Comments on: Holding steady

By: John

John — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:58:58 +0000

The heat is really starting to slow things down here…105 yesterday and 106 today. I’ve had problems with basil this year also. This is strange, as it grew better than anything else that I planted last year. Anyhow, I ended up pulling most of it and replanting about a month ago. It seems to be doing better this time. Great blog!

http://desertcontainergardening.blogspot.com/

By: Shala

Shala — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:07:15 +0000

Our garden is growing quiet slow due to extreme heat and no rain. We had about 10 minutes of rain on Friday and everything was perky for a bit before the heat got to them again. Can you post some pictures of the potato flowers? Our potatoes never flowered due to dying before then. They either got eaten or the heat just got to them, they did produce some potatoes though.

By: Mick

Mick — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:24:05 +0000

It’s quite the opposite for me.

I attempted to grow “Spicey Globe” Basil from seeds and they all took off like crazy!
I’ve planted it out in the veg patch, the flower beds, made a small herb garden in a pot and I still have 9 plants on my office windowsill awaiting a home.

My watermelon, again from seed, seems slow on the uptake but I blame it on all the rain we’ve had here in NE Oklahoma. (We are 17 inches over average for the year). It does seem to be taking off now and flowering. I’ve never grown them before, like a few of things I’m attempting this year.

My potatoes on the other hand still aren’t flowering after 77 days.