ruralmamma
Garden Ornament
I lost a Wren's Egg plant early in the season and never discovered a reason why. A few weeks ago I had a Cold Creek plant in full bloom and starting to produce when suddenly half the leaves began to wither. Dug around and found no evidence of voles and stems were intact. Gave it some extra pond water for a few days and then we had a couple days of rain and it perked back up. I have several varieties of dry beans in that bed and none of the others showed any signs of stress. Odd.
About half of the network beans were transplants and the other half were mostly presprouted before being direct-seeded. I often soak seeds for a few hours before planning to give them a head start but this is the first year I've taken to these tactics and that was because we had weeks of rain followed by a heatwave. Remarkably all of the plants are doing good. Some will likely be ready to harvest in approximately two weeks while others are just starting to bloom. It's been a great inaugural year so far and looking forward to the harvest.
About half of the network beans were transplants and the other half were mostly presprouted before being direct-seeded. I often soak seeds for a few hours before planning to give them a head start but this is the first year I've taken to these tactics and that was because we had weeks of rain followed by a heatwave. Remarkably all of the plants are doing good. Some will likely be ready to harvest in approximately two weeks while others are just starting to bloom. It's been a great inaugural year so far and looking forward to the harvest.
