ski MRG Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Zoysia Blizz would love this stuff, crowds out weeds entirely by mid June, the hotter it is the better it grows, loves heat! One fertilizing at this property slow release organic in April, and mulch leaves into the lawn in the fall. Only drawbacks are it stays dormant longer and goes dormant early. Its lush like a carpet, very invasice too! I want to hit a golf ball off that. Looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 More zoysia from the yard today, ball sits up on it like a tee Pete!!! If you look in the back you can see where some repair work was done two years ago, a little patch of bent/rye mix that is about to be over taken by the Z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skierinvermont Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Do you guys think it would be a good idea to self pollinate cucumber flowers? I have about 4 male flowers and 1 female flower on a different plant. Do you think I should just rip off a male flower and pollinate the female flower? I tried a cue stick to transfer pollen but I didn't see any yellow pollen on the cue stick when I tried (Maybe a tad yellow) What do you think? I've never had problems with my cucumbers failing to pollinate.. they should pollinate on their own. If you're worried, I don't see what harm you would cause by doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skierinvermont Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Thanks for the advice. I found a place that has Compost/Loam for $14.99/cu yd. http://www.bridgewat...ompost%2C-soil/ Delivery is $45. So for $200 I can get 10 yards. That's an insanely good price. I was looking at 20-30/yd and more than that for delivery from everybody around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skierinvermont Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 My first zuke flower and cuke flowers bloomed last night.. the zuke flower is HUGE.. like a Venus fly trap lol.. its female too.. Pictures to come later I love your excitement! It always amazes me how vigorous squash plants are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 The beast, my largest property, a shade under 3 acres...and these great folks are straight up hippies..........only organic, only native plants in there gardens, and everything must be drought tolerant, i cut this biatch with an electric mower that uses duracell batteries, its a push mower no self prepulsion Great workout once every 9 days or so! Kevin, look there are weeds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Here is the meadow that i started about 5 weeks ago at the same property, should start to get some native wildflowers popping by late July, its already almost 3 ft high, going to be killer, especially with the path that i mow to walk through it and enjoy it, by this time next year it will be a sea of color and native grasses going to seed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Thats a great price, but only put it on 1/4 inch thick, and I recommend early September Do you mean only put 1/4" on the bare spots, or do you mean 1/4" thick on the spots that might have grass...but are stressed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Do you mean only put 1/4" on the bare spots, or do you mean 1/4" thick on the spots that might have grass...but are stressed? 1/4 inch on the entire area that is stressed. Finished compost is great to start seed in, but its also a wonderful fertilizer for the existing grass which punches up threw it and greens up almost instantly. Full coverage. On smaller lawns that I have I do the entire lawn sometimes instead of fertilizing especially lawns that have a lot of competion like lawns with many trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 More zoysia from the yard today, ball sits up on it like a tee Pete!!! If you look in the back you can see where some repair work was done two years ago, a little patch of bent/rye mix that is about to be over taken by the Z. 3w FTW ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 1/4 inch on the entire area that is stressed. Finished compost is great to start seed in, but its also a wonderful fertilizer for the existing grass which punches up threw it and greens up almost instantly. Full coverage. On smaller lawns that I have I do the entire lawn sometimes instead of fertilizing especially lawns that have a lot of competion like lawns with many trees. Thanks. I'll tell my folks about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I shaked an flicked my tomato flowers to try and prompt pollination.. anybody have luck with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Banged out my 2nd round of fertilizer on the season. 2-40# bags of Chickity Doo Doo. Also did round 2 of 3 on the Milky Spore. Light rains have recommenced after 1/3" earlier the PM. Curious to see how this stuff works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Should I consider taking some of my pots in in this heavy rain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Should I consider taking some of my pots in in this heavy rain? It depends how much you are expecting....I sometimes take them inside the garage if we're getting 2-3" rainfall. Pots just can't handle that much water. If you're only getting like an inch with breaks of sunshine, then I wouldn't worry so much. It's a hassle this late in the season since the pots are heavy with large plants. I usually do it frequently in spring when the plants are more fragile and the pots lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 LOL http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/20329-our-infamous-se-lawn-thread/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Anybody experiment with electric toothbrush and tomato pollination? And will tomato plants pollinate in rain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Zucchini flower that opened this morning... I found about 4 more when I got home from work today that should open at dawn tomorrow..might have to hand pollinate tomorrow morning.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skierinvermont Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I've never had a problem with tomatoes zukes or cukes pollinating. Usually I think hand pollination is only done in greenhouses. Usually the flowers are open for a couple days at least so unless it rains the whole time that shouldn't be an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I've never had a problem with tomatoes zukes or cukes pollinating. Usually I think hand pollination is only done in greenhouses. Usually the flowers are open for a couple days at least so unless it rains the whole time that shouldn't be an issue. Do some self pollinate or do you rely on bees? cause I really don't have a lot of bees around my property Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 My vined crops (squash, pumpkin) are struggling in this wx. I couldn't even get them in until the last few days of May with the wet spring. But I can't complain...it's nice and cool. Zucchini flower that opened this morning... I found about 4 more when I got home from work today that should open at dawn tomorrow..might have to hand pollinate tomorrow morning.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I've never had a problem with tomatoes zukes or cukes pollinating. Usually I think hand pollination is only done in greenhouses. Usually the flowers are open for a couple days at least so unless it rains the whole time that shouldn't be an issue. Me neither...the squashes and tomatoes pretty much do the job all by themselves. They produce a ton of flowers usually by late June/early July. I already have like 5 flowers on a small zucchini in a container. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Alright, so I've done my research and I'm going to assemble a 5 gallon Compst Tea Brewer. I just need to head out to Wally World and Petco this weekend to purchase all the necessary parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skierinvermont Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Do some self pollinate or do you rely on bees? cause I really don't have a lot of bees around my property Tomatoes definitely don't self-pollinate.. not sure about the cucurbits. I never see many bees around my tomatoes honestly but they always end up pollinating. Then again I don't sit and watch them all day either. The wind does a pretty good job pollinating them from what I've read. Me neither...the squashes and tomatoes pretty much do the job all by themselves. They produce a ton of flowers usually by late June/early July. I already have like 5 flowers on a small zucchini in a container. Occasionally I will see a few flowers that dry up but I don't know if that's because it was too cold and wet (can't pollinate below 50F), they were just bad flowers, or they just didn't get any pollination. It's not enough of an issue to worry about though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Pollinated a zuke this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Its weird but but garden seemed to explode over the past couple of days even though we had no sun.... huge zucchini flower with cuke flowers to the right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Zucchini plants from seed that I planted about 3 weeks to a month ago I'd say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Garden box update... I might have to extend the trellis upwards somehow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 This is 17 days ago... Its crazy how fast these grew! Can't believe it really.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Tomatoes definitely don't self-pollinate.. not sure about the cucurbits. I never see many bees around my tomatoes honestly but they always end up pollinating. Then again I don't sit and watch them all day either. The wind does a pretty good job pollinating them from what I've read. Occasionally I will see a few flowers that dry up but I don't know if that's because it was too cold and wet (can't pollinate below 50F), they were just bad flowers, or they just didn't get any pollination. It's not enough of an issue to worry about though. I tried the electric toothbrush idea for the tomatoes and it worked! even in the rain... I saw my first little tomato "bee bee" just now! The flower fell right off when I touched it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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