June 15 & 17, 2020
- We planted flowers for pollinators. They are annuals: red pentas, pink pentas, angelonia & zinnias. Then we watered & mulched around the plants.
- We planted red basil and egg plant.
- We pruned the lower limbs of tomatoes to help avoid fungus infections and help stem strength. You will see that there is 1 demonstration bed that shows different techniques on each tomato plant (red currant tomato plants).
- #1 The lower leaves were pruned to the 1st set under the 1st bloom, leaving suckers for food.
- #2 Multi stems
- #3 Pruned the top out, mid-season.
- #4 Used the Missouri system to prune suckers to one set of leaflets (for shading).
- #5 Pruned all suckers.
- #6 This is the control. Only the bottom leaves on it were removed. The control plant was originally planted in a trench because it was very tall at planting time. All the other plants were planted deep.
- We planted beans along the front fence.
- We placed the watering technique trials into beds using Tomato Automator Watering Trays and pipes.
- We replanted onions in the square foot bed.
- Below are pictures of the Keyhole Garden, Square Foot Garden, and Herb beds that are planted.
