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omorkaI finally managed to get out and trellis the beans today, which was a bit tricky now that they'd already started climbing on each other. Next year I need to make sure I have my twine before planting. But no harm done, and now they have something to climb up correctly. The squash are coming up okay. The tomatoes all look fine, although they're not leafing out as much as I'd like except for the Patio tomato, which is reaching for the sky from the zenith to the horizon (I'm now thinking I should have gotten two of them). I probably ought to fertilize them soon. I'm not seeing any sign of the sunflowers or the zucchini yet; I think one of the zukes might have been accidentally clipped by the yard guys.
Indoors, the pumpkins have come up - five of them, anyway. The sixth is either slow or a dud. The peppers are doing fine, but the basil all seem to have fallen prey to some sort of fungus. I think I'm going to fall back to plan B and plant a few basil seeds around the edges of the tomato containers directly outside. They're good companion plants, and the containers are big enough they shouldn't compete too much for nutrients.
The Mexican Mint marigold is getting more water than it's entirely happy with. The actual mints, on the other hand, are absolutely going to town. The two sages seem to be happy enough, the rosemary is growing slowly but it's growing, and the lemon balm is doing okay considering that something is chewing on its lower leaves (I suspect slugs). The parsleys are still settling in; the flatleaf is doing better than the curly. The experiment with the chives is not going so well, but some of them are growing.
Other than the basils, I think I'm largely out of the planting phase of this experiment with a container garden. I might need to get two more square planters for the pumpkins when I transplant them, but that'll be it. Now it's just a matter of keeping everything alive and seeing if any of it bears fruit. From planting-time to blossom-time; from Ostara to Beltane, the Wheel turns.
Indoors, the pumpkins have come up - five of them, anyway. The sixth is either slow or a dud. The peppers are doing fine, but the basil all seem to have fallen prey to some sort of fungus. I think I'm going to fall back to plan B and plant a few basil seeds around the edges of the tomato containers directly outside. They're good companion plants, and the containers are big enough they shouldn't compete too much for nutrients.
The Mexican Mint marigold is getting more water than it's entirely happy with. The actual mints, on the other hand, are absolutely going to town. The two sages seem to be happy enough, the rosemary is growing slowly but it's growing, and the lemon balm is doing okay considering that something is chewing on its lower leaves (I suspect slugs). The parsleys are still settling in; the flatleaf is doing better than the curly. The experiment with the chives is not going so well, but some of them are growing.
Other than the basils, I think I'm largely out of the planting phase of this experiment with a container garden. I might need to get two more square planters for the pumpkins when I transplant them, but that'll be it. Now it's just a matter of keeping everything alive and seeing if any of it bears fruit. From planting-time to blossom-time; from Ostara to Beltane, the Wheel turns.
