What did you do in the garden today?

[WthrLady]

For the second year in a row, my lettuce, spinach, and carrots aren't doing anything! I usually have no issues growing the carrots at least. The only thing I changed is their location in the garden. It's a raised bed, about 4 feet by 30 feet. Filled with what we call black gold. It's a mix of yard waste that the next town over collects and they let it compost. Then give it away free. My tomatoes, onions, beans, and strawberries are all doing wonderfully! Any ideas on what the issue could be with the slacker veggies? Weather has been hot and sunny with rain at night. And we have a fence around the yard and garden so no one can come in and snack

Could be too hot a compost. Some, most seeds, don't like to germinate in compost proper.
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THe wild turkey hen that has her home in the hayfield somewhere, decided to take her morning food stroll this morning INSIDE the alpaca pasture. They boys were confused that she dared enter their domain, and were tolerant and she plucked along nibbling their grass. But they drew the line and came out in force when she DARED plop down in the middle of THEIR dust bath and proceeded to fluff about! How DARE she?!?!? They raced down, tails flicking, heads down and chased her off.
So funny.

930 and it's already 83 degrees NO wind and a dewpoint of 71 degrees. Hazy and HOT. Heading out to water and spray the boys down for flies. They're biting hard today. (the flies, not the alpacas)

 

[oldhen2345]

Btw did I ever tell you how much I HATE ants? The garlic patch is infested with them.... Who wants to go digging in that?

Oh, I am right there with you- I hate ants. Always have a ring of bites around my ankles and a couple on my hands that itch something fierce. Don’t know which I hate worse- fire ants or those little piss ants.

 

[tripletfeb]

Sun exposure, wind- any differences?

new soil? Maybe it came with “bugs” that are problematic in the soil.

any small holes indicating something living in the bed?

No, nothing. Which is why it's so confusing!

 

[Elyrian1]

No, nothing. Which is why it's so confusing!

Did your seeds even germinate? Batch may be too old.

 

[tripletfeb]

Could be too hot a compost. Some, most seeds, don't like to germinate in compost proper.
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THe wild turkey hen that has her home in the hayfield somewhere, decided to take her morning food stroll this morning INSIDE the alpaca pasture. They boys were confused that she dared enter their domain, and were tolerant and she plucked along nibbling their grass. But they drew the line and came out in force when she DARED plop down in the middle of THEIR dust bath and proceeded to fluff about! How DARE she?!?!? They raced down, tails flicking, heads down and chased her off.
So funny.

930 and it's already 83 degrees NO wind and a dewpoint of 71 degrees. Hazy and HOT. Heading out to water and spray the boys down for flies. They're biting hard today. (the flies, not the alpacas)

I've never had any issues before but that's interesting about the heat! I never thought of that! Thanks

 

[tripletfeb]

Did your seeds even germinate? Batch may be too old.

Nope, never germinated. And the seeds are from this year. Can I do lettuce, spinach, and carrots in pots? Might try that

 

[Elyrian1]

Nope, never germinated. And the seeds are from this year. Can I do lettuce, spinach, and carrots in pots? Might try that

You can, but the carrots take much longer to mature in pots. I suppose it's possible you got a bad batch of seeds altogether even though they're this year. I've had it happen. Try germinating some on a damp towel and see what happens.

 

[tripletfeb]

You can, but the carrots take much longer to mature in pots. I suppose it's possible you got a bad batch of seeds altogether even though they're this year. I've had it happen. Try germinating some on a damp towel and see what happens.

Will do! Thanks for letting me come on this thread and ask for help everyone!

 

[TJAnonymous]

The temp here this morning is only 73 degrees and cloudy but the relative humidity is almost 90%! I was sweating buckets just taking a stroll around the garden and I typically tolerate heat very well. Supposed to get more rain today through Saturday. Yay....nothing like hot, muggy, sticky weather. Welcome to the Deep South.

 

[TJAnonymous]

You can, but the carrots take much longer to mature in pots. I suppose it's possible you got a bad batch of seeds altogether even though they're this year. I've had it happen. Try germinating some on a damp towel and see what happens.

I planted some yellow carrots in the ground back in mid April. I figured they would be done by now.... The greens are tall and lush. I pulled one just to check them and was very disappointed that the carrot was less than an inch long.

To be fair, I had some Parisian carrot seeds too but I didn't think I had planted those.... I might have mixed the seeds up in planting.

Guess it's going to be carrots from the store this summer. I might try again in the fall.