Maybe the hot weather early in the garden cycle doesn’t hurt. It certainly isn’t inhibiting the vegetative growth in the garden. The tomatoes are growing like crazy and only a few of them have fallen over in spite of the fact that they have not been tied up. One plant even has a couple of little tomatoes and one of the yellow crookneck squash has a blossom.
The sugar peas miraculously started producing again and there was a spurt in broccoli growth. The cabbage which normally has poor success in our garden is doing well. One has been picked and there are two more ready to pick. Ana is making a marinated coleslaw with the one that was picked.
The garden has been sprayed twice with BT and the bug damage has been extremely minimal so far. Some of the broccoli leaves are getting pretty ragged. They may have been missed with the last BT spraying. Last night brought a half inch of rain, so the spraying will need to be renewed again tonight with special emphasis on the broccoli.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Holy Leaves
That should really be holey leaves. We have had a solid week of rainy days. That is a week of feasting for leaf eating bugs. This afternoon their meal gets spoiled. BT to the rescue. The turnips and the cabbages seem to be the most affected. I worry most about spraying cabbage, because as the leaves curl into the head, they make the spray hard to wash off.
The broccoli is ready for heavy picking again. The side shoots on one or two plants are as large as the original heads were. The sugar peas are still producing and the cucumbers and tomatoes are teasing with flowers, but no fruit. The yellow squash is producing, but we have not accumulated enough to eat. The herbs are producing prodigiously. The lima beans and spaghetti squash are climbing the fence.
I am climbing the wall, with impatience. Mesclun salads are great, but the grocery store tomatoes are mealy. The salad is almost better without them. The nasturtium flowers are a great addition to the salads. I just hope we can have at least one salad with everything at the same time.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
The broccoli is ready for heavy picking again. The side shoots on one or two plants are as large as the original heads were. The sugar peas are still producing and the cucumbers and tomatoes are teasing with flowers, but no fruit. The yellow squash is producing, but we have not accumulated enough to eat. The herbs are producing prodigiously. The lima beans and spaghetti squash are climbing the fence.
I am climbing the wall, with impatience. Mesclun salads are great, but the grocery store tomatoes are mealy. The salad is almost better without them. The nasturtium flowers are a great addition to the salads. I just hope we can have at least one salad with everything at the same time.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Sugar Baby Watermelons
Having learned the lessons from last year the sugar babies are growing on a watermelon fence with a fine mesh (1”X1”) plastic material. There are quite a few nice melons developing. Another mistake made last year was not picking some of the melons early enough. This year each melon is being checked every few days. The BT is being used after every rain to keep the worms down. The watermelons were not big victims of the pickle worms last year; but why take a chance.
The BT (Bacillus Thuringienses) is apparently working on the other crops. I feel like I am using biological warfare. BT is a disease. Just call me Saddam. At least we are getting nice clean vegetables this year without resorting to noxious chemicals. The bugs (in the larval stage) won’t get sick if they don’t try to eat my vegetables. The pollinators are not harmed.
A big surprise this year has been the zucchini. Every year before, even if the rest of the garden is doing poorly, the zucchini is really prolific. This year we have had as much as we wanted; but no excess. The peppers are doing better than usual. I think it is something I learned from Michael and Ray. The pepper plants received no compost until they bloomed. Then, it was loaded on heavily.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
The BT (Bacillus Thuringienses) is apparently working on the other crops. I feel like I am using biological warfare. BT is a disease. Just call me Saddam. At least we are getting nice clean vegetables this year without resorting to noxious chemicals. The bugs (in the larval stage) won’t get sick if they don’t try to eat my vegetables. The pollinators are not harmed.
A big surprise this year has been the zucchini. Every year before, even if the rest of the garden is doing poorly, the zucchini is really prolific. This year we have had as much as we wanted; but no excess. The peppers are doing better than usual. I think it is something I learned from Michael and Ray. The pepper plants received no compost until they bloomed. Then, it was loaded on heavily.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
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