Posted on 05/02/2014 12:25:41 PM PDT by greeneyes
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I was checking every day but not numerous times every day. If I had been, I would have noticed for sure the celery starting to droop. I can’t imagine they will straighten up from the condition they are in. I just can’t believe that happened. That is the worst disappointment I have had.
greeneyes, I did notice the potato plants now have buds on them which would be flowers.
/johnny
Some potted plants transpire at a different rate then their neighbors so they will dry out faster or slower. If it’s any consolation I have a full bottle of Amaretto stashed away...
That reminds me, any food bloggers here? The Wondermill company has a deal where established bloggers can get a free mill in exchange for contributing at least 3 blog posts to their website detailing recipes made with it: http://www.grainmillwagon.com/join-the-wagon/
Got the poly on the ends of the tunnel today...now just need to wait for a calm day so we can get the main sheet over the top. And needing to coordinate the efforts of several people to help with it at the same time that the wind is calm. This is Wisconsin where we all work for a living so it will be a great challenge...but I think we can pull it off...:) Fortunately, my uncle has a skidsteer that has been very helpful in the construction process. :)
Also, I want to thank JRandomFreeper. I have been reading your posts with great interest over the past few months while lurking.
For goodness sakes, wash your hands afterwards, and clear your browser history.
/johnny
/johnny
Seeing what you have made out of next to nothing with a dash of ingenuity has helped me to apply that ability to this little endeavor of mine.
I have always told people that NASA made a very grave error with their “Faster, Better, Cheaper” drive in the 90s. Your project can only consist of 2 out of those 3...but never all 3 unless you are incredibly fortunate. It can be faster and better, but it will not be cheaper. It can be faster and cheaper, but it wont be better. It can be cheaper and better, but it will not be faster.
But 'Faster, better, cheaper.... pick any two..' is a very valid engineering philosophy.
/johnny
OMG, Can’t we all just get along? Wild animals..acccchhhh.
I would freak out if I saw most of those in my yard...
those pictures are making me rethink putting the hardware cloth in behind the roll up sections of the greenhouse sides so I can keep critters out...
Good info. Thanks.
I'd be rethinking putting my lawn chair into a shark cage if I wanted to sit outside at night to drink an adult beverage, and smoke a cigarette. I'd also have a Saiga 12,or Mosin-Nagant with the bayonet attached. Obviously, I am a wuss. Wish I could remember the FReeper's name who killed a bear that was attacking him with a knife.
I’ve been watering everything, except the potatoes every morning. Also, I am shading stuff in the afternoon..My T squash gets that designer voile from all sides. I went and bought shade cloth..emergency run, if you will the other day to cover the greenhouse, and have a fan running most of the day, door, and window wide open to try to keep it in the low 90’s in the afternoons.
I am also watering about 3 pm. I am thinking I should buy a moisture meter, but Home Depot was out of them the other day. Only two of the smart pots I bought are tan colored. The rest are black, so I figure they get pretty hot on the plant roots.
I would think that since celery is mostly water, it needs lots of water. Even though I water my lettuce three times a day, some of it is bitter tasting. ugh.
I hope your plants recover. I have been babying mine, but when it gets really hot, I am sure my routine will wilt, just like the plants. Maybe you need a mister, although, I’m sure it’s humid there all the time, and then there’s those pesky fungal diseases..
“Also, I want to thank JRandomFreeper. I have been reading your posts with great interest over the past few months while lurking.”
Just don’t ask him about his clothing - usually it’s nothing in summer.
“Even though I water my lettuce three times a day, some of it is bitter tasting. ugh.”
Three times a day, that’s a lot, I certainly haven’t been doing that. If plants can’t hold up to the high 80s we been having, they’re for sure dead when it gets to 105 here. I can see using the shady stuff then, but now, in high 80s? That celery is the pits. I don’t see how they can recover but naturally I’ll look at them tomorrow.
And that is why fall gardens are the best for Texas. The thing is that when it's 105 in July, I don't feel like starting plants, or anything else.
I guess we need to do grow rooms in our basements. Oh, wait, most people in TX don't have basements.
Mrs. Augie and I found another 75 morels Friday evening and decided that we probably had enough, so I’ve hung up my shroom sack for now.
Went to the nursery Saturday and bought my tomato, pepper, and eggplant sets. Finished re-potting the last of them yesterday evening. Even thought the weather is nice right now I’m going to wait until after Mother’s Day to put them in the ground. Better safe than sorry.
Spent a good bit of yesterday helping Mrs. Augie plant her new flowerbed next to the deck. I did sneak in a few potherbs so the effort wasn’t entirely wasted on ornamentals.
Snap peas, radishes, beets, carrots, kale and mixed salad greens have all germinated in the garden and are looking good. The brassicas that I set out a couple weeks back are also doing well.
I have four varieties of basil started in pots in the patio. In the past I’ve always just left in the pot rather than transplanting, but I think I’m going to put it in the ground this time and see how it does there.
I’ve gotten three cuttings of asparagus so far and it should be ready to cut again by the time I get home from work today.
I hope to get my green beans and sweet corn planted this week.
Stalks are alive on three of them, but only one actually looks good enough to say it mostly survived. Yesterday I didn't see how any could straighten up. That pot of celery looks pitiful instead of beautiful the way it was before this happened.
The wilted strawberry plants in two pots look better today after watering yesterday. The large tomato plant that didn't have any blooms will have some popped out by tomorrow so the four originals are behaving like good tomato plants.
I can see actual green blackberries on two of the three blackberry plants. I bought them because they were two year old plants which should have blackberries this year and that is happening. It makes sense not to grow strawberries next year since they are a one season plant then have to buy new ones for the next year but the blackberry plants will still be here, so I'll buy more blackberry plants to add to these. Some of the strawberry plants are in shallow pots with lots of surface area which would be fine for lettuce. Rest of strawberry plants are in 3 or 4 foot long narrow planters and something with shallow roots will work with those.
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