Vegetable news (First draft August ~13)

 

Broccoli seedlings not off to too good a start. I pulled up all but one row of the newest lettuce seedlings, because it’s been so hot until just recently and they are not growing. I cleaned the beds ups and sowed 1 1/2 rows of new broccoli seeds, a section of new carrot seeds, and a few more onion seeds around the other remaining onions. The pole beans are doing very well, they have more than topped their trellis, and we’ve had green bean crops three times now, about every 2-3 days. The cucumbers aren’t thriving though…they come up and flower, make a few cukes, and then they yellow and fall off. There is one gourd shaped cuke on the vine. Mystery failure…..The tomatoes are doing well, though we lost a few flowers when I accidentally shut off the watering system for a few days ( did I mention it was hot?). The smaller tomatoes are prolific, though none red yet. The Oregon Spring lost more flowers, but the remaining tomatoes are turning red. We’ve had two and they were very good- flavor you don’t get from the store

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