I’m planting this year corn and pumpkins.

With the corn I haven’t done this due to the drought…..this summer I am going to grow them:)

Pumpkins (Qld Blue) down the back corner. They can run rampant and have that area.

What are some of your summer crops you maybe trying for the first time or haven’t grown for ages????

I will grow pumpkins again this year. Corn maybe, now that I know what to do and when best to harvest. I’ll try the golden button squash again too as everyone loves them but last years were poor. Maybe even some spuds when the carrots come out.
I’m building a tomato bed atm and just put in a green manure crop. Still to figure out where to put Poms spinach seeds :)

I grow the yellow button squash. I do better with that one, rather than the white ones. I had a poor crop from them .

Oh and I have about 15 capsicum plants in still growing from last year , taking up 2 beds, and they don’t seem to be affected by frosts. I’m not sure if they need to be pruned or just left to fruit again as is.

Happy Potter said:

Oh and I have about 15 capsicum plants in still growing from last year , taking up 2 beds, and they don’t seem to be affected by frosts. I’m not sure if they need to be pruned or just left to fruit again as is.

I have a 2 year old capsicum plant that did heaps better the second summer:) Leaving it there to see what happens this coming summer.

Lucky1 said:

I grow the yellow button squash. I do better with that one, rather than the white ones. I had a poor crop from them .

I need more calcium in the beds according to sites about them. Mine got blossom end rot pretty much straight away. They were also very leafy and not much fruit, so too much nitrogen in the soil to start with.
Learning learning :)

Learning learning :)
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And what great people and minds were are for it too:)

Lucky1 said:

Learning learning :)
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And what great people and minds were are for it too:)

:D

This season there won’t be mice eating my tomatoes. We’ve caught 50 so far but there doesn’t seem to be any about now so I will keep on top of that.

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Learning learning :)
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And what great people and minds were are for it too:)

:D

This season there won’t be mice eating my tomatoes. We’ve caught 50 so far but there doesn’t seem to be any about now so I will keep on top of that.

wow!!!

We here have been warned of a grasshopper or locus out break in the spring:( in the city area that is.

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Learning learning :)
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And what great people and minds were are for it too:)

:D

This season there won’t be mice eating my tomatoes. We’ve caught 50 so far but there doesn’t seem to be any about now so I will keep on top of that.

wow!!!

We here have been warned of a grasshopper or locus out break in the spring:( in the city area that is.

Oh yes I read about that too, rotten things in plauges devastating crops :(

Happy Potter said:

This season there won’t be mice eating my tomatoes. We’ve caught 50 so far but there doesn’t seem to be any about now so I will keep on top of that.

I don’t know what my total count is but I have been catching 1 a day for ages, and only recently is it slowing to 1 every couple of days. They come in for the galah food now that Chester is inside.

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

This season there won’t be mice eating my tomatoes. We’ve caught 50 so far but there doesn’t seem to be any about now so I will keep on top of that.

I don’t know what my total count is but I have been catching 1 a day for ages, and only recently is it slowing to 1 every couple of days. They come in for the galah food now that Chester is inside.

well I am sure I also have lots, Missy CoCOPoPs too lazy to do her job these days !!

Lucky1 said:

I’m planting this year corn and pumpkins. With the corn I haven’t done this due to the drought…..this summer I am going to grow them:) Pumpkins (Qld Blue) down the back corner. They can run rampant and have that area. What are some of your summer crops you maybe trying for the first time or haven’t grown for ages????

i noticed you fixed up the asparagus in your blog. so i am copying you there. if i get some spears they will be my first ones i’ve had in about 20 years?

i have the new orchard area which will have a small amount of irrigation from the tank available to it – and i could use sprinklers if i so desired. maybe pumpkin – i’m not sure.

my raspberries are totally useless so i will pull them all out and buy some new stock. apart from that i would like some florence fennel on the plate – so i’m buying some seed.

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

I’m planting this year corn and pumpkins. With the corn I haven’t done this due to the drought…..this summer I am going to grow them:) Pumpkins (Qld Blue) down the back corner. They can run rampant and have that area. What are some of your summer crops you maybe trying for the first time or haven’t grown for ages????

i noticed you fixed up the asparagus in your blog. so i am copying you there. if i get some spears they will be my first ones i’ve had in about 20 years?

I wonder what kind of asparagus it was, variety wise???? Pressure is on me now….lol

Hope they do well for you though Pepe:)

Definately corn if I have the room. It’s soooo good fresh and freezes really well.

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Learning learning :)
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And what great people and minds were are for it too:)

:D

This season there won’t be mice eating my tomatoes. We’ve caught 50 so far but there doesn’t seem to be any about now so I will keep on top of that.

Summer toms, except for cherry, are a waste of time here. The fruit fly loves them.

Happy Potter said:

Lucky1 said:

Happy Potter said:

:D

This season there won’t be mice eating my tomatoes. We’ve caught 50 so far but there doesn’t seem to be any about now so I will keep on top of that.

wow!!!

We here have been warned of a grasshopper or locus out break in the spring:( in the city area that is.

Oh yes I read about that too, rotten things in plauges devastating crops :(

I’ve riden through a plague on the bike. YUCKY.

