Zach's Walk

[kazedwards]

We have had way to much rain. Most of the tomatoes that I put out last week are not doing well. There are several that I am going to dig up and put in pots. Others I will wait and see. I have also had a few snap in the wind. I will be replanting in a week or so. Hopefully I won't lose any varieties because of this.

[kazedwards]

Well today I dug up a tomato and put it in to a pot, replanted several and raised and mounded even more of them. With all the rain we have been getting I have a ton of root rot. I also dug trenches between the rows. I am beat.
Here is some of the tomatoes and trenches.





Here is one of the worse plants with root rot. This one I dug and potted. Hopefully it will recover.

The garlic is throwing out scapes too.

One of the two plants from TGS is also growing a scape.

The garlic bulbils that I got from reed is also making scapes.

I also saw that I have a few little tomatoes on one of the dwarf plants that I'm growing.

[kazedwards]

I have a few plants that are doing this. Anyone know anything about it?

[Joseph Lofthouse]

May 29, 2016 20:53:53 GMT -5 kazedwards said:

I have a few plants that are doing this. Anyone know anything about it?

Each leaf on a garlic plant corresponds to a clove. Therefore, I expect the plants bulb will have 7 big cloves, and 4 tiny cloves.

[richardw]

Your soil looks very challenging Zack, shame you've lose some many tomatoes though

[reed]

That's interesting your getting scapes on the first year bubils. Don't know that they have ever done that for me. I guess it could be because we eat most of them green onion style. I just let them drop on their own or sometimes sow a bed of them for that purpose. My plants from bigger bulbs are getting scapes but in an earlier stage than yours. Garlic must be pretty tough plant, when you asked about them they had already been planted and I ripped some out of the ground to send. Half expected the need to send more fresher ones this year, apparently not. 

That is a bummer on your tomatoes, I'm sure you will save seed from any that make it through. Last year I lost 60 to 70 percent of runner beans to overly wet weather. Descendants of the other 30% are just starting to sprout. They should be up and growing by now but the cold wet spell prevented timely planting.

[kazedwards]

May 30, 2016 0:21:26 GMT -5 Joseph Lofthouse said:

May 29, 2016 20:53:53 GMT -5 kazedwards said:

I have a few plants that are doing this. Anyone know anything about it?

Each leaf on a garlic plant corresponds to a clove. Therefore, I expect the plants bulb will have 7 big cloves, and 4 tiny cloves.

That makes since. I wonder why the small ones come up at once, rather than one at a time. Also why they show up when the plant makes a scape?

[kazedwards]

May 30, 2016 3:40:23 GMT -5 richardw said:

Your soil looks very challenging Zack, shame you've lose some many tomatoes though

My soil is a pain in the butt. Very hard to work with. I just started seeing progress in the middle row the rest is still very hard when dry and sticky when wet. The area where the tomatoes are suffering the most is new this year. I put about six inches of leaves on top of it early winter and then tilled it in this spring. Clearly it didn't help much.

I also have huge rocks buried throughout. There is one where I was going to put a tomato. It is about 9" down 3' wide and about 2' long. Who knows how deep it went. I ended up leaving it because there was no chance of digging it up by myself or even moving it. My whole yard is fill meaning that it is just the earth from where they dug the foundation of another house. A lot of clay and rock with very little top soil. I was hoping the field would be in better shape since it has been fallow for several years but it is not the case. We are hopeful about moving in the next year or two so the next property will be a few acres and less developed.

[kazedwards]

May 30, 2016 6:09:00 GMT -5 reed said:

That's interesting your getting scapes on the first year bubils. Don't know that they have ever done that for me. I guess it could be because we eat most of them green onion style. I just let them drop on their own or sometimes sow a bed of them for that purpose. My plants from bigger bulbs are getting scapes but in an earlier stage than yours. Garlic must be pretty tough plant, when you asked about them they had already been planted and I ripped some out of the ground to send. Half expected the need to send more fresher ones this year, apparently not. 

That is a bummer on your tomatoes, I'm sure you will save seed from any that make it through. Last year I lost 60 to 70 percent of runner beans to overly wet weather. Descendants of the other 30% are just starting to sprout. They should be up and growing by now but the cold wet spell prevented timely planting.

I was very happy to see that they have scapes. Very curious to see the difference between the flower heads.

I still have hope for the tomatoes. They seem to have a little life left in them.

[kazedwards]

Well I weeded all of the planted areas of the garden this morning. I just need to get a few more ready to plant. Here's a few pics for today.

[kazedwards]

I planted all of the peppers yesterday along with most of the ground cherries. Today I'm planning on on sowing corn.

[kazedwards]

Yesterday I finally got cucumbers, corn and kohlrabi sowed. That fills up the garden for now. I might try to squeeze some flowers or a little lettuce here or there. I rigged up a trellis for the cukes too.

Now I just need to maintain it and enjoy.

[richardw]

oh a summer garden , mean while i sit here with cold feet

[steev]

Does that mean your wife is beside you?

[kazedwards]

I saw today that I have fruit set on Siletz. I am very surprised too. I had to replace that plant maybe three weeks ago. I did have a few buds at that time.

The tomatoes on the micro dwarfs in pots on the deck growing too.

The water logged plant seems to be recovering as well.

The garlic scapes are curling too.