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First Harvest!
The green beans are bearing! Actually, some of the pods are big enough that I actually should have picked them on Thursday. The hatful (I should get a harvesting basket) is about enough for the Spouse and myself, so I probably planted the right amount.
The Patio tomato is starting to bear - it has about five little hard green tomatoes on it. Neither the Early Girl nor the cherry tomato has any sign of blossoms, much less fruit. I am debating whether I need to get fertilizer stakes for them or not.
Of the three zucchini seeds that I planted next to the fig tree in the back, just straight in the ground instead of in a container, one has come up and is putting out leaves. The squash have come up in their container, but don't seem to be spreading out much yet (one has put out a single blossom, way too early!). Of all the sunflowers, only one seems to have survived the onslaught of birds and other critters, and it's still a long way from blooming.
The mysterious mold got everything that I tried to plant inside - I think they weren't getting enough light, and got too lanky and susceptible. I planted some of the basils outside, along the edges of the pots with the two tomatoes that aren't bearing already - we'll see if companion planting does either of them any good. I also went ahead and planted a few pumpkin seeds in the same planters as the beans; they take long enough to germinate and spread that they ought to be ready to start vining out about the time the beans peter out.
All the pot herbs are doing okay. The Mexican tarragon is annoyed because it's getting too much water, although the rosemary doesn't seem to mind. The mints are both going stark crazy, putting out runners all over the place - the spearmint, into its own container; the peppermint, everywhere else. I might try to take cuttings off the peppermint, if anyone wants any. The last bout of rain took out the tomatillos, unfortunately - I put them outside too early, I suspect, but I didn't want them to fall prey to the mold indoors! No-win situation there, I think. :-(
I need to pick up (a) a mosquito ring to drop in the abandoned trash can in the back, and (b) some cheap beer and an aluminum pie pan for the slugs. The mosquitos back there mob me every time I check the beans, and the slugs are eating the lower leaves on the beans and squash - so far they don't seem to have made it into the tomato plants yet, thank goodness.
The Patio tomato is starting to bear - it has about five little hard green tomatoes on it. Neither the Early Girl nor the cherry tomato has any sign of blossoms, much less fruit. I am debating whether I need to get fertilizer stakes for them or not.
Of the three zucchini seeds that I planted next to the fig tree in the back, just straight in the ground instead of in a container, one has come up and is putting out leaves. The squash have come up in their container, but don't seem to be spreading out much yet (one has put out a single blossom, way too early!). Of all the sunflowers, only one seems to have survived the onslaught of birds and other critters, and it's still a long way from blooming.
The mysterious mold got everything that I tried to plant inside - I think they weren't getting enough light, and got too lanky and susceptible. I planted some of the basils outside, along the edges of the pots with the two tomatoes that aren't bearing already - we'll see if companion planting does either of them any good. I also went ahead and planted a few pumpkin seeds in the same planters as the beans; they take long enough to germinate and spread that they ought to be ready to start vining out about the time the beans peter out.
All the pot herbs are doing okay. The Mexican tarragon is annoyed because it's getting too much water, although the rosemary doesn't seem to mind. The mints are both going stark crazy, putting out runners all over the place - the spearmint, into its own container; the peppermint, everywhere else. I might try to take cuttings off the peppermint, if anyone wants any. The last bout of rain took out the tomatillos, unfortunately - I put them outside too early, I suspect, but I didn't want them to fall prey to the mold indoors! No-win situation there, I think. :-(
I need to pick up (a) a mosquito ring to drop in the abandoned trash can in the back, and (b) some cheap beer and an aluminum pie pan for the slugs. The mosquitos back there mob me every time I check the beans, and the slugs are eating the lower leaves on the beans and squash - so far they don't seem to have made it into the tomato plants yet, thank goodness.