June 3, 2009

The corn is not germinating well. One complete row has not come up. I dug down into where I expected the seeds to be. Some were not there. Others had germinated but were not ready to break through the dirt. I had to put nearly twenty new seeds in the four rows. Now, all we can do is wait.

I planted three eggplant starts yesterday. I uncovered the black plastic and watered well the day before yesterday. My starts, which had been transferred from 2 inch pots to quart pots, were almost pot-bound. It's obvious when looking at the yellowed bottom leaves.

The tomatoes are about a foot tall. I decided to keep the Remay on them because there is a constant breeze that cools the whole plot. It seems to be working. I water them once a week.

The broccoli are also growing fast. I haven't watered them at all for a week and they seem to be tolerating the heat from the black plastic. I keep expecting them to bolt, but so far, they're not.

I planted the two melons today. Their roots filled the 2 inch pots. I had watered under the plastic yesterday and made wells on the top. I didn't water them after putting them in their spot so that the roots will move toward the wetter mounds.