GARDENING JOURNAL
Thursday, July 06, 2006
In the wee hours of the morning I heard rain, so no watering today. It cleared up nicely later in the day and became less humid. Thank you Canada for the cool front.
The tomato plants are growing well. Next year I will remember only to pinch suckers that grow between two stems. On two of the Beefsteaks, I mistakenly pinched a stem, but on the other two I left the two stems alone to grow normally. The latter is the proper approach and will provide more tomatoes. (The Better Boy tomatoes seem not have this two-stem configuration.)
The tomatoes are now well above the tomato cages. I continue to tie the growing tomatoes to the stakes, but those stakes are beginning to run out of room.
The spacing between the tomato cages must be increased next year, to enable easier weeding with gardening tools.
Last autumn’s effort at a burying a six-inch layer of leaves into 10-inch trenches in the earth seems to have provided valuable nourishment to the tomato and cucumber plants. The very ample rain has also contributed to the rapid growth of them as well.
Today, numerous cucumber blossoms appeared. I do hope that the bees pollinate them and that they begin to grow soon.
Tomorrow is another day!
