I’m not sure about my veggie garden this year, I planted it on a small plot of land that used to house a lightweight greenhouse that was in place for at least ten years, it got flattened in a freak windstorm a few months back, so I tilled up the dirt, added some fertilizer, to recondition the soil, and planted my plants, but I think the soil is depleted due to the greenhouse that was sitting on it and the barrier cloth that served as the floor
to make matters more complicated, we’ve had flooding rains the last few days that turned the soil a tad muddy
The tomato plants (Brandywine beefsteak style and Sunsugar cherries) are just hanging on, no new vegetative growth, but they’re not showing signs of nutrient depletion
the canteloupes have all withered save one plant showing signs of chloriosis
the watermelons have withered away to nothing, I thought watermelons would love the hypersaturated soil
the cucumbers have hung in there at their cotyledon leaf stage, slowly withering, only one plant has put out one single, sad true leaf
the brussels sprouts and broccoli have hung on, no signs of major growth, the broccoli has shown more growth than the brussels
the bush beans have showed exceptional growth, doubling their biomass since planting
the only really “surviving” plants in the veggie garden are the tomatoes, beans, broccoli and brussels, cukes are languishing, I’m probably gonna’ lose the last canteloupe, and I’ve replanted a new batch of watermelon seedlings
I’ve scattered Osmocote fertilizer granules around the remaining plants, and I will be putting a layer of lawn clippings over the garden as mulch/fertilizer
I may have to call this garden a loss this season and till the plants under at the end of the season to add more organics back to the soil
the “flower garden” garden is becoming a bit of an overflow garden, last year it was a very succesful veggie garden, I should have planted the veggies in this garden
the California Poppies, Four O Clocks, Sunflowers, wildflower mix, and Quinona are sprouting, the pumpkins on the corners are settling in fine, setting out their second pair of true leaves
To hedge my bets on the tomato front, I’ve planted a large, established heirloom Pineapple Tomato (beefsteak style with marbled orange/red fruit that can get up to two pounds each) and a Sunsugar cherry tomato plant at opposing corners of the “flower/overflow” garden, tilled up a hole for each of them, and planted one of the watermelon seedlings in this garden, as a “control” group, and planted some of my surplus sugar snap pea seeds in another corner, this garden is basically my “chaos theory” garden
today but I’ll make it. I dug halfway to china trying to get to the head of the tap weed but gave up. I was so dirty I went directly to the shower without touching anything. I hope my rose cuttings take. I’ll post the “How to video” for anyone else that may be interested after work.
