2023 Garden Thread

[GRailsback]

Alright you garden guys. What is this growing in my yard?

[Rambo]

[GTR]

Alright you garden guys. What is this growing in my yard?

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Searched around looks like Doveweed from what I found. If it develops purple blooms that’s it.

[GRailsback]

Alright you garden guys. What is this growing in my yard?

IMG_0586.jpeg

Searched around looks like Doveweed from what I found. If it develops purple blooms that’s it.

Did it say what to do to kill it?

[Boots]

If a round centralized pattern, crabgrass. If an irregular, kinda zig zag pattern, barnyard grass. Several options depending on yer synthetic sensibilities: 1) Pasture Pro from Tractor Supply, a commercially produced herbicide for broadleaf that will not necessarily kill bermuda and reasonably effective, 2) Spot spray with straight 30% or higher vinegar, organic but mean as a scalded cat, and pretty good on fire ants too but won’t kill the mound, 3) Halo, a commercial organic product as a spot drench, or 4) a speed shovel after a short rain. By the way, 30% or higher concentration vinegar can kind of burn things like yer skin or the paint off a ‘63 Oldsmobile. Fair warning.

Now as i sit here thinking about it, not to hijack the thread but garden related, a quarter cup of gasoline per mound is pretty effective on fire ants too; vapor is heavier than air as I recall from high school science class so it settles down in the mound tunnels in about 10 minutes and seems to suffocate them (ants gotta breathe like the rest of us I think. And if yer a perfectionist and want to be 100% certain at that point, you can toss a match or burning stick on the mound (from a goodly distance and upwind) and really enjoy eradicating them. Worked great for me the day I got bit 20 times (scouts honor), I felt much better after frying them Kentucky chicken crisp though the wife was curious as to why fire was shooting out of the ground. Told her it was swamp gas leaching up from the creek - she doesn’t believe anything I say anyway. One thing though, keeping any cats away during said process is a good idea, unless they belong to yer mother in law of course.

[GRailsback]

If a round centralized pattern, crabgrass. If an irregular, kinda zig zag pattern, barnyard grass. Several options depending on yer synthetic sensibilities: 1) Pasture Pro from Tractor Supply, a commercially produced herbicide for broadleaf that will not necessarily kill bermuda and reasonably effective, 2) Spot spray with straight 30% or higher vinegar, organic but mean as a scalded cat, and pretty good on fire ants too but won’t kill the mound, 3) Halo, a commercial organic product as a spot drench, or 4) a speed shovel after a short rain. By the way, 30% or higher concentration vinegar can kind of burn things like yer skin or the paint off a ‘63 Oldsmobile. Fair warning.

Now as i sit here thinking about it, not to hijack the thread but garden related, a quarter cup of gasoline per mound is pretty effective on fire ants too; vapor is heavier than air as I recall from high school science class so it settles down in the mound tunnels in about 10 minutes and seems to suffocate them (ants gotta breathe like the rest of us I think. And if yer a perfectionist and want to be 100% certain at that point, you can toss a match or burning stick on the mound (from a goodly distance and upwind) and really enjoy eradicating them. Worked great for me the day I got bit 20 times (scouts honor), I felt much better after frying them Kentucky chicken crisp though the wife was curious as to why fire was shooting out of the ground. Told her it was swamp gas leaching up from the creek - she doesn’t believe anything I say anyway. One thing though, keeping any cats away during said process is a good idea, unless they belong to yer mother in law of course.

As always Boots, appreciate the insight, and I will weigh the options. But since you brought up the cats, unfortunately we have a neighbor across the street I found out is hoarding them. They have been a problem for some time now, but I now know where it originates. So perhaps all aspects of this sound advice will be under serious consideration.

[spacetrucker]

onlyst person I ever heard talk about a "scalded cat" was an ole, no longer with us, Texas game warden.... ya made me snicker... at the thought of it...
not to hijack but he is was the same game warden that a bunch of kids "to include present company" decided to have some fun with and attached lit cigarettes to fire crackers so as to have a "time delay prior to noise being created. A note to the wise, do not be in vicinity of responding law enforcement personnel when described pranks come into play otherwise one may get implemented in the surveillance and apprehension of perpetrators or have a most difficult time keeping a straight face...

[Rambo]

LOL ST

[Boots]

Cant stomach people hoarding animals, have a real thing about not caring for them once people take responsibility. That said, after the neighbors fleabag spoiled dog reached over the top of a 5 foot fence and bit me in the shoulder one time, it was all bets off. I religiously carried a 2 pound sledge on the mower after that. Almost sent that worthless hound to the boneyard once, missed by just about a 1/2. Still perturbed about it. Thankfully after I irritated him sufficiently the neighbor moved off and get a new neighbor with 4 happy and healthy hounds. We get along great.

[OldUsedParts]

good deal, Boots, living next to "cantankerous Neighbors" is not something I could do - - - I'm sure that one of us would have to move or face jail time

[bowhnter]

73* this morning!

Got out and pruned the tomatoes, squash, got the cucumbers up on a trellis, fertilizer down. Maybe I’ll seem some improvement over the next week.

My peppers are useless. Small and tasteless.

[Rambo]

73* this morning!

Got out and pruned the tomatoes, squash, got the cucumbers up on a trellis, fertilizer down. Maybe I’ll seem some improvement over the next week.

My peppers are useless. Small and tasteless.

Too hot now here; everything dying

[OldUsedParts]

My Oldest Son and his Wife took their Grandson to Sea World and the sites around San Antonio this weekend. When I spoke with him yesterday afternoon, he said the heat was Horrible but they managed to endure it. They did manage to enjoy Sea World, The Alamo, The River Walk and are going to The Caverns and The Wildlife Refuge this morning and then home. He said that it was 109 when they were at Sea World

[Sailor Kenshin]

After slaughtering the aphids, we have hope. Couple of tomatoes are ripening, but two or three got blossom end rot. Seems that there is always SOMETHING with 'maters.

[bobcat1]

73* this morning!

Got out and pruned the tomatoes, squash, got the cucumbers up on a trellis, fertilizer down. Maybe I’ll seem some improvement over the next week.

My peppers are useless. Small and tasteless.

Too hot now here; everything dying

Here too. I keep watering hoping for the best.. Tomatoes are small and peppers aren't flowering. They started good... No peppers to can or make jelly out of this year.