righty, I have blooms on various peppers but still no peppers.
sockmonkey, the largest T squash, maybe 5 ft. tall, is only producing male flowers and they are falling off. More flowers are there to develop and I hope they are females, and a male is still on there at that time. I have 4 more T squash much smaller (have I said I hate Jiffy Seed starter?), about 9 inches tall, and I'll swear one has flower pods on it.
I definitely have cucumbers growing, the largest one is 3 inches. There are 15 plants of various types and the Homemade Pickles are the best at their rate of growth and blooming. I'll only plant those next year.
I need more tomatoes to appear where all those blooms are on the 4 largest tomato plants. Only have a total of 5 tomatoes actually growing. At least the plants are solid and sturdy which is better than I did last year managing to kill them all due to transplanting them too shallow. I have many other tomato plants of various types I need to transplant into larger permanent pots.
Johnny, some of the tobacco leaves are 16 inches long. When do I take those off and hang them up? And how do you attach them to hang them up?
Greeneyes, I HAVE NO LETTUCE.
That St. Anne's fell over and died and it wasn't for lack of water. Maybe it knew I didn't like it. I'm in a pickle about lettuce. I got the Tom Thumb packages, but it says, “An old world crop that requires cooler temperatures to grow really well.” Humph, I can't plant that now due to it will be hotter than hell in Texas very soon.
I have to search for lettuce that will grow in hot temperatures - I can shade it but that doesn't prevent the ambient air from being in the 90s and even higher before another month is gone. What to do, what to do, what to do???? Anyone know a lettuce that grows in heat? (I'll plant the Tom Thumb in the fall.)
They sent me a free envelope of “Lettuce Red Romaine” but it says it must have cooler temps. Plus it has a tap root that goes deep. The planters I have for lettuce are not deep but it doesn't matter anyway since it needs cool weather.
Johnny, I guess you have plenty of lettuce growing, what “brand” do you grow?
Bandera said she got over 2 inches of rain and that's the most I've heard from her for - maybe years? I visited her high on that hill where they live and one day it poured rain for a short while, then it was gone. There is a great view up on that hill looking across the hills and valleys.
They only last about 24 hours open. I gathered some pollen from males on q tips, and it is in a ziplock bag in the fridge. I have little creepy flies, some ants, and bees hanging around the flowers...
Also, lizards love the T-Squash plants, so I've lost a few male flowers due to cats chasing lizards around the T squash plants. I do have some squash that are Picking size, but I am waiting for the weekend when a friend comes back from DC. We can do some kind of Korean stir with them.
I have grown black seeded simpson in the heat of summer by planting it where a tree shaded it in the afternoon, but it is a leaf lettuce. Little Gem Romaine also did well in the shade.
If you don’t have natural shade you can make it using a sheet or shade fabric to keep the sun off during the hottest part of the afternoon.
Check your Bountiful garden catalog, they should have some listed for hot weather too.
“”Bandera said she got over 2 inches of rain and that’s the most I’ve heard from her for - maybe years? “”
We got a bit more than 2”, and it wasn’t a fast heavy squall with a lot of run-off. It was a gentle soaking rain.
I use romain lettuce. During the hot summer months, I rely mostly on chard. It's not lettuce, but it's a leafy green that can be eaten raw.
/johnny