Hay vs live kitchen garden

[Paul72]

A foot of Maskotka tomatoes. I already have berries that are starting to appear!

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And the rest of the tomato plantations on hay (25cm thick)

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Plantation in the round of potatoes, onions, shallots, lettuce 4 seasons, and flax in the background.
Next plantations: peppers then the first melons and cucumber

[Did67]

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A foot of Maskotka tomatoes. I already have berries that are starting to appear!

My Stupice is not far behind ... I will take a photo. But in the greenhouse. I'm not putting out yet ...

[Did67]

All this looks good !!!

[Paul72]

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A foot of Maskotka tomatoes. I already have berries that are starting to appear!

My Stupice is not far behind ... I will take a photo. But in the greenhouse. I'm not putting out yet ...

Yes this is my second earliest, but I still delayed planting in a greenhouse so I would have the little ones outside before ...

[Paul72]

This eggplant transplant is starting to smell good ... I haven't put it out yet but it came out of mini greenhouse in the big greenhouse and continues its recovery. It accelerates a little !!!

Progress of my experiment: I forced a little on the buckwheat ... The corn points

[Paul72]

Planting peppers and peppers, on tarpaulin and hay.

The melons are there, but I will not sow them in advance, 5 plants out of 6 of the first are softened without explanation. The last seedlings just out are impeccable, them.
I put some more isolated watermelons

Luffa plantations. I put some elsewhere to see what they prefer.

[Doris]

For the melons I made the same observation as you, when I put them in the ground, it is the smallest who are doing the best, so next year it will be or pre-sowing with less in advance, or directly in the ground. I will also do a little test in this direction.

[Paul72]

For the melons I made the same observation as you, when I put them in the ground, it is the smallest who are doing the best, so next year it will be or pre-sowing with less in advance, or directly in the ground. I will also do a little test in this direction.

Yes in squash it is only on zucchini, cucumbers and loofah that I found an interest in sowing a good month before planting. for the rest (melons, watermelons, squash and pumpkins, pickles), sowing 15 days before is more than enough, or in place for those who keep in winter so as not to have them too early.

[Paul72]

The eggplant graft on a little sparrow tomato is officially successful. A first for me !!
We will see for production, compared to non-grafted control plants. Given the power of the roots of little sparrows that even grow in the pebble, I have little doubt ...

It's crazy on the strawberry side already, the jams have started !!!

The cold did not do any damage, the wind a little on the tender leaves, the runny on some melons, watermelons and loofahs. But it should be fine.

On the experiment with direct sowing, almost everything is lifted, even the watermelons. The grass grows back, we will see if the plants grow through with the help of the buckwheat ...

[Did67]

At home, the strawberry flowers froze! They have a black "heart"! No doubt: it's burnt!