[DIver0258]

Originally Posted by bgnn54

Had good luck with tomatoes, they grew all year, I plant in 5 gallon pails with stones in the bottom of the pail. Drill 4 small holes in pail. Place the pails in aluminum pans to hold extra water. I keep the plants in my car port. Very difficult to grow out doors. Soil is not good, too much rain during the summer and hot during the summer months. Only down sized with this method is you HAVE to water every day. This year I'm going with a hydroponics system, peppers, tomatoes and cukes. Good luck!

We are currently using a hydroponics tower system. It's not a closed system, all towers use coconut core and pearlite as growing media. Has a variable timer that feeds the towers from a nutrient tank. The vertical towers allow many planting spaces in a small footprint. If you wish PM me and I will send you the details about the system we are using.

[DeeCee Dubya]

Any luck with Thyme?

[DIver0258]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

What’s PH level in the buckets? I can not get ph below 7.5. In my pots.

The easy way to reduce soil PH is with white vinegar. This should be done prior to planting when preparing your growing media. Another method is to use brewed coffee mixed with water. Watering your plants with the room temperature coffee water mixture 50/50 will lower soil PH fairly quickly. The best longterm solution is elemental sulphur. This method will take several months to reduce soil PH.

[robaldsc@hotmail.com]

Read your piece. Interested in the tower system.
Thanks
Ron Findley
Robaldsc@hotmail.com

[davem4616]

Welcome to TV

I grow Tomatoes in pots a couple of times...they don't yield as much as when I was up north, but there's nothing like the taste of a backyard tomato.

We have better luck with herbs. Basil does well and sage, chives are a little more of a challenge. oregano and rosemary will require an electric hedge clipper to keep them in check

forget about parsley...there's a butterfly down here that loves to lay eggs in it, and overnight the lava will have enjoyed close to the whole darn plant

I've grown onions in pots from the bottoms of onions purchased at the store and of course pineapples from the tops, takes about 18 months but they are the sweetest that you'll ever taste, they'll fruit up in February and are ripe by late July, generally about 3/4 size what you'd get in the market

We tried amending the soil, but the bunnies are really an issue....they eat everything that they can get a hold of

[Astron]

Originally Posted by Tmarkwald

Where can you find the documentation for this? I'd hate to plant something then find it gone! Thx

I found this on a University if Florida website.
“ In 2019, Florida adopted Statute 604.71. This statute states that no county, municipality, or other political subdivision in Florida can regulate vegetable gardens on residential properties.
This statute only protects your right to grow food for you and your family to eat.”
Statutes & Constitution
:View Statutes
:

Online Sunshine

[Tmarkwald]

Originally Posted by Astron

I found this on a University if Florida website.
“ In 2019, Florida adopted Statute 604.71. This statute states that no county, municipality, or other political subdivision in Florida can regulate vegetable gardens on residential properties.
This statute only protects your right to grow food for you and your family to eat.”
Statutes & Constitution
:View Statutes
:

Online Sunshine

Thanks!!

[FosterMomma]

If you want the bunnies to leave your garden alone, identify a spot and feed them. We put out one apple on a stake and a few carrots every day and they leave all our plants alone. We live happily together!

[Juliebythesea]

We always plant tomato’s and I have fresh herbs and arugula growing now
Summer is simply too hot to grow anything

[CFrance]

[QUOTE=mlmarr1;1917343]No way...fake news[QUOTE]
Who are you talking to?

[Curtisbwp]

I usr a drip irritation system and coconut shell....and a self watering system system of hydroponics.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

What’s PH level in the buckets? I can not get ph below 7.5. In my pots.

Our soil in almost all of the villages is sandy clay with a PH between 7-8. You can, you should improve what you have. We are loaded with limestone, reason for the high PH and sink holes. It is interesting. take some of,"Our soil," put it in a clear glass and add vinegar, you will see it fizz as the acid vinegar reacts with the lime.

The solution is to add organic matter. Sulfur, Ammonium sulfate etc will all lower the ph.

I am growing blueberries in huge tubs. Looks like a huge crop this year, if the birds don't
as they did last year, eat most of them.
.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by davem4616

Welcome to TV

I grow Tomatoes in pots a couple of times...they don't yield as much as when I was up north, but there's nothing like the taste of a backyard tomato.

We have better luck with herbs. Basil does well and sage, chives are a little more of a challenge. oregano and rosemary will require an electric hedge clipper to keep them in check

forget about parsley...there's a butterfly down here that loves to lay eggs in it, and overnight the lava will have enjoyed close to the whole darn plant

I've grown onions in pots from the bottoms of onions purchased at the store and of course pineapples from the tops, takes about 18 months but they are the sweetest that you'll ever taste, they'll fruit up in February and are ripe by late July, generally about 3/4 size what you'd get in the market

We tried amending the soil, but the bunnies are really an issue....they eat everything that they can get a hold of

Tomatoes compared to up north. Our soil is a high PH, between 7-8. Your tomatoes will due to the soil be low acid. Try acidifying the soil. Add organic matter to our sandy. clay full of limestone. Acidic fertilizers. Beware, many are sewage sludge, you should not grow edible crops in it. Hollytone is listed as ok for food crops.

[Rzepecki]

Originally Posted by Juliewaters

Great idea. Thanks. We have a birdcage too in the house we are moving to. What do you grow? And when do you plant? We are moving a little south of the 466 in the village of Belvedere and not sure when and what to plant.

UF/IFAS is the expert on vegetable gardening in Florida, which is totally different than up north. Check out this website:

Vegetable Gardening by Season - Gardening Solutions - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

[rwcw]

Originally Posted by Juliewaters

We are moving to the Villages in a couple of weeks and would like to know what types of vegetables and fruit we can grow at our house in the Villages?

Thanks-
Julie

Google: IFIS, Growing vegetables in Florida

Any other Florida growing questions can be answered by Going on Google to IFIS (institute of food and Agricultural sciences) and then the item that you're looking for such as peaches, pears, blueberries, etc.