Show Us What You're Growing

[Alan Brice]

This is the second year in a row. Bananas and a wild thing called the plant’s flower. It has to be the size of a basketball!
Musa Basjoo (Japanese Banana) 30 feet tall.

[Alan Brice]

Sky dandruff.

[HawkerXP]

No bananas for you.

[Jim White]

🎶🎶 Oh Jalapeño Tree, Jalapeño Tree 🎶🎶

[hoovarmin]

Mine is dying

[Prof Bunky]

So long Dragon Roll peppers. Hard frost last night. They are pining for the fjords.

[Skip]

Nice! They don't winter so well in Minnesota. Lol

[HawkerXP]

We still have encore azaleas blooming at the lake house!

[DavidNorcross]

Napa cabbage

[DavidNorcross]

Spinach is surviving the winter

[SheilaAnn]

#blessed these are so sweet and juicy, all I need to do is stick a straw in them!

[smokenoob]

6 weeks after our 100 year snow storm the berries and citrus are looking great!

[SheilaAnn]

First daffodil! You can see to the lower right, it won’t be the last.

[CandySueQ]

This is from February. There still some straggling blooms though. I've never seen another white flowering quince! Got to try to propagate.

[hoovarmin]

Lovely

[Lynn Dollar]

My tomato patch

[Lynn Dollar]

randy.56 Well, just this morning is example of why plastic wrap. We had a line of storms with 40 mph gusts. I planted last Friday. Those plants are just getting their footing. It also provides some hail protection, as hail doesn't necessarily fall straight down. Mulch is next step. Everything inside the cage will be protected from dirt splashing on the leaves spreading disease. It also warms the soil around the plant.

running out of room in this post

[Lynn Dollar]

randy.56 As to how many plants, yes if everything goes great I will have an over abundance of tomatoes. But most years, that does not happen. Last year was prime example. I had a cutworm infestation. And they did not attack the seedlings, they attacked 2 foot tall plants. They could not cut them down, but killed them. I could not figure what was happening. I lost 13 of 24 plants.

Weather is also a huge variable. 3 years ago we had July weather in May. Hardly any production

[Lynn Dollar]

randy.56 one more reason for over planting, and most important one, my plants get the blight. A combination of summer heat in July and the blight taking the plants, means by mid July they're done producing. Basically, I get whatever is produced in May and June.

I've searched for cures for the blight for years, but have now resigned myself to just overwhelming it with numbers.

And there's absolutely no cure for Oklahoma heat in July.

[SammyJ]

I have been amiss, I have 6 Caribbean red habaneros in 5 gallon buckets. I'll try to get pictures tomorrow and get them posted.

[hoovarmin]

When spring arrives, my late wife's many plants come alive. It feels like a "hello" from the other side.

[Panhead John]

Beautiful!

[Oak Smoke]

Wow those lilies are beautiful. They’re my favorite flower.

[Purc]

My HOA is not approving of my growing these natural flowers in my yard. They are questioning my skills as a gardener!

[hoovarmin]

How dare they!

[captainlee]

My high school basketball coach used to make dandelion wine. Can't remember what it tasted like but we were sworn to secrecy. This is the first time I spilled my guts in 50 years. I may have spilled my guts after drinking it.