10-30-2020, 11:19 PM
We've learned some things this year:
1. Our soil temps is way too cool for growing sweet potatoes. While we improved their growing conditions this year and they did better, but still only got about as big as large carrots. Also our growing season just may not be long enough as well.
2. Carrots - Frist we tried some in the greenhouse. Their soil got some time release fertilizer added to it along with water soluble fertilizers. This added fertilizer seem to have been culprit that caused them to be so badly branched out. We later planted replacements in a similar dirt mixture but not in greenhouse - they did pretty well. (see pic) Pretty sure if they had whole season they would have all matured nicely, very sweet tasting.
3. 5 degree night temps - Got a couple chilly nights and the heater could not keep thing warm enough - lost the cukes and tomatoes but the onions and carrots are still okay.
4. The greenhouse - so happy to have had it and we are looking to slightly expand it but cant fit a full size of the one we already have - so we'll see. We were very happy we had it.
5. Melons - are watermelons have never don't great and this year was no different. The cantaloupe did great. So next year we'll plant the cantaloupe in the watermelon bed and grow something else in their bed.
6. Bales - Next year we won't be doing the bales. We have new plan for the area we had the bale garden in - its a surprise! Another garden test.
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1. Our soil temps is way too cool for growing sweet potatoes. While we improved their growing conditions this year and they did better, but still only got about as big as large carrots. Also our growing season just may not be long enough as well.
2. Carrots - Frist we tried some in the greenhouse. Their soil got some time release fertilizer added to it along with water soluble fertilizers. This added fertilizer seem to have been culprit that caused them to be so badly branched out. We later planted replacements in a similar dirt mixture but not in greenhouse - they did pretty well. (see pic) Pretty sure if they had whole season they would have all matured nicely, very sweet tasting.
3. 5 degree night temps - Got a couple chilly nights and the heater could not keep thing warm enough - lost the cukes and tomatoes but the onions and carrots are still okay.
4. The greenhouse - so happy to have had it and we are looking to slightly expand it but cant fit a full size of the one we already have - so we'll see. We were very happy we had it.
5. Melons - are watermelons have never don't great and this year was no different. The cantaloupe did great. So next year we'll plant the cantaloupe in the watermelon bed and grow something else in their bed.
6. Bales - Next year we won't be doing the bales. We have new plan for the area we had the bale garden in - its a surprise! Another garden test.