Tropopause_Fold Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 When the hell is pollen season gonna end this year? I mean it's still ongoing. Heavy heavy pollen all over everything. WTF? Must be bad down there with little rain. I'm sneezing like a mofo even right after that rain ended...yesterday morning. Pine pollen is starting now. Yellow coating over everything FTL. it's horrible. thick yellow everywhere. you can literally see it blowing off of the trees here in big yellow puffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Doesn't look green. pale Are you having fun poisoning your children and well water? Must make you feel good about yourself, by the way, you have no color on your property, let me know if you want to put a few perennial beds in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 Must be bad down there with little rain. I'm sneezing like a mofo even right after that rain ended...yesterday morning. Pine pollen is starting now. Yellow coating over everything FTL. it's horrible. thick yellow everywhere. you can literally see it blowing off of the trees here in big yellow puffs. I think it's the Oaks. It's this thick pale yellow stuff..It makes everything sticky when i gets wet..and it's just impossible to keep the cars clean. When will it ever end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I'm sticky when i gets wet.When will it ever end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 morning sun on my meadow daisies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Planted multiple veggies and fruits in containers over past 3 weeks... First time gardener.. any advice? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Planted multiple veggies and fruits in containers over past 3 weeks... First time gardener.. any advice? Thanks water and sunlight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Planted multiple veggies and fruits in containers over past 3 weeks... First time gardener.. any advice? Thanks If it's comtainer or potted plants (which I have), then I would use a water soluble fertilizer every week or whatever the directions tell you. Miracle-Gro or something like that. I have a mixture of topsoil, potting soil and manure right now in my pots. Every week or so, I use Miracle-Gro...I've had good results before with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 morning sun on my meadow daisies You daisies are ahead of mine. My Peonies are just about to bloom. Lawn is still a long way off. I don't have a lot of money and time to focus on it. Just not a priority right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 If it's comtainer or potted plants (which I have), then I would use a water soluble fertilizer every week or whatever the directions tell you. Miracle-Gro or something like that. I have a mixture of topsoil, potting soil and manure right ow in my pots. Every week or so, I use Miracle-Gro...I've had good results before with it. Thanks.. I have the plant pellet food.. but I've been told to use a liquid fertilizer.. which one do I use? I have cukes.. tomoatoes.. zucchini...cantaloupe..and strawberries.. Just planted cantaloupe seeds last Sunday and already have a sprout! After doing research online, I used a 1/3 to 2/3 mix of potting soil and compost. I think I found a new hobby though. Any suggestions for the specific plants I'm growing.. I know i have to build a trellis for each one since its.in a pot.. Any suggestions for a trellis? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Thanks.. I have the plant pellet food.. but I've been told to use a liquid fertilizer.. which one do I use? I have cukes.. tomoatoes.. zucchini...cantaloupe..and strawberries.. Just planted cantaloupe seeds last Sunday and already have a sprout! After doing research online, I used a 1/3 to 2/3 mix of potting soil and compost. I think I found a new hobby though. Any suggestions for the specific plants I'm growing.. I know i have to build a trellis for each one since its.in a pot.. Any suggestions for a trellis? Thanks I only have a few cages around my tomato plants. I have cukes as well, but don't have a trellis yet. Gotta get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I only have a few cages around my tomato plants. I have cukes as well, but don't have a trellis yet. Gotta get one. Yea.. might make my own or go to home depot.. I'm pretty much at a trial and error stage right now since it is my my first time.. but going good.so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I think it's the Oaks. It's this thick pale yellow stuff..It makes everything sticky when i gets wet..and it's just impossible to keep the cars clean. When will it ever end? Your right Rev, its oak, I used to think it was pine too, Im surrounded by oak trees and my truck is covered, I have to hit the wipers on my truck to see through the windshield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted June 3, 2011 Author Share Posted June 3, 2011 Your right Rev, its oak, I used to think it was pine too, Im surrounded by oak trees and my truck is covered, I have to hit the wipers on my truck to see through the windshield. Usually by now it's gone. I'm surrounded by Oaks..and it seems like they've been pollinating since April Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Usually by now it's gone. I'm surrounded by Oaks..and it seems like they've been pollinating since April Weird weather so far, Im surprised everyones veggies are doing so well this early, I would have thought they would be late to fruit this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Thanks.. I have the plant pellet food.. but I've been told to use a liquid fertilizer.. which one do I use? I have cukes.. tomoatoes.. zucchini...cantaloupe..and strawberries.. Just planted cantaloupe seeds last Sunday and already have a sprout! After doing research online, I used a 1/3 to 2/3 mix of potting soil and compost. I think I found a new hobby though. Any suggestions for the specific plants I'm growing.. I know i have to build a trellis for each one since its.in a pot.. Any suggestions for a trellis? Thanks Soil mix is good...hit the plants with a high-phosphorous fertilizer such as fish meal/liquid when they start to set fruit...you want something that has a high ratio of phosphorous to nitrogen, which encourages flowering/fruiting over leafy growth. Any fertilizer has a ratio of parts of NPK...you want something like 1:2:1 as the middle number is the phosphorous. Old lattice work can be good for a trellis. You can also tie stakes together. Given your climate, I might put down black plastic around each plant in each container to increase heat absorption...you're going to have a hard time getting cantaloupe in NH without some sort of set-up that increases heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Nice day to prune the hedges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 you're going to have a hard time getting cantaloupe in NH without some sort of set-up that increases heat. myth... there are many varieties that grow splendidly here and will be falling-off-the-vine ripe by mid August. I ended up with far more than I felt like eating last year from 6 vines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 myth... there are many varieties that grow splendidly here and will be falling-off-the-vine ripe by mid August. I ended up with far more than I felt like eating last year from 6 vines. 