Worth's 2017 Accidental Garden.

[Worth1]

Against my better judgement here is today's picture of some of the okra growing.
The watermelon is on the far left along the side board.
Yesterday I hit the back section with MG and today I trimmed more tree limbs to remove shade there.
You can clearly see how the plant tone made the growth much better in the front section.
Find the mystery cucumber plant.

Worth

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[Gardeneer]

Looks real good , Worth.
Your okras are a bit ahead of mine..But my watermelons and cukes are ahead. The are vining and buds are forming. .

[Worth1]

Thanks the snails took out all of the first planting of cucumbers and the watermelon was an after thought.
Worth

[AlittleSalt]

Your okra is wayyy ahead of mine.


I wanted to go look at the garden today and weed the onion bed again, but we have sustained winds of over 30 mph and gusts over 45. Although as I'm typing this -it looks like they're taking a break. Otherwise the 68 degrees feels great.

Edit - I went out there and the wind has done some damage. There are 6' sugar snap pea plants lying on the ground that had been attached to the fence and a lot of branch damage to tomato plants.

[dmforcier]

I pulled in my smaller tomatoes - the ones without cages - and put them back under lights that have been off for months. Safe from frackin' wind and will probably get more light than they would on the balcony for the next few months.

[Worth1]

It has come to my conclusion the Plant Tone has done more than just fertilize.
The plants in the fore ground still look much better that the ones farther away.
This is after dowsing farther ones with MG.
My next move is to acidify them with vinegar.
Every time I do this the plants jump out of their skins.

Worth

[Worth1]

Mortgage Lifter is really starting to show some promise.
Without even harvesting one yet I highly recommend this variety for my area.
Worth

[Worth1]

A nursery called the great outdoors is right up the street from me.
I called and they are holding four ghost pepper plants for me.
I will pick them up after work.
If all goes well I have a friend that is going to get some fermented ghost pepper hot sauce this year.

Worth

[Gardeneer]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Mortgage Lifter is really starting to show some promise.
Without even harvesting one yet I highly recommend this variety for my area.
Worth

I had one ML that the freeze toasted its growth tip but few lower leaves survived. It had a slim chance to come back. So I started another one from seed late March. It did come back as a 4-stem bushy plant. Now I have 2 of them.

I got a Bonnie plant years ago (in PNW). It did poorly and had some kind of foliage irregularity. Produced mostly small fruits and few cat face. I blamed it on Bonni and bad weather.

[jillian]

I am so jealous of your okra. I love okra whether boiled, fried or pickled. Picking it is a different tale altogether lol.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by jillian

I am so jealous of your okra. I love okra whether boiled, fried or pickled. Picking it is a different tale altogether lol.

Okra doesn't bother me.
Here is more speed gardening.
On the way home I picked up the ghost peppers.
Stopped by Home Depot and got four bags of MG Nature's Care raised bed soil.
Mixed in some perlite and planted the four peppers in the 30 gallon feed tub.
All before I even set foot in the house.
Worth
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[Worth1]

No drain holes in the tub as of yet and waiting for comments on this.
I personally think many containers have way too many and too large of a drain hole in them for Texas heat.
This is an experiment I commented on last year and never did get around to doing it.

Worth

[Father'sDaughter]

I've never grown Ghost Peppers, but I have grown Habaneros and Scotch Bonnets. If Ghosts are anything like them, they will stay very compact and bushy. I've successfully grown them in 3 gallons grow bags, so I would have even stuck a fifth plant in the middle!

With a container that deep, I personally would have drilled holes. I always water my containers until the water starts running out the drain holes so that I'm sure I've really watered deeply enough. Without the drainage I would never know if I were over or under watering unless I went digging to check moisture depth. But that's just how I would do it.

[Gardeneer]

Maybe you can drill holes on the side, inch or so from the bottom.

On the Bhut, mine were in small pots and were stressed, probably. Now in the ground but not yet doing much. I have no idea what kind of growth habit it has. I have scotch bonnet that is less than 8" tall. I have grown it before. That is how they grow, real slow. Cayenne and Polano are growing lanky.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Father'sDaughter

I've never grown Ghost Peppers, but I have grown Habaneros and Scotch Bonnets. If Ghosts are anything like them, they will stay very compact and bushy. I've successfully grown them in 3 gallons grow bags, so I would have even stuck a fifth plant in the middle!

With a container that deep, I personally would have drilled holes. I always water my containers until the water starts running out the drain holes so that I'm sure I've really watered deeply enough. Without the drainage I would never know if I were over or under watering unless I went digging to check moisture depth. But that's just how I would do it.

First putting four okra plants in the middle.
Next if I put holes in it the fire ants will take over.
I plan on growing worms in it.
There will be a sight tube to tell what the water level is.
There will be a drain valve installed.
My new experimental way of growing in Texas containers.
Worth