All Things Gardening 2018

[earplug]

Artichokes are sprouting.
Asparagus is ready to start cutting. There about 10 inches tall.
Spinach, Snow Peas and Kale are sprouting.

[GilpinGuy]

Funny, my friend and I were walking his property up here and we talked about how it's been a nice spring, how it might be good year for growing and it's tempting to start planting, etc. His wife was prepping their raised beds and stuff. Within an hour the temp dropped 15 degrees easy and it started snowing. Mother Nature heard us and was like suckas.

[newracer]

Tomatoes, green peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, and squash






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[Irving]

I tell you what, all the pine chips filled with duck and chicken poop have put my compost into over drive! I had a bunch of sticks and sunflower stalks in there that were doing nothing at all since last fall. It only took a week or two of hot poop chips to get things going. They are all softened up and breaking down. Now when I turn the pile I can feel the heat of everything composting, even standing in the sunlight in the middle of the day.

I've started a second compost pile where the chickens hang out. They dig around in it all day and that is supposed to speed things up even more.

[GilpinGuy]

I'm a bit frustrated. I have planted bell pepper seeds in my indoor aquaponics wicking beds under lights, in outdoor raised beds and in outdoor containers. All sprout wonderfully, then stagnate there. 2-3 inches tall is all they grow, then that's it. No additional growth. They don't die or wilt or anything. They just stay that height. And ideas WTF the problem is?

Everything else is growing awesome in the wicking beds, raised beds and containers, including jalapenos and other hot peppers. Weird. Maybe I got a funky bunch of seed or something.

[Irving]

How long has it been?

[GilpinGuy]

A month at least. Maybe they'll kick start themselves. We'll see.

[To Bear Arms]

I have never had good luck with bell peppers around here. Only bell peppers though. I have grown Habanero, Jalapeno, and Anaheim's and they all grow good and produce quit a few peppers. My bell peppers would grow maybe 12-16" and grow only a couple peppers but where always small like lemon size. I have given up on them for now.

[Bailey Guns]

The garden's doing pretty well this year since I put up a fence to keep the deer out.

Here's a challenge... I have a Carolina Reaper plant. Wife brought it home instead of a jalapeno plant I asked for. I'll send any of you a pepper (or as many as you want) if you promise to make a video eating it (or just taking a bite) and posting it up. I'll say it right up front...I sure as hell ain't gonna eat one. I make take a (very) small taste but that's about it.

Should be ready in another few weeks:

[newracer]

I'm a bit frustrated. I have planted bell pepper seeds in my indoor aquaponics wicking beds under lights, in outdoor raised beds and in outdoor containers. All sprout wonderfully, then stagnate there. 2-3 inches tall is all they grow, then that's it. No additional growth. They don't die or wilt or anything. They just stay that height. And ideas WTF the problem is?

Everything else is growing awesome in the wicking beds, raised beds and containers, including jalapenos and other hot peppers. Weird. Maybe I got a funky bunch of seed or something.

We have bought seedlings the last three years and they do not grow either, maybe 6"-8" tall and only produce a few small peppers.