Sorry to hear of you all's weather ills. It's been unseasonably chill here, daytime temps in the 50 to 70 degree F range, night time dropping to 40 to 50 degrees F. It regularly drops 30 degrees F between day and night here, but the cloud cover from the rains has mitigated that to about a 20 degree difference.
A couple of the tomato plants have taken off smartly, and the beans are gaining steam, but the peppers, corn, and tobacco are struggling. I don't need to water anything due to the rains, but I did go out and fertilize everything yesterday to try to give it a boost.
I planted 18 hemp seeds for the fall crop. 10 of those sprouted, but 7 of the sprouts damped off and died, leaving just 3. So I planted a few more of a different variety, but they've not had time to sprout yet. The goal is to raise 4 to maturity, the limit that the law allows here.
The lone poppy started dying back, so I set it outside to see if the weather might give it a boost, but within hours "something" came along and snapped it about an inch and a half above the dirt, so it's not gonna make it. The bloom it was trying to develop withered and died without blooming about a week and a half ago. So, no poppy seed from the lone survivor.
Some of the catnip, basil, sage, and peppermint is taking off, growing like it means it. Some is not, and I've no idea of what is producing the differences. The thyme is struggling heroically. I dunno if it's gonna do anything at all worth doing, but it ain't looking good at the moment.
I'll give it another week and see if the rain or fertilizer does anything a boost. Then I figure on taking the herbs out of pots and popping it into the ground, at least the best growing plants of them. So now I have to figure out the layout of a herb garden, and will leave the smaller ones in pots on the deck for easier access - it's right off the kitchen, just where an herb plantation ought to be!
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A couple of the tomato plants have taken off smartly, and the beans are gaining steam, but the peppers, corn, and tobacco are struggling. I don't need to water anything due to the rains, but I did go out and fertilize everything yesterday to try to give it a boost.
I planted 18 hemp seeds for the fall crop. 10 of those sprouted, but 7 of the sprouts damped off and died, leaving just 3. So I planted a few more of a different variety, but they've not had time to sprout yet. The goal is to raise 4 to maturity, the limit that the law allows here.
The lone poppy started dying back, so I set it outside to see if the weather might give it a boost, but within hours "something" came along and snapped it about an inch and a half above the dirt, so it's not gonna make it. The bloom it was trying to develop withered and died without blooming about a week and a half ago. So, no poppy seed from the lone survivor.
Some of the catnip, basil, sage, and peppermint is taking off, growing like it means it. Some is not, and I've no idea of what is producing the differences. The thyme is struggling heroically. I dunno if it's gonna do anything at all worth doing, but it ain't looking good at the moment.
I'll give it another week and see if the rain or fertilizer does anything a boost. Then I figure on taking the herbs out of pots and popping it into the ground, at least the best growing plants of them. So now I have to figure out the layout of a herb garden, and will leave the smaller ones in pots on the deck for easier access - it's right off the kitchen, just where an herb plantation ought to be!
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