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2026 Gardening. The year I beat the spider mite! I hope

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Got my first purchase of 2026. Meyer Lemon tree and Persian Lime. Going to try and put them in the ground this weekend. 20260216_170313.jpg

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Fat fingers

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if you are planting those in the ground, you better be really far south, as in barely in the USA, if at all.

also you cannot beat the spider mite, you can only hope to contain

#3

We have had one Indian Paintbrush up and blooming for maybe 2 weeks. Evidently, it was an early riser. Lots of small ones nearby. I also found crimson clover leaves poking their heads up. It is about that time.

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2 hours ago, 4th and 5 said:

if you are planting those in the ground, you better be really far south, as in barely in the USA, if at all.

also you cannot beat the spider mite, you can only hope to contain

Going in the ground. San Antonio area. We are going to give it a shot. Going to try sulfur dust preventive maintenance for tomatoes.

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My peppers finally died a few weeks ago from the freeze. With the current weather I may be tilling and planting within a couple weeks.

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Change of plans. Decided to repot trees until they are a little bigger and more hardy.20260221_154655.jpg

Willie approves.

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Yesterday I put a yard of dirt down in 3 of my raised beds to top them off. I left some weeds and stuff below about 5" of new dirt, figuring it will compost eventually.

And looking at the weather forecast ... screw it, I'm putting some tomatoes in the ground today. I got a few varieties at HEB for $1.75 each, and I have some mystery tomatoes I grew from seeds over the winter. They sprouted, so why not plant them?

My key lime smells amazing with all the blooms, and 2 of my lemons I grew from seed (from a friend's tree) have blooms all over, too. One of my Mexican buckeyes is putting on new leaves.

Plants are ready to grow.

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Yeah I out some tomatoes in, too screw it.

Bought some onion sets for the first time and I'm going to try potatoes this year.

#10

Hopefully your onions have been in the ground for a few months already.

I need to thin mine; pick some for green onions, and make room for the rest to grow bigger.

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14 hours ago, miguelito said:

Hopefully your onions have been in the ground for a few months already.

I need to thin mine; pick some for green onions, and make room for the rest to grow bigger.

Uh weeeelll

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You'll be fine, onions like the hot weather. They just might take longer to get full size, or they'll stay smaller but still taste fine.

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1 hour ago, miguelito said:

You'll be fine, onions like the hot weather. They just might take longer to get full size, or they'll stay smaller but still taste fine.

That's what I'm banking on

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On 3/2/2026 at 7:11 AM, texasdago said:

Yeah I out some tomatoes in, too screw it.

Bought some onion sets for the first time and I'm going to try potatoes this year.

I had a sprouted potato a couple of weeks ago that I was going to throw away and thought "fuck it, I'm not using that pot on the back porch." It has grown like a weed, just a massive plant in a short time. With me doing pretty much nothing except watering every once in a while.

I've heard that okra and eggplant are easy, but this is something else. Although I should probably wait to see how they actually turn out before I start crowing.

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3 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

I had a sprouted potato a couple of weeks ago that I was going to throw away and thought "fuck it, I'm not using that pot on the back porch." It has grown like a weed, just a massive plant in a short time. With me doing pretty much nothing except watering every once in a while.

I've heard that okra and eggplant are easy, but this is something else. Although I should probably wait to see how they actually turn out before I start crowing.

I planted some sprouting potatoes last year. One actually produced for me. I must have overlooked one last year when I harvested them because there's a new one sprouting from that patch of ground.

The others were maybe the wrong variety and gave me some really cool looking vines but no potatoes. I'm going to actually focus on growing them this year.

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9 minutes ago, texasdago said:

The others were maybe the wrong variety and gave me some really cool looking vines but no potatoes.

Well damn, I didn't realize that was a possibility.

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46 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

Well damn, I didn't realize that was a possibility.

So granted they were leftover potatoes so not necessarily seed potatoes - little purple ones maybe grow differently. I think they grow from slips, not like potatoes do...

A Fast and Easy Way to Make Sweet Potato Slips - Growing In The Garden

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14 minutes ago, texasdago said:

So granted they were leftover potatoes so not necessarily seed potatoes - little purple ones maybe grow differently. I think they grow from slips, not like potatoes do...

A Fast and Easy Way to Make Sweet Potato Slips - Growing In The Garden

I'm not sure that it matters, but my plant looks a lot bigger than those - below is what grew from the one potato I put in my pot. Even if it doesn't produce a lot of tubers, it looks nice.

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37 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

I'm not sure that it matters, but my plant looks a lot bigger than those - below is what grew from the one potato I put in my pot. Even if it doesn't produce a lot of tubers, it looks nice.

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So if you look at the leaf shape of the one above, yours looks like a regular potato where I think the other is sweet potato. Slips are growing from those little rooted plants... so like the vine touches down, sets roots and then you use that as the plant that will produce potatoes. I'm not describing it well but look at those vs putting a potato in the ground.

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12 minutes ago, texasdago said:

So if you look at the leaf shape of the one above, yours looks like a regular potato where I think the other is sweet potato. Slips are growing from those little rooted plants... so like the vine touches down, sets roots and then you use that as the plant that will produce potatoes. I'm not describing it well but look at those vs putting a potato in the ground.

Ah - no, you're describing it well. I just wasn't following at first. I appreciate you explaining it.

#21

I’m still pulling tons of carrots and cutting about 8 kinds of lettuce daily.

I have my first 10 tomatoes in ground and will put in another 2 dozen or so. Peppers are already producing and need to get planted this weekend. Lots of other stuff including flowers are still under lights.

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Juliet and Sun Gold tomatoes already producing, harvest day for about 5 lbs of carrots and some white globe radishes.

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