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September 19th, 2009 No comments
Date Lo Hi Notes
09/19 57 64 .28″ rain.
09/20 52 68
09/21 52 72 Pole beans still yielding a few pounds per day. Snow peas starting to yield again.
09/22 Removed two sunflowers and trimmed squash to provide more light to melons and pumpkins. Moved plastic cover from tomatoes to melons.
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September 18th, 2009 No comments
Date Lo Hi Notes
09/12 57 83
09/13 57 80
09/14 60 71 Harvested first ear of corn. Glorious!
09/15 60 79 Dug up remaining rutabagas and cabbages. Planted out all remaining veggie seedlings except celery #2. Pruned winter squash again. Established compost heap.
09/16 59 72 .01″ rain.
09/17 58 72 .01″ rain.
09/18 53 83 .13″ rain.
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September 11th, 2009 No comments
Date Lo Hi Notes
09/05 59 69 0.50″ rain. Pulled out pea vines. Made plastic tent for a few tomato vines.
09/06 54 63 0.64″ rain.
09/07 55 65 0.07″ rain.
09/08 51 70
09/09 58 75 Harvested first winter squash. Edible but not great.
09/10 60 72
09/11 58 83
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September 4th, 2009 No comments
Date Lo Hi Notes
08/29 61 73 .06″ rain. Pruned winter squash and melons. Additional plantings in original veggie patch. Still need to find space for a few more seedlings. Side dressed all but legumes and new NE corner with 1.5lbs 29-3-4 along soaker hose lines. Sprayed against powdery mildew with 1tsp baking soda in a quart of water.
08/30 56 78 Planted out second batch of melon and pepper seedlings.
08/31 57 73
09/01 56 65
09/02 56 79 .08″ rain.
09/03 58 73 .01″ rain. Started more lettuce and radishes.
09/04 58 77 .05″ rain.
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August 28th, 2009 No comments
Date Lo Hi Notes
08/22 59 73 Purchased used chipper/shredder.
08/23 59 71 More prep work on NE corner.
08/24 52 78 Chipped most of the brush and vines removed from NE corner.
08/25 56 73 .01″ rain. Brother Mike loaned us rototiller.
08/26 56 75 Three passes over NE corner with rototiller.
08/27 53 88 Shredder stolen overnight. Finished NE corner preparation – last rototiller pass, compost, fertilizer, and driveway edging.
08/28 60 78 .14″ rain. Planted the new NE corner.
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August 21st, 2009 No comments
Date Lo Hi Notes
08/15 53 69
08/16 54 76 First watering for about a week. Removed loose gravel from the NE corner.
08/17 58 82 Broke up some concrete in the NE corner. Removed the clematis and some shrubs from the NE corner. Watering daily due to heat.
08/18 60 83 Removed the barberries from the NE corner. Thinned tree S of deck.
08/19 64 87
08/20 62 82 More prep work on NE corner.
08/21 60 70 More prep work on NE corner.
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Cauliflower Woes

August 21st, 2009 No comments

We’re seeing some leaf yellowing and curling in the cabbages and cauliflowers. Possible causes include iron deficiency, nitrogen deficiency, and “yellows”. Iron deficiency doesn’t seem likely given the number of rusty nails we’ve found. “Yellows” are often associated with excess nitrogen, which is unlikely given the volume of green leaves that the broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, rutabagas, and swedes have put out since the last fertilizer treatment two months ago.

And so a soil test is in order. We sampled four places in the brassica patch, and combined them:

Location Area pH N P K Elements Fertilizer Amendments
Brassica patch 50 sq ft not tested 0/Depleted 0.5/Depleted 3/Sufficient 2.3 oz N plus 1.8 oz P. 11 ozs 16-16-16 plus 2 ozs 26-3-4 sprinkled along soaker hose. none
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Seattle NE corner soil

August 20th, 2009 No comments

We took two samples from the NE corner which is to be the new veggie area, and mixed them for testing.

The corner includes a good-sized rhododendron, a lavender/rosemary patch, and compost space. They aren’t included in the 200sq ft to be treated. There is very little vegetable matter in the soil so we’ll add a lot of compost.

Location Area pH N P K Elements Fertilizer Amendments
NE corner 200 sq ft 6.7/good 0/Depleted 5/Surplus 0/Depleted 8.3 oz N plus 10.7oz K. 4 lbs 16-16-16, raked in. 8 cu ft compost rototilled in, then 4 cu ft compost raked in with the fertilizer.
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August 14th, 2009 No comments
Date Lo Hi Notes
08/08 57 68
08/09 61 78 Some powdery mildew on pea leaves facing fence.
08/10 58 72 0.11″ rain.
08/11 60 72 0.25″ rain.
08/12 60 76 0.02″ rain. Powdery mildew on rutabagas but not on neighboring cabbages. Moved pumpkins as they were being overrun by winter squash.
08/13 58 66 0.29″ rain.
08/14 57 71
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August 7th, 2009 No comments
Date Lo Hi Notes
08/01 62 88 All plants heat stressed. Watered daily.
08/02 62 91 White fly and aphids on some of the large brassicas. Sprayed spinosad on affected leaves. Bushes heat stressed. Watered daily.
08/03 58 84
08/04 58 75 A startled animal must have run through the winter squash and cantaloupe, inflicting only modest damage. We planted out all the veggie seedlings, except the carrots which need another week or so.
08/05 55 70 Placed netting over strawberries.
08/06 57 72 Started second major veggie wave – 20 kinds of plant in 288 cells.
08/07 58 68
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