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Saturday morning, with coffee
Jul. 16th, 2011 08:45 amCloudy. Warmish. We may get a few sprinkles, after which it is supposed to heat up considerably--hi 80s to mid-90s for most of the week. Pepper weather. Possibly tomato weather. It may beat up the lettuces (yup, still harvesting those) and leafy herbs, though.
The hardy hibiscus and Rose of Sharon have buds, and the Japanese beetles are starting to appear as a result. Will have to spray this evening, after the chance of rain has passed. I avoid the nasty stuff when it comes to veg and most plants, but when it comes to those damn beetles it's Ortho all the way. They'll destroy all the buds otherwise.
Set up the seeper/light sprinkle hose on a timer while I was at NADWcon, and may have overwatered the container tomatoes. They're taller than the raised bed plants, but paler in color, some leaves yellowing due to overwatering and some kind of bacterial issue that doesn't look like blight. The raised bed plants are richer green and more vigorous--the Siberian and Tommy Toe cherry both have greenies, while the Aunt Ginny looks to just be developing fruit. Last year, iirc, I harvested my first tomatoes in mid-August. Given that we're running about a month behind last year, I may be looking at early/mid-September for first tomatoes, assuming we don't get early coolth and wet. I hope this week's heat gives them all a good kick in the pants.
Meanwhile, the Cubanelle has a single inch-long pepper. Peppers are supposed to like heat--they haven't had much of it so far, and the leaves have a yellowish tinge. I hope this week's heat helps them, too.
The basil are a couple of inches tall. I've been thinning the groups, using the harvested sprouts in cooking. The parsley has not yet gone down the road to seed, which is not par for the course. I usually can't keep parsley and cilantro much past June because the heat hits them and they go to seed. More evidence that we're still about a month off, growing season wise.
Oh well. Time to go grocery shopping.
The hardy hibiscus and Rose of Sharon have buds, and the Japanese beetles are starting to appear as a result. Will have to spray this evening, after the chance of rain has passed. I avoid the nasty stuff when it comes to veg and most plants, but when it comes to those damn beetles it's Ortho all the way. They'll destroy all the buds otherwise.
Set up the seeper/light sprinkle hose on a timer while I was at NADWcon, and may have overwatered the container tomatoes. They're taller than the raised bed plants, but paler in color, some leaves yellowing due to overwatering and some kind of bacterial issue that doesn't look like blight. The raised bed plants are richer green and more vigorous--the Siberian and Tommy Toe cherry both have greenies, while the Aunt Ginny looks to just be developing fruit. Last year, iirc, I harvested my first tomatoes in mid-August. Given that we're running about a month behind last year, I may be looking at early/mid-September for first tomatoes, assuming we don't get early coolth and wet. I hope this week's heat gives them all a good kick in the pants.
Meanwhile, the Cubanelle has a single inch-long pepper. Peppers are supposed to like heat--they haven't had much of it so far, and the leaves have a yellowish tinge. I hope this week's heat helps them, too.
The basil are a couple of inches tall. I've been thinning the groups, using the harvested sprouts in cooking. The parsley has not yet gone down the road to seed, which is not par for the course. I usually can't keep parsley and cilantro much past June because the heat hits them and they go to seed. More evidence that we're still about a month off, growing season wise.
Oh well. Time to go grocery shopping.
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