thistlebloom
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Oh hail!
Severe garden damage
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MontyJ
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The corn before:
And after:
Some of the tomatoes took the brunt of the wind as well. I didn't loose any that I can tell, but they were shook up so bad, they fell down the supports. I don't know if I can get them back up again or not:
My poor Easybean Winterfares
The wind was so strong, it bowed the trellis and actually bent the steel posts supporting it. If that wasn't bad enough, the hail beat the crap out of the leaves. I'm going to start a fungicide treatment system on them today to try to ward off disease. With that much damage, it's going to be tough to save them. They were looking so darn good too. I'll try like heck to keep them alive Russ!! At least they sheltered the Tobacco Patch beans from the worst of it, all though, they did get rolled a bit.
On the bright side, I do have a nice Brandywine turning:
As you can see, I'm also fighting the annual July grass uprising. It's confined mostly to the edges of the garden. It comes up every July. I'll spray it and knock it back down, but it will be back.
And after:
Some of the tomatoes took the brunt of the wind as well. I didn't loose any that I can tell, but they were shook up so bad, they fell down the supports. I don't know if I can get them back up again or not:
My poor Easybean Winterfares
The wind was so strong, it bowed the trellis and actually bent the steel posts supporting it. If that wasn't bad enough, the hail beat the crap out of the leaves. I'm going to start a fungicide treatment system on them today to try to ward off disease. With that much damage, it's going to be tough to save them. They were looking so darn good too. I'll try like heck to keep them alive Russ!! At least they sheltered the Tobacco Patch beans from the worst of it, all though, they did get rolled a bit.
On the bright side, I do have a nice Brandywine turning:
As you can see, I'm also fighting the annual July grass uprising. It's confined mostly to the edges of the garden. It comes up every July. I'll spray it and knock it back down, but it will be back.
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I think your Winterfare beans are going to make it.
Add to that, even the name "winterfare" sounds like a good luck name.
Add to that, even the name "winterfare" sounds like a good luck name.
majorcatfish
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sorry for the storm damage, think everyone here has had one time or another.
knowing you..you will nurse the garden back to health
knowing you..you will nurse the garden back to health
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That was rough Monty. I think Id worry about the tomatoes being knocked down more than anything else. At that stage they can be a pain to tie back up and are easy to break. Good luck with that.
I think your corn and especially the pole beans will be OK. Those pole beans are a lot like indeterminate tomatoes, theyll just keep growing. Thats still a mess.
I was noticing last night, its also time for me to spray my grass along the edges again, next time I get a dead still time so there is no drift. I dont like using chemicals of any kind in or near the garden, but creating that barrier saves me days of hard work digging with a mattock in the heat. Im not going to be a fanatic about it.
I probably should not have posted about my storm on this thread. I think people got the wrong message. That was the first significant rain Ive seen since June 1st. The wind damage was cosmetic. I was extremely happy to see that storm.
I think your corn and especially the pole beans will be OK. Those pole beans are a lot like indeterminate tomatoes, theyll just keep growing. Thats still a mess.
I was noticing last night, its also time for me to spray my grass along the edges again, next time I get a dead still time so there is no drift. I dont like using chemicals of any kind in or near the garden, but creating that barrier saves me days of hard work digging with a mattock in the heat. Im not going to be a fanatic about it.
I probably should not have posted about my storm on this thread. I think people got the wrong message. That was the first significant rain Ive seen since June 1st. The wind damage was cosmetic. I was extremely happy to see that storm.
ninnymary
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Monty, over here our commercial tomatoe plants are just sprawled on the ground without anything underneath them. Maybe you could do the same since they are already down? Perhaps put straw underneath them if you have very wet conditions?
Mary
Mary
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Sorry about all that damage Monty and Dew. It's a setback for sure, but you guys will get it sorted. That was some incredible wind to bend those posts like that, it's amazing there are still leaves on the beans.
That's a beautiful tomato. I could only dream of growing a variety that got that huge! You all have sure been knocked around by the weather this summer, here's hoping things straighten out and you get a nice finish to the season.
That's a beautiful tomato. I could only dream of growing a variety that got that huge! You all have sure been knocked around by the weather this summer, here's hoping things straighten out and you get a nice finish to the season.
dewdropsinwv
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It was a nasty storm!!!! We can replant the corn if need be for a later crop if we don't get what Monty thinks we should. Yes the weather has been weird this year. We will manage with the garden.thistlebloom said:
lesa
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For some reason, mother nature has in for gardeners this year! Hoping everything will bounce back!
digitS'
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I knew I didn't want to open this thread again . . .
Well, I've seen worse but summer storms happen seldom around here. Good thing too since there isn't likely time to replant a crop that gets beaten to a pulp. I can understand your concern about disease in the aftermath.
I learned the variety of that Brandywine tomato, at least. You folks probably know what to do to get things straightened out and provide helpful encourage for the plants.
Steve
Well, I've seen worse but summer storms happen seldom around here. Good thing too since there isn't likely time to replant a crop that gets beaten to a pulp. I can understand your concern about disease in the aftermath.
I learned the variety of that Brandywine tomato, at least. You folks probably know what to do to get things straightened out and provide helpful encourage for the plants.
Steve
