Forum Support Tommy T. Posted June 8, 2021 Forum Support Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) I am so tired of seeing the topics and commentary regarding politics and the virus... So I will post simply for gardening and food... The recent daily heavy deluges of rain from storms (for the past two months) virtually every afternoon or night have devastated much of our burgeoning garden... The wing beans and tomatoes are the winners, so far. Pechay is doing okay, but insects are eating the leaves almost as fast as they grow! If the weather settles a bit, then we will re-try onions, carrots and some others. Meanwhile, we are enjoying a bumper crop of the wing beans, herbs and cucumbers. Edited June 8, 2021 by Tommy T. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post graham59 Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Posted June 8, 2021 We haven't had too much 'damaging' rain, and there are plenty of tasty treats (plus flowers) in our garden right now. Some pics from this morning... . 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Balisidar Posted June 9, 2021 Author Popular Post Posted June 9, 2021 We just picked a bunch of carrots, collard greens and corn. We are planting more okra, tomatoes and carrots. Hoping everything goes well during rainy season. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBM Posted June 10, 2021 Posted June 10, 2021 On 6/8/2021 at 9:56 AM, Tommy T. said: I am so tired of seeing the topics and commentary regarding politics and the virus... So I will post simply for gardening and food... The recent daily heavy deluges of rain from storms (for the past two months) virtually every afternoon or night have devastated much of our burgeoning garden... The wing beans and tomatoes are the winners, so far. Pechay is doing okay, but insects are eating the leaves almost as fast as they grow! If the weather settles a bit, then we will re-try onions, carrots and some others. Meanwhile, we are enjoying a bumper crop of the wing beans, herbs and cucumbers. Tommy spoke to my other half whom advised to spray with diluted oregano, 50/50 cost is zero and very effective. Our hydroponic experiment is fascinating, we will be harvesting soon. Unlike yourself with unlimited space we have just a tiny terrace so must make the most of it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBM Posted June 10, 2021 Posted June 10, 2021 On 6/8/2021 at 11:26 AM, graham59 said: We haven't had too much 'damaging' rain, and there are plenty of tasty treats (plus flowers) in our garden right now. Some pics from this morning... . Love those papayas my favourite fruit, around P60 a kg here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Tommy T. Posted June 10, 2021 Forum Support Posted June 10, 2021 22 minutes ago, RBM said: Tommy spoke to my other half whom advised to spray with diluted oregano, 50/50 cost is zero and very effective. Our hydroponic experiment is fascinating, we will be harvesting soon. Unlike yourself with unlimited space we have just a tiny terrace so must make the most of it. Thanks to you and your better half for the tip. We will try that... We are super impressed by your growing efforts there - really really nice. You guys are doing a great job. That planting array is very cool and, obviously, very effective. Just yesterday I saw that three lemon seeds germinated so we may have some lemon trees in our future! We have a papaya volunteer growing in the back and three cacao plants along with four table banana plants. It is amazing to see the growth here... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Old55 Posted June 10, 2021 Forum Support Posted June 10, 2021 Tom, I would be curious how the Cacao plants do. If ever we move to Philippines having a few coffee bean bushes would be interesting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Popular Post Tommy T. Posted June 10, 2021 Forum Support Popular Post Posted June 10, 2021 18 minutes ago, Old55 said: Tom, I would be curious how the Cacao plants do. If ever we move to Philippines having a few coffee bean bushes would be interesting. Well... the next door neighbour has several cacao plants growing and they recently produced seed pods. We are growing them, not so much for produce, but rather that they grow quickly and will provide cover to our property. Same thing with talisay trees. We are looking for shade and shielding from neighbours. So far, the cacao starts have grown almost one meter in about 6 weeks. The talisay is virtually a weed - it grows by inches daily. We have two neem trees - one of which I truncated almost to the ground accidentally when using the weed whacker. Even that one is growing back now - maybe 6 inches in two weeks! We planted a "cypress" (in USA we call it a Norfolk pine") and it, too, has grown about 8 inches taller and put out more branches. Apparently, the soil here is conducive to growing many trees and some crops - very heavy clay/dark soil... So we are learning what will flourish and what will not. Just now, I harvested more long beans and wing beans from the garden - and there are many more on the way. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balisidar Posted June 10, 2021 Author Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Tommy T. said: We have two neem trees Are you planning on making neem oil? Its a great pest killer. Edited June 10, 2021 by Balisidar 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Tommy T. Posted June 10, 2021 Forum Support Posted June 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Balisidar said: Are you planning on making neem oil? Its a great pest killer. That's a great idea! That's why I wanted to plant those trees here. Supposedly, just the trees, themselves, are supposed to repel mozzies... But, at any rate, it will be a few years before these trees can do anything since they are only a bit shy of waist height... We have a lot of mozzies in morning and evening. So I have been burning coils starting at 6am and again at 4pm. It would be good to be rid of them naturally, if possible... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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