Hey All! My sisters garden is doing pretty good. So far we are having about a 78% success rate. I will highlight a few of the things that are of interest today.
Above you can see the cantaloupe . It is still small, but growing everyday. I do believe I saw a bud on it a while ago, but I picked it off to force the plant to focus on getting bigger before it starts fruiting. As with most plants, once it starts to fruit all other aspects of growth will take second place with the growth of the fruit taking most of the nutrients. As wtih all the other plants in my sisters garden they have been active long enough that I need to apply the second application of fertilizer.
As it grows the weather is getting warmer, which is a great plus for this type of plant. They love the heat, as long as they have enough water.
Next in line Is my Basil. When I planted it in my sisters garden it had lived inside her house for a good few weeks, and had been a steady supply of basil leaves. yummy! But as with most plants that are treated as a baby and allowed to be in a very steady climate (inside her house) then moved outside and planted without warning, it has died back quite a bit from the shock. I even used a transplant fluid on it to lessen the shock. That is probably the only saving grace it has received.
In the background you can see the watermelon doing poorly as well. But 
This saddens me, I am not really sure why only 1 of the 4 plants are doing well. It might be due to the weather, it might also be that the soil is too clay-ey . Once this growing season is over I need to put a WHOLE BUNCH of top soil into that garden. I think it's lacking in nutrients.
The Fruit of my harvest! a single tomato! I'm sure I have more , but they are too small to find. I'll go back soon and take another look!
Good luck with those, we have about 50 tomato plants in our back garden in pots, they're millions and thousands and generally from one plant we get a few hundred. Can't wait for them to be fully grown XD
ReplyDeletethose one looks good
ReplyDeleteHow they are growing so well I don't know, in my garden everything gets eaten by slugs
ReplyDeleteMake sure you don't just get generic top soil...get yourself some good compost. You will be amazed at the growth difference next year!
ReplyDelete@melanie Do one better, make sure you get some organic topsoil and keep the pesticides away from these girls.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff! Looking nice and healthy :)
ReplyDeleteyou have a beautiful garden, looks good
ReplyDeleteImpressive progress, I need to stop being lazy and start growing my own stuff :D
ReplyDeleteFound this while googling garden, looks great, following!
ReplyDeleteThese look like great progress! 'Reminds me of my old garden in the city that I remodeled.
ReplyDeleteI like your blog, followed :)
ReplyDelete