We are having a very, very wet period right now. If I were gardening in my usual fashion I would have one heck of a problem. EB, I love you.
Here are my oldest tomatoes they have literally grown over a foot in the past few days.
Let me show you what's going on !!
Look at the fruits that are developing. Oh, please Lord, save me from blossom end rot !
Topsy turvy has started to act like it is suppose to. Over two feet length and setting fruit. I need to hang it higher and in brighter light.
Here you see three of my recent additions. I call them Ebkts. The green pot on the left is a zucchini squash I transplanted last week; the middle bucket was my first bucket. I used the recommended 2 buckets and lost the original tomato planted in it. I didn't give it a big enough wicking capacity, I think. Now with this new planting even though I fill the reservoir regularly, I pour 18 oz of weak fert/seaweed solution directly around the plant daily. and the single bucket on the right contains my Sweet 100. It's doing fantastically well and is full of bloom stalks.
Now let's see the corn. My non-container gardening friends snicker about this. They think I'm crazy to think I'll harvest corn from these plants. Hope to prove them wrong. The okra in the bucket falls in the same category. I'm the only one who likes okra around here so a couple of pods at time will satisfy me!
Here's a view of the beans, cucumber and squash gallery. The anemic look of the beans and that squash planting worry me. I have got to figure how to get more nitrogen to them before they become a part of my "don't ask, don't tell" section of photo reports to you guys. (know what I mean?) The tenderette beans are setting bloom already, the pole Ky Wonders are progressing well except for the anemic look.
The pepper box seems to be growing okay. I hope the dropping top of that one on the front isn't a forecast of bad news.
We had this bad boy for lunch today and was it ever good fresh off the vine. Got another in the kitchen with some squash, all harvested this am. Left three others on vine to pick tomorrow--"the vines are shouting--here they come!"
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So there you have it. The fruits of my labors so far. There is no way I can express what a pleasure this year has been . Had great results and it is such a pleasure and privilege to be able to share it with others who are interested and really care. I was just thinking as I was posting these: " Lane, you arrogant s........" but then I thought, no, I am just so proud of what has happened I just got to share. I think my DG friends understand and share that pride. I think we all feel this way, I'm glad when we want to share it." Thank you.
Gymgirl ask me to post information on how I made my single bucket earth buckets. If you are interested here is my answer.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/998364/
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gessieviolet: Beautiful veggies already. The tomato plant looks really healthy to me, the pepper plants do that, I bought these things at Lowes, they were under a dollar each that are metal, stake looking and have these circular things at the top, with an open loop. I used those when they started to droop to hold them up so the stems had support. You just put the loop around the stem and and push the stake into the potting mix. Let me see if I can find one in a pic for you: Yes, look at the tomato on the left and you will see what is holding it up, one of those stakes I described, they cost from .78 to 1.29. Later on when the pepper gets bigger, you can use string to attatch it to the stake and hold it up also.
joy
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Yeah, being happy and proud isn't the same as arrogant. Being proud of your plants is different than being proud of yourself. You're good...
Everything looks great! Gosh, I'm weeks away from squash, not even any blooms yet...