Woohoo! The first sign of gladiolus is out in the garden! I had given up, nearly! I hope the last frost is over now, 'coz I don't know how frost resistant this variety is. The weather is nice these days - warm but not too hot, there is cloud cover. The plants in the garden seem to like this, although I suspect spinach likes it cooler. They are coming out alright for now. The peas are growing well too. I tied them some string on the trellis to hold on to, and helped some of them direct their tendrils there (like helping a baby walk). The onions grow taller everyday. I counted 64 of them, out of a total of 75 bulbs I had sown. I am glad I did not split them in two batches. I am sure many bulbs would have dried up by fall just sitting around at home. Same for potatoes. I sowed all the seed potatoes I had and there are tiny potato plants coming out now! Pictures when they are bigger. Beans are next.
The pepper plants at home are looking sturdier. A couple of them look like they can be transplanted, but I will wait till the first week of June before taking them out. The tomatoes will go out in June too, if they don't die at home. Over the weekend I noticed that some of the lower leaves on some plants were drying out, like the ones in the picture. Internet research led me to this. I don't think it is disease. And I don't think it is overwatering, because I have noticed the leaves wilt if I don't give them as much water as I normally do. So it is probably lack of food. The upper leaves look healthy, though. Maybe the plant naturally decides to lose the lower ones. I might get some plant food if more leaves start to dry up. Until then I am going with composting the pot some more.
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