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Jul. 8th, 2006 11:25 pmOnly 800 words on Thursday, partly because I spent some time tackling the tomato support problem. 2900 yesterday, and 3000 today. Total to date 62.9 kwords - this one is going to hit full novel length by the looks of it.
Speaking of the tomatos, I found the first ripening Yellow Pear on Thursday, once I'd tied up the plant and could actually see all of the bottom truss. The Red Grape fruit has come on enormously in the last couple of days and there are a lot of ripe or nearly ripe fruits on several trusses. And the other garden item is that the gourd and cucumber plants are looking much happier this week, There is definitely something wrong with the soil on that bit of the bed, possibly including tannin poisoning from the redwood cones from next door's redwood. I dumped a load of Miracle Grow on the plants last week as a fast treatment for any basic nutrient deficiencies, and it seems to have helped. I should probably grow runner beans there next year to do some nitrogen fixing.
Speaking of the tomatos, I found the first ripening Yellow Pear on Thursday, once I'd tied up the plant and could actually see all of the bottom truss. The Red Grape fruit has come on enormously in the last couple of days and there are a lot of ripe or nearly ripe fruits on several trusses. And the other garden item is that the gourd and cucumber plants are looking much happier this week, There is definitely something wrong with the soil on that bit of the bed, possibly including tannin poisoning from the redwood cones from next door's redwood. I dumped a load of Miracle Grow on the plants last week as a fast treatment for any basic nutrient deficiencies, and it seems to have helped. I should probably grow runner beans there next year to do some nitrogen fixing.