stunted growth in my sq ft garden
organic_tx_gardener
14 years ago
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Wilting and Stunted Growth in veggie garden?
Comments (2)You don't give an indication of where you live so it is hard to comments on some things. Onions will brown and die back when ready for harvest. An overall lack of growth can be from not enough sun, not enough(or too much) water, lack of nitrogen and other causes. One thing I wanted to comment on is that if you had a soil test and found your N low then this wasn't a good idea: Also, I did check my soil, the ph is 6.5, it was low on nitrogen and I have used a general fertalizer 15-30-15 twice in the last 7 weeks. You might think since the first number is 15 that there is plenty of N for the plants. Here is the thing about fertilizer numbers. It isn't the total amount of N, it is the ratio of N to the others. You are giving a fertilizer with high phosphorous which is pointless and sometimes counter productive unless you have low P in the soil. Your fertilizer should have the first number highest so the plants take up more nitrogen than anything else. That your plants wilt by day and spring back at night means the plants can't take up water fast enough in the heat. This is somewhat normal for many plants when it is scorching hot out (90F+), has that been the case?...See MoreYellowing and Stunted Growth of Vegetables in Garden
Comments (4)I am no expert but it sounds like too much water, not enough oxygen. If it is a water issue, here's how to tell. Yellowing from the bottom leaves up, too much water. Yellowing from the top leaves down, not enough water. I just read the spotted leaves thing... It also sounds like there may be a fungus or disease. Are the spots on the leaves intact and simply discolored or are there holes or the spots are kinda transparent? If there are holes or the spots are kinda transparent, could be bugs. The snap peas by themselves turning yellow is somewhat common. I've found they are somewhat sensitive to widely varying temps and either too much or not enough water. Hope that helps....See Moremy first year using sq ft gardening
Comments (2)I would not recommend string for heavy crops as it tends to lose strength over the season from weathering. In other words as the plants get larger and heavier the string is weakening. Now, if by string you mean something with some weather resistance like a nylon cord/rope that can work, but if you mean garden twine, you are asking for failure (ask me how I know ;-) For peas I only grow snow peas and the plants generally don't get much more than 2' tall. They aren't heavy so I do use twine with them. I run twine horizontally from post to post and the tendrils latch on and they do fine this way. Pole beans can get moderately heavy once they are full size and yielding heavily, particularly if they are closely planted. An even bigger issue is they catch a lot of wind. The support string needs to be strong enough to survive getting whipped around in a storm. Yes, more than one bean can share a 'string', but you will want to provide enough area for them to climb that you only have a few plants on the same string otherwise they compete too much for light. There are myriad ways to support tomatos, I assume you are talking about indeterminate vines here and not the bush types. I like using either nylon netting with 7" openings or concrete reinforcing mesh with 6" or so openings. The vines can either be gently wound through the mesh as they grow or the vines can be gently secured to the mesh. Another option is a tall stake such as a T post and tie the vine to it as it grows. Anyway, if you choose to use nylon rope for peas and beans, no they are not easily blown off. The beans will wrap around the rope and no amount of wind will remove them after they have wrapped a few times. I suppose peas could be blown off, but once they have a few tendrils attached it would take a tornado....See MoreMy SqFt garden plan
Comments (2)I would keep the herbs in the small containers. The parsley that I planted in a raised bed turned into a small shrub, and I only used a fraction of the parsley it produced. The rosemary will grow into a shrub, too. The veggies can grow to their normal size in the raised bed. Your plan looks good, with the tall plants to the north. Be sure to pick your Swiss chard when the leaves are small, or it can take over the garden, too. Good luck! Here is a link that might be useful: What's Growing On?...See Moregreenbean08_gw
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