King of Queens 2011 Vegetable Garden

kingofqueen

kingofqueen

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Hello all and welcome ! I decided to cover my garden this year and log it in a thread :-P. So far I got one bed going it's 4'x8' . Night temps are still low here but it will be rockin in a couple weeks .

In the meantime I got 6 Early Girl tomato seedlings going .
Happy Gardening Season:clap:

Here's what I have so far :-P
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kingofqueen

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:arrow: My soil is left over from my indoor garden . Then I added 3-2 CUFT
bags of Super Soil compost from HD the orange bag .

:arrow:I fertilized with Peace of Mind 5-5-5 , EWC , kelp meal , dolomite lime and to be honest I got rid of some partial bags of other organic granular fertilizers.

That soil should be cooking good here in a few weeks and alive I hope, POM has myco in it should be enough to kick the herd in anyways .:-o
 
mcpurple

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wow man looking great. i was just gone put out some lettuce here next week and cover them with small GH like you did already to protect form the rains we are still getting.
looks like a prety big open back yard, do you plan on another bed any where?
 
kingofqueen

kingofqueen

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Yeah probaly one more bed near that one then a row of corn down on the other side . The Plastic jugs for me was for the overnight cold . Actually it's just still too cold . Those seedlings was in full wilt this morning . I thought I,d see if they would take but I knew they might not . Got the rest of the seedlings inside so it's all good .
 
mcpurple

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its not to cold here for lettuce and radishes and cold crop plants but the rain beats them down, thats the reason i will be using the bottle GH.
what state are you from?
im just curious.
 
kingofqueen

kingofqueen

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I'm in Colorado . Thats a good Idea using them for protection against down pours . I used to live in florida , rains like hell there when it does rain. I was thinking some cold weather crops too but just don't want any of them .
Temps right now are around 60 for a high and 30 for a low .
 
mcpurple

mcpurple

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sounds liek the same weather we are having in southern oregon but with rains as well.

i noticed the yard looks like it is covered with a tarp or material and then covered with rocks. is this correct? if so what are you doing to the yard?
 
kingofqueen

kingofqueen

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Thats the old weed barrier from under the rocks . Been waiting on some warmer weather to work on it . Just need to cut back the exsposed barrier and rake some rocks around . But damn is the warmth ever gonna come? lol brrr
 
mcpurple

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ya im not a fan of the cold at all. last month we had a week were it felt like spring, warm temps day and night, every thing started to bloom and the bam cold temps and winter came back
 
kingofqueen

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mcpurple said:
ya im not a fan of the cold at all. last month we had a week were it felt like spring, warm temps day and night, every thing started to bloom and the bam cold temps and winter came back
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Yup it did the same here , we had a heavy frost this morning .
 
kingofqueen

kingofqueen

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Thanks Robert , the picture must be deceiving . I'll have to post a pic from a different angle . The backyard isn't all that big but definatly room enough for some gardening .:)
 
mcpurple

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ya i thought the yard was looking big from the pics as well. id have alot of plants back theri, it looks like a lonely back yard.
 
kingofqueen

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The weather still has me down . Got a freeze coming sun/mon . I think after that I can get planted:) My seedlings are on a 24/0 veg and doing well . My hybrid bush is on 12/12 and putting out a mater already .
 
mcpurple

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right on man, we havent had any freezin weather lately, it has actually been warm here for now.
and thats cool about the tomatoes, i always thought it had something to do with maturity and temps though. i didnt knwo they needed a light schedule to flower. so maybe i was wrong on that.
 
kingofqueen

kingofqueen

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mcpurple said:
right on man, we havent had any freezin weather lately, it has actually been warm here for now.
and thats cool about the tomatoes, i always thought it had something to do with maturity and temps though. i didnt knwo they needed a light schedule to flower. so maybe i was wrong on that.
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I dont think they do . I had one in 24/0 that fruited but not much . I think tomatoes do need a rest period though seems the one in 12/12 is doing better and fruiting faster .
 
CaptainCAVEMAN

CaptainCAVEMAN

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Nice start KOQ. Kinda funny cause I've been itching to get growing outside also. Everything I've read says 1st or 2nd week of april is average last freeze. Have you gardened before? This wil be my first year gardening. I've got some brocolli and sweet peppers started last week. For some reason the lavender did not sprout.
 
kingofqueen

kingofqueen

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CaptainCAVEMAN said:
Nice start KOQ. Kinda funny cause I've been itching to get growing outside also. Everything I've read says 1st or 2nd week of april is average last freeze. Have you gardened before? This wil be my first year gardening. I've got some brocolli and sweet peppers started last week. For some reason the lavender did not sprout.
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I've gardened before but that was in florida . But yeah after first 2 weeks of april is time to plant . Overnight temps will be more acceptable then too . You might want to look up the lavender , no exp with it . PEace and Thanks :)
 
kingofqueen

kingofqueen

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Well still waiting on some better average lows here before I can plant . I built this mini green house to get by in the meantime then I bring em in at night . :)

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