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Cabbage #2

August 6th, 2009 No comments

Copenhagen Market Early
Expected germination: 10-12 days
Expected harvest: 66 days

9 seeds

08/06: Planted 1 per cell in 9 cells.
08/15: 9 of 9 (100%) are 3/4″ to 1-1/2″ tall.
08/23: 9 of 9 (100%) are 1-3/4″ to 2-1/2″ tall.
08/28: Planted out.
08/30: 2″ to 4″ tall with foliage diameter 2-1/2″ to 5″.

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Brussel Sprouts #2

August 6th, 2009 No comments

Catskill
Expected germination: 7-14 days
Expected harvest: 90 days

9 seeds

08/06: Planted 1 per cell in 9 cells.
08/15: 9 of 9 (100%) are 3/4″ to 1-1/4″ tall.
08/23: 9 of 9 (100%) are 3/4″ to 2-1/2″ tall.
08/28: Planted out.
08/30: Some stressed. 1-1/2″ to 3″ tall with foliage diameter 1-1/2″ to 4″.

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Broccoli #2

August 6th, 2009 No comments

Green Sprouting Calabrese
Expected germination: 14 days
Expected harvest: 80 days

9 seeds

08/06: Planted 1 per cell in 9 cells.
08/15: 9 of 9 (100%) are 1″ to 1-3/4″ tall.
08/23: 9 of 9 (100%) are 1-3/4″ to 4″ tall.
08/28: Planted out.
08/30: Some stressed. 1-1/2″ to 5″ tall with foliage diameter 3″ to 5″.

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Beans, Pole #3

August 6th, 2009 No comments

Santa Anna
Expected germination: 6-8 days
Expected harvest: 65-70 days

36 seeds

08/06: Started soaking in a jar of water overnight.
08/07: After 19 hours soaking, planted 2 per cell in 18 cells.
08/15: 9 of 36 (25%) are 0″ to 1-1/4″ tall.
08/23: 16 of 36 (44%) are 1″ to 3″ tall. An additional 3 (8%) have sprouted without the bean and are unlikely to survive.
08/28: Planted out.
08/30: 2″ to 5″ tall.

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Beans, Fava #2

August 6th, 2009 No comments

Long pod / Cool weather broad bean
Expected germination: 7-14 days
Expected harvest: 85 days

9 seeds

08/06: Planted 1 per cell in 9 cells.
08/15: 6 of 9 (67%) are 0″ to 1/4″ tall.
08/23: 9 of 9 (100%) are 1-1/4″ to 3-1/2″ tall.
08/28: Planted out.
08/30: 3″ to 7″ tall.

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Weekly Summary

July 31st, 2009 No comments
Baby carrot thinnings

Baby carrot thinnings

Six weeks since rototilling

Six weeks since rototilling
Date Lo Hi Notes
07/25 63 86 Thinned two more turnips. Planted oregon grape. Several radishes found dug up but mostly undamaged – replanted. Bushes heat stressed. Watered daily.
07/26 64 88 Two more dug up radishes and a dug up nicotiana were found and replanted. Approximately five sunflowers had been pushed over and snapped off. There was no underground damage. A raccoon looking for sunflower seeds is suspected. Another two sunflowers were bent over but are recovering. So we bought and installed a Scare Crow motion-sensor water spray.
07/27 67 92 We believe a raccoon triggered the water spray, probably more than once. When we went out we heard it cursing us from a tree for several minutes but we never saw it.
07/28 70 95 Serious leafminer problems on both swiss chard plantings, and aphids on the cauliflower again. Sprayed the chard, the large brassicas, and the rhubarb with spinosad. Thinned out about two dozen baby carrots for stir fry. All plants heat stressed. Watered daily.
07/29 72 105 The large brassicas, bushes and peas are struggling in the heat. In the house it was 101° upstairs, 96° downstairs, and even the normally cool basement was 84°.

103° at Sea-Tac broke all-time 100° record. 105° at Sand Point broke all-time 96° record. Both places also had all-time record warmest overnight minimum of 71°.
07/30 65 96 Pinched off tomato growing tips. Instead of thinning celery I transplanted the excess to a second row.
07/31 61 84
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Tomato Pruning

July 27th, 2009 No comments

Indeterminate Tomato "Bush"

Indeterminate Tomato "Bush"

Other than three suckers which we took early and rooted, we have not previously pruned the tomatoes. The two plants now have about a dozen vines in all forming a nice bush shape around the two bamboo poles. Today we removed all the small suckers and we will continue removing new suckers as they appear. A few days from now we will also start pinching off the growing tips.

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Critter Damage

July 26th, 2009 No comments
Sunflowers pushed over by raccoon

Sunflowers pushed over by raccoon

 July 25th we found several radishes dug up but mostly undamaged. We replanted them.

July 26th we found about seven sunflowers pushed over, of which only two survived. We believe a raccoon pushed them over looking for sunflower seeds. Our sunflowers were planted late and have not flowered yet.

Also July 26th we found two more radishes and a nicotiana dug up, and again replanted them

We therefore bought and installed a Scare Crow motion-sensor water spray.
Sunflower stems snapped just below surface

Sunflower stems snapped just below surface
Radishes dug up but otherwise unharmed

Radishes dug up but otherwise unharmed
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Weekly Summary

July 24th, 2009 No comments
Five weeks since rototilling

Five weeks since rototilling
Date Lo Hi Notes
07/18 63 80 Started new batches of carrots, lettuce, romaine, pumpkin, and radish. Planted out the tomato cuttings that had been in water for nearly three weeks. Bushes heat stressed. Watered daily.
07/19 58 76 Thinned one turnip at 2″ diameter – sliced thin, sprinkled with salt, and fried: turnip chips. Hosed several groups of aphids off the large brassicas.
07/20 60 79
07/21 60 89
07/22 58 75 Sprayed broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, rutabaga, swiss chard, and turnips with 0.001% spinosad, an organic pesticide.
07/23 58 69
07/24 57 78 Something, perhaps a squirrel, had dug some seeds and seedlings out of the trays, so we moved the seed trays to the deck. Started ongoing snow pea harvest. Bushes heat stressed. Watered daily.
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Oregon Grape

July 21st, 2009 No comments

One plant.

07/21: Bought.
07/24: 4″ tall with foliage diameter 7-1/2″.
07/25: Planted in moderate shade in SE corner of garden.
08/01: 3-1/2″ tall with foliage diameter 8″.
08/07: 3″ tall with foliage diameter 8″.
08/15: 3″ tall with foliage diameter 8″.
08/23: 3-1/2″ tall with foliage diameter 8″.
08/30: 4-1/2″ tall with foliage diameter 8″. Two new shoots.

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