Well the likes popo's got me early...
MeatHead1313 said:
I've given up on trying to predict the weather year by year here. Up until this year it's always been for the best time to start fishing again, and for the 5 years I've been here every one has been different.
It's strange to me seeing someone asking for an El Nino weather pattern. Back in Australia El Nino weather patterns mean drier than average weather. When I first moved over here we'd had quite a few years straight of El Nino weather patterns and were experiencing one of the worst droughts we'd ever seen. Hoping you get some rain this year, and hoping we can dodge some hurricanes as well.
The El Nino here is flood time, I remember 1998, 50"s of rain in July over a 2 week period. The Medina Lake, now at 5% or less was over the spillway as were many others. I could go on about when it REALLY rains here.
Been lucky with the hurricanes here, what's nuts is the locals are hoping for one, just so we get the rain. I don't want that kind of weather around here...
Pulpiteer said:
Wow, those two shots comparing April 1st and today are something else! You're taking off. I'll be planting out in a month, so it's crazy how far ahead you are. I'll say it again - what an awesome looking garden space! That's going to be a jungle before too long!
Thanks Andy!
It's that time of year when things go nuts garden wise. You have the cold up there and we have the heat. By July the only thing left in there will be peppers, and that's if I choose to keep them alive over a 90 day period of 95-100° temps. If I do, I will have more peppers than the law allows...LOL
OCD Chilehead said:
I hope you get a cooling trend. It's amazing how resilient peppers are. When they're ready. They will shine. Hang in there and stay hydrated. Every time I see that garden it makes me envious. Thanks for sharing. Have a good weekend.
Thanks Chuck!
It is supposed to cool back down after Tuesday, I just hope the wind doesn't get out of hand. If it cools, that means Northern weather blowing in..
You too! Enjoy the weekend!
maximumcapsicum said:
Chinese slowdown wasn't so bad! Everything is looking really great now. I definitely think I'll move them out a little later next year.
I've noticed that bhuts and reapers didn't seem to care about the cool temps at all, while Habs and 7pots really took a hit. Any similar observations on your end?
Hi Adam!
I still have a few that haven't kicked in yet, but most have. Here Habs are indestructible, that and the Funky Reaper. They're the ones that didn't care about the heat, and just flowered and set pods all summer. But thinking about it, the Habs are more cold sensitive. My deal is the dirt was too cold, I tried to push them, but they wouldn't have it. Lesson learned
PaulG said:
Your garden looks awesome, Scott - I'm envious of the space you have to work with!
I wouldn't mind a bit of your warm weather, either. One of the problems is that Spring
lasts so long here. Generally from mid-April to June. That means sporadic foul weather
and an occasional freeze until past Mother's Day. Good days are a mix of clouds and sun.
Exceptional days are sunny. I'm going to plant out starting first week of May. The long
range forecast according to a couple of sources says May and June are supposed to be
warmer and drier than normal, so I'm hoping for good luck! Next week looks like good
weather. Maybe I'll try to sneak a few in early depending on the 10 day forecast.
I have some Ajis and Manzanos out in the weather now, and they seem to be tolerating
the cold (mid-30's to low 40's) nights and rain okay. Lots of little new growth showing up
even though some of the older leaves are looking pretty ragged. I have hope!
Have a super weekend, Scott. Enjoy that Tejas sol!
Thanks Paul!
Country living and land has its trade offs, but we love it. I would be a terrible neighbor in a subdivision. Example: My wood shop, a neighbor came over one day to see what the heck the noise was. I was running my 5hp thickness planer. His house is a 1/4 mile away.
The cool things are privacy, and no restrictions. I can do what I want as long as it's legal
I have to say this, you have your climate down to a science. To have such nice plants and produce in your local takes diligence and tenacity. I guess I may be doing a bit of the same, as my extremes go the other way
You don't need good luck, you make your own!
I have several Manzano's growing, and they're in different exposures regarding sun and shade. I'm hoping for pods this spring. It may be fall. We'll see. I will nail them down this season and figure out how to best grow them. And this is the fun part of gardening for me; learning and moving forward.
Enjoy the weekend!
Today I built the last (4th) raised bed, filled the bottom with 30 gals of mulch, added a 1/2 yd of heavy top soil mixed with a yd. of potting soil. Didn't have enough plants to fill it. I still have 3 tiny Chuncho's but they're too small. So pretty much I'm all in.
The garden is impressing me with how little I'm having to water. I last watered Thursday afternoon and everything looks fine, and that's with weather hitting 90° with young plants which have small root systems. My plan is to water tomorrow regardless. I won't be home Monday if they show dryness. So it seems my investment in heavy topsoil was a good one. Normally I would have to hit them every day.
AACT: I was trying to figure out the nutritional value of the AACT, and went "Doh!" Now I mix full strength Hasta Gro (6-12-6), full strength Seaweed Extract, full strength Molasses, some Mycos, and a pinch of dried Molasses. I'm going to let this brew 2 days, cut it by 33% and rip.
Will have some pics tomorrow
