The garden of a lazy we occasionally.

[olivier75]

Isentrop,
At the start it is just a harvesting technique, which allows to better distribute it and especially to harvest early.
Olivier

[Moindreffor]

Isentrop,
At the start it is just a harvesting technique, which allows to better distribute it and especially to harvest early.
Olivier

it has the advantage of making it possible to naturally get rid of pests, which is not negligible, and to have a longer harvest of leek, in short than of the profit
it's true that we don't think about it enough but we often stupidly pull it out completely, when we could leave the root in the ground and let other vegetables start
example endivette and other salads to cut

[Did67]

Even the head lettuces or the cabbage cabbage which one harvests by cutting above the bottom leaves, damaged, in contact with the ground, which shelter and feed often slugs, then reject small shoots which little, in case shortage, harvest for a small bowl of salad!

[phil53]

I use this technique for cabbage but for leek, I tried it 2 years ago and 90 percent did not grow back.

[olivier75]

Phil53,
I did it on a 20aine leek last year and a 50aine this year, without noticing any loss, at least 2 cuts, ie 3 harvests. Even on windwinds the regrowth is quite spectacular, in 1 month and a half the volume recovers. But they weren't racing animals either.
By cutting 2cm underground, there remains at least 5 cm in reserve.
If you have worms I encourage you to insist!

[olivier75]

Even the head lettuces or the cabbage cabbage which one harvests by cutting above the bottom leaves, damaged, in contact with the ground, which shelter and feed often slugs, then reject small shoots which little, in case shortage, harvest for a small bowl of salad!

This is the photo on the previous page, cut in winter, the remaining leaves deteriorate and there are between 3 and 5 small salads. Who go up as fast as the others, it does not lengthen the harvest, in the first dry or hot it goes up.

[Did67]

Almost. You can quickly make a mesclun with the first shoots or indeed produce your seeds (lettuce is largely autogamous, unlike chicory, allogamous) ...

[olivier75]

Hello,
After a month of absence and a few days of heatwave, (arrival Saturday 29, hottest evening) there was a lot of time spent watering, harvesting and weeding, the mulches being too fine or dating from last summer . Fortunately I stayed there for a few days, but no planting, or a half, or mowing of hay.
And again, even with the impression of making lots of photos, it is missing.
Quite a harvest, planted before winter or early spring for peas.
Quite a little stupid too, especially the peas, the onions not being too damaged.

The vegetable gardens are partly emptied, partly with the seedlings, and the rest being quite far from the harvest.

[olivier75]

Tomatoes,

Rather happy in general, a few feet have disappeared, the whole is doing quite well, (unless we compare to the neighboring vegetable gardens! With feet at least 2 times larger).
The many flowers are still rather a sign of drought and some plants are "blocked".

Here, however, there was still around ten cm of personal hay and hen manure at the time of planting, everything had melted and the cracks were 2 cm. But the feet are fine.

[Stef72]

bravo, you are doing well with this heat! hence the importance of putting very thick hay, especially if the visits are well spaced ...