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In reply to the discussion: How does your garden grow? [View all]

El Mimbreno

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9. How does it grow? Well...
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 10:26 AM
Jun 2019

Pretty mixed right now. Here it is late June and still getting upper 40s overnight so the tomatoes, tomatillos, peppers and corn are lagging. But with highs near 90 the greens are already bolting. Aaargh! Beans, watermelons, cukes and squash all slow to germinate. On the other hand - Blackberry vines so loaded they look like grape clusters.
Garlic could be huge this year; some of the stalks are about 3/4 inch in diameter. We've been harvesting scapes, cooking some, giving the rest away.
On the flower side, iris are done until the rebloomers come back, cannas starting to bloom. Roses doing pretty well except for the pale yellow. We think maybe the buds are getting sunburned.

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How does your garden grow? [View all] Bayard Jun 2019 OP
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Snorf! Bayard Jun 2019 #6
lovely. mopinko Jun 2019 #4
My raised beds Bayard Jun 2019 #5
Just gorgeous! The plants are lucky to have you! Karadeniz Jun 2019 #7
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Your weed is flowering already? You must be doing light-dep. WheelWalker Jun 2019 #10
everything but the weed, don't like messing with their sun happyaccident Jun 2019 #11
How does it grow? Well... El Mimbreno Jun 2019 #9
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