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Nothing fancy. I did get the duster loaded and used it for what of my bulb vegetables are appearing. I also thinned/transplanted half of the final row, dusting it as a final insult to the injury. I looked through the peppers and tomatoes. I did find a few tomatoes on one of the plants, but that was it. I have one plant that looks more like a bush and still has no tomatoes on it. I also only found the one pepper plant with a few peppers coming in. I am wondering if I am watering too much? No, until recently, and even then only once or twice, I have only been watering every other day. Although I am considering watering only one half of my garden on the off days. Some of my peppers don't seem to like that much water. Luckily, the peppers that are near the tomatoes, corn, and tubers seems to really be liking whatever I throw at them in the way of water. So, I can simply put the sprinkler near the tomatoes, limit the spray to the that row and head it east and it should work out well for off-day watering. The turnips and kohlrabi, corn, and tomatoes I think, plus the Serrano peppers, are just loving the extra water. I hope to see the kohlrabi do what the turnips did after I thinned those and maybe with the extra watering. *B U S H*
I worked in the heat, but today was a relatively cool day, or I tolerated it well? Hmm, let me check. It says the high was 91 while showing that it is now 93. Stupid weathermen. Anyway, I was in and out just slightly before they tagged the high (and in spite of the current temp being higher). Well, I may have answered one of my questions. It looks like, after the "high" of the day, the temp can and does still climb, or possibly begin dipping then climb again. I've seen that before, or more felt it, but I didn't know if that was me or if there really was a double rise in temperatures. Looks like I was catching it. A good thing, really. It might mean what I had thought was health related temp problems weren't what I feared.
Yeah. After a bit I may take another run at the last part of the full row... or not. I'm not cooling down well. Then again that may not matter as I am tolerating the felt heat really well. To finish that, then set the water up for an half hour run later tonight would be good. After that, perhaps a run into town to exchange the fertilizer system and perhaps look for bonemeal or such... Yeah, but best look over the fertilizer I have, to make sure another purchase is actually needed. Might as well check the mail to see if the refund check is in while I am at it. A lot of things are on hold as I wait for that. It's been almost a month, I think. Irritating. Later.
If overwatering was stunting the plants, there'd be other symptoms you've not mentioned.
ReplyDeleteBut water costs $, so you could try cutting back and watching for any signs of wilting during the hottest part of the afternoon, and then increase just a tad from that point, keeping in mind the variations of weather (rain, dewpoint and actual temperature).
When I was doing it every other day I was seeing some wilting. That's part of why I started a daily routine. I'm probably overdoing that, but yeah... I'll cut the extra watering to an half hour, when I can remember. The extra watering is done with a 'side' hose, so as to be able to just water the one half and without having to separate the usual hoses (which have two sprinklers, one of which would have to be undone and the other capped). Bleh.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm... I'm working on it.