Friday, February 18, 2022

Water... definitely and a mystery.

 Due to the now consistently dry weather the soil surface is drying out faster so watering it is. Everyone got water and then I noticed the neighbor beds had interesting plants coming up. The skies are clear and there's a light breeze. Wonderful 'spring' weather. 

You can see how I've dug the potatoes in, they're barely covered by soil and sprouts should be breaking the surface in a few days. I hope.












I think they're peanuts, could be peas. Clover?

Not peas. I can tell the difference. In the upper right corner of the right picture you can see some oxalis coming up, definitely not that. There are three 'cultivated' plants that look like clover. Peas, peanuts (still a legume) and clover. Could be something else I haven't grown.

 

 

I've seen actual clover (white and red as well as 'shamrocks' and the oxalis I mentioned) and this ain't it. I've grown peanuts and that seems to be more likely. Looks like some parsley down at the bottom as well. That would be totally cool but they don't have the distinctive peanut halves at the base unless she planted them really deep.

If you notice in the picture, the leaves are already divided into five leaflets. Two on each side with one at the apex. The leaves of the seedlings are definitely clover type with all three originating at a single point. Peas look very similar to peanuts without the clover shape at the end of the stem. Why plant clover though? Other than a cover crop at the end of the season.... given her confused idea on how to grow cuttings would not be surprised if she got something confused also. 

Look at me being a judgemental gardener! oops. Sorry.

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/peanut-plant-spring-arachis-hypogaea-fresh-leaves-182675840.jpg
Peanut seedling

 Definitely not peanuts or peas. Hmmmph. This will be interesting to see what develops.

Meanwhile back at the radishes..more holes.

Little bastards. Could be microscopic slugs or tiny beetles I just hope the plants grow faster than what's eating them. You can see the one seedling is laying over, I nudged it upright and pushed some soil around it. They're tiny seeds so you have to plant them shallow but then this happens and it looks like they need to be deeper. Too deep and they don't germinate. Sigh.

The other transplanted radishes are still doing well and so is the cilantro. Exciting stuff huh? Yawn.

 



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