Another week passed and the girls are still happy! The beginning of the week was hot, temps in the low 90s and overnight in the 70s. The end of the week cooled off, with highs in the upper 70s and lows in the upper 50s. Weโre still getting rain every 2 or 3 days, sometimes very heavy, but the girls are staying mostly dry under the canopy.
The cabbage moths are active now all thru the yard, Iโm hoping the Bt keeps them off these girls. Iโm spraying 2x a week, alternating as before with Greencure, Organocide and soap.
I top-dressed this week with dry amendments, the same hot veg mix Iโve been using, 1 cup for each except the blueberry, she got 1/2 cup. I sprinkled ground up mosquito dunks on each plant as well.
Another round of defoliating done and Iโm not seeing much WPM or evidence of bugs, thank goodness!
I realized that we had a light in the backyard overnight that was lighting up the girls too much. I have corrected that and hopefully it wonโt cause any issues.
Daylight hours at the beginning of the week were 14:40 and at the end 14:27. Iโm expecting to see the start of budlets by the end of this week. They are stretching like mad! I would liked to have tied them out wider, but I donโt want to move the pots at this point. Iโm sure theyโve grown roots into the ground. So now Iโll just hope they donโt get too tall for the canopy!
Great Job!๐
I found when I cut the tips of the leaves off, they rooted alot quicker... stops them from trying to grow and focus on rooting.
Good luck with the outdoor!๐
@Crawlndog, Thank you ๐
Iโll definitely keep that in mind next time! I take cuttings of every plant I grow, just in case, ya know? Iโm always looking to try new things and that makes a lot of sense.
Thanks for stopping by!