Hello and thanks for the warm welcome! I was trying to post a thread earlier today, but I think the website was having issues... I'll give it another try as a reply. I hope this works!
I am new to the board. I have a couple of hounds, but the only things they hunt so far are neighborhood squirrels and dinner, so I am sorry to say I may not have much input on some of the other topics. It's just that this forum is a heck of a lot better than all of the Texas Garden sites I have been on. I am growing a bit tired of the run of the mill garden board where the little trophy wife takes all the credit for the gardening that her lawn boy did over the weekend. I can recite articles from Better Homes and Gardens too, but that doesn't make me a wealth of information. I'm just trying to make my brown thumb a little greener. ANYWAY, I was reading a lot of these garden posts (really learning a lot, by the way), and just had to jump in! I hope y'all don't mind....
I have a "salsa garden" that is in an old wash tub about 20" across and 11" high...the soil line is at about 10". There is one Patio Tomato plant, 2 Jalapeños, 3 or 4 cilantros, and 2 marigolds (can you guess where I got that idea?). I know Hipockets (hi, nice to meet you!) likes 12-24-12 fertilizer, but all I had was 15-30-15. My baby tomatoes are all between an inch or two in diameter, and I understand that now is the time to fertilize. Will they be ok with 15-30-15, or was that a bad move? Also, I am concerned about the tub being too crowded...think that's an issue?
And just for giggles, does anyone else's dog eat their squash plants, or are my pups just strange? So far they haven't touched anything else...just the zucchini.
By the way...nice stumps.
