Recycle Survival garden update - July 20, 2010 - prepper container gardening

Update on the container garden. The plants got plenty of rain water this week and I used collected rain run off as well, so they are doing better. The tomatoes are finally getting bigger and putting on fruit. I'm having a problem with squash bugs though so I don't think I will get any squash variety veggies this time. Peas and beans are starting to grow. I'm seeing a few more sprouts. Tire potatoes are doing well but one isn't growing. Cucumbers are starting to vine nice and I have baby cucs putting on. See my pickles video if you haven't seen it yet. Watermelon and honey dew are doing well. White runners didn't grow as well as I had planned.

I figure on the beans, even if they don't produce a big crop, I can save the seeds for next year as they are heirloom organic.

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[yedon68]

...well you said you were raised in the city...these plants WILL NOT...produce in sm pots...they NEED to be in the ground...w/ processed soil about a foot deep...LOL

[scutter4christ]

@yedon68 But they did really well last year. Even in the smaller pots and I got quite a bit of produce out of them.

[evcrawfish]

free range chickens eat bugs, also guinneas

[scutter4christ]

@evcrawfish Yeah, but I dont got me none of those. :o)

[paragshah2112]

tap water has too much lime, rust, and chlorine in it

rain water is better. if you can collect it, water as much as you can with that.

drink it too, you dont wanna put that tap water in your body. i dont know how they pass that stuff off to us as being 'ok' ...

[ceadeses]

If that is your property why in the world would you not put those plants in the ground!

[700eyesonly007]

I guess I'm a little late to help, but maybe this year it'll help...

A jalepeno pepper/onion spray might work for your bugs. Puree the onion/jalepeno in blender and squeeze juice through a cheesecloth/nylon panty hose/knee hi, mix the juice with water in spray bottle and try on one plant with bugs first to test, if it works then spray the others. Some people also use tsp of Murphy's oil soap in the mix, it used to be 100% natural, but I don't think it is anymore.

[bertly71]

Nice idea. It will be interesting to see how it works.

[turleytho]

WE ARE ALL learning as we go.

[BewareofFlatteries]

Using cardboard boxes for beans. Great idea. I'm going to try that. The deer ate all our bean plants, but this may be the answer to it. The Deer off and electric fence did not work. The neighbors all lost their beans, too.

Watch for blossom rot on tomatoes. Some Epsom salt helps for blossom rot.

[icanseetoo1]

They look like they need water, tomatoes are 90% water they need moist soil all the time, not wet but moist

[Lavere2009]

Rain water doesn't have all the nasty poisonous chemicals we have in our normal drinking water. Shows you what is in our water is not so healthy for us.

[LazyGamerNyx]

I heard canola oil is a good bug repellent. Good luck!