I am finally feeling that MOST of my vegetables will do okay. The beans, meh. The corn, maybe, they are growing, some, and trying to tassle. The tomatoes, they are starting to produce, and looking pretty good, if a bit more leaf than flower.
The crookneck and Zukes, they are doing well, except for one plant, that I think might have been planted in a bad spot or something. It wilts... Almost every day.
I water, and it perks up... To wilt again soon after.
Huh. I haven't worked out what's wrong, but it seems to be struggling along...
The watermelons are starting to produce, I have one the size of, oh, a golf ball, or a bit bigger, with a few more coming on... The potatoes seem to be full and lush, so we shall see what goes on under, later.
Then there is the pumpkin...
I ordered a ghost pumpkin seed packet. These come out white on the outside, so I could put a ghost up on the fence, or what have you. Just a 'for fun' type thing. I planted it in one of the hay bales.
I now have these leaves from that pumpkin, that are the size of elephant ears! The silly thing isn't even that big yet, and the vine is taking over the area! I keep it away from the rest, but it's humongous! And I see some starts of pumpkins... I keep wondering if they made a boo boo, and sent one of the Dill's Atlantic Giant, or Big Max, or some such, instead? But they won't have time to be a monster size, they only have a few months left to gain momentum...
But, then, I don't think Audrey, from Little Shop of Horrors was all that large, either, to begin with...
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Hmmm, sounds like you have to wait and see, but don't wait too long. Some plants just think they own the planet, and that includes almost anything with a vine.
Well, we DID put it up and on the raised bed, so it wouldn't be mowed. I have this sinking feeling that it will be still taking over...
Cat
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