Maybe that plant had some damage to its roots when it was planted, or it's a genetic issue causing failure to thrive.
Why not pull it out and replant new seeds. I'm sure there's plenty of time left this season for it to grow and produce something.
Easy day for me too. Picked a head of cabbage, hand watered the onions and remaining cabbages and turned on the drip irrigation for an hour to water the zucchinis, cucumbers and 6 tomato plants.
I picked my largest head of cabbage which was nearly the size of a soccer ball but doesn't weigh much, maybe close to 3 pounds. Not a compact head for sure. Nice, cloudy and cool here today, might hit 70 degrees.
I came close to doing the work and getting the drip irrigation set up for the tomatoes, peppers and beans in the new garden bed by the woods but didn't. It was much easier just to spend a half hour watering them by hand.
Finally, in the fourth season of trying I've succeeded at growing beets! There's still a minor problem with the soil I'm guessing. For some reason some of the leaves just randomly start drying up and shriveling/browning, starting at the edges and working in toward the leaf rib. There are still...
This is the weird garlic I found. There was one normal size clove and the rest of it was a single giant onion-like clove. Bigger around than a quarter! Very strange. I sliced it and put it into some boiling kale but I guess I should have saved it and planted it to see what would grow.
Actual sunrise here is 5:30am, so 3 hours after the sun came up. I might pick some before sunrise tomorrow. The salad was pretty good, all picked and eaten in less than an hour. Nice and fresh.
I fertilized the chives with the weed tea and gently strung a wire alongside my cucumbers to pull...
The purslane had no tartness. I picked another quart of peas and two of chopped chives for the freezer. Had a pea-chive-purslane salad for breakfast. The purslane is a little on the slimy side with a neutral flavor, but OK with olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper.
I'm going to remove another...
That's what I read, but it said it had a lemony flavor in the morning. Malic acid... that's what gives dried ants their tart flavor, isn't it? Never ate ants myself, but again, something I read.
I'm going to pick some purlsane in a little bit while it's still cool and give it a taste.
Got the...
Thanks! I haven't picked any yet but plan to soon. I'll probably eat the leaves raw in a salad, just a few the first time to make sure my stomach doesn't rebel. The stuff seems to grow fast, even without getting any water.
It's fun watching it twist and turn in the breeze. :D
I dried my oregano, tarragon and lemon balm in the same spot. Tarragon seems to take forever to dry out.
I think I'll prune the lower leaves and stems from my tomato plants so none are touching the ground. They're really taking off now.
I got my garlic bundled up with string and hung under the roof of the back deck to finish curing and drying.
I decided to cook with one of the fresh garlic heads. It was a small one and really strange. There were only two cloves, one normal size and the other one as big around as a quarter. I...
I'm picking a head of cabbage tomorrow. One has started splitting open on its way to bolting.
Lettuce needs thinned/transplanted soon too.
Onions and shallots liking the long daylight and heat. And weed tea fertilizer. I think some beets need pulled out of the ground too.
Looks like I...
I flipped all the heads of garlic over that are in the sun on the rabbit cage. I'll move them to a shady spot tomorrow to finish drying.
I don't cut the tops off until they are bone dry. I read that if they're cut while the stem is still green there's more chance the bulbs will go bad sooner...