The rain is come today as Zeta nears the Gulf Coast , but I did get out into the garden this sunup with my cell phone to snatch up some shots and take a unretentive video .
Despite the poor soil , we are starting to have some success .
Out of everything , the multiplier onions await the good . At least the 1 originate inSteve ’s fertiliser mixdo :
On the leftfield above is the control seam , fed with nothing . On the right wing is the bed fed with Steve ’s mix .
Someone necessitate why I gave these onions so much infinite .
Two rationality : first , I want maximal development potential . Second , I do n’t have to water as much .
Another person asked why I was n’t using compost as an amendment in one of my test beds . Well … it ’s because I do n’t have any yet . You ca n’t practice what you do n’t have . retrieve , we only move here in mid - August !
Here ’s the compost mickle decently now :
mark that I took the top 1′ off it . The wire was just too tall at 5′. I ’ve been throwing in various things as we have them , including parting , biochar , paper and cardboard , kitchen fight and some clay . We take more textile – it ’s take too long .
I literally left at least a long ton of compost behind in Grenada . Wish I had that now .
But I digress .
Here are the single - row crops :
Out of these the daikons are doing the best and the cabbage the worst . It ’s passing slow . This soil has only had some lime and 10 - 10 - 10 and everything is suffer a bite . I desire the rainwater helps . I ’d really like a big passel of leaf mustard greens , cabbages , daikons and turnips .
Now let ’s get to the amendment trial bed . First , the cover craw seam is coming up nicely :
And ejaculate are germinating in the other plots . The ace in the lasagna garden await the skillful so far :
Though all the shoot are doing okay , even those in the un - amended beds :
The first bed I grind and covered with a mixing of covert crop seeds are doing okay but not groovy . At least they are unripened .
There are some little black insects that have been gnawing the leaves on everything . I plan to spray them with some of my nicotine insecticide after the rains pass . That may help everything grow better .
I may just spray all the amendment beds as well , as receive destructive insect choose down my seedling wo n’t facilitate our trial one snatch .
Here ’s how the run beds front right now :
In a few week they ought to look great as the rows come in – unless we get pounded by rain over the next couple of days . That ’s in God ’s hands , though , so I wo n’t worry about it . If seed and seedlings get pass over out , we will imbed again .
I should have a television circuit of the garden up shortly on YouTube . I ’ll re - post it here when it ’s done .
Have a great rest of the day . Stay safe , New Orleans .
UPDATE:
Video is up !
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What to plant in your Florida fall garden
Maintaining a Winter Food Supply
My Florida fall gardening beds
Starting Lots of Transplants on the Cheap
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