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Shawna
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The 5 Second Rule
Replied Jul 31
The 5 Second Rule
Replied Jul 31
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- Where do you live and garden?
- Anywhere the Marines send us,,,currently NC
- How long have you been growing food?
- 4-10 years
My garden is all containers, well except for the corn and some beans, we managed to sneak those into an old well area in the back yard without anyone noticing.
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Thanks for texting back. That's an impressive garden you've got growing! (And a cute kitty). I have both containers and in-ground veggies; I can't say one is doing better than the other. I planted a lot of flowers, mostly in containers, and most of them are doing well. But my vegetables are another story. One huge problem I've run into is what I believe is downy mildew. It gets my squash plants every time!
This spring and early summer were especially wet here in St. Louis (MO). I thought I'd beat the mildew this year because I used a product to prevent/control it before it ever showed up; but I was wrong. I think the spot I picked to use for a garden may not have been the best; in spring it seems like it's going to be plenty sunny, but then my neighbor's tree and hedges fill in. The only sunnier spot is untillable due to under-ground phone lines. It's not that things don't grow there, it just seems like they start out so promising and end up teaching me some new lessen about gardening each year!
I've learned about blossom-end rot, over and under fertilizing, lots of different insects and vermin; one of my least favorite: squash-vine borers (which I actually seem to have beat this year with diamatous (sp?) earth--I'm excited to not be tweasing those disgusting little things out of my zucchini vines!). But so far this year has had very little yield. Must be the weather......
I don't remember from the pictures, are you growing any broccoli or cauliflower? This is my first year attempting them (really my second, but the rabbits ate all my seedlings last year; I put up a bunny fence this spring). I have the most gorgeous green plants. Leaves, leaves, leaves. Just getting a few inches of broccoli now on some plants, but not a speck of cauliflower that I can see. What's up with that I wonder? Someone I work with had a great broccoli year last year and seems to be having the same problem as me this year; therefore.....must be the weather.
I wonder if container gardening might prevent the downy mildew I keep getting on my squash plants. I think the spores stay in the ground and come back each year. Have you ever had problems with mildew on your squash? Either in pots or in ground? (It starts out with white spots, most prevalent under the leaf, but eventually covers the whole leaf and stem all the way down to the vine).
Sorry to write so much and ask so many questions. But I am interested to know you previously had in-ground gardens and found you have fewer problems with container gardens.
Thanks for your time,
Rachel