Comments on: Garden update

By: Rebecca Barnett

Rebecca Barnett — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:48:53 +0000

Thanks so much for the information, Karen! I’ll have to take a look in the morning. Hopefully I’ll be able to save them, because the watermelons are starting to grow! We’ll see I guess.

By: karenhager

karenhager — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 11:17:53 +0000

Rebecca: If your plants still look healthy, definitely replant in new soil. Look mainly at the stems. Are they rotting from overwatering, or do they still look strong? If you caught it early, your plants will probably be fine.

By: crooked road

crooked road — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 02:42:41 +0000

The dark cloud is losing all those vegetables. The silver lining is making new friends at the farmers’ market these next few weeks.

By: Rebecca Barnett

Rebecca Barnett — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:53:29 +0000

Hopefully things will start looking up from here!! I have a completely unrelated question. I planted baby watermelon a month and half ago, and the pot I planted them in didn’t have sufficient drainage, so the soil has gotten moldy. Are my watermelon plants garbage at this point? Or can I get rid of the soil and replant the plants in new soil?

By: Art Hill

Art Hill — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 08:10:07 +0000

Compost and mulch your asparagus bed and keep it well-watered, it will be fine. Sorry for your loss, after 80 MPH winds my heirlooms look like nothing happened. Go figure.

By: Deep Roots

Deep Roots — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:15:44 +0000

Good for you! With the weather year we’ve had, we may all be harvesting tomatoes at Thanksgiving anyway. I think your asparagus will be okay as long as you give it plenty of compost or manure in early spring. Do keep us updated as to how the survivors and new plantings progress.