What did you do in your garden today?

[CLSranch]

When is a pumpkin ready to pick. It's orange, the thump sounds right but it doesn't want to pull off the vine. Also I have an amazing pumpkin patch from the boys last years, fall decoration pumpkins, that we feed to the cattle.
Also it's a'lotta early here for them to be ready.

 

[Mini Horses]

Weather influences?

 

[CLSranch]

Weather influences?

Not sure. It was under less shade than some of the others and by itself. The others kinda shade each other. I was wondering if it turned just to be ripe before the plant dried up.

 

[flowerbug]

When is a pumpkin ready to pick. It's orange, the thump sounds right but it doesn't want to pull off the vine. Also I have an amazing pumpkin patch from the boys last years, fall decoration pumpkins, that we feed to the cattle.
Also it's a'lotta early here for them to be ready.

when the stem starts to go woody is how i guess or if there is frost threatening.

 

[murphysranch]

Since we didn't get the drip set up, I've had to water the garden every other day. But when it was in the high 90's, it was every early am, trying to not lose all my efforts.

 

[R2elk]

When is a pumpkin ready to pick. It's orange, the thump sounds right but it doesn't want to pull off the vine. Also I have an amazing pumpkin patch from the boys last years, fall decoration pumpkins, that we feed to the cattle.
Also it's a'lotta early here for them to be ready.

When it's orange and has stopped growing, I cut it off the vine.

 

[The Porch]

Since we didn't get the drip set up, I've had to water the garden every other day. But when it was in the high 90's, it was every early am, trying to not lose all my efforts.

Same here,, I didnt water the corn garden with the zucchini, yellow squash and pumpkin in it yesterday, so , it must be done today--- I did soaker hose the veg garden all yesterday morning up to 4pm so it is good,

 

[murphysranch]

We found out yesterday, when my hard water indicator strips arrived from A, that we've been watering EVERY DARN thing with soft water!!!

I got the hint when I filled the soft water thingie with three bags of salt a few months ago. The machine said we were good for another 400+ days. WRONG! It was beeping at me earlier this week cus it was empty. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR to the guy who redid the house and didn't separate the house plumbing from the outdoor water system!

 

[flowerbug]

We found out yesterday, when my hard water indicator strips arrived from A, that we've been watering EVERY DARN thing with soft water!!!

I got the hint when I filled the soft water thingie with three bags of salt a few months ago. The machine said we were good for another 400+ days. WRONG! It was beeping at me earlier this week cus it was empty. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR to the guy who redid the house and didn't separate the house plumbing from the outdoor water system!

OMG!

are your plants or gardens showing signs of salt problems?

do you get enough rains there to eventually leach away the extra salts?

 

[murphysranch]

No rain here. Not until late fall.