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What's growing on, Beehaw? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 days ago by LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org to c/greenspace@beehaw.org

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I spent a huge chunk of yesterday helping a friend transplant bits of his garden from his old house to his new house. We must have dug up at least forty irises and tons of peonies, marigolds, and various other plants. He was kind enough to split some of the clumps with me, and he's planning to split me some white dutch irises that are already growing at his new place.

What's growing on with you all?

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[–] SteevyT@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Chicken wire fence worked well to keep the groundhog away from the squash. Squash is going nuts again, not sure how I'll keep it in the garden bed. Green beans are going well, replanted a bunch of carrots to replace the ones that died hopefully. I think that whst I thought were Brussel sprouts are actually cucumber, and what I thought was cucumber is Brussel sprouts so neither is where I wanted them. Raspberry bushes are also coming in very quickly, blueberry bushes are being very slow.

[–] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm so glad the exclusion barrier is working for your squashes! Can you train them up some trellising with any sort of ease?

I think that whst I thought were Brussel sprouts are actually cucumber, and what I thought was cucumber is Brussel sprouts so neither is where I wanted them

Oh no ......

[–] SteevyT@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, I do have a couple stair rails with 550 cord strung between them to attempt to get them to climb. My wife is a bit afraid that the vines wont be able to support the weight of the squashes when they start coming in though.

[–] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago

We've grown butternut and pumpkins on trellising with no significant weight issues - one or two huge guys that I cut off to cure elsewhere while the others kept growing, sure. If you're doing cukes, zukes, or other summer or small squash you should be good to go though.