On Thursday I planted out my turmeric rhizomes I saved from my last harvest, and transplanted the galangal and ginger I had previously planted out into foam boxes, all into the back section of the new 'dog-leg' vegie garden bed. No sign of anything above ground yet, but I did notice that they were all throwing out roots and shoots when I dug them up, so that's great :-)
I also planted out the two watermelon seedlings I had potted up (the only ones left that the snails didn't get) plus the three remaining luffa seedlings (to replace the four that the snails ate/ dogs trod on in the garden during the last week), and another four Richmond Green cucumbers (two of which have since been nibbled - sigh).
In the greenhouse, the Amish Paste and Pink Brandywine tomato seeds have sprouted and there is movement in the chilli pepper cells,
And the Lebanese cucumbers have also sprouted in their egg carton.
In the vegie garden, the bush beans are all doing well, especially the Flageolet:
And the first (male) flowers are appearing on the Golden Squash I sowed seeds of a few weeks ago.
Elsewhere, the cute little bunches of grape flowers are slowly turning into teeny tiny bunches of grapes. These will be our first on the vines I planted last year, if I can get them to ripen without succumbing to pests or birds, that is. I'm hoping that the dogs will take care of the latter for me? I have two vines, both Pink Iona, chosen because they supposedly withstand coastal humidity better than other varieties of white table grapes.
The potted Manzanillo olive tree is just beginning to flower:
And those raspberry flowers I showed you the other day are starting to morph into berries:-)
The thornless youngberry is starting to flower too; I've never tried youngberries before but they sound nice (sweet and juicy).
Finally, I have Done Something Bad to my tomatoes! The leaves have all gone pale with dark veins, which is Not Good.
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Your post makes me ready for spring again! This was such a crazy spring/summer for us, I almost feel like we missed the planting season and now I can't wait to get started... in about 4 months! : (
I'm excited about your ginger and turmeric - I want to grow both next year. I've never heard of youngberries!
Sounds like your tomatoes are deficient in some sort of nutrient - potassium? magnesium? I would doubt that it's too much nitrogen. I would get a little soil test at your local nursery and test out the different nutrients. And in the meantime, just add some nice, diverse compost, beneficial microorganisms, and/or worm tea.
You could try a handful of epsom salts (you can get it at the supermarket) for the tomatoes.
I'm jealous of all your lovely seedlings - for some reason I am having trouble getting things to germinate this year ...
So many plants, I'm so jealous.
Does it matter what the tomato problem is? The answer is always compost!
Hi Melinda,
LOL, don't you love spring? It surely has to be the best time of year for gardening :-) I found my pH test kit today and it's way too alkaline for the tomatoes, so I hope I have corrected it - and you're right, a nice dose of worm tea should go some way to nursing them back to health!
Hi te araoa,
I've heard that epsom salts is a great source of magnesium, so it shouldn't hurt giving it a go, thanks :-)
Hi Kate,
Ah yes, good compost has to be the garden equivalent of chicken soup doesn't it?
Cheers, Julie
It sounds like you are going to have a great garden this season. Too bad about the tomato plants - it looks like they are missing a mineral or something. Look forward to seeing future pictures.
I am pretty sure that is a potassium deficiency. Maybe try some potash if fixing the PH doesn't do the trick?
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