Picture Thread

ETXfigs said:
A while back I was planting onions and ran out of places to put them so I put some in the 25 gal pots with the bald cypress trees. They are supposed to be big onions but I am pulling them up early because they are sucking the water and nutrients away from the tree.
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I didn't know you can plant cypress in a pot. I thought they are big trees.

I planted garlic with mulberry in a 25 gal pot. All the garlic died. I probably watered too much.
 
grasshopper said:
I didn't know you can plant cypress in a pot. I thought they are big trees.

I planted garlic with mulberry in a 25 gal pot. All the garlic died. I probably watered too much.
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They do get huge, but you can also keep them small as bonsai in pots. I got these two last year. My plan was to chop them down to 2' tall this spring as soon as they started to leaf out, but I lost interest in bonsai and I like them big now. Actually my wife likes them more than I do. I will eventually put them in the ground, or sell them but I might up pot them one more time before I do that. This pic is from April. One of them wasn't leafed out fully yet. They are even bigger now.

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TorontoJoe said:
I want to better understand this. You're saying the net harvest is better then with Junebearing? Or the quality?

Is this then just something the pick your own farms grow to keep people coming all seaosn?
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I'd rather go out for 30 days straight to pick 5 lbs berries than to go out for 90 days to get the same 5 lbs. It's the time needed. Do you want more berries quicker or same quantity of berries but fewer each day requiring more days picking over longer periods.
 
Uncle Jessup said:
That is technically the best bet to extend the season. Its true Junebearing is done early. Ever bearing has a small crop in June, then the majority of its crop in august> september. So it does help span the season to have both.
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Now I need to find myself a good Junebearing variety..... Part of my just wants to convert my turf into a strawberry patch. Edible lawn, no mowing. It's a win-win! :)
 
A few pictures from this morning. I’m not going to claim victory yet, but so far early in season the results are promising.

Cucumbers, Peppers and Tomatoes in pots are in old potting mix that had RKN infected plants last year. Potting mix was treated by Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation and JADAM methods.

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Vegetable garden treated by growing and tilling in mustard in Fall and Spring and JADAM methods. Haven’t fertilized since planting. So far only picked a few cherry tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, but growing strong.

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Blackberries are starting to blush and should be ready in a week or so. No fertilization this season.

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Backyard row of Cherimoyas and atemoyas on the left. First year of hand pollinating - I might have been overly zealous
 

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Taking advantage of every bit of space. Raised bed along street has Fleischman mutlitgraft pomegranate, Multi graft fig, Goji Berry, Pineapple Guava, small Ghost pepper, Figo Preto, Arianna Pomegranate, with edulis passion fruit, and Haas Avocado in background. Using organza bags for Black fig fly
 

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Figless said:
@ETXfigs such a beautiful pictorial thread thank you for sharing it with us. @MyDogMike thank you for sharing your wonderful garden pictures as well
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There are forums that pertain to other hobbies I have like gun collecting and they have picture threads that are often stickies. I'm not saying that we need a picture sticky thread, but I felt the need to start a pic thread because people may have pics they would like to share without starting a thread about it, and I enjoy seeing the pics that people share.
 
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