March 30, 2016 | #121 |
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Fantastic, everything looks great. Hope the aphids get what they have coming to them.
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March 30, 2016 | #122 |
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Success! It all looks wonderful!
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I did have to pull two bean plants that were shriveling up and brown but we have so many more that I'm not too hurt about it. The rest of them look great and their true leaves are getting big and strong. I'm not watering the beans with anything but water since I know legumes produce their own nitrogen and I want beans, not just leafy vines.
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March 30, 2016 | #124 |
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Kelly the beans still need fertilizer just not a lot, low nitrogen higher P and K.
Everything looks good. Worth |
March 30, 2016 | #125 |
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I did scratch in a little bit of Osmocote Flower & Veg (14-14-14) a couple of weeks ago, but I'm just making sure not to get them with MG when I do some of the other plants with it. Should the Osmocote suffice?
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March 30, 2016 | #126 |
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That will be fine.
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March 31, 2016 | #127 |
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Nice! Everything looks good.
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March 31, 2016 | #128 |
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Thank you TressJ!
Good to know, Worth. Sometimes I get things right!
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March 31, 2016 | #129 | |
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I am also skeptical about the fertilizer thing. I grew pole beans with my tomatoes and peppers last year and fertilized the devil out of everything. I still had lots of beans. I think some of this comes from people using straight nitrogen as they would with corn. Worth |
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April 3, 2016 | #130 |
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Update - still dealing with little black aphids on the lavender and now green aphids on my basil. If I can't get rid of them soon I will trash the plants and start over - I can't afford to wait it out too long and risk other plants being infested in such close quarters. I know that the neem+DE spray I've been using is better as a preventative measure and is systemic, so today I've used my regular insecticidal soap recipe (1 qt water, 1 T vegetable oil, few drops of dish soap) and subbed the dish soap with flea/tick shampoo (with permethrin) for dogs. I haven't seen that recipe anywhere, but maybe it'll work? Fingers crossed!
Tomato plant yesterday: Satsuma: Strawberry plants are putting off new leaves and looking good, including the weird frankenberry about to ripen: Marigolds and cosmos at base of satsuma are putting out true leaves: Jalapenos are getting fatter and fatter: Beans are looking a little beat up from the weird cold mornings we've been having, but this week should be nice and warm and hopefully make them a little more comfortable: Bell pepper has about 15 clustered buds and looks to be ready to put off some new leaves and branches. I'm not sure what it's supposed to look like from this point since ours last year was killed by aphids already at this stage:
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April 3, 2016 | #131 |
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Kelly I dont know if you know it or not but let the strawberry get stop sign red before you pick it.
At this point the flavor will be at its best. Everything looks great. Worth |
April 7, 2016 | #132 |
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I peeked at a carrot today...the 72 day growing period will be up in a week or two, is there any chance these are gonna fatten up?
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April 7, 2016 | #133 |
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Next year maybe.
Mine are doing the same. Worth |
April 7, 2016 | #134 |
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Dang, and here I thought my third carrot attempt would be the charm. The greens are lush and healthy, at least! Do you have any ideas about why they're so scrawny?
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April 7, 2016 | #135 |
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Also, today's harvest included the frankenberry, haven't eaten him yet
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