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Depending on how deep you planted and how much you covered them it and well they are kept watered and how much nutrients are available will be anywhere from 3-6 weeks although it can take longer. See the discussion about this further down the page title newly planted asparagus for more info and details.

Dave

I put some crowns in 10 days ago and out of 45 more than 30 have come up. I ,initially, made the mistake of putting them in upside down but went in and righted crowns. The article I followed for planting asparagus said they should begin to pop up in about 1 week. Paul

Here is a link that might be useful: Grow Asparagus

This post was edited by victory_tea2085 on Sun, May 12, 13 at 9:24

The plant is always a clue because pests are crop specific. Google Images is the fastest way to figure out many entomological mysteries. 'pests of [name of crop]' will usually turn up good .edu-sourced images.

wolverine1012 , this place has a _whole_ lotta forums,
go to the front page, click on forums in the upper left,
select garden, home, or nature..

A lot of pests only come out at night - cutworms, for example. That could be why you don't see them.

Definitely the best approach is to identify the pest first.

Thank you all, this is the most help I've gotten on brainstorming this solution. I have gone out at night, but haven't seen anything. I will try again. But with all the seedlings gone, will the buggers at suspect even come out?

Temps forcast to get down to 40 degrees at night next week. Plants are in containers outside. Basil,Tomatoes,Bush Beans,Red Peppers should I bring them in during those nights or should they be ok outside?

Saturn

Saturn, now that they are in pots, I would bring'em in. ESPECIALLY basils.

My ornamentals did that too before I moved them to their permanent outdoor containers that I am still bringing in at night because of too low overnight temps. I now have one tiny little pepper growing and a ton more blooms. I think they will be just fine if planted out soon.

My Serrano peppers are making peppers too. One is almost 2" long already. I plant to thin the load when they go outside. At this point in their growth cycle, you want them to put their energy into growing big and healthy.

As a side note - I bought a lemon tree one year - it was about 6" high, made flowers, actually produced a lemon, and then promptly died (probably of exhaustion)

The unfavorability is all in the lengthening days and increasing temperatures. If you were to plant daikon, you would get the same story. Some vegetables are specifically fall and winter vegetables. Arugula behaves similarly.

Out of the 6 cabbages I had to pull 4 out of the dirt and the two left have not bolted yet. So I'm hoping with luck I'll get cabbage heads from those.

IMO, burlap is not an effective weed control cover.
Another thing , probably won't decompose for a long time.

use mulch(whenever I can), that will eventally become a soil improver. I like free stuff like tree leavrs, pine needles, wheat straw. if you have small garden(,Under 100 sqr.ft), you can just enjoy weedind a few minutes a day and cultivate the soill. Weeding is essential in the first half of the season when your plant are small and weeds compete with them for nutrients. After that small weeds should not be a problem. actually some of it can be benefitial.

Still looking for thought on germinating under burlap...Thanks for the idea of cutting crosses and pinning flaps back. And the other thoughts.Im committed to the burlap coffee bags this year...i find find a layer of two is excellent and any weeds are weak.

Not worried about too much burlap. Do others have thought on my main question? o others?

Thank you so much! That's was a lot of good information. I didn't even realize there was a container section of the forum. Should have browsed before I posted but I was excited. :) thanks so much for taking the time to help!

You should also visit the Herb Forum, where you will soon have your eyes opened about how large our herbs can get in a short period of time.

I overwinter peppers routinely. Here in central Texas, it's just a matter of covering them outside. Don't have to bring them inside. (Well, except for a very rare very hard freeze.) But peppers are, for real, perennials. As noted, you have a big head start. I get my first fruit of the spring season in April, and actually get a few stragglers before that.

Just leave it as it is until you plant it outside and then prune any dead limbs on it. I have a birdseye pepper plant that I have been growing for about 10 years and I never do anything to it other than trim it back everyonce in awhile when it gets too big. It will freeze back to the ground some years but it comes back and grows fine. Right now the plant is taller than I am.

Wow, you sure are going to have a lot of fine veggies in all that great space.

Thanks Rita, I sure hope so! I especially can't wait to get the fall crops in there. In the fall I might do some cover crops in different spots. Maybe Fava beans if they're not too expensive.

Thanks, Dave. By small, I did mean shorter plant. My assumption (know what that means) was that shorter plants could be planted closer and therefore better fitted to a raised bed.

What spacing is recommended for raised bed gardening? I have heard differing info that varies from 4" to 9" spacing. I think one web site even suggested taller corn be planted at 12" spacing.

What determines spacing is access and amount of nutrients provided, especially nitrogen. I use 12" spacing because of the way I feed it. But you can go closer (I wouldn't go below 6" spacing) IF you can still access all the plants for side dressing/fertilization/picking/pest control and IF you really amp up the nutrient levels at each stage of feeding.

JMO

Dave

http://www.nha.org/images/sites/OH-June2007-5-copy.jpg

copy and paste (can't do better, sorry! i tried!!) on the above to see a picture of the Nantucket 'oldest house' garden i am trying to copy. i realize the wood will rot, i just like the rough hewn look of it.

I make a rough estimate , just to get and idea:

in 200 sqr-ft raised beds you can plant 40 to 50 tomatoes.
( I assume 4 to 5 sqr-ft per plant).
Pepperss, eggplants need roughly same amount of space.
per plant. Squash things(depending on type and whether it is trelise or not) can replace 2 tomato plants. In place of one tomato you plant maybe 10 beans....

FAMILY NEEDS:
I think a reasonable estimat of one plant of tomato per person is enough, if you do not intend canning.Make it 1.5 per person.

ALL IN ALL, for a newbie and a family of 4 an alotment of 200 sqr-ft should be more than enough. You will learn your ropes as you go along. Nobody can teach you every thing here. Gardening is somehow like swimming.; You cannot learn it outside. Got to jump in , strggle, drink some dirty water ..LOL

Could be nothing more that wind damage. Or a bite from a bird. Either way it sure isn't anything to worry about.

Dave

Thanks! I can rest easier now. :)

And protect them from the wind.

Thanks so much!