I got bare root strawberries (Monterey) in the mail yesterday from a nursery in NC.(I’m in the SF Bay Area)
I planted them in one of those GreenStalk knockoffs after rehydrating the roots for an hour.
I used 1 part vermiculite, 1 part peat, 2 parts each of manure and Miracle Gro potting soil and 4 parts sand and put a tiny bit of hay (feed store didn’t have straw) in the bottom so it could drain without dirt running out through the holes.
They have some cedar hamster bedding as a light mulch which is more for keeping the moisture and dirt from piling up around the crowns.
Fingers crossed!
Tomatoes and potatoes are forming. I am kind of winning the war against slugs for a change so lettuce and whatnot is okay so far but had to yank beets out because the dang leaf miners got them again.
I never knew why the beets looked like that every year until a week ago.
Peas are almost a foot high but no sign of flowers. They’re in the shade.
Bell peppers puny as usual.
Corn, squash, beans and sunflowers kind of crowded together but still looking good. Weather is finally getting warm so maybe squash and cucumbers will liven up a bit.
Maybe I should dump some liquid plant food on everything pretty soon.....
“Peas are almost a foot high but no sign of flowers.”
My shelling peas and Sweet Pea flowers are really lagging this season. I thought cool and rainy would make them happy - but now we’re going to go straight into the 80’s, so now I’m thinking I should’ve planted them in the snow and semi-frozen ground back in March!