VEGE PATCH. What's growing in yours?

[Mackka]

Hey Jaros, in my experience to much fertilizer will send your veggies to seed rapidly or the fruit will be large with no substance. It looks good mate.
Mackka

 

[Jaros]

Thanks Mackka. All the stuff at the bottom will slowly rot away and provide energy to the soil. All i'm gunna do is ad some Dynamic lifter to the top layer os soil- not enough to hurt it it..

 

[silver]

EEE'E Lookout...... lookin great Jaros

That fert will help with the deep breakdown of the lower fibres Mackka, otherwise they might chew some nitrogen meant for an early start. Here's where we could gamble a little

 

[Mackka]

I know a lot of people like cane mulch but i have found it creates mould and so i prefer 1st cut lucern mulch and it breaks down well.
Cheers
Mackka

 

[silver]

I know a lot of people like cane mulch but i have found it creates mould and so i prefer 1st cut lucern mulch and it breaks down well.
Cheers
Mackka

But it's soo much cheaper, and only has the farmers particular weed seeds from his farm..... the bugga :argh:

I pay $4.50 a bail (went up 50c this year) delivered
$1.00 cheaper if you pick up yourself(he only delivers for me....n my chutney)

No weeds come up till exactly 12 months have passed(but then there are triffids n all)

 

[Jaros]

We have a Triffid detector dog and let's and he let's us know very quickly if one of those Monster weeds are in the yard.

 

[silver]

The old veggie patch was getting a little overgrown

So I cleared some of it and started on the cane mulch

Me baby macadamia getting looked after

Passionfruit getting close

Compfry starting to flower

Girly asparagus fruiting up another generation

Wasps in the plum tree

And finally, flowers coming on the umbrella tree..... I will be able to see if the green mountain parrot gets drunk on the red berries or not(when they form)

Anyhow.... gardening to be done I guess 8.( 8.( 8.( (shoulders a lot sore atm)

 

[Jaros]

Carolyn is lining the base of all 7 boxes with plenty of cardboard then after lunch she will lay the off cuts of the palm leaves and then the mowed over fronds to about 1/2 way up. The Sugar cane mulch is next followed by mushroom compost then soil with some Dynamic lifter soil improver and blood and bone mixed in with it. Then another layer of Sugar cane mulch. All of the this over a bed of sand which will even ensure better drainage.

 

[Goldfreak]

Found some Atlantic seeds in the fridge purchased years ago. :/
One packet had only one seed ,the other 5 seeds.
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...20873/1642833018_img20220121161755_medium.jpg
Planted one seed of the 180 kg variety.
2or 3 days later....
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...20873/1642833301_img20220121161114_medium.jpg
So i planted the 518kg 'big boy' yesterday.
Any one have previous luck with giant pumpkins? Need all your secrets please. layful:

no real special secret but I suggest you get it out of the pot and into the ground asap. I have never got a really big pumpkin from a pot grown one even after planting out.

 

[silver]

That Triffid of mine

That I harvested to make a Vodka tincture, is done n dusted.

All squeezed out

And put through a coffee filter

Three drops in.... and it does not taste like Vodka, or Medicine.
A nice enough taste to it.
Mrs S recons she needs to see me after a full 24hrs to evaluate before she will give it a go.
My Guinea piggin is not an instant taste type thing..... rather a if you don't drop dead sorta thing before she'll dive in to the deep end with me.

 

[Jaros]

Vodka even after being of European decent -I can't take it as well as Rum doesn't match my DNA .

 

[silver]

Triffid juice

Bundy rum juice

I'd say it looks like petrol.

Mrs S says "pay attention to me now"

 

[Topenda]

Stand back, make some room....
the 'Big Boy' is awakening from his slumber.

The little one on the right is a Desert Rose that popped up .
Thanks Goldfreak, i will transplant the seedlings when they have 4 leaves (so i read somewhere)

 

[Topenda]

Gee wiz, taken your advice Goldfreak , put 'Big Boy' in the ground just now as his roots are already protruding from the drainage holes in the pot.

 

[silver]

Monster seed leaves there Topenda erfect:

 

[silver]

Getting a little more veggie area sorted with cane mulch

Half way through the compost bin, only spreading it in the garden/growing areas

Little pumpkin on the track likes it

Cold chillie is on its own now

Passionfruit here will probly go back to making leaf again now that they have compost and mulch

Dragon fruit almost ready, with another starting(passionfruit over behind are doing well there.)

And that was yesterday

 

[Jaros]

Got our 7 beds nearly ready-just have to top up 4 of them with topsoil. They all-7- of them have the base timber/sugar cane mulch, mushroom compost, garden mix with Dynamic Lifter, perlite, blood and bone. Just have to get some more sugar cane mulch.....getting nearer to completion. My lovely wife has done 99% of the heavy lifting. Love her :heart: :clap:

 

[silver]

I'm going to rest mine a bit, and feed the biomass for a while..... until I feel like doing more, at least weeding will be minimal.

Are you going to handwater Jaros, or put a system in ?

 

[DataGlasses]

Three Roma Tomato Plants have given me about 25 tomatoes over the last week, probably the same to come over the next week or two, not huge but tasty. Also doing carrots, which are just starting to pop up out of the ground. Put two potato halves in the earth the other but they rotted, try again!

 

[Jaros]

I'm going to rest mine a bit, and feed the biomass for a while..... until I feel like doing more, at least weeding will be minimal.

Are you going to hand water Jaros, or put a system in ?

Hi Silver. I will hand water because the planters are all quite close.2 or 3 steps holding the hose will be sufficient to do the whole area. The tap is only 10 mtrs from the garden. I have a 30 mtrs retractable hose at the back of the house.