My humble garden

[BigJon]

Tease if you will but a brotha was on a budget. I had just moved in December and I had two choices this past spring-1) Spend a couple hundred bucks on a mower or 2) Buy my dirt, plant starters, fertilizer, seeds, raised box, and growing pots.

Dont worry. I'll take care of the yard work in due time.



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In the left box I have 4 types of tomatoes. 1 hybrid and 3 heirloom. 1 okra plant, 1 zucchini, 4 collard greens.

In the right box there is one zucchini, 5 kale plants, 2 collards, and one Grand Daddy Purple.



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Zucchini's coming in already! I might have some ready to eat by the end of the week!

 

[BigJon]

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Left to Right. Early Girl, Stupice, Furry pink boar, and red grape tomato. I hope to add a Brandywine somewhere in there. GOTTA have a sauce producing plant.

 

[badmojo420]

the zuchinni wont be ready in a week. you have preflowers which will be either male or female. you need male flowers to pollinate the females before they will actually turn into vegetables. you can pollinate them yourself using a cotton swab, just pick up some of the pollen from the male (has a dick inside it) and rub it on the inside of the female (kinda looks like a vag lol). the same is true for cukes, melons, pumpkins etc.

actually upon closer look you have one forming, it MAY be ready in a week. it was so green it just blended in with the main stalk of the plant lol. looks like another is forming too...

are you pollinating them yourself or letting the bees to natures work?

 

[BigJon]

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I have already harvested 3 times from these greens. Planted April 1st.

 

[BigJon]

the zuchinni wont be ready in a week. you have preflowers which will be either male or female. you need male flowers to pollinate the females before they will actually turn into vegetables. you can pollinate them yourself using a cotton swab, just pick up some of the pollen from the male (has a dick inside it) and rub it on the inside of the female (kinda looks like a vag lol). the same is true for cukes, melons, pumpkins etc.

lmao hahaha I think I will do some more pollinating myself but I saw them go from flower to this



This is my first time growing zuchs but aren't these green things fruits pushing out of the flower? The red circle to the left is weird, I'm actually trying to circle a small fruit that's a little curved. It's behind the flower bud.

 

[badmojo420]

lmao hahaha I think I will do some more pollinating myself but I saw them go from flower to this



This is my first time growing zuchs but aren't these green things fruits pushing out of the flower? The red circle to the left is weird, I'm actually trying to circle a small fruit that's a little curved. It's behind the flower bud.

yeah just edited my post lol. the circle on the right is a zuch probably ready to harvest really soon. the one on the left still looks like a preflower, unless you are talking about the thing behind it, that looks like a young zuch but kinda hard to tell exactly with the stalk and flower in the way lol. they look good tho, i did zuchs a few years back with a bunch of other things in my garden.

if you self pollinate on a regular basis you can pretty much make sure EVERY female flower produces a vegetable. i had to do this in the desert, we had very few bees and other bugs to help the process too. what type of heirloom tomatoes are you doing? i did tigerella, chocolate cherry, pineapple, and one other heirloom strain but i forget which it was. the chocolate cherrys were my favorite followed by the pineapple. the chocolate cherry was VERY low acid content, the pineapple was significantly higher.

if your unsure of how to pollinate your flowers here is a good website that should explain it in more detail that i can. http://green-change.com/2009/05/20/hand-pollinating-zucchini-flowers/

 

[BigJon]

yeah just edited my post lol. the circle on the right is a zuch probably ready to harvest really soon. the one on the left still looks like a preflower, unless you are talking about the thing behind it, that looks like a young zuch but kinda hard to tell exactly with the stalk and flower in the way lol. they look good tho, i did zuchs a few years back with a bunch of other things in my garden.

if you self pollinate on a regular basis you can pretty much make sure EVERY female flower produces a vegetable. i had to do this in the desert, we had very few bees and other bugs to help the process too. what type of heirloom tomatoes are you doing? i did tigerella, chocolate cherry, pineapple, and one other heirloom strain but i forget which it was. the chocolate cherrys were my favorite followed by the pineapple. the chocolate cherry was VERY low acid content, the pineapple was significantly higher.

if your unsure of how to pollinate your flowers here is a good website that should explain it in more detail that i can. http://green-change.com/2009/05/20/hand-pollinating-zucchini-flowers/

Yup, I'm talkin bout the fruit behind the flower and behind a stalk too.

I do have bees buzzing around. It wont hurt to do a little hand pollinating. Any idea how to do it with tomatoes? I want to try to breed my own! Just for the hell of it. I'm doing some cannabis pollen chucking too if the bagseed blueberry I have is male.

The current heirloom line up is stupice, pink furry boar, and red grape. I like to have one regular red variety for sandwhiches, one small variety for salads, and one special variety for fun.

Chocolate cherry sounds good. The problem with heirloom tomatoes is the same problem with weed. There are hundreds if not thousands of varieties and only so much space!

