I have a lot of cuttings in pots, trying to get those to root. Purple Crape Myrtle, blueberry, pomegranate and green seedless grape. Nothing happening yet but it does take some time.
After doing some reading, decided to try honey as a rooting aid. One article I read included very well done scientific experiment which showed processed honey to be more effective than natural honey, aspirin and rooting hormone (also known as "willow water"). It's harmless, inexpensive and well worth the try.
Cantaloupe and watermelon vines have stretched out and are flowering like crazy! Not seeing fruit yet but keeping an eye out.
Tomato vines are forming some fruit. Not nearly like last couple of years. However, I'm happy to see a few tomatoes on the vines.
All the rain has still been making weeds run rampant. Spent an hour pulling weeds this evening and still didn't get to some areas. Plus the fact that I've been spraying a whole lot of weed killer. The newer one I was using wasn't very effective, so went back to generic glyphosate. It may be slower but is much more effective.
Grapes are doing awesome! Red grapes remain small but are ripening and taste really good. The green grapes are huge by comparison to previous years and also taste great!
Plums are ripening and coming off the trees. Going to pick all of them this weekend, while daughter is here.
Apples are still green, still growing and many are easily twice the size of most Albuquerque apples!
Getting twice as many zinnias growing this year over last year.
Fewer sunflowers. Part of that is intentional. Trying to control weeds that grew crazy last year because I couldn't reach them between and behind sunflowers. Rains has toppled some of them. Weed killer overspray killed off some smaller and younger ones.
Okay, time for some sleep.
After doing some reading, decided to try honey as a rooting aid. One article I read included very well done scientific experiment which showed processed honey to be more effective than natural honey, aspirin and rooting hormone (also known as "willow water"). It's harmless, inexpensive and well worth the try.
Cantaloupe and watermelon vines have stretched out and are flowering like crazy! Not seeing fruit yet but keeping an eye out.
Tomato vines are forming some fruit. Not nearly like last couple of years. However, I'm happy to see a few tomatoes on the vines.
All the rain has still been making weeds run rampant. Spent an hour pulling weeds this evening and still didn't get to some areas. Plus the fact that I've been spraying a whole lot of weed killer. The newer one I was using wasn't very effective, so went back to generic glyphosate. It may be slower but is much more effective.
Grapes are doing awesome! Red grapes remain small but are ripening and taste really good. The green grapes are huge by comparison to previous years and also taste great!
Plums are ripening and coming off the trees. Going to pick all of them this weekend, while daughter is here.
Apples are still green, still growing and many are easily twice the size of most Albuquerque apples!
Getting twice as many zinnias growing this year over last year.
Fewer sunflowers. Part of that is intentional. Trying to control weeds that grew crazy last year because I couldn't reach them between and behind sunflowers. Rains has toppled some of them. Weed killer overspray killed off some smaller and younger ones.
Okay, time for some sleep.
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