After a cool spring, things have taken off nicely here on the southern reaches of Puget Sound. Our first try with corn (bodacious) looks great with 6 foot plus stalks and showing plenty of silk on the ears. Bush and pole beans, tomatoes, green peppers, cucumbers, carrots and everbearing strawberries all doing great. Compost, Miracle Gro and fish fertilizer as needed.
I did not have a single carrot sprout, and only half the beets. This fall I am going to get some burlap bags and try covering them up with soaked bags so they can stay moist longer.
The soil in this particular bed seems to dry out faster than the others.
We’ve had a very cold and wet spring, and there isn’t a corn field in Wisconsin that’s over 6 ft. high. Most are 2 ft. at the most.