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File:[Yabure Kabure] Non Non Bi….jpg (452.28 KB,1920x1080)

 No.105227[View All]

Do you have any experience gardening?
I decided that I'm going to attempt gardening this year. My dad grew up on a farm and we had crops in the backyard when I was a kid. I still have the old tilling machine that's in good shape and some other rusty tools, but I don't have a hammer to mine silver from nearby rocks so I won't be able to upgrade the stuff.
I think it's too late for my geographic location to start growing early Spring stuff from seeds, so I need to buy some that are already a few weeks old from a local nursery, or maybe online? This stuff sounds kind of fun as long as your expectations are reasonable.
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 No.137038

>>137037
passionfruit vines seem like theyd get you fruit fairly quickly my older brother had some
i thought about saffron for when i get my garden but the climate in australia's all wrong. saffron wants frost during winter. also the bulbs are still pretty expensive it doesnt seem like you get much of a return on investment unless you do it at scale for a long time

 No.137039

an apricot tree my parents planted some time ago is taller than me and produces like 200 apricots each season
some time ago means.... fuck, probably 10 years ago at this point

 No.137040

>>137038
Oh, I thought about saffron briefly when I noticed the price of it at the store. I've never actually eaten it, I was just curious about it. I assume there must be some complex process to it that makes it annoying, like vanilla. It must be expensive for areason.
One of the youtubers I watch about gardening is Australian and I'm quite envious of all the stuff he's got going on. I think I linked him in the thread somewhere. My area gets really hot in the summer but we still have weeks of freezing temperatures so anything tropical is out of the question. Oh, and lavender, which I really like, dies here because of the humidity.

>>137039
Yeah, you can get dwarf trees (my family had them when I was a kid) but they're more susceptible to diseases and it explains how we lost all 3 of them during one summer. There's grafting, too, which is kind of horrifying as a concept but it's how most people grow apples.

 No.137041

>>137040
>I assume there must be some complex process to it that makes it annoying,
think its literally just you cant automate picking the little threads out of the flower (yet...) and each thread weighs almost nothing

 No.137043

reading about it on wikipedia
saffron farms will have tens of thousands of flowers in a football field sized plot of land
the harvest takes place over just a few days because of the short bloom
so you have to employ many laborers on short notice to pick out the threads and take them to a drying kiln because they cant sit for too long
i feel like this industry is poised to become disrupted by fleets of cheap autonomous drones with AI and manipulator arms... short that saffron....

 No.138685

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Meteorological Spring is basically here now. I should have bought some early-Spring seeds already, but it's not too late.
Do you guys have any suggestions on what I should try growing? Some flowers and some relatively easy crops would be good since I want to focus on some computer stuff this year and don't want to spend an hour each day watering and weeding and such.
This area does get very hot in summer, so crops that aren't can't tolerate that are a no-go.

I buy my online seeds from https://www.rareseeds.com/ and https://www.johnnyseeds.com/ so give a look if you're bored and have any suggestions for stuff I can grow and blog about this year!
I already know I want to try growing the following this year:
Turnips, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Pumpkins, Strawberries, Peas, Green Beans, and I guess some herbs. I don't really like leafy stuff, but maybe I could try something? I'm not going to grow tomatoes because it's not good to grow the same stuff in the same area year after year. Maybe I'll grow some in a container.

 No.138686

>>138685
potatos so you can snack on a lot of french fries :3 *pokes you in the tum*
peas and green beans because >zundamon

 No.138691

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Planning to plant pole beans again this year after skipping the past one. Will prepare separate seedlings during May to plant at the start of June.

No strawberries this year since they have not been productive in recent years and blackbirds have found a taste for it.
>>138685 >[...] it's not good to grow the same stuff in the same area year after year.
That is probably the reason, the health and output of the plants went noticably down after four years in a row.

Might be time to try tomatos now, potatos sound good too since I have a lot of comoposted soil now.

 No.138693

>>138691
>girl
Do you have proof of this

 No.138694

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>>138693
Your Zundamon has grown a bit different I guess.



:D

 No.138742

The grubs pupas I keep inadvertently exposing/killing when tilling are apparently june bugs. They're supposed to be really damaging to roots so I guess I won't feel too bad when I accidentally kill them. May their corpses nourish the soil.
Last chance for crop/flower recommendations as I'm going to buy seeds in the next couple days!

>>138691
Nice! What type of bean exactly?

>That is probably the reason, the health and output of the plants went noticably down after four years in a row.
I'm not sure if that's true, but maybe you need new crops if it's the same strawberry plants coming back? I've had terrible luck with strawberry plants producing much fruit after the first year. Maybe it's a fertilizer issue?
The thing I heard about tomatoes is that if you keep growing them in the same area nematodes will start showing up and they can be devastating as they spread around underground. There are anti-nematode crops like marigolds, but it's best to avoid the conditions where they can show up.

 No.138755

>>138742
>May their corpses nourish the soil.
Spoken like a druid.

>Last chance for crop/flower recommendations as I'm going to buy seeds in the next couple days!
A bit of Lemon balm can be nice to spice up a salad if you like a lemon-like scent. Sunflowers are nice to brighten up your outside area a bit (they might get huge in good conditions though) and if you like small birds you can let them pick out and eat the seeds later.

