irrigation in the HOT weather
How about this heat and dry weather!! What a difference from last year. My plants seem to be deep rooted enough to go for 3-4 days without water, even though we have temps well into the 90's (F) all day. Then they need a long deep watering.
This is great for avoiding fungal problems (like last years late blight). I'm hoping for a nice tomato harvest starting soon.
I thought maybe my potatoes would be ready and pulled up a plant last Friday. Not! (I put away potato salad recipe.) There were lots of little marble sized tubers on the roots. No edible sized ones. Oh well. I'll wait.
Labels: irrigation system
posted by kathy at 7/08/2010 08:30:00 PM
3 Comments:
Love the blog ! I would suggest tater tipping to check on progress and not lose the plant. Just use a spade to tip up the plant from one side and check for spuds then drop it back down again. You can even take a couple for dinner and leave the rest to get larger. Makes the wait a little easier...
July 08, 2010 11:45 PM
I hope you quickly steamed all those little marbles. They're insubstantial, but delicious. Got a lot of those floating around with the big guys at the end of last season.
July 09, 2010 9:02 AM
Nice blog. Yous should try to have drip irrigation system to even nurture your crops more efficiently.
August 19, 2010 4:00 AM
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