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Post by klorentz on Jun 12, 2011 1:39:21 GMT -5
Due to weather I am about 2 to 3 weeks behind.Anyone else have this kind of luck?
Kevin
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Post by grunt on Jun 12, 2011 11:09:35 GMT -5
I'm about 3 weeks behind too. Some things even more than that. And I still have about 400 tomato seedlings to give away.
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Post by johno on Jun 12, 2011 11:24:09 GMT -5
I'm behind, but that's par for the course here...
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Post by castanea on Jun 12, 2011 12:37:36 GMT -5
I am about 2 MONTHS behind because of the coolest and wettest spring we have had in the last 100 years.
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Post by steev on Jun 12, 2011 21:54:34 GMT -5
Ditto that, and my transplants are not happy; they should have been in the ground weeks ago, but I know they won't survive without plenty of water. It was 85F before 10:30AM today. No, the pump won't; I think I've got to bite the bullet and buy another spendy little devil, then see whether this one can be repaired so as to have a spare on hand.
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Post by blueadzuki on Jun 14, 2011 19:42:30 GMT -5
I'm so far behind it's a wonder my garden even tecnically EXISTS. My tallest tomato plant is about 3 inches tall and has one set of "adult" leaves. Ditto my TPS potatoes. My beans have maybe one or two sets of true leaves, at a time of year by wahich I shoud have been able to thin for a month now. My corn has yet to really even emerge (though whether that has to do with the weather or whether the chipmonks, squirrels and crows have done such a job that there's no seed left in the ground TO germinate I do not know). Really the only things doing actually well are the stawberries (which are alpine, and therefore like the cold) the peach tree (which is also unusually early) and the soybeans (which not only seem to be a cold tolerant strain, but a cold loving/demanding one; the day a few weeks ago when it actually got warm, they almost collapsed.) Oh and I suspect the unseasonable coolness is giving the anhipa an edge. I just wish I had know the year was going to be like this, I could have had a hell of a pea crop (our springs usually turn too fast for peas, so I don't usually bother planting them.)
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Post by 12540dumont on Jun 14, 2011 20:29:07 GMT -5
oh Blue,
I hear you! Our weather is so quacked. In May it was 90 for 2 days, just enough to destroy the blooms on my roses. Then we had 75 for days on end. Today it's 92. Say goodbye to peas, favas and lettuce.
But the beans and corn and tomatoes I rely on are barely out of the gate. I normally plant corn on April 15. Didn't plant till April 25.
My CSA folks don't know what to think. Mid June no tomatoes, no corn, and I'm still harvesting Kale.
Well, not after today. 92, even I'm wilting. My spouse says I can't count on anything. Plant for Spring, Summer, Nuclear Winter put in everything and anything so that we'll get something.
I put in 6 rows of peas....usually I don't bother with more than 2, ditto with favas. Darn good thing, or there'd be nothing to eat.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 14, 2011 21:22:17 GMT -5
My CSA folks don't know what to think. Mid June no tomatoes, no corn, and I'm still harvesting Kale. Pobrecita  Giggles. Gardening is all about location, location, location. In the best of years I don't expect tomatoes until September. Today I finished planting the tomatoes out. I've been working on them for 10 days now, I started planting tomatoes and peppers the day after our last (so far) spring frost. We've only had 1/2" of hail since then, most survived. As far as my CSA baskets go, I've managed to provide some green onions two weeks in a row... Might actually have a decent head of leaf-lettuce and a nice lot of spinach for them the last week of June. 2 of my 3 irrigation systems are operational now, so the season for me is expected to be smooth and easy from here on out pending activation of the 3rd system. Weeding sure has been easy for me this year. |
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Post by blueadzuki on Jun 14, 2011 22:32:47 GMT -5
oh Blue, I hear you! Our weather is so quacked. In May it was 90 for 2 days, just enough to destroy the blooms on my roses. Then we had 75 for days on end. Today it's 92. Say goodbye to peas, favas and lettuce. But the beans and corn and tomatoes I rely on are barely out of the gate. I normally plant corn on April 15. Didn't plant till April 25. My CSA folks don't know what to think. Mid June no tomatoes, no corn, and I'm still harvesting Kale. Well, not after today. 92, even I'm wilting. My spouse says I can't count on anything. Plant for Spring, Summer, Nuclear Winter put in everything and anything so that we'll get something. I put in 6 rows of peas....usually I don't bother with more than 2, ditto with favas. Darn good thing, or there'd be nothing to eat. That part that's really driving me crazy is as follows. Remember last year that disaster of an attempt I made to try and grow Andean/Peruvian corn in my garden? Well my gut tells me that, has I gone that route this year as opposed to "playing it safe" and planting corn from the farmers market (i.e that had grown locally) It would work this time around. After all, it's not like it's actually below freezing; it's just damn cold. I'd think of sticking it in now, except I know with my luck that the moment I do, THEN it will get warm and stay warm. Plus by now, the stuff would likey not get to maturity before the acual frost showed up. |
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Post by klorentz on Jun 14, 2011 23:05:05 GMT -5
Well at least I am not alone. Just about done digging and planting I will be planting more maters tomorrow and am extending two beds to have room for the extra plants for this season. The pumpkin bed is also getting extended. Really should say the main pumpkin bed as we have a smaller bed planted with Dickinson ,Winter Luxury,Baby Boo and Jack be Little. Also gotta plant our remaining melons too.
Kevin
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Post by bunkie on Jun 18, 2011 11:12:27 GMT -5
... Gardening is all about location, location, location. .... i dunno joseph, about location. here we're close to a month plus behind due to the cold. the last three years it's like our seasons are changing. we used to plant in March, now it's late June...however...at least the last frost has changed in the last couple of years from September first or second week to late October, early November. luckily i didn't wait, and planted lots in the greenhouse in flats. this week i transplanted corn 6 inches high! cukes, melons, squaash, etc... are looking good and being transplanted now too. i got lots of blankets incase the frost date comes early, too! |
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Post by lavandulagirl on Jun 18, 2011 11:22:31 GMT -5
Very late here in the Sierra Foothills, too. Just seeded my corn about 10 days ago, as it was way too wet and cool prior to that. Normally, I'd alread be picking summer squashes and tomatoes, but those are about a month behind, as well.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jun 18, 2011 15:44:25 GMT -5
If I didn't plant into slimy mud and weed during snow storms I wouldn't have a long enough growing season for anything other than perhaps green beans.
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Giggles. Gardening is all about location, location, location. In the best of years I don't expect tomatoes until September. Today I finished planting the tomatoes out. I've been working on them for 10 days now, I started planting tomatoes and peppers the day after our last (so far) spring frost. We've only had 1/2" of hail since then, most survived.
