Had another frost this week. Actually, a light freeze. Most of the tomato plants survived, though with significant damage. Going to take a while for them to recover. Others have either gone completely dormant or died off. Only time will tell which is true.
Lettuce, spinach and onions survived well. Bulb flowers doing okay, shallow seed flowers not so much. Luckily, most of the seeds had not sprouted yet, so they'll probably still come up. Cucumber sprouts were wiped out. Glad I planted new seeds this past week.
Lots of sunflower seeds sprouting! Apple tree has lots of leaves and flowers. Main trunk of the plum tree doesn't look so great but it's growing a secondary trunk from the base. Three rose bushes are looking really good for now. Two grape vines budding out well and forming new vines.
Lots of Bermuda grass coming in. Not really sure how I feel about that, since it grows in such tight clumps. Be good if I can get those clumps to grow together, I guess. Kind of letting it go out of control at the moment, to develop deep roots and maybe go to seed and spread more, to cover bare spots. At least it's green!
Finally got the fertilizer/acid injector reinstalled today. Then ran acid through the lines. Once I knew it was in the lines, turned the pump off to let it sit for a few hours and dissolve some of the mineral scale. Have to do that every few weeks this summer both for soil treatment and keep scale buildup down. Though next time should be smarter and do that after running fertilizer.
Had to repair more doggy damage. Dogs have repeatedly gone after and chewed up one certain micro-sprinkler. So, moved it up out of reach, weaving the stake into the top of the trellis. Not bad. Now it covers more area. Dogs also managed to pull one drip line under the trellis and chew it up. Fixed that.
I really need to install an electric fence to defend against the dogs.
Going to wait until next weekend and plant out more tomato plants. These last two frosts were predicted while I had to be out of town during the day for work. Prediction came after the start of the week. So, not taking another chance. Still shooting for 200 tomato plants this year but not sure I'll make it.
After I get paid, need to get a few more micro-sprinklers and some tubing for some bare spots in front and back yards. I know the pump will handle it because right now I have to keep the pressure scaled back to those zones. Otherwise I blow the top off the micro-sprinklers and plugs pop out of the tubing.
Overall, things are looking good. Hope I can still say that in a few weeks!
Lettuce, spinach and onions survived well. Bulb flowers doing okay, shallow seed flowers not so much. Luckily, most of the seeds had not sprouted yet, so they'll probably still come up. Cucumber sprouts were wiped out. Glad I planted new seeds this past week.
Lots of sunflower seeds sprouting! Apple tree has lots of leaves and flowers. Main trunk of the plum tree doesn't look so great but it's growing a secondary trunk from the base. Three rose bushes are looking really good for now. Two grape vines budding out well and forming new vines.
Lots of Bermuda grass coming in. Not really sure how I feel about that, since it grows in such tight clumps. Be good if I can get those clumps to grow together, I guess. Kind of letting it go out of control at the moment, to develop deep roots and maybe go to seed and spread more, to cover bare spots. At least it's green!
Finally got the fertilizer/acid injector reinstalled today. Then ran acid through the lines. Once I knew it was in the lines, turned the pump off to let it sit for a few hours and dissolve some of the mineral scale. Have to do that every few weeks this summer both for soil treatment and keep scale buildup down. Though next time should be smarter and do that after running fertilizer.
Had to repair more doggy damage. Dogs have repeatedly gone after and chewed up one certain micro-sprinkler. So, moved it up out of reach, weaving the stake into the top of the trellis. Not bad. Now it covers more area. Dogs also managed to pull one drip line under the trellis and chew it up. Fixed that.
I really need to install an electric fence to defend against the dogs.
Going to wait until next weekend and plant out more tomato plants. These last two frosts were predicted while I had to be out of town during the day for work. Prediction came after the start of the week. So, not taking another chance. Still shooting for 200 tomato plants this year but not sure I'll make it.
After I get paid, need to get a few more micro-sprinklers and some tubing for some bare spots in front and back yards. I know the pump will handle it because right now I have to keep the pressure scaled back to those zones. Otherwise I blow the top off the micro-sprinklers and plugs pop out of the tubing.
Overall, things are looking good. Hope I can still say that in a few weeks!
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