We were warned yesterday they would be reconstructing the corner of our building from when the truck hit it. At 7:30 am. The grinding is done, now they're hammering and poor Rocky is going to be a wreck all day poor guy.
It's still a waiting game in the garden on many levels. Waiting for
seeds to grow, waiting for fruit to ripe, waiting for the heat to come
next week that's worse than what we have now. Yeah, it's full on summer
now and at 10 am it was 80 in the kitchen. I closed up and we're running
the AC already before it was 11am.
The balcony on the next building from us has some tiny peppers growing and a marigold. She has the cage around the larger one that has been there the longest. I think she was trying to protect it from butterflies laying eggs. By tiny I mean the peppers are tiny, likely Thai hot peppers since they have the same small leaves as the older plant. No sign of the fruit but I think I noticed some flowers.
The traps were set last night, I remembered a small gifted tomato in the fridge and cut it up. this picture is the north bed with the most damage on the leaves.
The traps didn't get much in the other bed either. I'm leaving them open because when I pulled the cup out there were several pillbugs in the soil. The cup at the bottom of the picture is one of my seedling cups with hols cut in the bottom. Will leave that out tonight with a cover on it and see if any get in there. I also discovered that wood is a better trap than plastic. The bugs were wandering around because they were collected under the piece of bark. Doh!
And that little caterpillar was on one of the south bed tomatoes. Needless to say I am glad I got it at this stage and promptly nipped off the leave it on and tossed it to the compost.
Small bit of concern over signs of nutrient issues on the center tomato in that north bed. Now it could just be an older leaf but experience tells me it may be more than that. The center plant has always been smaller and weaker looking than the other two. I will be monitoring closely and getting fertilizer on them ASAP. It could be a sign of overwatering or just an aging leaf, will find out. Might have to open that calcium supplement and give everything a soaking tomorrow.
And then the bounty of the raised bed. There are two plants growing in the same spot and you can see there is a vast difference in the way the fruit is forming. Roundish and pointed then there's the one on the trellis that is the typical shape for Roma tomatoes.
The two biggest tomato branch was laying on the soil due to the weight of the fruit. Not only are those two on there but behind them are two smaller ones. I discovered a small bit of the green wire, attached it to that branch and then twisted it around a thicker branch to hold it up.
Tomatoes, tomatoes, and more tomatoes all over the place. I'll leave that branch to lean against the fence as crowding too many leaves together can create an issue. I will definitely be using sturdy cages next time.
I am also not sure that little seedling near the trellis is cilantro. It is stiffer than the ones I remember coming up. My fear is that it is a sprout from one of the logs or tree seed under the soil. That would be a near disaster for sure. I have to wait until it grows some more before I determine what it is. I have only put cilantro and beans there and this looks like neither of those. And none of the pests have been eating it from what I can see.
Go figure.
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