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peebee · June 3, 2015

Here are some pics from my home garden, the left is showing an untreated bed with 3 sparse plants, the middle and right are from a treated bed. As you can see, in pic#2, the plant is so large it is growing over the Texas Cage, and the same bed taken from another angle is #3. I've had to yank one of the plants in #1 since this photo was taken, as I found spider mites on it and I knew it was a matter of time before they spread to the other plants

. So far, no sign of the mites in my treated bed.

AlittleSalt · June 4, 2015

Peebee, in pic 3 I see an arch. I can imagine so many things growing on that arch. Morning Glories and Moonflower would be two I would plant on it. Or a decorative climbing squash maybe. Or a perennial orange trumpet vine perhaps.

dokutaaguriin · June 4, 2015

Looks great!
Jeff

peebee · June 5, 2015

Alittlesalt, that arch was used to protect several large pots of blueberries underneath it; we stretched bird netting over it and it worked great. The berries are gone now, so I am thinking of growing some more cucumbers over both sides. I can never have enough cukes. But it might be late for more, I am still waiting for seeds to sprout. I already have more than 30 cukes growing but they are my second favorite vegetable.

HydroExplorer · June 12, 2015

Looks good. Excellent use of space.

I want to do that to my entire yard but my wife likes grass and shade.

peebee · June 13, 2015

That treated area that had the arch in the background got so overgrown and unruly that DH took that arch and we installed it right over a row of 4 tomatoes to serve as added support. I tied the tallest stems to the top and he put pvp pipes across the middle and bottom to keep the lower branches secure. Then I heavily pruned the bottom stems to air out the plants and they look much better.
I do not have another arch so the row across from that will have to fend for themselves. They are all close to 6 ft tall now and growing and growing. I have not used any additional fertilizer since they were small. I got 2 ripes ones today, a KBX and a Momotaro! First of the season.

June 4, 2015	#17
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Peebee, in pic 3 I see an arch. I can imagine so many things growing on that arch. Morning Glories and Moonflower would be two I would plant on it. Or a decorative climbing squash maybe. Or a perennial orange trumpet vine perhaps.

June 4, 2015	#18
dokutaaguriin Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alberta, Canada Z3a Posts: 905	Looks great! Jeff

June 5, 2015	#19
peebee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern CA Posts: 1,714	Alittlesalt, that arch was used to protect several large pots of blueberries underneath it; we stretched bird netting over it and it worked great. The berries are gone now, so I am thinking of growing some more cucumbers over both sides. I can never have enough cukes. But it might be late for more, I am still waiting for seeds to sprout. I already have more than 30 cukes growing but they are my second favorite vegetable.

June 12, 2015	#20
HydroExplorer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 132	Looks good. Excellent use of space. I want to do that to my entire yard but my wife likes grass and shade.

June 13, 2015	#21
peebee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern CA Posts: 1,714	That treated area that had the arch in the background got so overgrown and unruly that DH took that arch and we installed it right over a row of 4 tomatoes to serve as added support. I tied the tallest stems to the top and he put pvp pipes across the middle and bottom to keep the lower branches secure. Then I heavily pruned the bottom stems to air out the plants and they look much better. I do not have another arch so the row across from that will have to fend for themselves. They are all close to 6 ft tall now and growing and growing. I have not used any additional fertilizer since they were small. I got 2 ripes ones today, a KBX and a Momotaro! First of the season.