2010 was the warmest summer on record for much of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, so that's clearly an exception to the rule. You can definitely get melons to work in NNE, as there are certain varieties (Amish Melon, for one) that are suited to the Northeast's cooler climate. I did see them struggle in VT at Middlebury College's organic garden during the cooler summers of 2008 and 2009 (particularly). There were only a few tiny ones by September, and they never got super sweet. And it's never a bad idea to use black plastic around heat-loving crops...it increases the soil temperature and prevents weeds from spreading. I worked as a greenhouse volunteer at the Stone Barns Agricultural Center in Pocantico Hills, NY (supplier for, and home of, the famous Blue Hill restaurant where the Obamas ate back a couple of summers ago, though they went to the offshoot in Manhattan I believe...) Anyway, all the hot-weather crops such as eggplant and melons were planted in black plastic, with holes made for the plants. They had actually switched from plastic to a decomposable and much more ecological corn fiber substance that looked like plastic, but same idea. The black surface absorbs much more heat, and retains it better in the evening; this method also chokes weeds which can be an obstacle if you don't have a lot of time on your hands. I don't bother with the plastic here as my garden is too spread out for it to be particularly effective, and it's a fairly warm climate anyway, but you probably would benefit a lot up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 You daisies are ahead of mine. My Peonies are just about to bloom. Lawn is still a long way off. I don't have a lot of money and time to focus on it. Just not a priority right now. The perennial bed where the daisies are all came from a pack off .99 cent seed two years ago as well as another bed. I put some finished compost and ash in the existing soil, and threw the seed in. Sweet william, echinacea, black eyed susans, m daises, and shasta daisies came up. I have two amazing beds that cost basically two dollars to start. There are many inexpensive ways to make the garden look amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 We have endless amounts of wild daisies about to bloom all around here in the fields, edges of roads, etc. I took several very healthy plants out of my vegetable bed when I tilled it for planting a week ago ...and put them in the flower garden. They will look every bit as good as the ornamental ones. This morning I had a wild turkey sitting just behind my pumpkin hills digging a hole.... the thing must think it's a good place for a nest or something! The perennial bed where the daisies are all came from a pack off .99 cent seed two years ago as well as another bed. I put some finished compost and ash in the existing soil, and threw the seed in. Sweet william, echinacea, black eyed susans, m daises, and shasta daisies came up. I have two amazing beds that cost basically two dollars to start. There are many inexpensive ways to make the garden look amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 A few mediocre quality pictures from the garden: Indian yellow pea, a few days from harvest: Apollo arugula, one week from harvest: Pineapple sage: First fruit on beefsteak tomato: Black Beauty eggplant with its flowers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 A few mediocre quality pictures from the garden: Indian yellow pea, a few days from harvest: Apollo arugula, one week from harvest: Man--what fertizlier are you using? I know you have a longer growing season, but man....... I just talk a walk out back and we're still waiting for most of our seed to sprout. I think some of the peas and lettuces have broken the surface, but that's about it.. Nothing yet on cukes, carrotts, onions, cilantro, spinach....... Put in tomatoe plants, but they're not even close to blossoming yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 What and when do people use for lawn care as we head into June? Also--I have an area that I'm battling bamboo. Are there things that I can do to get rid of the bamboo other than the tedious and perhaps ineffective act of pulling out these plants as they grow? They get mowed as I mow the lawn grass there, but they grow at a much higher rate so within a few days, they are clearly seen above the regular grass in that section. Any thoughts on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 What and when do people use for lawn care as we head into June? Also--I have an area that I'm battling bamboo. Are there things that I can do to get rid of the bamboo other than the tedious and perhaps ineffective act of pulling out these plants as they grow? They get mowed as I mow the lawn grass there, but they grow at a much higher rate so within a few days, they are clearly seen above the regular grass in that section. Any thoughts on this? Napalm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Napalm. Not an entirely bad iedea in principal. Maybe I'll burn in that area next season and reseed. With my luck, the bamboo will survive. It's like the cockroach after a nuclear bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Not an entirely bad iedea in principal. Maybe I'll burn in that area next season and reseed. With my luck, the bamboo will survive. It's like the cockroach after a nuclear bomb. If it's not too close to the house pile all the slash from your de-foresting project there and set it a blaze. Once the ground is sterile you can start fresh. Bamboo is incredibly resilient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 If it's not too close to the house pile all the slash from your de-foresting project there and set it a blaze. Once the ground is sterile you can start fresh. Bamboo is incredibly resilient. Understatement of the day. It's not close at all to the house, but it is close to some remaining wooded areas so fire control could be an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastBayWx Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 What and when do people use for lawn care as we head into June? Also--I have an area that I'm battling bamboo. Are there things that I can do to get rid of the bamboo other than the tedious and perhaps ineffective act of pulling out these plants as they grow? They get mowed as I mow the lawn grass there, but they grow at a much higher rate so within a few days, they are clearly seen above the regular grass in that section. Any thoughts on this? Are you sure it is bamboo? It sounds like it could be Japanese Knotweed. This stuff can grow 5" a day and has reddish/green stalks and a huge rhizome underground that gets bigger than a watermelon. I'm battling it here with sprayings of triclopyr (Garlon). This has been the most tenacious weed I've ever dealt with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Are you sure it is bamboo? It sounds like it could be Japanese Knotweed. This stuff can grow 5" a day and has reddish/green stalks and a huge rhizome underground that gets bigger than a watermelon. I'm battling it here with sprayings of triclopyr (Garlon). This has been the most tenacious weed I've ever dealt with. One of the most aggressive invasive plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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