2022 gardens

CaptainMusky wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>JEREMY wrote:</div>
Dont know what you consider hot but just looked in the last 40 days there have only been 9 days under 84 degrees and 6 were still in the 80’s. 12 in the 90’s with at least 2 more coming this week. Little to no rain in that time.

In the St Cloud area through the month of June we have only had 4 days 90 or above. It hasnt been anywhere near as hot here as the TC or South.

well that 4 more days then i care to have!!!!!

glenn57 wrote:

well that 4 more days then i care to have!!!!!

Yeah, I will definitely take this over what we had last summer. We still have time to make up for it however ugh!

buschman wrote:

I dug out deep holes last fall and buried all my fish scraps in these holes mixed with compost and just used the buckets as sleeves over the holes. So hoping for better results with watering and better soil for them?? So far so good. they look great right now.

Even if you don’t get pumpkins, you’ll get skunks and coons .
Next year try getting a hold of some composted manure, COMPOSTED!, not green, and not that commercially available compost with manure. Once my vine crops are 4-6 leaves tall, I put a couple of shovels worth of manure around them, and then cover it with fresh soil and clean straw to stifle the weeds. You’ll get more fruit than you thought possible…..as long as you keep the water flowing.
FB market place and CL are good spots to shop for crap….pun intended.

MILORGONITE: DON’T PLANT ROOT CROPS IN IT!
Yeah, the deer hate the smell of that stuff. It also works better than anything else I’ve tried. I’ve gotten sick from veggies that were splashed with that stuff by rain. I can’t imagine how sick I’d have gotten if I ate a carrot or onion grown in it. For those of you unfamiliar with Milorgonite, it’s (allegedly)composted sewage sludge from Milwaukee county, aka human waste. Composting it kills most of the bugs, but not all. Think “Montezuma’s revenge” in spades.

duh queen wrote:

MILORGONITE: DON’T PLANT ROOT CROPS IN IT!
Yeah, the deer hate the smell of that stuff. It also works better than anything else I’ve tried. I’ve gotten sick from veggies that were splashed with that stuff by rain. I can’t imagine how sick I’d have gotten if I ate a carrot or onion grown in it. For those of you unfamiliar with Milorgonite, it’s (allegedly)composted sewage sludge from Milwaukee county, aka human waste. Composting it kills most of the bugs, but not all. Think “Montezuma’s revenge” in spades.

milorganite is actually a dead microbe that was heated to about 1200 degrees that has digested organic matter in wastewater. so when or if you buy a bag of it your getting a dried bag of dead microbes.

i’ve used it my garden but its tilled in. never got sick from it. supposedly alot of golf courses use it on there green’s.

there is another form of it called E-conganite or something similiar to that. but you are correct it comes from wasterwater treatment plants!!!!

Thanks for the info Dee J.

My wife’s family run a dairy farm. I can get all the green, brown or any age manure or chicken material needed. I never thought to ask them. They will know what to do there. I will give this a try for next year.

Dee J, in your opinion what’s so wrong with the commercial grade compost with manure in it???

glenn57 wrote:

Dee J, in your opinion what’s so wrong with the commercial grade compost with manure in it???

Absolutely nothing, except if you’re looking to buy manure. The commercial compost with manure often is less than 15% manure, so it’s a really, really expensive way to buy manure. My wife bought several bags of compost w/manure for about $4 per cubic foot. That’s more than $100/yd. And the stuff she bought was mostly sticks and bark, not manure. Conversely, i have several large gardens and mow several acres of lawn, so I use a lot of manure. I recently bought 6yds, delivered, for $140 total. and without sticks or tree bark.

duh queen wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>glenn57 wrote:</div>
Dee J, in your opinion what’s so wrong with the commercial grade compost with manure in it???

Absolutely nothing, except if you’re looking to buy manure. The commercial compost with manure often is less than 15% manure, so it’s a really, really expensive way to buy manure. My wife bought several bags of compost w/manure for about $4 per cubic foot. That’s more than $100/yd. And the stuff she bought was mostly sticks and bark, not manure. Conversely, i have several large gardens and mow several acres of lawn, so I use a lot of manure. I recently bought 6yds, delivered, for $140 total. and without sticks or tree bark.

Glenn, Miloronite only dries their sludge at a temp of 176 degrees F. At 900-1200 F referenced is misleading in that that’s the air temp used for drying the sludge. If the sludge reached even 500F it would start to combust. At 176F, most pathogens are killed, but not all. If you don’t believe me, try a spoonful in your coffee tomorrow morning and I’ll meet you at the porcelain alter.

I agree with you. That’s the temp they get the sludge to

I drink my coffee with no additives, thanks though!!

I think I might dig up potatoes soon?? Was weeding last night and saw a little red in the soil, it was a little bit bigger than golf ball-sized red tomato. Looks pretty legit too. Seems pretty early for them, especially since it seemed like everything got started later this year, but I might have to dig a few more up and see.

And my random pumpkins stems and vines seem to be growing and spreading everywhere but no real pumpkins yet to show. Lots of orange flowers starting to grow but nothing materialized just yet.

I made the executive decision to pull my onions today. Only 3 bad ones. One of my better crops of onions the last 4-5 years.

Yeah, those root maggots like moist soils. Dry soils mean smaller bulbs, but fewer root maggots.

If we get rain soon sweetcorn might stand a chance.

Problem with keeping pumpkins to weed free the wind really gets ahold of them.

While checking my garden last night I found I had some goodies ready for picking! 😋😁🍅🫑

that is awesome sharon.!!!!

i picked enough maters to have BLT’s tonight!!!!! YES with Miricale whip!!!!! last week i picked enough green peppers for a batch of salsa.

green beans are slowly coming, so are the cukes. today my cabbage is getting yanked, the heads just are getting bigger!!! gonna clean out the worthless kalarabi too!!!!

Well that inch and a 1/4 rain we got should help some!!!

glenn57 wrote:

Well that inch and a 1/4 rain we got should help some!!!

I haven’t had that much rain in 2 months now.

glenn57 wrote:

Well that inch and a 1/4 rain we got should help some!!!

Today?

We got 1.2″ on Saturday in Maple Grove.

Me neither. Look dark as midnight at noon on Saturday and got like 2/10. My dad 5 miles away got an inch. Seems to rain north and south of us alot. On the plus side the deer got some more tomatoes to eat last night. Never had them eat so many before.

Holy cow what is this watery substance falling from the sky?

Ralph yes today. Looks like more based on how the sky looks!

It was pouring for quite a while in St Cloud today. Not sure how much rain we got, but hopefully its over a half inch at my house. Been crazy dry.

gimruis wrote:

Holy cow what is this watery substance falling from the sky?

looks like the system that hit us earlier.

North of me again by 20 miles. Theres a shock.

JEREMY wrote:

North of me again by 20 miles. Theres a shock.

LOL I know the feeling Jeremy. Just gets old after a while.

Looks like the next line is storms is following the same path as the first one.

JEREMY wrote:

Problem with keeping pumpkins to weed free the wind really gets ahold of them.

I always leave a few lamb’s quarters around as “anchors”. Just be sure to cut the flower/seed heads off of them before they go to seed.