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What to Plant Now: Fruiting Plants

6/27/2023

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We just passed the first quarter and the moon is now in waxing gibbous going into a full moon. Now is also a time to seed-in plants that fruit and seed like cantaloupe, pumpkins, squash, okra, and southern peas. It's also time to start your tomatoes indoors. If you already planted these things, remember that it’s a good idea to succession plant and grow twice as much as you will need in case of disease and pest. As always, it’s best to transplant and seed-in with coming rains. 
DIRECT SEED OR TRANSPLANT
  • Amaranth 
  • Melons
  • Okra
  • Peas (Southern)
  • Pumpkin
  • Squash (Summer/Winter)
SEED INDOORS
  • Tomatoes
TRANSPLANT
  • Eggplant
  • Peppers
What are your favorite varieties to grow? Visit our website blog to get links to growing guides and varieties that do well in Central Texas.
For more ideas on Ornamentals, Perennials, and Herbs, visit the Central Texas Gardener and The Natural Gardener lists online. Download the Texas A&M Extension Planting Chart and Varieties.

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Inoculating Corn with Huitlacoche

6/23/2023

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Last week we inoculated the corn at Zilker Botanical Gardens with a liquid culture of #huitlacoche ! Now we wait give 🙏🕯️and hope we grow some for our 🌮.

If you want to take part in this experiment, we are offering liquid cultures while supplies last. Detailed written instructions and sign up is on the Central Texas Mycology blog.

We have some corny prizes we will be giving away to people who successfully cultivate or accidentally grow Huitlacoche in 2023. If you have successfully grown Huitlacoche on corn, tag or DM us with your stories and recommendations!

You can enjoy Huitlacoche seasonally at several Mexican restaurants in the area including @fondasanmigueltx, @suerteatx, @lichascantina, @misaboroax, Hecho En Mexico, @nixtataqueria, @comedortx, @lacondesaaustin, @elnaranjoaustin
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What to Plant Now: Warm Season Greens

6/19/2023

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We just passed the New Moon phase and are now approaching the First Quarter and are in Waxing Crescent. It’s a good time to plant warm season leafy greens and cover crops to protect the soil. During the waxing of the moon (the period extending from the day the moon is new to the day it reaches its fullest point), the moon pulls moisture upwards. Seeds do well during this time because moisture is available at the surface of the soil. As things heat up these next couple months, be sure to do weekly foliar sprays with liquid seaweed to provide plants with hormones and nutrients needed for heat stress and to prevent disease and pests.
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Direct Seed or Transplant 
  • Amaranth 
  • Brazilian Spinach
  • Chaya Spinach
  • Egyptian Spinach (Molokhia)
  • Lamb’s Quarter 
  • Longevity Spinach
  • Malabar Spinach
  • New Zealand Spinach
  • Perpetual Spinach (Leaf Beet Chard)
Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Leafy Greens Growing Guide.
For more ideas on Ornamentals, Perennials, and Herbs, visit the Central Texas Gardener and The Natural Gardener lists online. Download the Texas A&M Extension Planting Chart and Varieties.

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Teaching Garden Update: 6/17/23

6/17/2023

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Such abundance in the garden this week! So many heirloom tomatoes, hot and sweet peppers, mustard greens, collards, cucumbers, eggplants, herbs, cut flowers to harvest. The peanuts were blooming and the corn was the right size for inoculation of the liquid culture of the fungus Huitlocoche. Learn more here about the experiment we are trying. Join us next week as we spread more mulch. All ages and abilities welcome! Sign up to volunteer on at AustinOrganicGardeners.org
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What to Plant Now: June 5 - 10

6/5/2023

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We are approaching the summer solstice and another full moon. June’s full Moon—typically the last full Moon of spring or the first of summer—is traditionally called the Strawberry Moon. This name has been used by Algonquin, Ojibwe, Dakota, and Lakota peoples, among others, to mark the ripening of “June-bearing” strawberries that are ready to be gathered. 

We are now going into a waning period of the Moon—from the day after it is full to the day before it is new again. As the moonlight decreases night by night, plants are encouraged to grow roots, tubers, and bulbs. It’s always best to try to plant with the coming rains. 

DIRECT SEED / TRANSPLANT
Ginger 
Peanuts
Purple Yam/Ube
Sweet Potatoes 
Sunchokes
Turmeric

It is too late to grow your own sweet potato slips which we did at home using two methods. The soil method produced up to 75 slips and we planted them at Zilker Botanical Garden a few weeks ago.

If you haven’t grown your own slips you can buy them at local nurseries such as the Natural Gardener and Tillery Plant Company. You can even plant small organic sweet potatoes directly in the soil.  

For more ideas on Ornamentals, Perennials, and Herbs, visit the Central Texas Gardener and The Natural Gardener lists online. Download the Texas A&M Extension Planting Chart and Varieties.

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TEACHING GARDENS: Mulching & Trellis Building

6/3/2023

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This last week we built a bamboo trellis and planted a favorite southern peas, Purple Hull Peas. We also mulched some of our plants with straw and mycelium and we are looking forward to growing mushrooms in the shade of our veggie plants especially with all the rain in the forecast. We enjoy Japanse Potato Salad made with potatoes, onions, and shiso recently harvested from the garden. Thanks for the help volunteers and we hope to see you all again on the 17th. All ages and abilities welcome! Sign up to volunteer on at AustinOrganicGardeners.org
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