It was supposed to rain today and it did look cloudy and dark but then it would get sunny. So I waited awhile not going out to work in the garden because of the weather and because I didn't want to over water. Finally, I went out and watered everything in Patch. I thinned the spinach in P.S. and 2 bean plants. Now the plots hold exactly what they should. After I thinned those out I went back into Patch, cleaned up and swept the path.
I grabbed the EcoSmart from inside when I was done cleaning because I noticed that the grass hasn't died and everything else I'd sprayed had only have died. The spray only kills what it directly touches. Somehow the rest of the plant, even if its half burned off, survives. The grass didn't even half burn down it only slightly toasted. I re-sprayed everything from the grass in the beds to the sidewalk cracks.
I finished spraying the weeds in the cracks in patch Market last then took a closer look at the strawberry buckets and noticed that the 5G bucket had a few new and large flowers and the Topsy Turvy had flowers to match. I was hoping that would happen and it did.
I took a break then when back out.
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| Larger, more likely to become a berry, flower on Topsy. |
Cantaloupe Tomato...
When it didn't rain after another hour of being inside I went back out, on my way out the door I noticed another spinach plant had gone to seed. This time i just snipped the flower off. I water everything in Potagar and then decided to fill one of the containers I bought at Dollar Tree and plant something in it. I wasn't sure what I wanted to plant so I went with the extra cantaloupe plant. I poked holes in the bottom of the container, filled it with compost, added Perlite, and organic Vigoro soil. I mixed all of the components together and carried the bin and the plant over to Patch. I only decided to put it there because the container didn't fit on the table and the next best sun was next to the strawberry containers in Patch Market. I took off half of the cardboard pot after soaking it, and planted the cantaloupe plant. Then, I went inside grabbed the seaweed concentrate and mixed half a cup with 2 gallons of water. I watered the container thoroughly and made sure it drained properly. It helps that I placed it on an old tree stump with a hollow in it. I decided to use of the triangle trellises to maximize the space. It looked great. I took pictures and went inside after using the rest of the seaweed water on a few of the plants still in the greenhouse.
When I got inside I started thinking about it and couldn't help but wanting to have a tomato in that container. I kept thinking, it'll look so nice growing up the trellis and the Atkinson is growing so well and Patch needs a tomato plant. So I went back outside uprooted the cantaloupe, planted it in a smaller container, watered it, and set it on a tile in Patch for the same reasons I'd set the larger container there. Finally, I grabbed the tomato, epsom salt, shovel and watering can to plant the tomato. I as deep as possible into the container added a handful of epsom salt and planted. I watered the tomato thoroughly because the sun had already dried the soil somewhat and took pictures.
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| Blue Tomato container with wooden trellis and strawberry containers in Patch Market. |
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| Cantaloupe plant moved into small red container. Lettuce after yesterdays harvest. Still looks big. |
Radishes and Spinach...
I was heading for to my Mom's to drop something off so a few hours after planting the tomato I harvested the rest of the radishes and some spinach. I'll plant something new in place of the radishes tomorrow. Maybe more radishes in the thin plots and a peanut plant in the 10x12 plot. I'm not sure yet. After harvesting some spinach I planted a few leftover primed seeds in the container to start some fresh growth.
My Mom ate the spinach and radishes at dinner an loved them. She said the spinach was exceptionally fresh and delicious and that some of the radishes were peppery and some were just sweet and crisp. She loved them either way.
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| All of the radishes harvested, all period. |
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