# What's in your Quarentine Garden? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 24, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515 "2020-04-24T18:20:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/81 "2020-06-09T00:15:16Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > The U. of Fla. extension service says that while coconut palms are salt-tolerant, they don’t need salty water. > > [HS40/MG043: The Coconut Palm in Florida](https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg043) > > Seems to me that watering with ocean water would poison soil and offer no horticultural advantage. Yes, I have heard that, but my local coconut farmer swears by ocean water. Maybe I’ll do my own test. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/82 "2020-06-09T01:01:30Z")
Tonight, because I was reluctant to go back inside and wanted to piddle, I marked where some of my seedlings are/should be with white stones. A bunch of morning glory are already emerging, and a couple moonflowers! I also poked in a bunch of plain black oil sunflowers, out of some birdseed mix. I’ve always had luck with those - they seem hardy. I saw [del]trouble[/del] tiny grasshopper nymphs. _dah-dum dah-dum_ I also planted a packet of my all time favorite cosmos, the “Seashells” mix with rolled or fluted petals. Lessee if image linky works? [![](https://i.etsystatic.com/14438497/r/il/d04b4d/1237993153/il_794xN.1237993153_svgc.jpg) ](https://i.etsystatic.com/14438497/r/il/d04b4d/1237993153/il_794xN.1237993153_svgc.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![AaliaSnyder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@AaliaSnyder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaliaSnyder)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/83 "2020-06-09T09:31:43Z")
I have green vegetables in the garden around the house : peas, broccoli and lettuce. They are nice and great for nutrition! Tried to grow the tomatoes as well, but something went wrong. Will try again soon! ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/84 "2020-06-14T03:00:44Z")
I stuck another cuke seedling in the plot today, the only one that germinated out of the 20+ seeds I planted. The tomatoes are looking nice, as are the onions. I chucked some elderly bean seeds in today, so we’ll see. There are a few radishes and beets coming up, and the broccoli seems to have resprouted from the roots that I half-heartedly dug up, so I spose I’ll let it go and see if we get any unseasonal flowers in the fall. Lots of my plot neighbours have beautiful strawberry patches, causing great envy, but I didn’t see any of my preferred variety yet this year - for community gardens, I love the white-fruited ‘Pineberry’ cultivar. People, and squirrels, have a hard time knowing when they’re ripe, so they don’t get stolen as often as a luscious red berry. Plus, they’re delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/85 "2020-06-14T07:21:34Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > I’ve got cranberries on my cranberry bush - not many, since it’s still pretty small, but it’s a start. This is so cool. I now want to live somewhere where cranberries will grow. Finally put some seeds in the ground, but just wildflowers. I did pick up a rosemary plant and a tomato plant, but I forgot to get a basil plant. This week it’s just going to rain, so not much to do outside. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/86 "2020-06-14T09:03:35Z")
Started thinning out the lettuce yesterday. Amazing, did not finish but I was really tired after work. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/87 "2020-06-22T23:43:51Z")
Bumping this thread since we have passed the longest day of the year and subsequent days will be shorter. So a lot of stuff that is sensitive to day length should be doing interesting things! My morning glories, moonflowers, four oclocks, sunflowers, and cosmos all are still tiny seedlings. The ground here is pretty shitty, so we shall see what comes of them. I started a lot of things too late, especially the peas, so imma try again for an autumn crop soon, so the plants head into cooler days instead of away from them. Nasturtiums and allyssum went into storebought potting soil, so they’re naturally looking much sturdier and lush. Nasties aren’t blooming yet but allies are already showing flower buds. The two cannabis are definitely both girls. One is noticeably more blueish purple in color, while the other is grassy emerald. They are about four inches apart, so similar sun and water. Garlic is growing taller. I’m sure the bulbs will be the size of a tooth, but I shall be excited to grown my own just the same. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/88 "2020-06-23T01:42:27Z")
I am impatiently waiting for my tomatoes to ripen. It’s been rainier and cooler than usual, the plants and the tomatoes on them are YUGE, but the cooler temps mean slower ripening. Also not as many tomatoes as I’d like, but I am seeing Round 2 of blossoms starting, so hopefully there will be more later. I’ve also been working hard to keep the squirrels out of them, along with the later-fruiting blueberry bush - I should be able to start picking those in a day or two. Hot weather is good for something, anyway. The chile peppers are going gangbusters as usual - and that’s at least one thing none of the wildlife wants, so I don’t have to worry about losing any of that crop! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/89 "2020-06-23T15:04:34Z")
