Today on Gardening with Greg we're gonna do a walk around in the garden and we're gonna do a little scratching
Boy the drip tape is really paid off for me this year. It's being hot dry here in South, Georgia
I got the best looking garden. I've had in a long time
Mater's is growing nice and green looking healthy. I got three different varieties in this row here. I got my Bella Rose
I got my Brickyard and I got my Mountain Glory. I'm trialing them see which one I like best
They putting on the mater's I got mater's in there probably about as big as a golf ball
So it ain't gonna be long on them. It's my first year growing these rattlesnake pole beans
I got them trellised up just in time
They're growing real good nice and green got them all drip tape and it gonna be long on those
Look at the nice pretty blooms on them. And it's my first year growing these Blue Bayou winter squash
I'm excited about that
Now this winter squash is mildew resistance unlike some of the heirloom varieties out there the growth habit of this plant
Looks kinda like a summer squash but it is a winter squash. Gonna take about 90 days
They should be coming in around the 1st of July
Ballmer Jambalaya's loving this warm weather
Starting to get some blooms. There ain't gonna be long now
What variety have you seen that starts making at this stage right here, man
These things are super productive and it ain't gonna be long now
boy, look at how green this Honey Select Sweet Corn is
growing like crazy last week
It was about waist-high now here in the south the way we measure our corn is by body parts
And I'd say this week this corns about titty high. Look here I'm starting to get some tassels in there
About three more weeks. We're gonna have some corn my ProCut Sunflowers. I planted here on a spot
I really didn't have other plans for. I like to treat sunflowers like a cover crop
So if I got an area that I don't have anything to plant there
I always plant some sunflowers there and it works good for my rotation. Now these ProCuts or single stalk
Sunflowers they'll have a big old pretty head on them there. They're pollen-less. Look a there at the size they are they perfect for cut flowers
They don't take a lot of inputs
Don't take a lot of care and they give you a lot of pretty flowers and they're great for the pollinators
Now if you know me, you know, I love watermelon always plant some every year now this year
I planted a variety, Moon and Stars an old heirloom variety that my granddaddy used to grow
And I didn't realize that the foliage had yellow spots on it till I growed it myself
Looks like it's doing real good
I'm doing a couple of different trials on my spacing to see which one works the best
I got a couple rows at 6-foot spacing then I got another row over there on about 10 foot spacing
So I'm gonna see which you know, how much
Area they need and which one of the spaces is most productive for me now. Here comes the scratching part
When my potatoes start to get ready, but they ain't quite there and I'm having a hanker em' for some potatoes
I could come out here and scratch around without damaging that plant and get me a
mess of potatoes and that tater plant never knows it and that's the term we've used here in the south
And now if you've been gardening a long time
I'm sure you've scratched potatoes before but if you new to gardening
And you want to sneak you a few taters out there we call it scratching potatoes
you're simply just easing there to find you some pretty good sized taters out and
Ease them out and that tater plant never knows it
Now if it's dry what you'll do is you'll see some cracks along the top you follow them cracks sneaky one out
But I watered my potatoes last night
So it's not dry and I don't see any cracks but just kind of ease down there and I feel around a little bit
Till I find me one
And then I just kind of ease it out there
Nobody ever knows it. Well, I've done snuck in there and scratched me out a good mess of these blue potatoes
Didn't hurt a thing didn't harm the vines
They still growing
So I'm gonna go down to the house and I'm gonna wash them up and make me some mashed
Blue potatoes and I may share that with you on another show. Well, there you have it folks
Hope you enjoyed this walk around in the garden and all that hard work is starting to pay off
So we'll see you next week on Gardening with Greg.