Soil Temps
8/17/2019 Mary’s Garden – 87-89 Big Garden north half – 100 shallow and 93-95 4″ down.
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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
Limed & Fertilized areas now clear
8/15/2019 – The area with the tomatoes, peas, and sunflowers had not been limed and fertilized last week. Those areas are now clear except for the sunflowers. Spread by hand on those areas about 20 lbs of lime mixed with about 5 lbs of 15-0-15.
Continue ReadingPlowed and Disked the Garden
8/17/2019 – The dirt has dried out enough from the total of 4+ inches of rain the past week. Plowed it with the two 35 lb. weights on the weight rack ahead of the radiator, the new rear tire and both tires filled with water. With the ground having been tilled for the spring garden […]
Continue ReadingFertilized & Tilled Mary’s Garden
8/17/2019 – Threw about 2 gallons of 15-0-15 plus two double handfuls of lime evenly over the garden. Tilled it and the manure into the top 4″. Then raked it level.
Continue ReadingPlanted 3 Pepper Seeds
8/15/2019 – Planted the three varieties listed below in two 2″-square plastic pots each. Carolina Wonder Sweet Bell Pepper, 0.3 g.Cayenne, Long Red Hot Pepper, Heirloom, Pre-1827, 0.3 g Cayenne, Carolina Hot Pepper, 0.3 g
Continue ReadingBell Peppers Finally Producing
8/14/2019 – Finally, three bell peppers are producing fruit. Today, we picked ten 4″ to 2″ fruit. Most were lying on the ground from the hard rain yesterday. There is at least that much more on the bushes. These four are what is left from the 12 Bonnies plants bought at Lowe’s.
Continue ReadingSeed Order from SESE
8/12/2019 Hungarian Wax (Hot Banana) Hot Pepper, 0.3 g $2.75 Cisineros Grande Tomatillo, 0.09 g $2.75
Continue ReadingSpread Manure from the Field on Mary’s Garden
8/12/2019 – Spread almost a full 4CF wheelbarrow of older–not fresh–manure on the parts of Mary’s garden that did not get it last month.
Continue ReadingLimed & Fertilized Garden for the fall
8/9/2019 – The soil report dated 7/26/2019 here recommends 1 ton/acre of lime and 120 lbs-0-60 lbs per acre of fertilizer. As the garden is about 1/3 acre it needs 40#-0-20#. The plan is to apply half the nitrogen as side dressing. So, a 15-0-15 fertilizer means: 15% of 50 lbs is 7.5# per bag. […]
Continue ReadingSoil Temp in the Big Garden
The soil temperature 4″ down was 88-89 degrees.
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