>Nice! What type of bean exactly?
A variation of Phaseolus vulgaris called 'Blauhilde'. From my experience they are very productive and tasty.

>I'm not sure if that's true, but maybe you need new crops if it's the same strawberry plants coming back?
Forgot to mention it weren't the same plants/generations, also don't know which species I tried so far.
In my region, a new batch of strawberry-plants usually need a season to settle and are then productive for two following seasons. I then completely wipe them and let a new set of plants and their offshoots grow there in a managed way.

>The thing I heard about tomatoes is that if you keep growing them in the same area nematodes will start showing up and they can be devastating as they spread around underground. There are anti-nematode crops like marigolds, but it's best to avoid the conditions where they can show up.
Good tip, will keep that in mind. I actually noticed some when I spaded my wiped strawberry-patch last year. Am not a flowers guy but I guess it is time for marigolds in that part this year.

 No.138756

>>138694
What happens when they pollinate each other?

 No.138765

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Dang. I forgot Johnny's stuff is made for small farmers. I'd have to spend $34 to buy 5 pounds of seed potatoes which means it will produce like 300 pounds. Well, if I'm not growing tomatoes this year I guess I'll have space to fill.

 No.138776

>>138765
get them
they're resistant to vtubers

 No.140927

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Bought a bunch of seeds. Mostly flowers and herbs, but some vegetables. I'll take a picture of the packets once they get here. They were out of onion seeds so I splurged and got the, uh, what were they caled, semi-grown bulbs. 5 pounds of "seed potatoes" too. Got a bunch of tilling to do before then. Wee, tilling.

 No.141030

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Pfft, BDs and posters, here's a REAL haul (of $3 seed packets)

 No.141033

>>141030
Oh yeah, it’s planting season. Ought to get to it myself as well.

 No.141396

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2-3 inches of rain in the next few days, possibility of golf ball sized hail and up to 70mph winds.
Why do I have to garden in hard mode every time.

 No.141401

>>141396
on topic sager
deserves it

 No.141477

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Transplanted the yellow onions...

 No.141478

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...and the potatoes.

 No.141479

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I got tired of losing so many things to localized flooding so I dug some decent sized ditches. About 5 inches deep, or 12.7cm according to google.
Tilling through and shoveling clay is NOT fun.

Just realized I should resize these images.
Well, it's going to rain so everything will be on pause for a bit.

 No.141517

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>>141479
Seems pretty successful. We only got about 1.5 inches so it wouldn't have been damaging, but at least I can see that it's working.

 No.141519

>>141517
nice
how long do you think it'll take for the water to drain?

 No.141521

>>141519
Probably days. I need to get more wood chip mulch to put in them as they soak up the water and keep the plastic from getting damaged from the sun. This would be really bad to have sitting water like this if it was further along the year, mosquitos and stuff would be breeding in it.

 No.141535

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>>141478
>potatoes
I've heard if you don't follow proper with potatoes they can turn poisonous... Was always scared of eating dad's home grown 'taters because I know he doesn't care for no protocol.

 No.141536

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>>141535
From what I read that happens if you don't bury the new tubers under soil. I'm supposed to add dirt to keep burying it as it grows taller.

 No.141564

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hehehehe
Feels like digging the little ditches to the side and front has been a success!
Soil is very much soaked, but I don't have any seeds there yet thankfully. When this dries a little in a few days it's time to plant seeds.

 No.144731

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I guess I'll give a garden blog update, although it's too early to see the stuff I planted from seed.
The chives are making an absurd amount of flowers this year. Zoom in on the pic, the camera on this phone is very impressive. The stalks that bear flowers are tough and not very palatable so if I cared about efficiency I'd be cutting them all off as soon as they popped up. The reproductive strategy of the chive plant is for the flower stalk to fall over with the end filled with seeds smacking against the ground. It works quite well as this is year 3 and I've never manually harvested the seeds.
My goal is to remain an "organic" gardener relying only on traditional things like crop rotation, repellant plants (chives help with this) and similar things and it's certainly a lot more difficult!

 No.144732

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This is what a blackberry flower looks like. Of the 3 plants I have, I'd say there's around 80 flowers total. The first year of their life is devoted solely to becoming established and growing, so this being year two means I finally get the fruit!
Very pretty flowers, I had no idea they would look so nice. Now I wish I planted them in a place more visible, but I read that they're notorious for spreading so they had to be against a wall so I could better control it.

I saw one potato sprout poking out of the ground yesterday, but I'll take a picture of it once it's more prominent. Other than that, I think it will be a few weeks until I have anything interesting to post again.
Is anyone else growing anything?

 No.145104

Normally don't mind windy days as long as it isn't dangerous, but I've got seeds in the ground and need to keep the soil from drying out, so now I need to go out and water every few hours.

 No.152454

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GARDEN BLOG UPDATE
>>141478
These were the potatoes after after 2 weeks. My crappy clay soil dries out quickly when you make mounds (need to add lots of compost to it this year) but thankfully the potatoes can power through it. Nature really is amazing. These are actually three potato plants next to each other because I couldn't find an 'eye' so I wasn't sure if they would work. I've since removed two of them.

