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Well, in the past two weeks since I have put in the tomato plants at my Fenton Community Garden plot, there have been 4 days of 100+ degree heat and NO measurable rainfall. Though I have babied them and given them lots of water, my tomatoes are just looking awful -- a dull, olive green and wilty. I will see how it goes over the next few days, but if they do not recover, am thinking I will yank most of them and put in new seedling plants and hope/pray/beg for a return to "normal" June weather.
On the plus side, the rest of my plantings seem to be thriving. One thing is for sure, the okra likes the heat!
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| Cucumber seedlings at 10 days |
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| 1st appearance of watermelon seedlings! |
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My tomatoes were looking rather pale and sickly at Fenton too, so I gave them a few doses of fish emulsion and that seems to have helped get them green and growing. I think the lack of soil fertility is more of a problem in our garden than the lack of water. I hope your tomatoes can rally! -Anne
ReplyDeleteThanks, Anne, will try fish emulsion on a few a see if that helps. Really think though they got sun-scorched and may have to go again from scratch.
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