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bledito
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growing season
my wife and I enjoy gardening. what types of fruits, vegatables, and spices have you found to grow well in baja ? also is there a difference in
planting time/ season vs. the midwest U.S. may to oct season
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In BCS on the Pacific side, for most things the best time to plant a garden is November to January. Greens, carrots, green beans, tomatoes, chiles,
basil, squash, corn, melons, beans, peas, strawberries, thyme, radishes, beets, and onions are all grown here commercially. Only the most heat loving
things, like watermelons, do well from August to October.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
In BCS on the Pacific side, for most things the best time to plant a garden is November to January. Greens, carrots, green beans, tomatoes, chiles,
basil, squash, corn, melons, beans, peas, strawberries, thyme, radishes, beets, and onions are all grown here commercially. Only the most heat loving
things, like watermelons, do well from August to October. |
You forgot mangos!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gaucho
| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
In BCS on the Pacific side, for most things the best time to plant a garden is November to January. Greens, carrots, green beans, tomatoes, chiles,
basil, squash, corn, melons, beans, peas, strawberries, thyme, radishes, beets, and onions are all grown here commercially. Only the most heat loving
things, like watermelons, do well from August to October. |
You forgot mangos! |
Tree fruit would be another long list.
[Edited on 7-17-2013 by monoloco]
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same with us on the SOC side; tomatoes, cukes, greens,(especially!), all the herbs...basil and rosemary and thyme of course, are considered perennials
here, and don't have to be replanted every year....peas do especially well when planted in early nov.
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In San Nicolas, we have 3 growing seasons.
San Nicolas is between Loreto and Mulege on the Sea of Cortez side.
Plant in the middle of Sept. - the vegetable garden.
Take that out the middle of Feb.
And plant the vegetable garden again. It will last until May/June.
Take that out and plant melons and chilis for June to Sept.
We use goat manure for organic fertilizer.
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very good thanks? goat manure, cow manure, I'm pretty much working in sand. will just mixing in a good amount of these help prep the soil ? what about
moisture retaining conditioners do use use those as well ? I would imagine you need a drip irrigation as well .
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we use cow manure and chopped green alfalfa for fertilizer...and yeah, ya gotta put a simple drip system in.
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bledito
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What about potatoes red, and sweet.
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monoloco
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Your sandy soil should be good for potatoes, and sweet potatoes do really well here.
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To see more on Drip Irrigation for the Baja home gardener: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=31858 
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Les is just starting an herb garden! First one in La Bocana, I reckon.
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When I lived in San Nicholas I brought down Alfafa for Chico, It grew great. Also had Tomatoes, Onions, but had trouble getting Squash to Pollenate.
I had a small Palpa very near the Water well so had lots of water.
Terry and Juewy were growing some small Pot plants that did real good, Anytime of the year.
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I had minimal luck growing lettuce and greens in enriched soil in B.A. and Good luck growing potatoes. Near the ocean I first leech out the salt by
soaking. Mixing 50/50 with "esterico" dairy manure. Then mixing in 15-15-15 time release fertilizer granules. Sweet corn grew extremely well, but I
tried to use natural insect control methods and failed. The next crop is going to be sprayed. I ignored the baloney I read on the internet about
growing potatoes and planted white potatoes in very enriched sandy soil. Absolutely different taste than what the source of the sprout chips was.
Buttery, sweet taste. Learned the hard way that cool nights is what drives the plant to make larger potatoes. I was satisfied with new and medium
potatoes.
Baja Blanca was absolutely RIGHT ON the mark when she suggested that my pickle disaster may have been caused by delinquent cucumbers. They seemed a
little tough rather than crisp when I bought them then turned into a BF Goodrich wanna be in the refrigerator. Guess it's time to plant cucumbers and
harvest them early.
Thanks to NOMADS I have DILL SEED which I planted 2 days ago in planters. I like a mix of fresh clipped dill and dill seeds in the batch.
Looks like I have lots of time to find SAL de PITO
Sand encrusted Baja experts surely must know what Sal de Pito is, right?
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Oh I am lovin' this thread!!!
I was wondering if tomatoes and cukes were a perennial in Baja, thanks so much for that info! It's good to know sweet potatoes can possibly grow
there, I can't grow sweet potatoes here in WA, potatoes yes, but not sweet potatoes. Last year here in WA I made these improvements to my 20 raised
bed garden...automatic water drip and spray system and mason bees (they don't need or have a queen bee and are not aggressive whatsoever), and my
garden was the best it had EVERRR been but before that I had to hand-pollinate my squash.
It will so cool to be able to grow year around! I hope you all will pass along more info on gardening in Baja, I so appreciate any wisdom and
experiences you can pass along!
P.S. do any of you harvest your own seeds, and have any to share/trade?
thanks,
Luna
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Luna poses anouther question, bringing seeds in from the states. will one get arrested crossing the bordar by air, or are the seeds just confiscated
by customs ? assuming your not allowed to bring them into mexico.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaLuna
Oh I am lovin' this thread!!!
I was wondering if tomatoes and cukes were a perennial in Baja, thanks so much for that info! It's good to know sweet potatoes can possibly grow
there, I can't grow sweet potatoes here in WA, potatoes yes, but not sweet potatoes. Last year here in WA I made these improvements to my 20 raised
bed garden...automatic water drip and spray system and mason bees (they don't need or have a queen bee and are not aggressive whatsoever), and my
garden was the best it had EVERRR been but before that I had to hand-pollinate my squash.
It will so cool to be able to grow year around! I hope you all will pass along more info on gardening in Baja, I so appreciate any wisdom and
experiences you can pass along!
P.S. do any of you harvest your own seeds, and have any to share/trade?
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We grew tomatoes all year; lots of big tomatoes and they were a favorite of the Cactus Wrens.
Be sure to take your favorite gopher traps. You plant it or compost, and they will come. We used smoke bombs, gum and water and all we had were
gophers who were kicked back swimming, smoking and chewing gum! We only had luck with traps and the mother of a friend who was good at watching,
waiting and then beheading them with a shovel.
There are plenty of bees around there.
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LOL!!!!
Thanks for that info, Diana! Oh boy not gophers, that's all we do here too is deal with those darn rodents! LOL! Mind you, we are not successful, they
come and go, it's a constant battle. Most traps are illegal here. Yes, I am a composter! I guess I better load up on traps!
We have PLENTY of bees here too, and for years I planted lots of things to attract them (lavender, honeysuckle etc etc and we are surrounded by
blackberry bushes) to insure good pollination, but we still don't get enough pollination, but we sure do now with our mason bees, they are not
sleeping on the job like the rest of the bees here are!! Hopefully Baja won't have lazy bees!
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I was asking if anyone in Baja has seeds from their plants in Baja to share! Although I also hope to be bringing some seeds from SoCal on my next trip
down to Baja with me. GMO seeds and ones that are native to SoCal and similar climate as Baja!
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This looks like a much more satisfying way to kill gophers:
http://youtu.be/xprbwmlXKiA
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