Things are greening up nicely following a few warm rains, and some of our earliest fruits are beginning to set. A little busy this week but I’ll be sure to add some shots in a comment a little later.
As an aside, I really appreciate you all sharing what you’re up to and enjoy getting to chat with you. I’d like to encourage you to check back in when you’ve seen some more comments since your last and see if you can provide additional advice or encouragement to others!
It’s been wonderful watching everything pop into full green growth over the last couple weeks here!
I’ve got pretty much everything planted out into the garden and things are acclimating pretty well, though I think the squash wants warmer weather to really get going.
I’ve been watching the path I use to walk through the woods on my commute slowly get overgrown with poisen ivy - does anyone have suggestions on what to do about that other than just going through with gloves and clippers? Definitely don’t want to spray anything noxious since its not my land (and I wouldn’t anyway if it was).
Gloves, long sleeves, and pants. You’ll need pull the roots out, or you’ll be “pruning” the poison more often than you’d want.
Poison ivy doesn’t like well manicured areas. If you’re walking through property that’s owned by others, I’ll make an assumption that you have permission. I’d talk to the owner and ask if you can take a weed whacker to the area around the path when it gets overgrown. Do that enough to keep it from overgrowing and it might find a new direction to grow.
I agree with @PaddleMaster about the protective gear if you’ve got permission to do the work there. Have a change of clothes and some rags with texture, soap, and water to wipe any skin that gets the urushiol on it.
But hooray for the rest of the green you’ve got going on!
As promised:
Serviceberry
Sea kale
Wild ginger
It’s always a joy to see this thread posted :) I just got back inside from watering my little balcony garden, and I’m pleased to report that things are looking pretty good! Wife and I had to fasten some twine to the tomato plant to give it some support, because the maters are coming in big this year! Dinosaur kale is coming along nicely and the non-descript micro greens are right behind. My sunflowers are starting to bud too, and I’m so excited for when they bloom.
My catnip and pumpkins sprouts aren’t doing as well as I’d hoped, but that’s on me. I’ve lived in the South my whole life, and I was still so surprised it got so hot so quick. I was lucky that they more-or-less bounced back after being cared for, but let’s just say I’m not planning to carve my own pumpkins this fall just yet. But as I’ve said before, this is just a fun little hobby (at least that’s what I tell myself, I was very saddened to see them wilting in the sun). And hey, my peppers are looking great, especially the cayennes!
Have some pictures! Go easy on my poor little sprouts 😭
I think they’re all looking good! You should be proud of them and yourself
What did you end up changing to protect the pumpkins, if anything?
Thank you! That means a lot :) I took your advice from a few threads back and made sure they were getting more sunlight. In terms of protection, not much, just trying to keep their little starter trays damp in this heat. They dry out so quickly!
We hit 90F yesterday and I watered some of our starter trays like six times, I feel your pain. How are the pumpkins’ roots looking? If they’re starting to bust out at the bottoms (or sides of you have that kind) it might be time to think about giving them some more space, and the additional soil will increase the amount of water they can have available throughout the day
No visible roots as of yet, but I’ll keep an eye out and move them over once they start to poke. Yeah I’m definitely watering more as these days get hotter. Already feels like 97 outside 😭
Hmmm… Are those little cardboard / pressed cellulose cells that they’re in? Sometimes you’ve got to make the holes in those yourself. If there are holes in it I’m a little surprised that you’re not seeing roots yet. Here are some of our younger ones after a week in slightly smaller cells for comparison:
You can see some of the root hairs extending out of the cells, and these will likely be crowding themselves within the week without transplanting. It might be worth gently popping one up out of the cell for an inspection to be sure, if you haven’t done that. Push it up from the bottom rather than pulling the stem. You should be able to tell pretty quickly but if the substrate starts to come apart as it comes up, stop and assess in another couple days.
Hey Lally, sorry for the long delay in replying, was busy relaxing / visiting my dad this weekend. No roots yet as of cutting the bottoms off of those cells a few days ago, but I’ll continue to keep an eye out and keep you posted. Thanks for the advice, I greatly appreciate it.
No worries, friend - I hope your visit with your father was great!
