystal thingit looks like a big chunk of quartz which helps the plants grow better
No.2296
>>2293>those trays are tiny wtfSee
>>2278>>2295You're
NOT me. The crystal is mostly crystal and some quartz. Idk if it do good for the plant but it pretty tho.
No.2298
>>2296wasnt trying to be you bud
quartz is a thing that supposedly helps plants through "ion exchanges" but idk how true that is
No.2299
>>2298Idk much about crystals except that they are supposed to have some electrical properties, etc. They won't cure cancer, but they can make your home more comfy/blalanced/etc. Sure the same applies to plants
No.2312
you ever have problems with birds just completely fucking it all up? my dad used to garden and he was rally gud at it but there were a couple years where these shitty little blackbirds with orange/yellow beaks descended in big flocks and tore up everything and shit everywhere and there wasnt much he could do about it they completely ignored any kind of fake owl or scarecrow he put out
No.2315
OK so I transplanted all the seedlings and redid everything. Here is the final set up
for now im planning on making minestrone later this week
maybe next or something idk then I'll use the last of the carrots for that. They are p tasty tho tbh
>>2312>probs w birbs No the only thing I have problems with is
>>2143 honestly idk wtf id do if some hitchcock birb style shit unfolded. Prolly get the ol 12 guage if i was home and blast them sluts. that sounds fucked
No.2317
>>2315lookin great & damn nice carrot haul.
those cacti are cool as fuck, get em local or online? need me a penis plant
No.2321
>>2315my dad wouldnt kill animals especially birds. i tried the shotgun one year tho because animals can eat shit but it only scared them away for like an hour. idk if it was some weird periodic bird happening kinda like how cicadas show up en masse every so often or what because it didnt happen every year it was more like every three.
i miss that property but fuck those goddamn birds their shit was
EVERYWHERE No.2322
>>2317>local or onlineThe ones i bought were bought local
san pedro, penis cacti,etc, the others I found out on job sites.
barrel cacti, horse crippler The Peyote were given to me. Updates on seeds tomorrow
hopefully>>2321Their shit is p gud fertilizer, the rest of that sounds crazy tho. Thinking more about it idk if I'd shoot them, then I need to clean em up. Def scare em tho
No.2324
>>2322maybe gud fertilizer but that hardly matters when they picked all the plants clean and ruined them for the season in the process of shitting everywhere lmao
maybe it helped out in the years they werent there after their shit seeped into the ground idk he never had a problem growing things there at least
No.2384
>>2383damn nice. tomatoes are fuckhuge, legit jealous but gets me inspired to step it up
got my startup ratchet ass setup. season's tight here so they just went in. tried tomatoes early and they heemed even with waterwalls
going to experiment and see what works: kale, lettuce, brocc, cukes, tomatoes, spinach, peppers
stole idea from your pic of basil with tomatoes thanks for that. havent had a garden in years, forgot stuff like that
No.2385
>>2384Oh yeah that’s a nice setup! Depending on how hot it gets you should be good with everything you’re trying to grow. Generally greens, and stuff like broccoli, cabbage, etc like cooler weather. It gets murder hot here in the summer
not uncommon to have weeks of 100+ consecutively I’ve grown kale, and chard through the summer here though. Just remember to water enough. Doesn’t have to be everyday
one of my fav parts honestly, standing around smoking while I water around sunset nice routine No.2389
>>2385good to hear about kale. not deep enough for seeds yet so i hit up a 50% off starts sale, my panties arent gonna twist about anything going sideways
ya fuckin hell man just ripped a heater and watered. bliss. i'd take a sunset pic but it would 100% dox me to the decimal lel
got any lesser known tips you've picked up over the years? just learned you're supposed to deep water and days off to encourage root growth and feel like a moron for not knowing that lel
No.2390
>>2389My only real suggestions are:
Experiment with different methods of watering, planting, everything to find out what works best for you.
And
Don’t be afraid or let it stop you if you fuck something up or if something dies, or looks like it might. Plants are vary vary, resilient and they are going to die at the end of the season anyways. Figure out what works for you and that’s the best bet to success.
No.2391
>>2390Add to that feed the plants. Get some good fish fertilizer, that’s all you need, worm castings don’t hurt. I prefer water soluble fertilizer, you mix it all in a bucket and pour at the roots. I wait a day
if it’s not too hot at least a few hours though then water. Watering in the morning has yielded good results except for when it’s too hot
you don’t want to burn the roots any time you transplant, do it after the heat of the day, sometime in the evening.
