Lot of warm weather this summer, so the second batch of lettuce failed to grow much. They all sprouted but then stalled out when the temps went into the 80’s. I left about five plants in a row to see if they’ll take off. The others were replaced last week by broccoli, carrot and onion seeds. A bunch of the broccoli sprouts are already coming up, so I thinned them out to one about every four inches (a little on the tight side, but I don’t think they’ll get large). They should be ready to harvest by fall, but I think they can overwinter, too. And the one plant I had from earlier planting is still growing, now about ten inches with purplish flowers on several branches. I hope this is what they’re supposed to do.
Had lots of tomatoes yesterday from the Oregon Spring plant…about five ripened at the same time. Also, I watered the front with a sprinkler and when the sun came out some of these ripening tomatoes split, so I had to pick them. We served them with salad to guests, and they were delicious! Still accumulating Sweet Casado small tomatoes, but no red ones yet.
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