Gardening 2023

[BigBoxaJunk]

Stress can often cause young plants to flower prematurely. I've often seen flats with dried up plants at a store, and most of the time they'll have little tomatoes or peppers on them.

I've had a couple of my tomatoes look like they put on blooms early. I figured it was the hot & dry, along with the problem I had with my new soil not wanting to absorb water at first. My garden looks worlds better since the rain.

 

[Blazer90]

Wow thanks ! Great idea !

Mousetraps with peanut butter next to their hole. Under a 5 gallon bucket.


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[bwframe]

Wow thanks ! Great idea !

I might have added that 3 traps surrounding the hole will fit under a bucket.

Amazon has bulk packs of Victors. Always good to have them around for all sorts of trapping.


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[Expat]

Mousetraps with peanut butter next to their hole. Under a 5 gallon bucket.


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I tried it without a bucket. I had dead birds all over the garden.

 

[patience0830]

How in the world do you all get rid of the annoying Voles ?? They wrecking havoc on my garden !

Take a foot of 1 1/2" pvc and put a cap on one end. They make these little green ball of poison bait for mice and voles. Put some in the pipe and stake it to the ground in the garden with the open end slanting down so water won't contaminate the bait. Sticks of landscape staples will hold it still.

 

[bwframe]

I tried it without a bucket. I had dead birds all over the garden.

I have three small hav-a-heart traps that I set on routine paths that chipmunks take. I set them out as soon as I see any sign of chipmunks. I rebait and reset as needed, leaving the traps out most of the summer. Done the same for the past 5-6-7 years?

It's not uncommon to catch birds in these traps, typically little brown sparrow looking ones. For the last week, I've caught a male and female cardinal every day, sometimes twice a day. Frustrated at how dumb these birds must be, I reset the trap without rebaiting. Caught the female again a bit ago, with no bait in the trap.


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[Expat]

I have three small hav-a-heart traps that I set on routine paths that chipmunks take. I set them out as soon as I see any sign of chipmunks. I rebait and reset as needed, leaving the traps out most of the summer. Done the same for the past 5-6-7 years?

It's not uncommon to catch birds in these traps, typically little brown sparrow looking ones. For the last week, I've caught a male and female cardinal every day, sometimes twice a day. Frustrated at how dumb these birds must be, I reset the trap without rebaiting. Caught the female again a bit ago, with no bait in the trap.


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Sounds like you have some friends that like you.
do you ever catch chipmunks?

 

[bwframe]

Sounds like you have some friends that like you.
do you ever catch chipmunks?

I've only caught one chipmunk this year. Looks like my trapping has really dented the immediate area population?

In years past I'd catch dozens, sometimes in a couple traps at the same time.

The last couple years, my indication that chipmunks were on the move hasn't happened on my property. I've seen them crossing roadways elsewhere.

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Caught the male again today, with no bait in trap.

 

[Expat]

What do you bait with for the chipmunks.

 

[Magyars]

What do you bait with for the chipmunks.

We use sunflower seeds.
We also set rat traps with peanut butter

 

[d.kaufman]

I used to have a colony of feral cats that kept them and the damn rabbits under control. Now I seem to be in the same box as you.

Having an outdoor cat (was feral, but now lays in my lap around a fire at night) keeps the chipmunks and rabbits under control for me. Don't have voles to deal with where I'm at, thankfully

 

[bwframe]

What do you bait with for the chipmunks.

I superglue raw almonds to the trap trigger.


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[BigRed]

Trimmed up some tomato plants today.

Basil has been growing like crazy....commented to the better half "basil seems to go with almost anything!

Had some chopped and spread over eggs and venison sausage this morning. Yum.

 

[snapping turtle]

Indeterminate tomatoes are now 18-24 inches haughty so I also pruned them up for single stem.

After the rain now still needing to water starting today. Things drying up quickly

 

[bwframe]

Anyone know what kind of weed this Is?




I haven't readily been able to identify them on the interwebs. They grow on the garden borders, in the gravel driveway and pasture next to me. They get to 3-sh feet tall and have an early resistance to glyphosate.

 

[wcd]

Trimmed up some tomato plants today.

Basil has been growing like crazy....commented to the better half "basil seems to go with almost anything!

Had some chopped and spread over eggs and venison sausage this morning. Yum.

Fresh basil is the best especially with tomatoes on pizza

 

[wcd]

I superglue raw almonds to the trap trigger.


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You guys need to bait them? We used to have them until they started serving as appetizers for the LGDS

 

[hooky]

Ate our first handful of cherry tomatoes tonight. Hot weather this next week will be the ticket for more.

 

[snapping turtle]

Anyone know what kind of weed this Is?

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I haven't readily been able to identify them on the interwebs. They grow on the garden borders, in the gravel driveway and pasture next to me. They get to 3-sh feet tall and have an early resistance to glyphosate.

Amaranth

Otherwise known as pigweed. To make sure pull one and see if it has red roots. Red rooted pig weed is one of my major garden weeds

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Anyone know what kind of weed this Is?

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I haven't readily been able to identify them on the interwebs. They grow on the garden borders, in the gravel driveway and pasture next to me. They get to 3-sh feet tall and have an early resistance to glyphosate.

Also possibly goldenrod? Goldenrod starts with a single plant, then forms clumps.