finally. im going in running

[boohoo222]

hello everyone, well for the first time in a few years im healthy enough to put a garden in- and im going all out ive tilled 2-25x45 plots, 1-20x100 plot, 1-20x20 plot, and still got to till 1-25x25 plot ------ tomato plants going in today, corn, squash, onions going in today

[w8in4dave]

yay!!! congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[boohoo222]

just finnished putting in 84 pattypan squash (scallop)

[Rita]

WOW your Rockin it Boo!! Good for you!! I wish you a Very Productive gardening season!!!

[boohoo222]

well its 8:30 pm here in georgia and i just finished in the dark for today........put in 20 yellow crookneck squash
26 yellow straightneck squash
26 zucchini squash
10 bannana pepper
1 habanaro pepper
26 butternut squash
and put 200 corn seed in---
100 silver queen
100 peaches and cream

IM POOPED

[Pharmer Phil]

YEE HAW...Go Boo...I'm very happy to hear that you are feeling the "garden Bug"
and of course you..are feeling better my Phriend
Nice selections you have in...

POOPED...oh yeah...heck awakening from a long winter to garden is tough...I sure can imagine how it would POOP _{(phigured I'd say POOP...all I could)} ya out after a gardening hiatus

[boohoo222]

just tilled a 20x30 plot

but its now 89 degrees and its to hot on me

[boohoo222]

its 8:25 pm and i just came from the garden and put in some mater plants

put in.....1 parks whopper
2 early girl
2 better boy
2 florida 91

[boohoo222]

just started some seed in seed pots

42 national pickeling cucumber
12 collards georgia southern
12 cabbage copenhagen market early

[Rita]

You have been Very Busy Boo!! I am hoping to get everything tilled this weekend..

[boohoo222]

way to go rita, this weekend i got one more plot to till , a 20 x 50 plot.......im so excited cause where i had been trying to garden was bright red clay... but now i have found that everywhere else on my property the soil is purty brown/black soil

[Pharmer Phil]

dat red clay is tough..but with patience and compost...it will succumb to your gardening efforts...
Boo, you sound like me...work and work a spot and then...lyin near is a spot that takes half the work and effort...Go BooHOO go....

[mogarden]

Congrats Boo. Sounds like you've got a good garden started there. Good luck to you in 2012!

[Rita]

sounds like a lotta great luck Boo! I am sure you wished you dug the other areas first

[boohoo222]

theres a monster storm just 30 min. away shure hope it dosent wash away all my work

[boohoo222]

today we put in some more seed

102 peas little marvel (dwarf)
300 bush beans tendergreen improved
50 garden beans roma II
75 garden beans golden wax improved
50 peas dwarf gray sugar

[Pharmer Phil]

it will be a bit fer beans here Boo..but our peas (first planting) are up about an inch

[boohoo222]

well that big storm hit-----all the seed have come up but with 2 problems

not even 1 corn seed has germinated

and the rain has got grass in garden 3 times as tall as plants

[boohoo222]

well its been a while but heres what i been doing,,,,,been canning and freezing lots of yellow squash, pattypan squash, makeing pickles, makeing pepper sauce, replanting corn, eggplant ,,,,,,tomato plants are big but not produceing-any ideas

[w8in4dave]

Yay for you boo!! We have our maters ans such planted, just doing a small garden this year tho, yours sounds pretty big tho.. Good luck!! I cannot w8 4 canning season!

[Rita]

WOW Boo!! I am surprised you have the time to breath!! Thanks for the update .. we will be right there with ya soon

[Penny]

Well done Boo.....alot of work, but worth it.

[boohoo222]

what can i do to help my maters grow, plants are big and healthy but what maters are there are golfball size and already turning red---should be a lot bigger

[Rita]

I searched and found this Boo ? Perhaps ?

Several conditions can cause tomatoes to not set fruit. Too much nitrogen fertilizer, nighttime temperatures over 70 degrees F., low temperatures below 50 degrees F., irregular watering, insects such as thrips or planting the wrong variety may result in poor fruit set. Any of these conditions can cause poor fruit set, but combinations can cause failures. If Extension recommended varieties are used , the main reason tomato plants do not set fruit is because they are not planted where they can receive 8-10 hours of direct sunlight daily. Any less direct sunlight will result in a spindly growing, nonproductive plant with healthy foliage.

Which I know the latter is not the problem ..

[Rita]

Here is another I strolled across

There could be several reasons why your tomatoes aren't setting fruit, and one of the likeliest is heat. Tomatoes balk at turning flowers into fruits when temperatures get above 85 degrees. Once the weather moderates and temperatures ease a little, you should be seeing new flowers form, and those should turn to fruit.

Other possibilities for blossom drop are too much fertilizer and dry soil. Make sure your tomatoes get a good inch or two of water a week, preferably in the form of long deep soaks at the root level (try not to wet the foliage, especially in the evening).

Still another reason for blossom drop are nighttime temperatures below 55 degrees F, a likely cause for a late-season crop.

Next year, you may want to time your tomato planting so that flowers form well before the peak of your heat season. The other choice is to choose heat-tolerant varieties

[Deleted]

You could have planted in the wrong sign

[Pharmer Phil]

May 30, 2012 14:27:35 GMT -6 boohoo222 said:

what can i do to help my maters grow, plants are big and healthy but what maters are there are golfball size and already turning red---should be a lot bigger

We usually have tomatoes...GALORE...Large, but seemingly forever green...then they slowly ripen...so this is a problem I have not had..

first, are all the varieties you planted doing this Boo?
the plants you listed:
Early girl; a smaller variety...2-2-1/2 inches dia. ripe fruit is about the size and shape of a tennis ball -- weighs 4 to 8 ounces

2 better boy...now that's a large variety...
2 florida 91...Determinate variety...10 ounce tops or so...

Climatic issues, What's your weather been Boo? Dry/wet?
drought, lack of water

restricted or disturbed root system/limited soil for roots to grow....

are they good mators, or are they splitting?
too much rain/water...

Now yer determinate Florida91 will set most it's crop at once, but with the others, they may set a few small fruit...at first...

[boohoo222]

dry and lack of water, well keeps running dry

[boohoo222]

temp 85-94 daytime------75-85 nighttime

[Pharmer Phil]

Jun 3, 2012 20:55:59 GMT -6 boohoo222 said:

dry and lack of water, well keeps running dry

probably most of the problem Boo...
God help Us if our well goes dry
Thats tough Bro, I always have said that the only thing better than hearing your well pump run..is hearing it shut off..

Mulch, use anything to cover the ground to about 4 inches Boo...to conserve moisture and give them an even watering...
wet..then dry isn't good on plant...or gardener...be careful out there Boo