Tomatoes are growing great, no losses to cutworms this year because I remembered to use aluminum foil around the stalks. Some of the tobacco is going crazy and shooting up, and some is just lazing along. I don't know why. 2 died, but I had replacements to put in their place.
Potatoes are putting out foliage like nobody's business... If they make potatoes, I'll be happy.
Peppers are waiting for the heat, but I expect they will do well, they are healthy and strong.
Sunflowers and peanuts are planted, and should be up by next friday's thread.
Wound up giving my daughter a shopping bag full of lettuce that I had to thin out. Spinach that germinated is doing great, but lots of the seeds didn't germinate this year for some reason. Maybe a bad batch of seeds.
Kohlrabi is doing well, and I've had about 8 or 9 meals out of the asparagus bed so far this year.
Lots to do, but lots of positive feedback from how everything is growing so well.
I hope that continues and we don't end up with another nuclear summer.
/johnny
Ditto that about nuclear summer. Michigan Bulb still has not shipped the potatoes that I ordered Feb. 1st. I filled out their survey gave them a very poor rating and also written comments about their unacceptable service.
April 1-15 is the date for planting potatoes in Missouri. Today we got part of the order delivered, but still no potatoes. If they don’t come in the next few days, I am going to just get some walmart product maybe.
I cut off the tops of my indoor pepper plants, and they are now blooming again, I may transplant them out doors and just see how long I can keep them going.
I have a basil plant that I planted in a little 5 inch pot in 2010, I have harvested more basil than I could ever use, and given some away. I just keep cutting it back and it just keeps on growing. At some point you would think it would get root bound and die or something. It will be interesting to see just how long it can go.LOL
“Tomatoes are growing great, no losses to cutworms this year because I remembered to use aluminum foil around the stalks.”
Tell me about using aluminum foil around stalks. Where exactly did you put the foil? I don’t have tomatoes in the ground but I need to know about this when I do have them in the ground.
Can you do this with other plants to stop bugs from getting on the plants and eating? I know nothing, either, about using chemicals on plants for anything. What should I know?