Patrick
What, me worry?
Afternoon all,
Slowed down a bit, finally.
Tomatoes doing well for me...finally. Picked 25 over the past 4 days. I pick them every other day. One yesterday was as large as a large softball. The yellow ones are finally slowing down. I am also getting some of the small red ones from the Jelly Bean tomato plant the neighbor gave me.
My big disappointment is the corn, but I haven't planted corn since I was in 6th grade. They aren't quite filling the ears they way I expected, but it is more of an experiment. I am thinking of enlarging the space in the fall with plans for corn next year. It was a kind of space filler anyway.
Apples are getting close though and any peaches still on e the trees are about 3 weeks out. There may be 6 of them.
Everyone have a good night.
Slowed down a bit, finally.
Tomatoes doing well for me...finally. Picked 25 over the past 4 days. I pick them every other day. One yesterday was as large as a large softball. The yellow ones are finally slowing down. I am also getting some of the small red ones from the Jelly Bean tomato plant the neighbor gave me.
My big disappointment is the corn, but I haven't planted corn since I was in 6th grade. They aren't quite filling the ears they way I expected, but it is more of an experiment. I am thinking of enlarging the space in the fall with plans for corn next year. It was a kind of space filler anyway.
Apples are getting close though and any peaches still on e the trees are about 3 weeks out. There may be 6 of them.
Everyone have a good night.
MOH and daughter took the rescue skunk to his forever home today. While he was here, he was very unhappy. That was probably from him leaving his home and family. Poor guy.
After getting home I cleaned up the area he was in and took down the enclosure. After that I ended up washing towels and throw rugs.
Each and every silk on a corn plant must be pollinated by the pollen from the tassels. Each silk is attached to one kernel. Corn pollen is carried by the wind, hence plantings work best when planted in "blocks" as opposed to single or double rows. They also work best when the silks are pollinated by a neighboring plants pollen, although some small amount of self-pollinating can happen. Here again, wind is needed or a good shaking about mid-morning works. While not usually necessary, artificial insemination is possible by cutting a tassel from a plant and gently rubbing it on the silks of several other plants. Repeat a couple of days later and so on. A pollinated silk turns brown.
The only consolation is that Tampa Bay is losing badly. Didn't notice Toronto, would hate to see them sneak up. Mets losing to Yanks 3 -1 in the 5th. 