We had a setback here. The day after a cool front passed through with light rain, clouds began increasing with a few rumbles of thunder - nothing very ominous-looking. But a couple hours later, there was a sudden hailstorm - only pea-sized hail, but intense and prolonged enough to shred canna and banana leaves, partially strip foliage from vegetable plants and, um, squash my squash plants flat. After just a week, though, recovery is well underway and I’m hopeful that in another month or so there will be few if any signs of damage. Just harvested the first Japanese-type eggplant, and have had ripe cherry tomatoes for a few days. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/90 "2020-06-23T21:33:58Z")
We had a couple of days of torrential rain and hail. Now it’s 90F. Terrible for the peaches, indifferent for the peas, zucchini for dinner. I am not at all a fan of zucchini, but it’s a reliable producer. My zucchini rule is that they must be harvested before they exceed a size that would be comfortable as a sex toy, i.e., no “zucchini boat” recipes. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/91 "2020-06-23T22:18:41Z")
And I had my bowl of blueberries today! YES. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/92 "2020-06-24T01:07:18Z")
We seem to have the Infinite Lettuce Patch at the moment - we have been eating giant salads for lunch every single day for the past 2 - 3 weeks, but you can’t even tell because it’s growing faster than we can eat it. Now if only the cucumbers and tomatoes would start producing, we’d be in business! Some of the cold-weather greens are starting to bolt (bok choy, one lone mustard plant that re-seeded itself in one of the tomato beds), so that’s what’s for dinner tonight. I wish I had managed to get the new topsoil for the side yard delivered in March, but well, many people’s plans for March were somewhat upended. The side yard would have been a better place to plant beets and kohlrabi and turnips than what I did end up planting there because of timing, which was overflow peppers and eggplants (i.e. almost all of them) - that spot doesn’t get as much sun as the backyard, and I think the harvest will suffer. Ah well, next year. The beans are going bonkers - some of them are nearly 6’ tall already! I can’t wait until they start flowering - half of them should be red, and half should be purple, which will make for a colorful trellis to block the alley view! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/93 "2020-06-24T13:29:45Z")
I have peas! Enough for toddler who is not very hungry. But still. I have peas! I am going to be overwhelmed by zucchini. While I like zucchini, I don’t like it _that_ much. That and the one broccoli plant have completely taken over the raised bed. I’ve had to do some creative rearranging of leaves / stems to allow the green beans and sweet pepper plant to get sun. The roma tomato plant is massive, but no flowers yet. It’s in a large container, maybe in a too shaded area of my patio. I plan on doing a little rearranging today, so I’ll move it out more to let it get more sun. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/94 "2020-06-25T01:25:25Z")
Shared with neighbors , lettuce, turnips, onions, tomatoes, herbs, jalapeños, two different kind of peppers, and herbs. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/95 "2020-06-25T02:05:29Z")
My two pot plants sprouted wings and flew away. 😟 While I can’t say that I’m shocked, I am deeply saddened. 🙁 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/96 "2020-06-25T03:19:07Z")
Boooo!!! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/97 "2020-07-19T23:31:25Z")
Anyone still growing anything? How’s everyone’s garden looking in the heat? I acquired a few replacement clones. Maybe these will stick around. My little flower seedlings are struggling valiantly in the poor, thin, hard-packed sand that is the rental property’s “soil.” It’s damp from recent rains so this evening I drenched everyone with some Miracle-Gro in hopes of providing some nutrient boost. Cosmos are tough little buggers anyway, and the hyacinth beans have proven surprisingly resilient to the recent heat and are growing nicely. I should get more going; they fix nitrogen, which will help the soil. I got my peas going too late this spring but love sweet pea flowers and nibbling on fresh garden peas, so I need to be sure to start a bigger crop this fall! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/98 "2020-07-19T23:34:03Z")
Mostly zucchini, which ranks right down there with MREs in my opinion, but they’re functionally free. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/99 "2020-07-20T02:46:08Z")
Oooh! You can batter & fry zucchini blossoms. (Bonus: picking off the flowers lowers harvest yields. Sounds like a feature, not a bug.) Updating this thread inspired me to poke around my gardening supplies. I found another packet of the cosmos with the rolled/fluted petals, and promptly poked them into the dirt. I also have acquired a lovely little blue-flowering plant, hitherto unbeknownst to me: > **[Streptocarpella: The Houseplant That Flowers All Year | Piedmont Master...](https://piedmontmastergardeners.org/article/streptocarpella-the-houseplant-that-flowers-all-year/)** ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515/100 "2020-07-20T16:50:39Z")
The “Wish” series of ornamental Salvias (“Wendy’s Wish”, “Love and Wishes” and “Ember’s Wish”) are all growing and blooming splendidly here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515.md?page=6)