2019 Gardening thread

[LlanoHunter10]

Never heard of cacuzza! Those are big suckers for sure. How do you prepare them? Are they like a normal squash?

Remove skin of cacuzza like you would a cucumber. Split lengthwise and use spoon to remove seeds. After that I've always sliced them very thin and saute with onions, garlic and olive oil. Add tomato sauce and simmer for 2-3 hours (longer the better). Serve over pasta.

Other recipe is to stuff them with stuffing of your choice and bake em.

[LlanoHunter10]

Amended northern bed with peat moss, cow manure and compost. Covered with tarp until ready to use in October. Will use this bed for carrots, beets, lettuce and onions.

[SaltwaterSlick]

Remove skin of cacuzza like you would a cucumber. Split lengthwise and use spoon to remove seeds. After that I've always sliced them very thin and saute with onions, garlic and olive oil. Add tomato sauce and simmer for 2-3 hours (longer the better). Serve over pasta.

Other recipe is to stuff them with stuffing of your choice and bake em.

That sounds delicious! Wife gets those "spagetti" squash at the store or farmer's market and hulls them out, bakes in Lasagna fixin's in them and uses the squash for the pasta... One of our favorite quick dishes and easy to fix... Never tried growing them, but we're going to this Spring. Not sure if they would work for Fall, but plan to check into it.


Oh and that's a fine looking raised bed!!

[Man]

Tell yall what I am effing done with effing peppers. My wife makes me plant them every year. Jalepeno, bell, tai, poblano and tabasco.....and all she does is continue to buy them all from Krogers while ours rot on the plant or get moldy in the vegetable holder inside. This goes for my onions as well.

More room for tomatoes next year!! Light rant over

[eradicator]

Tell yall what I am effing done with effing peppers. My wife makes me plant them every year. Jalepeno, bell, tai, poblano and tabasco.....and all she does is continue to buy them all from Krogers while ours rot on the plant or get moldy in the vegetable holder inside. This goes for my onions as well.

More room for tomatoes next year!! Light rant over

Blanch and freeze them. Use them for chili, soups, etc all winter.

[Hooverfb]

Tell yall what I am effing done with effing peppers. My wife makes me plant them every year. Jalepeno, bell, tai, poblano and tabasco.....and all she does is continue to buy them all from Krogers while ours rot on the plant or get moldy in the vegetable holder inside. This goes for my onions as well.

More room for tomatoes next year!! Light rant over

Ain't that the most annoying thing.

[Hooverfb]

Still getting used to the houston growing seasons. My tomatoes took off like crazy, with all kinds of cherry tomatoes. Lots of foliage on the beefsteaks, but only one actually fruited. Peppers grew real slow but just took off with all the recent heat. Squash and watermelon haven't produced any female despite water and plenty of nutrients.

[texan4ut]

I just pinched about a dozen suckers off of my tomato plants and put them in water. Should have roots in a week then I will move to peat pots and let grow.

[hog_down]

Anyone have any tips on blackberry plants? I have 5, and need to put them in the ground. I also just received a mint plant from a buddy.

[LlanoHunter10]

Tell yall what I am effing done with effing peppers. My wife makes me plant them every year. Jalepeno, bell, tai, poblano and tabasco.....and all she does is continue to buy them all from Krogers while ours rot on the plant or get moldy in the vegetable holder inside. This goes for my onions as well.

More room for tomatoes next year!! Light rant over

I hear you! I only plant stuff I know I will use. Stopped trying to plant other things she wanted over the same thing. Even though mine are organic and we know EXACTLY what goes into them.

[LlanoHunter10]

Still getting used to the houston growing seasons. My tomatoes took off like crazy, with all kinds of cherry tomatoes. Lots of foliage on the beefsteaks, but only one actually fruited. Peppers grew real slow but just took off with all the recent heat. Squash and watermelon haven't produced any female despite water and plenty of nutrients.

I suggest using a shade cloth over your tomatoes to aid in fruit production. Alot of times (especially with the larger variety tomatoes) the flowers will fall off. It will do this with excess summer heat to help the plant survive the heat instead of giving additional energy to fruit production (from what I've heard anyway and it sounded good).

[eradicator]

Anyone have any tips on blackberry plants? I have 5, and need to put them in the ground. I also just received a mint plant from a buddy.

Don't let that mint hit the ground, it will take over the neighborhood

[Brazos Hunter]

Going to amend the soil this morning and get things all ready. I’m hopeful to transplant this next weekend if all goes well.






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[Brazos Hunter]

One hour into it and I have only amended a 7’x20’ patch. My little Ryobi two stroke cultivator keeps getting wrapped up with roots from a neighboring pecan (neighbors tree).






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