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I failed again at growing fig trees, the fruits are turning black before they ripen.
Mine did not grow much this year and didnt put on fruit .I failed again at growing fig trees, the fruits are turning black before they ripen.
I've come to the conclusion that it takes most fruit trees 4 to 5 years before they are established enough to produce well. I am sure a good person with a green thumb can get them to produce sooner, but I have brown thumbs!Mine are only 2 years old , going to work up the soil around them this winter and add more soil and chicken manure.
I tried peach tree cuttings before and had now luck. Most of the ones here have a sweet peach that has been grafted on a hardy root stock. None of mine even started rooting. I hadn't thought about the figs.Fig and peach cuttings. The first veggies sprouts popping up. Waiting for the heirloom seeds to arrive. They will need a lot of TLC, but if I can them to seed again I will probably never buy seeds again. [emoji110]
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Figs you make your cuttings, throw them in a jug of water they say 50/50 chance of them rooting. What I do is pick those that shows the best leaf development in the jug of water dip them in a bit of Dynaroot and plant them in some good potting soil. You'll get about 80 to 90% from those.I tried peach tree cuttings before and had now luck. Most of the ones here have a sweet peach that has been grafted on a hardy root stock. None of mine even started rooting. I hadn't thought about the figs.
You definitely have a challenging environment for gardening. I'd consider a greenhouse when you get your projects with the house and everything caught up.Our first frost this year was a couple days ago and today we had our first snow. I think the garden is about done. It rained some yestersday but we've still only had less than 1/4" of rain total since June.
A greenhouse is on my list of building projects for next year. Along with an extension on the barn, a new chicken coop (for meat chickens), a rabbit barn, wood shed, ATV garage, another mile or two of new fencing and a shop building. Oh yeah, and a new house.You definitely have a challenging environment for gardening. I'd consider a greenhouse when you get your projects with the house and everything caught up.
Yeah. Retired hell. I should have retired at 47 instead of 57. Even with two hired hands it's taking longer than I anticipated.Damn. I got tired reading your to do list....
What is Baby Marrow? Some sort of melon? Or are my old eyes seeing wrong?The heirloom seeds have arrived. [emoji1]
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Nothing like taking it easy and recovering . Hope the shoulder is better.I've been working getting my garden straightened out. Two days ago I hurt my shoulder pretty bad so yesterday let it rest, just doing some weeding, housework and cooking. I am still babying it so only tilled and even though I said I was thinking about not planting, I planted. Just couldn't help myself. So have a variety of greens, lettuce, cabbage, pumpkins, rape seeds, Brussels sprout, turnips and carrots. Tomorrow will be another rest day, but will finish planting what I have ready with beets and radishes. Will still have about a dozen rows to finish up but it is coming along. Before I started on that I took out my starter and made dough to rise. After I came in this afternoon, I divided my dough and made part into cinnamon rolls and the other into dinner rolls. Should be ready to pop into the oven for hunnys breakfast before he goes to work. Tonight for dinner I got crawfish out and made crawfish cornbread and then a side salad.
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