 

[badmojo420]

That is very true! when i lived out in arizona in the desert we had our entire back yard FILLED with plants! all different types, we had peas, corn, sunflowers, and tomatoes all in the same bed! The corn and sunflower shade the tomatoes from the arizona sun just perfect and the corn and sunflower provided a stalk for the peas to climb up! It was pretty intense garden lol. then we has bell peppers and cuban peppers, dill, cilantro, purple heirloom basil, variety lettuce packs, garden beans, cukes and zucchinis and some sort of odd wildflower (i think) that somehow got in the garden. We must have had over 90 plants total.. the sad thing is our landlord was shady and liked to play games so the first time we were short on rent she forced us out by turning off all the utilities and sending people to harass us and threaten us with weapons. Guess she didnt like hippies taking care of her property LOL.. but anyways we had to split before we got a full harvest so we only sampled a small portion of the garden. cant wait to get a yard like that again though so i can do it all over

Edit: Not sure how to do it with tomatoes, never done it before.. I would imagine its basically the same concept though.

 

[BigJon]

That is very true! when i lived out in arizona in the desert we had our entire back yard FILLED with plants! all different types, we had peas, corn, sunflowers, and tomatoes all in the same bed! The corn and sunflower shade the tomatoes from the arizona sun just perfect and the corn and sunflower provided a stalk for the peas to climb up! It was pretty intense garden lol. then we has bell peppers and cuban peppers, dill, cilantro, purple heirloom basil, variety lettuce packs, garden beans, cukes and zucchinis and some sort of odd wildflower (i think) that somehow got in the garden. We must have had over 90 plants total.. the sad thing is our landlord was shady and liked to play games so the first time we were short on rent she forced us out by turning off all the utilities and sending people to harass us and threaten us with weapons. Guess she didnt like hippies taking care of her property LOL.. but anyways we had to split before we got a full harvest so we only sampled a small portion of the garden. cant wait to get a yard like that again though so i can do it all over

Edit: Not sure how to do it with tomatoes, never done it before.. I would imagine its basically the same concept though.

That's a crying shame! Did she suspect you of growing something else or something?


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By biggs34 at 2012-05-23

Anybody know if these flowers with thorns are some kind of berry or just ugly bushy flowers?

By Biggs34 at 2012-05-23
Beautiful zuccini flower!

By biggs34 at 2012-05-23
Jug wine from a local vineyard. $24 for the jug, $20 for the refill.

 

[BigJon]

First time cloning! Wish me luck! I had to find out the hard way that coco coir has EXCELLENT drainage.

By biggs34 at 2012-05-23

 

[badmojo420]

No! We werent growing ANYTHING illegal, besides we had our pot cards there anyways... And at the time (i dont live there anymore) there were no dispensaries so the only way to get medicine was by cultivating yourself but we were a long far off journey from cultivating in that house!

The thorns kinda look like rose hips to me but rose hips are red, im not sure what you have there. I guess you could always grow it out and see what it does, if its ugly or fucking other things up just chop it. Let me know what you thought of your cloning experience when you get a little more through it. I want to clone but Im shooting blanks in the dark as far as where to go with it lol. More research i guess.

 

[BigJon]

I'm not really posting about it in my outdoor grow thread lolAt least until I have offivial results. I know it's not a popular method but those who try it have pretty good success with it. All it is is coco coir flushed thoroughly. Dip in top of line gel rooting hormone, stick in party cups filled with coir, water with clones solution. I mist them with the same solution today. If they fail, I was just pruning. If they work...I know the poor mans simple way to cloning.

 

[BigJon]

Of course you gotta cut the stem at a node at a 45 deg angle and scrape the sides but that parts all in the research. My box is just cardboard and a cfl with some pieces at home depot put together with duct tape.

 

[EROsain]

nice Zuks , am growing some my self too , they make stir fry awesome

 

[scroglodyte]

nice little garden. great things have small beginnings.

 

[BigJon]

nice little garden. great things have small beginnings.

Thank you sir! Building as I go. Soil is co$tly. I have a compost pile going so next year I can focus on utilizing space.

nice Zuks , am growing some my self too , they make stir fry awesome

Oh yes! I wish I had more room so I can grow some onions and peppers too. I do have some kentucky wonder beans. That will stir fry nice with the zuks.

 

[BigJon]

I'm pretty sure that these are some kind of berry now!

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[EROsain]

Edit : posted before the pic fully loaded, that might be Lantana ,

 

[BigJon]

I hope not!

 

[dannyboy602]

Of course you gotta cut the stem at a node at a 45 deg angle and scrape the sides but that parts all in the research. My box is just cardboard and a cfl with some pieces at home depot put together with duct tape.

I'm pretty sure that these are some kind of berry now!

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they are related to raspberries. they are wild, edible, although you gotta compete with the wildlife to get them first. they produce two crops a year i think. the second crop is smaller. idk the latin but the common name is wild raspberry or bramble.
also...on cloning...45 degree angle yes. scrape the sides no. you fuck up the vascular tissue and when i did it that way (read it in a book) i lost about 90% of my cuttings. make the cut an inch below a node. remove the fan leaves at that node and any lateral shoots. the plant makes it's own root hormone. you don't need that either. if in an aero cloner the mix of O2 and H2O is at a perfect balance. I have seen roots in 4 days or 2 weeks. but not longer tghan that. the cutting will push out little white root buds along the stem near the cut you made. They need little light at this time in their development. keep away from direct light. This is the way i did it and through trial and error i found it was the best way...for me...you may have different results like hard water yellowing out your leaves. if u need help just ask. i'm here every day. db