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Wed, Jun 20, 12 at 12:34
| It has been so dry these days. I haven't been having to water so much. I was almost looking for rain everyday! But come to think of it, the dry weather is actually good to gardening in many aspects: 1. Less bugs, not many mosquittos, less slugs, etc. 2. Better fruiting on fruit veggies such as tomatoes, eggplants and peppers. 3. Cleaner greens, not much dirt and sands on our greens. 4. Less weeds, a slight hoeing and the weeds are dried and gone. 5. No more outgrown jungle-like out of control garden field.
Therefore, I should feel good about what the Nature gives me this year. What about you? (sorry, the photo I include was outdated) |
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| You are correct about the weeds and some insect pressure is down. I have not had to do anything for insect control on the brassics or cucurbits. Potatoe beetles are a whole different story though. I would rather it be dry and then wet rather than wet and then dry. This way the plants are at least sending roots deep. If it is wet and then dry, it seems as if you don't get many roots and then you are in trouble when they need to search for water and they don't have the roots. |
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| Agreed, the dry weather is great for the weeds. I spent about 30 minutes weeding yesterday so they would be uprooted and exposed to the extreme heat. Unfortunately, I felt a little uprooted and exposed, but it was worth it. The one major downside I have seen is the stunting of the peas: they are one of the main reasons I garden. |
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| I have been spending a lot more time watering than I ever spent on weeding. Also, just to look across the fence or road and see the brave field plants crying to heaven is saddening.. |
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- Posted by bookjunky4life 5 Central IL (My Page) on Wed, Jun 20, 12 at 17:07
| I would rather be a little on the dry side than too wet (like July 2011!) but this is getting a bit ridiculous. |
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| Yeh, it's rediculously dry. Also, the verdict is not out yet on some of what I said. For example, my friuting veggies are doing fine so far with daily watering, but if this dryness continue, I am not sure whether the quality of resulting fruits will be suffered, because each day the plants are bending their head before my watering. I normally don't see this happening before. |
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