2022 Garden Thread

[Sundancefisher]

I’m getting excited about this gardening season. Going to go search for giant kohlrabi seeds.

I feel I will plant

Kohlrabi
Peas
Beans
Carrots
Potatoes
Garlic
Butternut squash

Kinda my go to list.

I tried digging in the garden yesterday and the ground is frozen 6 inches down.

Need more sun heat to remove the ground frost.

[Lornce]

Have 3 varieties of tomatoes started in the house along with Spaghetti Squash, Corn, and Peppers. Garlic and Onions in the ground.

We will be planting Potatoes, Carrots, Dill, Cukes (for pickling), and Cabbage.

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by Lornce

Have 3 varieties of tomatoes started in the house along with Spaghetti Squash, Corn, and Peppers. Garlic and Onions in the ground.

We will be planting Potatoes, Carrots, Dill, Cukes (for pickling), and Cabbage.

I may do a bit of dill and some cucks.

[Dale S]

60 Potato seed and 200 onions planted. We need rain in the south.

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[WayneChristie]

definitely looking like a dry season in the south. I picked up a new rototiller so Im going to double my gardens size and also have a new greenhouse to set up before the new tarp gets here. got a big tray of seeds planted in peat and will pick up more soon . Cant wait for the green!

[owlhoot]

My fall planted Garlic is coming up, it's 2-3 inches high.

[pikeman06]

Onions in the ground already???? Mines still got snow on it and frozen rock hard. Tomatoes and peppers growing like mad inside. I think I was a little premature with tomatoes...I'll delay a couple weeks next year for sure.

[Unregistered user]

Honeyberries, chives (Up already) Asparagus, Rhubarb, Maters, Habaneros, yeller peppers. Sterling and Kentish Goldings hops. Canteloupe.

[Unregistered user]

Book your appointment with the city for free compost if you need some.

[Tungsten,]

Originally Posted by pikeman06

Onions in the ground already???? Mines still got snow on it and frozen rock hard. Tomatoes and peppers growing like mad inside. I think I was a little premature with tomatoes...I'll delay a couple weeks next year for sure.

Lol that was me last year,too much light early on then mid May it got cold and they suffered. This year I waited,just seedlings now but in a week or two they'll get 300watts of led light,just in time for June 1.

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by Unregistered user

Book your appointment with the city for free compost if you need some.

People lined up for a couple pails worth in Calgary. Not worth it. I could use a bunch.

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by owlhoot

My fall planted Garlic is coming up, it's 2-3 inches high.

No sign of mine yet. Still in frozen ground. My crocus, daffodils and tulips are coming up. Just a few tulips so far.

[threeforthree]

Some of the 2000 plants started.

[Unregistered user]

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

People lined up for a couple pails worth in Calgary. Not worth it. I could use a bunch.

I'm retired, hopefully no line ups on a weekday morning.

[Big Sky]

If you want to pick up compost from a Calgary landfill you have to sign up.

Compost is available for pickup from April 25 to June 11, by online appointment only, at Shepard (South) and Spyhill (North) landfills.

Appointments will be released in time slots starting April 18 on this page. Check back on April 18, May 9 and May 23 to find newly released appointments, plus available time slots due to cancellations.

You can take up to 100 litres of compost per household. The compost must be shoveled into your containers or vehicle (no mechanical equipment is allowed).

All of the info located here
https://www.calgary.ca/waste/residen...-giveaway.html

This is a good program. We picked up compost last year without issue. No line ups.
We brought five 5 gallon pails and a shovel to fill them with.

[Outbound]

I really need to start our garden going. Hopefully I can get a bit of a jump on it next week. We're very new to the gardening thing, but we're trying to get a little more self sufficient overall. We have 2 raised beds and we're experiementing with what works best here in GP.

Notes from the last two years:

- Potatoes do well. I'm moving these from the raised beds to buckets this year.
- Carrots are good
- Green onions are good
- Zuchini is insane and takes over the garden quickly. We probably won't do that this year.

- Red and white onions were a failure last year. I don't think we planted them properly though.
- Corn grew well, but the cobs were stunted and no good.

I want to try iceberg and romaine lettuce, cabbage and take another crack at red and white onions. I might get a rack set up to try sugar snap peas too. I'm also planning to buy a composter and get started with that this year.

[Dewey Cox]

My wife swears we are not doing a garden this year.
She swore we wouldn't do one last year.
We might just summerfallow this year.