 No.152455

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>>152454
Potatoes after three weeks. Yeah, that's a pretty good size, but...

 No.152456

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>>152455
Potatoes after... FOUR weeks. HOW DO THEY GROW THIS FAST?! This must be the benefit of the energy storage of the potato.
I'm starting to understand why these things prevent famine.

 No.152457

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Baby Zundamons locked up for crimes against humanity. I hope this year I finally get a decent amount of peas. 2 years of failure before this.
The camera on this phone seems to have issues with this angle on these hybrid days where it's cloudy but bright.

 No.152458

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>>152457
Maybe this is a better angle for them. There's a row of beets between these to help block out the sun. It's a 'companion plant' setup as the peas will be climbing upward on vines while the beet leaves will absorb the sunlight that makes it past them, ideally helping the soil to hold onto moisture and block weeds.

 No.152460

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This is what it means to have a garden in the yard. I have celery, carrot and chamomile "weeds" growing randomly. I struggled to get 2 celery plants in the garden last year and now I have 8 of them growing on their own in the grass.
GARDEN BLOG END... for now.

Is anyone else growing anything? It's probably not a popular imageboard subject, but it seems to be a stereotype that people that spend a lot of time on the computer end up with gardens later on to experience the physical world where cause and effect are much more tangible.

 No.152461

>>152460
it would be a nice thing to do but you need to own a house for that

 No.152464

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>>152461
Not true, you just need to be a loser that lives with someone that owns a house!
But that's a concept misconception. You only need a big outside garden for growing lots of bulky, sun-hungry plants that need a lot of space and energy. If you have any free space, like the size of a small bed, you can grow a lot of things indoors. It's common for people to grow herbs indoors on top of tables, but you can do fruits and vegetables, too. Lots of species have varieties specially bred for container growing, even things you wouldn't expect like tomatoes or corn.
LED lights are VERY cheap and extremely efficient so people need to graduate from the old way of thinking. Due to the covid lockdowns a lot of people became interested in growing plants indoors and there's an entire industry around it these days. These are the growth lights I have for starting things indoors, but they can be a permanent fixture of a room to use for growing plants while also providing light for yourself: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B095C2DLH5
There are people out there doing extensive reviews to rate the different kinds in regards to spectrum of light and energy efficiency over time. There's also tons of guides to assembling your own container soil, hydroponics, and anything else related to indoor gardening. It's pretty cool.

 No.152465

>>152464
>concept misconception
common misconception* bleh

 No.152923

I was thinking of throwing a planter on my balcony to grow some veggies/herbs (fruits would be even better but I don't think they'd work in the limited space). I've done flower gardens before, but I'm not sure what all considerations need to be made with limited-space growing. Would be cool if I could grow >>152456
in one. Seems like 1ft is enough for growing root vegetables and flowers based on site descriptions, though it seems shallow to me. Anyone do this before and have advice on what sizes work best or what some good starter crops are?

 No.152945

>>152923
Well, what kind of crops do you like? Many of them are easier than you think. If they weren't, nature wouldn't really exist at all.
You said balcony, so outside, what are the temperature and humidity like? Stuff like green beans, carrots and peas do better without intense heat, but can sort of tolerate it if they don't get exposed to the burning sunlight all day.

 No.152973

>>152945
I like carrots and taters, but I'll probably give most of it away to people who cook so I'm more focused on the growing than the eating.

It's very rainy now with comfortable temps, but will get hot and sometimes dry in another month or so. Highly seasonal weather. I can put them in partial cover where they'll be in the shade half the day or farther out where they'll get more sun.

 No.153790

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I'm the OP from >>>/spg/3490
My little buds are becoming big fat buds!

 No.153797

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>>152973
You'll need a huge container for potatoes, at least in an effective way. Carrots, sure, they're very compact, you just need to make sure to give them enough room to grow downward and keep the soil loose with the container-only things like perlite or coconut coir. Root vegetables work very well inside containers. I grew turnips in one a couple years ago.

>>153790
Looks good! I can't seem to use that finer mulch stuff you have there due to Spring localized flooding transporting it away. I don't know what the solution would be apart from giant containers.

As for me, today I had to "hill" the potatoes. You basically just bury them in dirt halfway and this is supposed to encourage them to grow more tubers. This is the 'before'....

 No.153798

File:potatoes after.jpg (3.77 MB,2915x3636)

...and this is the 'after'. I ran out of compost and good dirt and had to grab a shovel and mix my annoying clay soil with grass clippings. Seemed to work alright, I guess? I have to buy more usable dirt because this big gap between the rows isn't good. I hate the clay soil here.

 No.153799

>>153798
How do you go about digging them out? My dad used a potato plow pulled by a riding mower to dig ours up, but we also had a big patch with a lot of space around.

 No.153803

>>153799
This is the first time I've ever grown potatoes so I have no idea. Brute force, I guess? Maybe digging around them? I guess I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

 No.153813

I think you pull them up if it's healthy and the entire plant will come with you. The mound will make it harder for them to stay rooted




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