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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
9/14/2020 – Hours before the wind and rain are to start from Hurricane Sally I sprinkled, 2019 Tendergreen mustard seed in 15 feet of the north end. The seed had been soaked at room temperature overnight. Then put onto a paper plate to dry some to be easier to sow. They were spread differently than […]
Continue Reading9/13/2020 – Tomorrow Hurricane Sally is to cross south of us on the way to the LA/MS state line. Sowed seeds that are placed deeper so, hopefully, they will not be washed away. Note the alternate way the fertilizer was placed on either side of the seed groove. Update- Ironically, the storm provided only light […]
Continue Reading9/113/2020 – Dug up the 4″ high plants in the Green Magic & Waltham 29 row and planted them in the gaps. Planted them a little deeper than they were. Watered them in gently with the hose. Hopefully, they will survive.
Continue Reading9/12/2020 – Mary sowed a second short row of Evergreen Bunching onion seeds next to the Warrior Bunching onion transplants. She soaked the seeds overnight and then let them dry off some. After they were sowed, she watered them in. The first row of EB she planted came up nicely and is doing well at […]
Continue Reading9/11/2020 – Sprayed Spinosad for: Found three large (1/2″ dia.) whitish worms on the satsuma Found flea beetles and the usual gnats on the pumpkins and squash.
Continue Reading9/11/2020 – Mary planted her little Warrior Bunching onions she grew from seeds in the tray. They did not pull out of the tray easily and some were damaged. She was frustrated with them as nothing she did made it easy with minimal damage to the plants and roots. A few had roots showing in […]
Continue Reading9/6/2020 – Diseases took some of the Jack-o-Lantern pumpkin plants and left holes in the extra wide row. Loosened the soil in two 5’x3′ plots and pulled the edges in so they are raised about 4″. Planted left over daikon radish seeds 1/2″ deep in three rows about 8″ apart in each plot. 9/9/2020 – […]
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9/5/2020 – This morning we tilled her garden again and planted: Danvers 126 Carrots. Soaked a couple of hours. Cilantro seeds leftover from last year. Soaked overnight a couple of hours last evening then left open to dry off. Spinach plants, six by Bonnie bought at Hurley F&S. Brocolli plants, six by Bonnie bought at […]
Continue Reading9/3/2020 – Beet seeds we pre-sprouted had grown long roots and we decided to not put them into the big garden but try them in Mary’s garden. She planted them today and they were growing two days later when Tom stepped on the middle of the row. The others still look good.
Continue Reading9/2/2020 – Despite two sprayings of malathion the little black flying bugs are still all over the pumpkin and squash blooms and there appears to be more of the small shiny black eggs clustered on the leaves. Mixed Bug-No-More at 5 oz/gallon and sprayed them. Within 15 minutes or so they were moving a lot […]
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