2022 Gardening Thread

[bobc]

are the grow bags made out of some type of fabric? Did you get them at a nursery?

To add to this question, how well do they retain moisture?

[SaltwaterSlick]

I got most of my bags off Amazon and bought the cheapest ones I could find. This is an experiment so didn't want to invest in the higher cost (probably more durable) bags until we see if it works or not... The bags do not hold moisture very well, so metered regular watering is a must. However there are ways to make them somewhat "self Watering"... You Tube has a bunch of methods. One is just to put them in some kind of tray that will keep about 2-4" of water in it and the bag/soil combination will wick the moisture up into the plant roots. We bought a few pools to try this. I also ordered enough supplies to build a drip irrigation system for them (up to 150 bags) for under 150 bucks, including a programmable timeer. I will ultimately also inject the fertilizer through this irrigation system too. For now we are just hand fertilizing them. My wife just finished with the first major fertilization since transplanting or planting into the bags this morning, so we're good for a couple weeks. The soil formula we made also helps to retain quite a bit of moisture too with all the perlite we put in it... That stuff is like a sponge. Dry, a bag of it the size of a 50 pound sack of corn probably weighs less than 3 or 4 pounds. If you soak the bag in water, the bag cannot be lifted without tearing and it's a tough bag! I'd guess the wet/saturated bag weighed probably 75# or more.
The bags are fabric and they create a phenomenon called "air pruning" that is supposed to promote more new root growth from the plant stem rather than allowing the plants to become root bound by very long stringy roots. The roots will try to penetrate the fabric and when they actually do and protrude to the outside of the bag, since they are no longer in the soil, they shrivel up and die on the ends, thus stimulating the plant to start new roots... so there is a constant turnover in roots... So far things seem to be working pretty much like I have read and watched on the many, many YouTube videos I've seen...

[TexanDuke]

My back hurts


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[BLACKFINTURKEY]

Got most of my garden planted now just waiting for seeds to pop.

Planted
12 cherry tomatoes Juliet hybrid
12 mortgage lifter tomatoes
8 Early girls
75’ provider green bean
75’ mixed squash/ zucchini
75’ mixed speghittie squash/ patty pan
150 tators
75’ carrots
75’ crunchy king radish
75’ okra
300’ bold ruler water melons
Still need to plant cantaloupe
1000’ cut sunflowers
Tons of peppers
Started a bunch of various cut flowers

[SaltwaterSlick]

Got most of my garden planted now just waiting for seeds to pop.

Planted
12 cherry tomatoes Juliet hybrid
12 mortgage lifter tomatoes
8 Early girls
75’ provider green bean
75’ mixed squash/ zucchini
75’ mixed speghittie squash/ patty pan
150 tators
75’ carrots
75’ crunchy king radish
75’ okra
300’ bold ruler water melons
Still need to plant cantaloupe
1000’ cut sunflowers
Tons of peppers
Started a bunch of various cut flowers

That ain't no garden! That's a small truck farm!!
Good luck!

[BLACKFINTURKEY]

That ain't no garden! That's a small truck farm!!
Good luck!

Yeah I started selling at farmers markets last year did pretty good. Hopefully this year will be better

[WRasco]

Man some of you guys have large gardens.
First time for me to plant anything in many years.
But last weekend wife and I planted
4 cherry tomatoes
4 Slicing tomatoes
6 Beets Plants
4 squash Plants
4 cantaloupe plants
6 feet green bean
3 feet of carrots
3 feet okra
Lots of different types of peppers

She already has Rosemary, Thyme, Basil, Mint in planter boxes .

[eradicator]

17 tomato plants(various)
12 pepper plants(various)
Cocozelle Zuchini
14' cukes
12' pole beans
1 eggplant
Spinach
Lettuce(arugula/mix)
8' radish
100 onions
25 garlic
bunching onions
garlic chives
cilantro
dill
basil
thyme
rosemary
spicy oregano

[Bdub25]

17 tomato plants(various)
12 pepper plants(various)
Cocozelle Zuchini
14' cukes
12' pole beans
1 eggplant
Spinach
Lettuce(arugula/mix)
8' radish
100 onions
25 garlic
bunching onions
garlic chives
cilantro
dill
basil
thyme
rosemary
spicy oregano

Man, that’s a heck of a garden. I wish i could commit myself to one that large.


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[Mountaineer]

Added a potato box to the raised beds this year. You add soil and boards as they grow up and can grab taters as needed from the bottom by removing a lower board without digging them up. Up to board #2 already.

We are also trying a small layered garden on our hunting property with no irrigation. Planted all kinds of different seeds and starts in there last week and will cover it thick with mulch after things pop up a few inches to see what might grow. It should be interesting to see if anything makes it with only rain.








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[Blood Trail]

Awesome thread! This is what I got growing this year:

- Carolina Reapers
- Chocolate Reaper
- Red, yellow, and orange habaneros
- Scorpion peppers
- Ghost peppers
- Death spirals
- Dragon's breath

For maters, I got:
- beefsteaks
- Aunt Rudy's German Green maters
- Zebra's
-Black from Tula
- Sart Roloise
- Black beauties


This **** wind and cool nights is ticking me off....

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[Geezy Rider]

Looking good Leon, you’re gonna be burning it up. [emoji3062]

Starting to see some progress.
Potatoes starting to pop up.


Corn popping up in rows. [emoji1]




Onions looking good. I’ll thin these out as I need green onions.




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[hopedale]

Gonna start getting my garden bed ready this week.

Have been tied up on other projects

[Man]

Definitely going to start growing more from seed. Our Bonnies bill went up a lot this year.