No.2392
git gud n00b
No.2393
>>2391doing me a huge solid thanks gardenbro
mixed a years worth of compost in for those fuckers but never fully trusted it (short term anyway) so i'll hit up some fish fert & worm cast after topping off the soil. dosed em with bone meal and some organic fert for now, see what that yields
No.2401
This year we have lotsa strawberries. Every day I eat a good handful for over a week now. And discard a good handful for fugging slugs eating 'em too. And they eat the largest and ripened ones. Sucks balls. Now running out of strawberries
But now the raspberry also started to get nice red color, so gonna have the freshest fruit for another week or so.
No.2405
>>2401i was gonna ask if you can just scatter a bit of salt around for the slugs but thats probably a retarded idea
No.2408
>>2405tbh a small plate or saucer with beer in it will attract slugs and pillbugs
No.2452
>>2405>>2408diatomaceous earth
absolutely shreds the fuckers. its fossilized algae, but for them it might as well be crawling over broken glass
no chemicals, so it wont fuck ur gardens
No.2457
how do i get the fucking cat or whatever the fuck this thing is to stop shitting in my yard
No.2460
>>2457Is it a cat or a what ever the fuck? Tbh putting cayenne pepper around could work. That deters some small mammals and dogs
No.2461
>>2457squirt gun full of hot pepper sauce
No.2464
>>2460i'm not sure, some of these shits are actually pretty large (in diameter), but they're pretty short. have a lot of hair in them, no fucking clue what this creature is but it gets in my yard even tho i have a 6ft fence around it
No.2465
>>2464sure there are no gaps in fence?
No.2466
>>2464>a lot of hair in themProbably coyotes I’d try
>>2461 or put a fence of some sort up, be it chicken wire, hog wire, etc
No.2479
>>2478those things are monsters compared to what i'm used to, looking healthy
aunt told me our family secret for tomatoes was once they flower to let em droop before watering, gonna try that
muh kale and lettuce doing gud. already picked a grip of kale too
rest of lazy garden isnt worth posting yet they've been getting cooked and i'm yanking a bag full of morning glory out twice a week oops
No.2480
>>2478>>2478nice peppers budy i lik yellow ones
No.2481
>>2479Damn dude those look amazing! I fought the caterpillars off mine long enough for the heat to pretty much fuck ‘em the rest of the way up ;_;
Getting ready to rearrange some stuff out there in another week or two
No.2482
>>2481shit, gone but not forgotten 🫡 they cooked for good, and how do you know when to give up?
heat fugging my basil up but one of my pepp bolted after some weird rain storms. i gotta ape your style again and get more moveable pots
No.2484
>>2482>they cooked for good and how do you know when to give up?Not for good, they are just hurting. If I was growing for a farm/commercially, I’d yoink them up now. IMO it’s time to give up when ever you think it’s time to give up
not worth the effort, or resources I like to see those long shots pay out so I do my best to keep everything alive as possible.
>basilIs temperamental for a herb. It does like sun, dat heat plus sun will fuck it up p gud.
>peppersIn my experience the sun/heat won’t do much to hurt them unless you aren’t watering them once a day
in excessive aka 100+ degree temps you’re better off not watering them everyday unless you’re hitting 100+ degrees
No.2506
>>2405We use beer trap and egg shells to protect tomatoes.
Salt might not be a good idea for the soil.
I heard ashes are good. Problem is can't really produce enough ash just by doing some outside cooking, and burning garden waste is prohibited.
No.2507
>>2484how's your crops budy? we out here setting record highs and half my shits ez baked
No.2509
>>2506>burning garden waste is prohibitedh'why?
No.2511
>>2506>ash from outside cookingIf you’re cooking with charcoal briquettes I wouldn’t use the ash because of contaminates in the briquette. Also unless you’re lighting it with just paper it’s not a good idea to use the ashes because of residual matter left from starting fluid.
also yolo so w/e>>2507>how’s crops?Not going bad, getting some burned leaves on the tomatoes. Still producing nicely. Only just hitting the hunnids in the past couple weeks. Compared to last year it’s been a walk in the park keeping stuff alive.
No.2522
>>2509CO2 emission and carbon footprint doncha know???
Because state wants it. Have to be bagged and/or put it into bins, then the garbage company takes it away. It is used in composting yards and biomass power plants (so they burn it instead).
>>2511>charcoal briquettesNo. Open fire with wood.
>starting fluid.Who uses that even?
No.2523
>>2522>Who uses that even?amateurs
No.2537
>>2536Might be nitrogen deficiency or calcium. If you don’t want to buy it bagged you can use egg shells or fish skellytons. Shrimp shells are gud for soil too
No.2538
>>2537will do, appreciate it