Justin’s 2022
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Justin’s 2022
My spinach starts got a bit root bound so yesterday they went into wetter and cooler soil than I’d prefer but they had to get in. I suspect they’ll be fine. Onions went in today, I am trying a new to me variety this year and also gave starts a bit more room than I have in the past, so the seedlings got a bit larger, which was easier to plant! Nice to get things in the ground! Peas go in tomorrow.
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Re: Justin’s 2022
That looks so great Justin! I am amazed that you can plant spinach and onions this early.
Are Red-winged Blackbirds already whistling? I remember that being a sure sign of spring and first time we heard it, we were wondering where is that soccer field, where a referee is whistling all the time. I miss my Waukesha County garden.
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Are Red-winged Blackbirds already whistling? I remember that being a sure sign of spring and first time we heard it, we were wondering where is that soccer field, where a referee is whistling all the time. I miss my Waukesha County garden.
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Re: Justin’s 2022
Oh yes, all the birds are here, singing their songs, getting busy with making the next generation. I grew up in Waukesha County, now reside in southern Dane County. I'm fairly aggressive when it comes to planting cold-tolerant things like spinach and onions. I will need to let things warm up a good while yet before planting things like broccoli, kale and lettuce starts.
~June 5 is the magic day for me when my spinach goes to seed, so I need to get it going as soon as possible. Last year by using transplants instead of direct sowing, I was harvesting 1.5 - 2.0 lb of spinach a week from late April - early June. So glad I tried transplanting--I had almost given up on it as the direct sowing germination often took a while, was sporadic and I cannot escape the ~June 5 spinach going to seed in my garden.
~June 5 is the magic day for me when my spinach goes to seed, so I need to get it going as soon as possible. Last year by using transplants instead of direct sowing, I was harvesting 1.5 - 2.0 lb of spinach a week from late April - early June. So glad I tried transplanting--I had almost given up on it as the direct sowing germination often took a while, was sporadic and I cannot escape the ~June 5 spinach going to seed in my garden.
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Celery went in today. Carrot seeds sown. Some holes in the peas also got filled in.
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April has been very cold here. Not necessarily in mean temp, but we are near the top of the list for highs <= 50F for April in the last 70+ years. Last year at this time I was harvesting spinach, you can see the very slow growth in the past month.
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Well folks, weather and gardens can be weird things. It has been a frigid spring. But my dwarf tomatoes and peppers will be going in their buckets very soon. I was fully expecting in ground plants to be average to late. I always base my planting on soil temperature and 1-2 outlook on frost likelihood. If the soil temp hits and forecast through 90th percentile frost date looks good out they go! Occasionally I need to enact frost protection. My 7am soil temps were in the upper 40s this AM, this evening they are already pushing 60F. They will cool the next couple nights. But given this forecast (that looks like our average mid summer), in ground plants might go in mid week. Which would be earlier my average plant date and smaller plants than normal with our cold spring. Go figure! I don’t know if folks down south say this but up here unfortunately we get years that go from winter to summer and spring lasts 2 days, 2022 looks to be one of those years.
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Your plants are looking awesome. I bet they'll like summer, even if it arrives with a bang!
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Buckets were planted out with dwarf tomatoes and peppers (and an extra bucket to grow out what might be a cross of Polish and an unknown RL variety as a rando RL plant showed up in my starts of Polish).
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First spinach harvest of the year tonight! 23 oz. from 6 sq ft!
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1. Polish is the largest plant in the garden.
2. Amalfi Orange from Artisan Seeds is a dense champ, it doesn’t mind 94—>38F temperature swings.
3, 4. Gary ‘OSena and Polaris: two vigorous plant with rapidly developing blossoms very excited to be growing these side by side, both for the first time.
5. Two Lilian’s Yellow Heirloom X Cherokee Purple F2s. Both PL, some big diffs in size so far!
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Polish is my largest plant also this year. Couple of half-ripe fruit on the counter so can’t wait.
Was tempted by Almafi Orange but went with Benevento and Maglia Rosa instead, and Green Bee of course. Love what Fred Hempel comes up with.
Was tempted by Almafi Orange but went with Benevento and Maglia Rosa instead, and Green Bee of course. Love what Fred Hempel comes up with.
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Justin, we are spinach growing twins. I use Bloomsdale transplants and had the same situation this year. Slow to take off, and after those huge cold/hot temperature swings, I am just seeing the beginning of bolting. It was a banner year for spinach.
Last fall I was very slow to get fall spinach transplants in the ground. They didn't grow but I left them in place over the winter. I was shocked to pull aside fallen leaves and find they had overwintered. It was in a cold frame and I didn't even cover. I think the dry cold winter kept them in suspension.
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Last fall I was very slow to get fall spinach transplants in the ground. They didn't grow but I left them in place over the winter. I was shocked to pull aside fallen leaves and find they had overwintered. It was in a cold frame and I didn't even cover. I think the dry cold winter kept them in suspension.
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A few years back I trialed 3 or 4 other spinach varieties, but nothing beat out my favorite variety--Space. I did not try Bloomsdale. I am thinking about starting some spinach transplants this August for planting into the garden to try to get some to overwinter, I wonder if Bloomsdale would be a good candidate. We'll see how that goes and if I do it (I often have goals to grow more fall crops but the flow of tomatoes, peppers, and garden work keeps me busy enough and that often gets forgotten, lol. But I am so happy I tried spinach transplants--it is a favorite garden veggie in our house and I was about to give up due to paltry harvests before it would bolt.greenthumbomaha wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 6:16 am Justin, we are spinach growing twins. I use Bloomsdale transplants and had the same situation this year. Slow to take off, and after those huge cold/hot temperature swings, I am just seeing the beginning of bolting. It was a banner year for spinach.
Last fall I was very slow to get fall spinach transplants in the ground. They didn't grow but I left them in place over the winter. I was shocked to pull aside fallen leaves and find they had overwintered. It was in a cold frame and I didn't even cover. I think the dry cold winter kept them in suspension.
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Re: Justin’s 2022
@jmsieglaff While I have never used spinach transplants, I have direct seeded Bloomsdale Longstanding in spring in my garden with very good results. My daughter just loves it. I will have to give Space a try next year and see how it goes.
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@MissS For spring plantings when does that variety bolt in your garden? I love Space but it very reliably goes to seed nearly like clockwork around June 5.
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@jmsieglaff I don't keep track of the dates nearly as well as you seem to do but it is some time in June when it starts to bolt. I do make a 2nd sowing 2 weeks after my 1st and it does bolt 2 weeks later than the first sowing did unless it's really hot.
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Clearing out spinach as it is bolting and getting one last harvest in. Like clockwork day length triggers bolting. A good year for spinach, but short of great with a very slow start with such a cold April.
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Are these aphids or aphid nymphs? On milkweed on garden edge.
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@jmsieglaff are those Monarch ova or aphids that you are showing us? I think that they are aphids. Monarch ova are white and are about the same size as the yellow critters that you are showing.
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Ugh, thanks Patti! They definitely aren't monarch, they are aphids, I'll have to get to squashing them.