But the county is offering irrigated plots for $20.
I might speak up for one and put in a row of spuds.
I just feel better going into the winter with spuds in the pit...

[pikeman06]

-10 and -12 overnite laws coming up for early next week. Wouldn't get too carried away with any serious gardening or planting. It's gonna go from winter to summer this year again I think. Moisture in any form is more than welcome here in East Central.

[Tungsten,]

Might have to put some plastic over the potato bed to get it to warm up,this cold snap sure gonna delay planting.Last yr was April 20.

[Sundancefisher]

I’m hoping this cold didn’t kill my bulbs that were sprouting.

[Unregistered user]

Poke a few holes in a pop bottle cap. Now the bottle makes a fine indoor watering can that won't dump so much water at a time that your seeds get washed out or floated up.

[Brewerfisherhunter69]

What fertilizer do you all use for the garden?

In the past I used a dry fert blend recommended by my agronomist friend. Mixed it up in an ice cream pail. Used sparingly it showed good results side by side with unferitlized veggies.

Also have seen the “green” friends who use organic fish, blood and boneMeal. Works good for them too.

Appreciate the replies and good luck on the gardens this season

[Tungsten,]

Originally Posted by Brewerfisherhunter69

What fertilizer do you all use for the garden?

In the past I used a dry fert blend recommended by my agronomist friend. Mixed it up in an ice cream pail. Used sparingly it showed good results side by side with unferitlized veggies.

Also have seen the “green” friends who use organic fish, blood and boneMeal. Works good for them too.

Appreciate the replies and good luck on the gardens this season

Alfalfa ground up and dried,compost etc. High phosphorus fertilizer like bone meal can do a lot of damage to soil. So just a heads up.

[mac1983]

Originally Posted by Tungsten,

Alfalfa ground up and dried,compost etc. High phosphorus fertilizer like bone meal can do a lot of damage to soil. So just a heads up.

Alfalfa pellets from the feed store.

Excellent organic fertilizer.

Most are from alfatec in Legal.

[Tungsten,]

Originally Posted by mac1983

Alfalfa pellets from the feed store.

Excellent organic fertilizer.

Most are from alfatec in Legal.

Yup cant beat the price.

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by mac1983

Alfalfa pellets from the feed store.

Excellent organic fertilizer.

Most are from alfatec in Legal.

I never heard of using this for fertilizer. What makes it work? How much should a person add per square meter of garden?

[IronNoggin]

Garlic is up & doing fine:





Tumbler tomatoes planted and up already.
Upright cherry tomatoes the same.
Asparagus almost ready for first harvest.
Strawberries blooming.
Cherry & Peach Trees the same.
The Lady's hanging baskets planted and starting.
Saskatoon berry plants I drug out from Saskatchewan actually blooming in only their their second year.

Now for a little less rain, a little more sun, and and bring the heat up just a tad...

Cheers,
Nog

[Tungsten,]

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

I never heard of using this for fertilizer. What makes it work? How much should a person add per square meter of garden?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtdZcwryQYg

Fill a 5g bucket half full with pellets then the rest with water.About 3-5 hrs later dump out the bucket in a tray somewhere in a sunny location.As it drys you can turn it more into a meal by grinding it up.For this time of year it will work a little faster.

[mac1983]

Originally Posted by Sundancefisher

I never heard of using this for fertilizer. What makes it work? How much should a person add per square meter of garden?

Lot's of info out there with an internet search.
I use it as good source of N2 and other micro nutrients.
Great organic soil amendment.
Like to use straight, green alfalfa out of the field, makes incredible compost.
I mulch with Alfalfa and add the pellets to raised beds and containers.
Much cheaper than buying expensive fertilizer.
Just not as powerful as chemical fertilizers.
Better for your soil.

[Sundancefisher]

Originally Posted by mac1983

Lot's of info out there with an internet search.
I use it as good source of N2 and other micro nutrients.
Great organic soil amendment.
Like to use straight, green alfalfa out of the field, makes incredible compost.
I mulch with Alfalfa and add the pellets to raised beds and containers.
Much cheaper than buying expensive fertilizer.
Just not as powerful as chemical fertilizers.
Better for your soil.

Very cool. Learned something new about gardening.

I was wondering about micro-nutrients.

Years ago I saw a show that stated lots of soil is missing micro nutrients like trace copper etc.

I have some elemental sulphur to help with pH.

Maybe this will help with some nutrient.