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Plants getting bigger! Catnip sure is on a roll. No new seeds sprouted yet from last seedings.
Do limas take longer to sprout? I planted 3 4' rows at the same time as my beans and so far only 2 have sprouted. The beans are all up and several inches tall.Lima beans are up,
Lots of exciting things! Did you grow your strawberry from seeds or start with a plant? My strawberry seeds never sprouted last year and need to see if I can get them going this year.Lima beans are up, potatoes are through the soil now, peppers doing well, we've eaten our fill of asparagus. I'm going to let the rest of the asparagus bolt for seed for next year's crop. The sweet potatoes look good as do the broccoli and cabbage. Onions looking good, too. Strawberry plants have berries! Tomatoes need a good drink, but they're not doing bad.
Corn is not up. Oh, we have a couple plants here and there, but really, not doing well at all. Yet.
We seriously need rain.
They look really similar to some metal poles I used to make one of my cats her own little private enclosure. They're strong enough to stand a cat climbing on them, so they should be fine for beans.Do you think I could use these to make a pole bean trellis?
I have been using a seaweed-based fertilizer for the last couple of years. Dissolved in water, it needs o be applied every 7 to 10 days, but animals don't seem to bother it.Two years ago, I had three newly planted tomato plants dug up by...a racoon? I did not understand why an animal would dig up tomato plants. The roots looked slightly gnawed. Then this year I had two freshly planted pepper plants dug up. Later that day, I was putting the FISH EMULSION fertilizer on some more newly planted pepper plants and wondering why an animal would dig up plants. And it hit me - it's the fish emulsion the animal is after!
Good idea! The company I bought the fish emulsion from also has a mostly seaweed version. The fish emulsion is recommended for younger plants, but I suspect the seaweed version would do just fine. The company whose fertilizer I use, Fertrell, also has a dry organic fertilizer that I like, Super 3-2-3. I only have to apply it every six weeks and it is very cost effective.I have been using a seaweed-based fertilizer for the last couple of years. Dissolved in water, it needs o be applied every 7 to 10 days, but animals don't seem to bother it.
I use Repels-All around plants to keep squirrels and rabbits from eating the flowers, and the fertilizer is called MaxSea, and there are different ones for different phases. One is a 10-10-10 for growth, and the other is a 3-20-20 for blooms.Good idea! The company I bought the fish emulsion from also has a mostly seaweed version. The fish emulsion is recommended for younger plants, but I suspect the seaweed version would do just fine. The company whose fertilizer I use, Fertrell, also has a dry organic fertilizer that I like, Super 3-2-3. I only have to apply it every six weeks and it is very cost effective.
I'm hoping that the human hair that I put around the garden will keep animals away. It has seemed to work in the past, but I had not put it out yet when the plants were dug up.