Tuesday, August 30, 2011

One more female pumpkin flower this morning. That makes three so far, I think. Coming along slowly. However, these are all larger varieties and the smaller ones take less time to grow and mature.

Still more tomato flowers this morning and can see small fruit beginning to form where flowers set not long ago. So it's actually beginning to look like a decent crop:)

May have made a little mistake in sequencing. Some sources say sulphur may be toxic to ladybugs. Though they're toxic to aphids, as well. In each case, only toxic on the soil surface, not once it dissolves and mixes in. Still seeing some ladies but not a whole lot. Glad I have two more shipments coming in. For now, watering heavily and trying to dissolve all the sulphur into the soil. Rain has helped. No more sulphur until tilling time! Of course, I hope it doesn't kill off the ladybugs. However, for the reults and lessons learned, not sorry for spreading it. Making a huge difference.One more female pumpkin flower this morning. That makes three so far, I think. Coming along slowly. However, these are all larger varieties and the smaller ones take less time to grow and mature.

Still more tomato flowers this morning and can see small fruit beginning to form where flowers set not long ago. So it's actually beginning to look like a decent crop:)

May have made a little mistake in sequencing. Some sources say sulphur may be toxic to ladybugs. Though they're toxic to aphids, as well. In each case, only toxic on the soil surface, not once it dissolves and mixes in. Still seeing some ladies but not a whole lot. Glad I have two more shipments coming in. For now, watering heavily and trying to dissolve all the sulphur into the soil. Rain has helped. No more sulphur until tilling time! Of course, I hope it doesn't kill off the ladybugs. However, for the reults and lessons learned, not sorry for spreading it. Making a huge difference.



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