Thanks.

Got out in the garden today after getting around 1/16-1/8" of rain. I'd held off watering for 4 days in hopes it would rain. Not too much, so I watered with the hose some more to get it through the weekend while I'm out of town.

Missed the weekly photo dump last week, so here are some from today. Things are still looking good here on the Northshore.

Garden

Bell peppers are starting to form flower buds. Also need to hit with neem oil this evening, something found one of them.

Yellow squash is about to start flowering.

Butternut is about to climb.

Cantaloupe is flowering.

So is eggplant

Tomatoes are doing their thing.

The tomato on the left was a clipped branch from a seedling. The one on the right blew off a table during hardening and broke off 1" from the base... I just left the stub in the pot and it came back nicely! Need to transplant it.

Watermelon is finally joining the party.

Beans are starting to bridge the top of the trellis.

On the other side of the trellis, the cucumbers are starting to climb. They better hurry before the beans secure their real estate.

Herbs, et al

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Posted by meeple

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Posted on 5/3/24 at 3:25 pm to meeple

And right after I post this, I get my most recent soil lab results back. High or very high in ever, excessive in one instance. The other two samples are similar (without the excessive).

The striking thing is the very high ph. My baseline test months ago had a very high ph. I added elemental sulphur, then various soils and amendments. Ph is still very high… nothing changed.

Based on these results, what should I do? Post right above this shows how everything is doing.

ETA: went to the local co-op. He said nothing but to add nitrogen. Ph is slightly high but not terrible. I’ve been side dressing with calcium nitrate. I guess all is well.

This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 4:25 pm

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