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Your Questions About Gardening Tips For Cucumbers
William asks…
Gardening tips- squash, zucchini, cucumber?
It’s a bit late in the season, but winter carried on forever up here! I started zucchini, squash and cucumber seeds indoors about a month ago, the seedlings are about 3 inches tall now. This is my first season attempting to garden, and am looking for any tips or advice from those with experience. I’m in the Tahoe area, at around 6100′ elevation. As it still gets cold at night here (40s), I’ll be placing them in a greenhouse. Any advice about planting (spacing, depth, etc), fertilizing, harvesting, whatever would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
The Garden Tipster answers:
Well, despite the natural Challenges you’ll face, due to your High altitude & Short Season, you MIGHT pull out a nice crop with a little luck ( AND a warmer than normal September !). Since I don’t know your soil composition up there, I’m going to Assume it’s at LEAST pretty “generic”, and that the veggies You mentioned WILL do reasonably Well in It. ALL the things you Mentioned are Vines that REALLY “spread out” once They get Growing. So on July 4th weekend- Transplant 2 or 3 Seedlings (in a cluster) every 2 FEET ( in ALL Directions). Water them In, & soak them Regularly (in the Morning- if you can)- Once a Week, for the rest of the Summer. Fertilize them with any good liquid fertilizer (which works Fastest- since your time is “short”. )- every two weeks from the 3rd week of July through the end of August. Keep an Eye on the weeds, the bugs, & any OTHER veggie loving “critters” you may have in Your Area. And then sit back & see how thing Grow !!! Since your Spring was so Late, maybe your Autumn will be- too. And THAT might buy your garden enough Time- to bring everything to Maturity & Harvest. There are NO Guarantees…- But hey, that’s half the “fun” of being a Gardener (or farmer) !!! 
I hope this helps a little, & that Everything Grows alright . Good Luck !!!
Lizzie asks…
Gardening tips please?
i am growing my first garden…
I have green peppers, cucumbers, radish, tomato, and swiss chard…
Well anyways my question is…
How long does it take for each one to grow from seed….
The Garden Tipster answers:
Fluffern is correct. The package always states days to harvest. As far as advice to you, it depends on the variety of vegetable you planted. Early tomatoes can take fifty days up to long season varieties that take up to a hundred days or more. Radishes can take from fourteen days to thirty depending on the variety. Ditto for all the other plants you asked about.
Susan asks…
Are you getting ready to grow a garden?
Garden tips – what have you learnt… for me it was to dig a fair size hole and fill it with topsoil, leaving a hole still where you plant the plant – then you just fill the hole up with water – it takes so little water this way… you can grow squash, tomatoes, cucumbers zukini etc. this way so easy to water/so little water and you do not need good soil, just the soil you put in the hole needs to be good.
The Garden Tipster answers:
Have onions and peas growing the the garden right now…going to put corn, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots and green beans out next month..my problems is we have all clay except in the dog yard where there is a small plot of actual dirt..starting this fall will sow rye grass in the garden then till it into the clay next spring and going to go to a neighbors farm and get some cow manure to spread onto the garden to rot over the winter…figure after doing this for the next few years the clay will not only be fertile but will also loosen up and hopefully have the consistency of dirt…i also have flowers all over the place..when i put them out i just dig the hole and put the flowers in and also sow flower seeds ….with clay you dont have to water as much but if allowed to dry out becomes like a concrete block
hubby built me a composter out of a hot water heater and now i am starting to compost..filled it half full about 1 week ago and it is starting to smell sweet which is what i was told is a good sign…i am doing everything i know or can think of to improve this old clay ground we have..lol
Paul asks…
What are your best tips for growing these vegetables and herbs?
I have planted 4 garden areas with several crops. What are your best garden tips for these crops? Thanks.
Beans
Broccoli
Cilantro
Corn
Cucumbers
Lettuce
Peppers – sweet banana, cayenne, red and green bell, and jalapeno
Potatoes
Squash
Sunflower seeds
Swiss Chard
Thyme
Tomatoes – 10 different varieties
Watermelon
Hey RJS, thanks for realizing I already knew the basics. I am indeed looking for tidbits of specifics. My expertise is in perennials and ornamentals. Too bad they cut some of your answers short. I didn’t know the stuff about fertilizing peppers and beans. I really need info on the potatoes, because neither my husband or I have ever grown them before. They are growing so fast. I built a box around them, and piled more than a foot of soil on them. When do I quit burying them and let them go to bloom? Plus someone told me to put a dropper of cooking oil on the corn silk as soon as it shows to prevent worms.
Thanks everyone. More tips please.
The Garden Tipster answers:
Planting that much, you must know what you’re doing…I’ve grown all but cilantro, but its been years since I grew chard…
A few things you may not know…beans, lettuce & thyme need very little fertilizer, and you shouldn’t fertilize nitrogen for peppers until you have peppers set, or you’ll get large green bushes with no peppers…
Dont water early in the growing season to encourage plants to send deep roots to subsoil moisture…the less you water the less you have to…
The earlier you plant broccoli, and especially lettuce, the better your crop will be…lettuce doesn’t appreciate temps over 80F (and it survives 15F) and the later you plant crucifers, the more worms and bugs attack them…
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Garden Weed Control
Weeds are undesirable plants growing in an unwanted place or among the crop for same needs such as water, sunlight, nutrients and space. They are usually the native plants which are best adapted to the environment they grow in. The seeds produced by these weeds can lie dormant in the soil for many years germinating when it is cultivated.
Weeds are a common menace in any garden and need to be controlled. However it must be stated that some weeds have many useful attributes. A weed is a nuisance because it is growing in the wrong place and might be displeasing to the eye, or it might hinder the growth of the carefully planted crop and also cause economic damage.
Weeds also can be categorized as annuals, biennials and perennials. Annuals germinate and mature in one season and die away leaving its supply of seeds to germinate. These weeds should be removed before they produce any seeds. Biennials take two seasons to mature enough to produce seed and then they die away. Perennials are the most difficult weed to get rid of.
Garden weed control is no easy task. But garden weed control can be approached in two methods that is weed removal and weed prevention.
Garden weed control by weed removal is not simply removing the visible part of the weed. It is important to first identify the growth habits of the weed. Perennial weeds can grow again from fleshy roots or underground stems. When removing a weed it is important to uproot the entire plant to avoid it from cropping up again. It is best to use a hand fork or hand grubber to loosen the roots of larger weeds. Uprooting has to be done continuously until all the weeds are eliminated. Garden weed control by up rooting is quite a tiresome job and requires a lot of effort and energy. But in the long run garden weed control can be considered a good exercise for the gardener.
For perennial weeds with deep roots, it is best to use a weed killer which will kill the weed in a few days.
Garden weed control by weed prevention would involve a bit of proactive work on the part of the gardener where he or she is expected to remove weeds before planting.
The best way to do garden weed control through prevention is to use a mulch of bark chips or gravel.
Bark chips is a better substance as it covers the light and does not blow around so much. But it needs to be replenished sooner as it converts in to compost.
In conclusion garden weed control is done better when more time is spent on preparation, with mulch used to prevent germination of seeds.