Lucky1 said:

pepe said:

Lucky1 said:

I’m planting this year corn and pumpkins. With the corn I haven’t done this due to the drought…..this summer I am going to grow them:) Pumpkins (Qld Blue) down the back corner. They can run rampant and have that area. What are some of your summer crops you maybe trying for the first time or haven’t grown for ages????

i noticed you fixed up the asparagus in your blog. so i am copying you there. if i get some spears they will be my first ones i’ve had in about 20 years?

I wonder what kind of asparagus it was, variety wise???? Pressure is on me now….lol

Hope they do well for you though Pepe:)

asparagus is practically always ‘mary washington’. i haven’t snipped mine yet because there is a green shoot or two left but give me a week and they be trimmed back to the ground and fertilised.

we have corn about 12 inches high. we’re eating toms and we have a few more bushes on the way. we’re eating chillies and few more to come. we’re eating squash, the greenish white ones and we have a yellow one on the way. we’re eating zuchinni with a couple more plants to replace this one. our potatoes are up. our sweet potatoes are looking good. our beans are growing. our okra is fruiting. one of our mangoes is flowering. the garlic has gone to sleep. the tree onions are looking good. the nepalese spinach has re-awoken. the lorikeets are rooting by the coast, warmer weather is on its way.

pain master said:

we have corn about 12 inches high. we’re eating toms and we have a few more bushes on the way. we’re eating chillies and few more to come. we’re eating squash, the greenish white ones and we have a yellow one on the way. we’re eating zuchinni with a couple more plants to replace this one. our potatoes are up. our sweet potatoes are looking good. our beans are growing. our okra is fruiting. one of our mangoes is flowering. the garlic has gone to sleep. the tree onions are looking good. the nepalese spinach has re-awoken. the lorikeets are rooting by the coast, warmer weather is on its way.

impressive:D

thanks Lucky :)

pain master said:

we have corn about 12 inches high. we’re eating toms and we have a few more bushes on the way. we’re eating chillies and few more to come. we’re eating squash, the greenish white ones and we have a yellow one on the way. we’re eating zuchinni with a couple more plants to replace this one. our potatoes are up. our sweet potatoes are looking good. our beans are growing. our okra is fruiting. one of our mangoes is flowering. the garlic has gone to sleep. the tree onions are looking good. the nepalese spinach has re-awoken. the lorikeets are rooting by the coast, warmer weather is on its way.

i think i can pick the odd one out – good that the lorikeets are growing as well.
townsville sound good.

pepe said:

pain master said:

we have corn about 12 inches high. we’re eating toms and we have a few more bushes on the way. we’re eating chillies and few more to come. we’re eating squash, the greenish white ones and we have a yellow one on the way. we’re eating zuchinni with a couple more plants to replace this one. our potatoes are up. our sweet potatoes are looking good. our beans are growing. our okra is fruiting. one of our mangoes is flowering. the garlic has gone to sleep. the tree onions are looking good. the nepalese spinach has re-awoken. the lorikeets are rooting by the coast, warmer weather is on its way.

i think i can pick the odd one out – good that the lorikeets are growing as well.
townsville sound good.

some may disagree with you pepe, some suggest there’s plenty of them where they come from.

pain master said:

pepe said:

pain master said:

we have corn about 12 inches high. we’re eating toms and we have a few more bushes on the way. we’re eating chillies and few more to come. we’re eating squash, the greenish white ones and we have a yellow one on the way. we’re eating zuchinni with a couple more plants to replace this one. our potatoes are up. our sweet potatoes are looking good. our beans are growing. our okra is fruiting. one of our mangoes is flowering. the garlic has gone to sleep. the tree onions are looking good. the nepalese spinach has re-awoken. the lorikeets are rooting by the coast, warmer weather is on its way.

i think i can pick the odd one out – good that the lorikeets are growing as well.
townsville sound good.

some may disagree with you pepe, some suggest there’s plenty of them where they come from.

Capsicums almost make it all the way through the winter.. or some of them don’t.
I have them still fruiting though we have been below -1.

Pumpkins, I never plant before January.. there is enough time after that for them to take over the garden that everything else has died in.

Capsicums almost make it all the way through the winter.. or some of them don’t.
I have them still fruiting though we have been below -1.
Pumpkins, I never plant before January.. there is enough time after that for them to take over the garden that everything else has died in.
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basil has finally finished here. that’s a growing season – october to june.
here, north of adelaide, pumpkin and beans get knocked off by mites in september – so planting is a waste of time. so i’m planting beans and cucurbits in early december.

I just ripped my basil out and replaced it with lettuce.

roughbarked said:

I just ripped my basil out and replaced it with lettuce.

sounds aggressive. My basil is still sweet and the cos is coming up.

pain master said:

roughbarked said:

I just ripped my basil out and replaced it with lettuce.

sounds aggressive. My basil is still sweet and the cos is coming up.

well I usually leave it in but the frost had finished them off so it was time to re-spread the seed.

roughbarked said:

Pumpkins, I never plant before January.. there is enough time after that for them to take over the garden that everything else has died in.

I’m thinking of doing that this year roughbarked. Last year we had a terrible crop because I just couldn’t keep the water up to them. If I leave it a bit later I might do better. Same with the tomatoes if I resist planting them at the usual time. My late sown cherry toms have only just finished and they were really good.

I think the rain we have been having this autumn/winter will help as the soil seems to be now holding all the moisture it can.