So the word is in. The Community Garden is plodding along and not looking very good because our soil is lacking in Nitrogen. The people in charge are going to provide us with fish emulsion, green waste compost, and straw mulch to help. But I can’t help wondering if it’s too late to really get a good harvest out of it. I’ve got a few tomatoes on the vines, and they’re still growing despite the lack of foliage on everything else, but the soil amendment party isn’t until next week. I think I’d rather go find myself some fish emulsion today and get it started now. It wouldn’t hurt to have more, right?
Despite having been planted on May 16th, my swiss chard is still teeny leaflings poking out through the soil, no more than 1/2″ high. *sigh*
Feeling a bit disappointed about it. The picture at the top of this post is of the mint growing in a pot on my porch. It’s anything but disappointing! It’s growing like crazy and seems to be thriving in the sunny spot on my porch. I’ve also got some potted sage there that is happy.
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This sounds a lot like our garden. I’m doing my best to appreciate the abundance of mint, too. I have split it a few times this year, and even sent one plant over to my brother’s garden.
Posted 02 Jul 2009 at 8:21 AM ¶Too bad! But as long as you have a few tomatoes on the vine, at least those should be fine. The chard will probably be good too – it grew well for me all season, so I think it will catch up.
Posted 02 Jul 2009 at 8:53 AM ¶It is not too late. Plants take up Nitrogen very, very quickly.
Don’t give your tomatoes too much Nitrogen.
I bet it will help the chard quite a bit. Chard is a little slow-growing, though, in my experience. And mid-May is pretty late to get it in, so it might just be reacting to the heat now. I don’t know. I suspect it will be fine, if a bit slower than you’d hoped.
Posted 02 Jul 2009 at 11:05 AM ¶Hello
Posted 09 Jul 2009 at 4:19 PM ¶this is probably a little late to help (sorry – but just came across your pretty blog) but there are lots of legumes (beans – runner beans, peas etc) that help fix nitrogen so feed the soil and think about planting some of those next time maybe?
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