re: The 2021 Garden Thread

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with all this rain is there anything we should be adding to our soil?

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The way my garden has looked the past 3 heavy rainfalls, it seems I need to add soil to it. It is so saturated that even a moderate rain is causing water to hold for several hours between the rows.

I've planted my okra seeds twice by directly sowing them in the garden and both times it rained so hard within days of planting that they were washed out.

Yesterday I put my new seeds in the 4 pack plastic cells to guarantee they will germinate safely and for the first time in my life I will transplant okra into my garden. I've always direct sown them and if transplanting some to sparse areas in another row, I find it takes okra a good bit of time to recover from transplant shock.

What timer/hose y’all recommend? I’m gonna need something for vacations this summer. And I think I’m under watering with just my regular hose in evening.

Are you soaking the okra seed first?

It has to break thru it's outer husk/seed to germinate. So was always told to do an overnight soaking; however last two times I used an one hour soak of bleach and you could some of the seeds opening up already. Old lady at a local feed and seed explained it to me and it solved my usual long waits.

Personally I over sow like every 2-3 inches and plant in a semi-plot like fashion by planting left-n-right sides of the same row. Then thin out and if needed transplant to fill a spot with a post hole digger. By simply removing a place then plugging the transplant right in without much fuss and had really good results. Seems to not disturb the root ball at all.

Anybody else do baby salad mixes?

This is a 5’x3’ box right outside my kitchen. I like having some green in every meal so being able to toss together a quick little salad is a great option for your gardens.

Hey Juice. Same thing happened to my baby bok choy. Was beautiful and almost ready for harvest, then it all bolted overnight. I just pulled it all up and will replant come fall.

We've gotten about 8 inches total this week so far and my beds actually seem to be draining well. I have a low spot about 20 feet from them in my yard that has always bothered me, however with all this rain I think it's helping give the water somewhere to go.

I poked some vertical holes in the beds and horizontal holes under the wood sides. Hopefully that helps with drainage.

I never do salad mix but I like growing romaine and a butterhead called skyphos the purple in the pic above.

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