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| Seasons ending or over for most.... I don't think I am going to try Fall gardening again next year. Between sprouting in poor conditions, high pest pressure, and the almost non-existent sun my garden is getting now (about 3-4 hours/day of direct sun), it seems too difficult. Who's still got stuff going on in Zones 2-7? I got a couple zucchini, and the tomatoes, and some bush beans that just won't quit... everything else is done or has been eaten by mystery bandits. |
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| :) I remember when I was going to throw the towel in on fall gardening too. But I eventually got the hang of it, though there is still room for improvement. I have some sort of block against sprouting seeds in midsummer, too. I worked around it by buying transplants from my local farm store (which always has them, unlike my local nursery who is hit or miss with the fall transplants besides pansy and ornamental kale). Except kale, which I direct seed by virtue of being able to keep it really moist for 2-3 days and to sow it thickly to withstand decimation by insects. And I keep it simple, just broccoli, kale, cabbage, and lettuce generally. Because hardest for me is finding time to tend young plants while in the throes of canning and all the other stuff. So what is still going out there? Beans and limas, though I doubt the latter will get that second flush ripe before frost this year. Peppers, which always seem to have their best harvest around now, some leeks which are left over from spring, potatoes, which I didn't count above because I'm still learning how to get those successfully in the fall. Kale, broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, and radicchio. Plus some radish volunteers and one cherry tomato I left for some fall salads. I could be growing more, but I don't think I could be eating more! |
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- Posted by theforgottenone1013 5b/6a MI (My Page) on Thu, Oct 9, 14 at 12:51
| Mustard greens (and reds), turnips, pac choi, and radishes are doing great. Still got peppers on the plants, I'm in week three of blanching the cardoons, the mini-pumpkins that I planted late are still growing and they might be able to mature before the first frost, and the second round of bush beans that I planted too late are nothing more than a cover crop at this point. The fall lettuce, beets, and kohlrabi seeds I planted were overrun by weeds before they sprouted so these were a total bust. In a week or so I'll be planting garlic and shallots. Rodney |
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| Oh yes, there's always the garlic in my pantry waiting to be planted :) Probably going to do so this weekend. |
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| Lettuce, kale, and boy choi thriving in their prime. Carrots. Some cucumbers hanging on. A few sad-looking broccoli plants - what went wrong with them when the other brassicas have done so well? Peas never came up. Spinach drowned. Fall garden never really meets my expectations, but something usually works. I'll be clearing it out in a couple of weeks for the fall tilling-in of leaves. |
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- Posted by zensojourner (My Page) on Thu, Oct 9, 14 at 23:50
| Everything. Peppers, chilis, eggplant (2 varieties) and the tomato plant. All still producing. First frost was supposed to be a long time ago here - though they can't really seem to decide when. One estimate was Sept 10; another Sept 20-somthing-ish; another said Oct 3. I just keep letting it grow. If it seems like its going to drop down to freezing I have a sheet ready to go throw over the maters. It'll probably cover the eggplants as well. |
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| I think the fall garden is the best garden of the year. I've got kale, collards, Asian radishes, fall and winter lettuces, escaroles, beets, carrots, and, of course, the savoy cabbages which will be harvested in Dec. and Jan. |
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| Butterhead lettuce [Skyphos] is heading now. Spinach, bell peppers, lima beans, red raspberries, carrots, beets, broccoli, and cauliflower are doing great. I plant the lettuce and spinach INDOORS on July 23 and they germinate great. |
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| I would have some awesome lettuce, but something ate it all... the Salad Bowl lettuce I planted was just about ready for harvest :( ... I will probably try that again next year. I would have also had carrots, and probably broccoli, but they were also eaten, possibly a groundhog. |
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| Cabbage, broccoli, lettuce with radishes going in when the ground dries (better put if it dries) and the limas. Friends to give me garlic for planting, if that happens it'll go in soon. |
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- Posted by theforgottenone1013 5b/6a MI (My Page) on Fri, Oct 10, 14 at 19:29
| Should have checked the weather before I posted my previous comment. It will most likely frost tonight so I had to pick the peppers and I covered the mini-pumpkins with a few layers of row cover. Rodney |
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- Posted by nancyjane_gardener USDA 8ish No CA (My Page) on Fri, Oct 10, 14 at 21:20
| Well, for one thing....nothing wrong with snagging a tumble weed (which came from Siberia, and are called Siberian thistle BTW! ) or three and painting it white or silver and making it into an Xmas tree! DONE THAT! LOL We have such a hard time between summer/fall plants, cause some of our summer stuff can go as late as November! It makes it difficult to start by seed, not knowing when we will be getting a killing frost (anywhere from Sept to Jan!) I usually just buy starts for the fall/winter garden. Nancy NOT this year, though! All summer stuff is done in and I'll be cleaning up the beds to cover up for the winter. |
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| Still have carrots under a low tunnel here, and they're doing fine. Our growing season this year featured frost on June 12th, and several days of freezes between September 10th and 13th. It has been in the mid 20's five times since then, and two of those nights were in the 20's for more than 8 hours. Lost count of how many nights were frosty. Tough year, but carrots are tougher. |
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