gardening foibles
We seem to be having a bunch of problems with our plants. Figures, most are reaching “adolescence”.
The top tomato plant broke off in the wind about 2 weeks ago, but the top kept growing. The residual moisture must all be gone now, because the top half has died. Consulting with Mom tomorrow on if the plant is worth keeping or if it will produce tomatoes. Tyrone thinks it would be fun to have a stocky tomato plant.
The potatoes have faced a plague of slugs. The internet has many “natural” remedies, but it has just as many sites that disprove the natural remedies. Right now we’re taking the “Tyrone goes out every morning to commit slugicide” approach. This morning he got 20. Think the slugs got the beet seedlings too. These beets don’t exist anymore:
We have a big scruffy buck rabbit running around our back/front lawn, and he could be the culprit too.
Finally, most of the soybeans are doing great. I took a pot of a few beans to work, and I was surprised to see fast they reached 11 inches. My cube mate and I were so proud of how fast they grew:
…then my mother tells me that they grow fast and spindly when they don’t have enough light. Sure enough, the next day, they were all bent over under their own weight. Well the bright side is that I have another empty terra cotta pot!