It’s been a bit sticky here too, with dewpoints near 70 deg. F. But starting tomorrow, things should dry out. We’ve had much less rain than was forecast, but, what’s come down here has been mostly light to moderate, over several, hours, on and off, so at least it’s soaked in well. Instead of watering yesterday, I did a little more repair work where that big branch came down, and, I put in an experiment: “Early” type tomato plants that I’d kept in small pots to restrict their growth somewhat, and now I’ve planted them in the ground with nice big holes full of nutrient boosted garden soil. The idea is to see if they’ll fire up and fairly quickly produce a fall crop. I’d done the same a couple weeks ago: I.e., I transplanted tomato plants into the ground from small (~16 oz.) pots — same deal, moderate growth and little to no blooming until they were transplanted, but, some of those’ growth did take off when temps cooled off some, and now some already have some blooms. So, this should be interesting.
Part of the above was an experiment to see how different varieties behaved in smallish pots. Some, such as Lemon Boys and to my considerable surprise, Mortgage Lifters, with enough light, look fairly healthy, and grow slowly and somewhat bush-like, despite being tabbed as indeterminate plants. Others do the scrawny long vine thing, becoming very hard to manage without constant attention - which I don’t have time for. Many of course just don’t do well at all.
Now, WHY did that double post???
I think gardens are pretty much experiments every time. Too many factors out of our control. I REALLY need to keep a gardening journal, but sometimes that seems like too much work, so I scrap it. Then something does well, and I wonder… what made it work this time?