Waiting for this camellia to bloom for the first time (just planted it last May) has been almost (but not quite) as bad as waiting for a mare to foal. It looks like we're making some progress .... color showing now. :-)
Posted on 03/09/2012 10:51:08 AM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
Distance between rows?
Late in the season, as the tomato plants died & I cleaned up the mess, I took the cages and used them on my Hungarian Wax Pepper plants and some green bell pepper plants. They needed the support - a couple of them were almost lying over on the ground. I’ll make sure any peppers I plant this year have support from the get-go.
Great post JADB! Tomatoes are what I focus my garden on and this is good info! We are now in Marshall, Tx and got that same gully washer you got last night. That front really dropped the temps here too. We were at 75 yesterday and in the fifties today. I have located a fairly sunny spot for my garden and should get plenty of morning and early afternoon sun. The property we are on has 21 pine trees on it and shade is a big problem but might be a blessing if we get a hot summer with little rain.
We picked up our rental truck Tuesday morning and started packing and finished Wed at noon. Then drove the 362 miles to Marshall. We arrived here at 8pm. Started unpacking the truck yesterday and finished up just before those big rains blew through here. We just got back from turning the truck in over in Longview. We are a couple of tired puppies.
What do you recommend?
40 inches. The landscape fabric is 48", which gives perfect overlap.
Our local Corpus Christi, Tx weatherman, Dale Nelson, grows super tomatoes.
There are two Tomato formulas.
One formula for sandy soil and one for clay soil. The first time you use the tomato formula use the “Original” formula no matter what type of soil you have.
Original Formula / Sandy Soil
1 cup 10-20-10 (1-2-1 ratio) fertilizer
1/4 cup super phosphate
1/2 cup gypsum
2 cups cow manure
Dig a hole and mix ingredients. Then, add regular dirt on top of formula before placing tomato plant in hole. Otherwise, formula will burn the roots of the plant. Don’t let formula touch the roots when they are first planted. Let the plant grow into the formula. Water regularly. Stand back and watch them grow! Best varieties are Sonny, Bingo, Carnival, Heatwave, Celebrity, Big Boy, Better Boy and President. Best cherry tomatoes to use are small Fry and Cherry Grande. Everything needed is available at any local nursery.
Caution: Please be aware that excessive use of phosphorus in our clay soil over a long period of time can be non beneficial to your plants.
Clay Soil*
1 Cup 21-0-0 (1-0-0 Ratio) Ammonium Sulphate
3/4 Cup Gypsum
2 Cups Cow Manure
Mix these ingredients together with existing garden soil and plant one tomato plant per hole mixture.
*Most clay soils in this area already have too much super phosphate, which tends to stay in the soil for a long period of time. The local nursery people tell me, the best way to correct this is by adding ammonium sulphate which is 21-0-0.
http://corpuschristihomeandgarden.com/component/content/article/1217
Y'all get some rest and stay in touch as you get all settled in. What does Cashmere think of her new home?
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Wow, amazing.. guess I only have one question: where did you get that stuff you’re calling ‘dirt’ that you planted in?
:) We live on one huge slab of limestone in Centex. We hire trucks to go scout out dirt and bring it to us. Doesn’t seem to like us much, seems to prefer washing into the lake..
Thank you for that information. Interesting and I’ll definitely look into it.
Waiting for this camellia to bloom for the first time (just planted it last May) has been almost (but not quite) as bad as waiting for a mare to foal. It looks like we're making some progress .... color showing now. :-)
Oh my gosh, LOL! Might I recommend some timbers and landscape fabric??? A soil corral, so to speak?
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That’s the fix, and buckets with holes drilled in the bottom!
I don’t know how many here have HEB plus!es in their neighborhood, but they carry a line called Chef Jeff’s that is
incredible. All the little plants are deep dark green, never leggy, perfect health with tons of varieties. They even are selling peanut plants this year, which is a great living fertilizer companion plant.
Evidently, Mike uses the same soil every year, with no crop rotation & has great tomatoes. I had some of the nicest, most trouble-free tomato plants that I've ever grown.
Can anyone tell me what to add to the acidic soil around my hydrangea to make the flowers come out blue this year?
Thank you for the great tutorial on planting tomatoes. Even though I can’t plant them here until Memorial Day.
I’m in total agreement both on thankful for rain, but it has been an unbelievably wet winter. Good luck to the guys getting that corn in.
Great info I was gonna put my maters out tomorrow but its gonna be too wet I’m afraid..I can wait till Sunday afternoon I guess...
could you add me to your ping list?
I’ve been back reading and you have a lot of good info.
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