Comments on: Garden update - good and not so good http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/08/08/garden-update-good-and-not-so-good/ Domesticity by Trial and Error Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:53:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Lisa @ Crazy Adventures in Parenting http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/08/08/garden-update-good-and-not-so-good/#comment-25616 Lisa @ Crazy Adventures in Parenting Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:28:23 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/08/08/garden-update-good-and-not-so-good/#comment-25616 I used an insecticidal soap. I think there was another organic remedy I used I found from the store, can't recall the name at present. I will see if I saved any of my google searches about it. Great garden btw! I'm jealous! We moved too late in the season :( I used an insecticidal soap. I think there was another organic remedy I used I found from the store, can’t recall the name at present. I will see if I saved any of my google searches about it.

Great garden btw! I’m jealous! We moved too late in the season :(

]]> By: Debbie http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/08/08/garden-update-good-and-not-so-good/#comment-25324 Debbie Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:39:54 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/08/08/garden-update-good-and-not-so-good/#comment-25324 My guess on the zucchini is that it's root bound. Vining plants can put out a lot of roots and in a pot they only have so far they can go. One way you can check is to dig out a couple inches of soil at the edge of the pot and see if you see lots of roots. If you do the only thing you could do is root pruning and repotting, but I'm not sure the plant would survive or if it's really worth it. Ifc you plant like this again next year my suggestion would be to plant 2-3 pots in succession,about two weeks apart, using the same size pot. If you put them in bigger pots they'll just take up the extra soil and not necessarily give you much more zucchini. The only other thing is the zucchini is a determinate variety which means it will only produce a certain amount and that's it. No matter what you do, when it's done, it's DONE. Some types of tomatoes are like that but I'm not sure about zucchini cause it's one of the very few veggies I don't plant! My guess on the zucchini is that it’s root bound. Vining plants can put out a lot of roots and in a pot they only have so far they can go. One way you can check is to dig out a couple inches of soil at the edge of the pot and see if you see lots of roots. If you do the only thing you could do is root pruning and repotting, but I’m not sure the plant would survive or if it’s really worth it. Ifc you plant like this again next year my suggestion would be to plant 2-3 pots in succession,about two weeks apart, using the same size pot. If you put them in bigger pots they’ll just take up the extra soil and not necessarily give you much more zucchini.

The only other thing is the zucchini is a determinate variety which means it will only produce a certain amount and that’s it. No matter what you do, when it’s done, it’s DONE. Some types of tomatoes are like that but I’m not sure about zucchini cause it’s one of the very few veggies I don’t plant!

]]> By: Joyful Abode http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/08/08/garden-update-good-and-not-so-good/#comment-25198 Joyful Abode Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:08:06 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/08/08/garden-update-good-and-not-so-good/#comment-25198 Wendy, I've heard that too! I wouldn't want my veggies to taste like cayenne though... would it wash off easily? I guess if it would, then rain would wash it away too, hmm.... Lindsay, I don't know! We're just watering it and I think a LITTLE miracle gro every couple of weeks. I killed the basil I had before (two years ago) and I did the exact same thing. So maybe I just got lucky seeds this year. Wendy, I’ve heard that too! I wouldn’t want my veggies to taste like cayenne though… would it wash off easily? I guess if it would, then rain would wash it away too, hmm….

Lindsay, I don’t know! We’re just watering it and I think a LITTLE miracle gro every couple of weeks. I killed the basil I had before (two years ago) and I did the exact same thing. So maybe I just got lucky seeds this year.

]]> By: Lindsay http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/08/08/garden-update-good-and-not-so-good/#comment-25191 Lindsay Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:34:42 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/08/08/garden-update-good-and-not-so-good/#comment-25191 Ok, how do you keep your basil alive? I tend to kill any basil plant I get within a few months (or weeks). I don't know what I'm doing wrong. :( Are you feeding it anything? Me and my brown thumb... I envy you. Ok, how do you keep your basil alive? I tend to kill any basil plant I get within a few months (or weeks). I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. :( Are you feeding it anything?

Me and my brown thumb… I envy you.

]]> By: Wendy http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/08/08/garden-update-good-and-not-so-good/#comment-25186 Wendy Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:07:06 +0000 http://www.joyfulabode.com/blog/2008/08/08/garden-update-good-and-not-so-good/#comment-25186 I've heard that cayenne pepper can work as a natural deterrant for pests... I’ve heard that cayenne pepper can work as a natural deterrant for pests…

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