On Sat, 10 May 2008 10:03:12 -0700, Billy <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Hey Gary,
>>
>> Is it normal for some of the outer, oldest leaves to be turning
>> yellowish? This spring is cooler than normal. It was planted at the
>> right time, mulched, compost applied this spring and fertilized with
>> fish fert and remulched. Plenty of moisture, actually lots of rain.
>> Am I missing some nutrient? Or underfertilized?
>>
>> I read about the garlic scallions and did just that with the leftover
>> small bulbs. Everyone is loving them in stir-fry and salads.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Charlie
>
>Maybe too much water? I had trouble with my germination trays. Once I
>got my seedlings sprouted, I'd put them out sidein the sun****ne. Problem
>is that the tray I had inside the house on the heating pad and under the
>lights, didn't have drain holes.That's good for inside but not that
>great for outside. I figured I could always tip out the excess water but
>I kept having standing water in the trays and leaves would start turning
>yellow, then brown, and then I would have a dead, withered seedling.
>Grrrr
If it is too much water, I am SOL. I would have hoped that the raised
beds would have taken care of this.
>Took my knife and made appropriate drain holes and left two trays for
>in-door germination.
>
>The overly wet and stunted plants respond quickly when I re-pot them
>into six packs and potting soil. That was the other thing, the sphagnum
>moss in the germinating soil really holds the water, which exacerbated
>my wet tray problem. I have more transfers to do today. I lost some
>borage due to my negligence.
It doesn't take long to eff something up, I have found.
>We be getting sun****ne and temps in the high 60's and low 70's and a
>steady 10 to 15 mph wind, mornings and evenings. The garden is
>responding a little bit. The cabbage has survived the slugs and snails
>but it is in a border area that doesn't get much direct Sun. Putting in
>some hyssop today, hoping that will help somehow. Eight tomato plants
>are in (3 cherry) but even under the plastic the soil is barely 70F.
>The squash looks good but not much growth from it yet.
You r temps are what we are experiencing...below normal for us. I
didn't realize your NCa temps were this cool.
>I've got two small (8'X4' & 5'X4') partial Sun areas that I'm developing
>and a couple of small spots where I'm just shoehorning things into.
>I'm trimming the time, and number of emitters on my drip irrigation
>because we are headed for another summer of water restrictions. I'm
>putting in at least one crop of sweet corn and hoping for several more.
>I'm also putting in a stand of dent corn as well, for it's ornamental
>value as much as for the carbs.
Which variety? I planted a few Painted Mountain for grins and
ornamental also. From what I have learned, one should only save seed
from at least a hundred different plants in order to assure good
reproduction, I gots nowheres near the room for that now.
>Had to go get a dozen lettuce plants from the nursery because the wet
>trays slowed down the new batch of lettuce. That and the lettuce tray
>was at the base of an oak, where a squirrel played "52 pickup" with it.
>Not much damage, but it didn't help. The potatoes are up and I'm lacing
>their soil constantly with sphagnum moss and sulfur powder to drop the
>pH. They are just next to my anemic looking blue berries, so the soil
>adjustment is a twofer.
I had every intention of planting taters this year, but likely blew it
already. Maybe not. I need to check seedsavers and see if I can still
get a ****pment.
>The local CSA that we bought into reminded us of how good fresh leeks
>could be. We just slow sautee them in a thick bottomed skillet until
>they are very soft. They don't need any sauce. Anywho, I'm waiting on
>about 40 leeks to mature a little more before I stick them in the
>ground, somewhere(?).
Aren't they absolutely wonderful!! Last fall I sauteed the tops as
well. Wonderful. Don't know why we ever discarded them before.
Kinda like butchering a hog....ya' use everything but the squeal!
I've about fifty little Musselburghs in a tray....they are slow going.
Planted fifty Yellow of Parma and have about a hundred Bianca di Maggio
ready to go in......*if* it dries just a bit. I have found that the
lasagna style allows getting things in when it is a bit too wet under
the old method.
The four Musselburghs I left in ground for seed are looking very good.
Should get an ounce or so of seed from them.
>Man, all this stuff takes time.
It's a hell of an education, ain't it Billy. One of the better things
I have studied over the course of my life.
>On the bright side, the "Hounds from Hell" have been leaving the
>garden in peace. The border collie's (Beau) favorite scratching area is
>the beet garden. I know. I know. The season is young.
My hound from hell decided to cruise thru the broadcast
multi-lettuce-heirloom-radish-oriental greens broadcast bed and left
saucer size craters in the bed........GRRRRRRRRRR. Stuff is up and
lookin' good....except for the craters.
We have forty to fifty mph NW winds going on right now and down to
forty the next couple of nights. I had to bring in all the flats. The
asparagus bed is laying sideways as it is about four foot tall now and
ferned out, hope it makes it ok. Gaia may have about had it with us,
my friend.
--
Peace, Love, ***, Drugs and Rock&Roll! ;-)
Charlie
"It's wrong when I'm a felon
under an ever increasing number of laws". Tim May
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