EOY GARDEN UPDATE (POST-TAS) - FPL/R
Continued from previous post, pictured below is FPL and FPR.
There used to be a marigold in the big gap between the mugwort, flowering lettuce, and okra, but it was becoming overgrown and was overshadowing the plants around it. A few flower heads had seeded and were left in the soil, which explains the patch of little marigold seedlings sprouting out in the corner.
This bed looks like a bit of a mess. The orange tree grew some new leaves, but it was also attacked by some sort of insect so the leaves are all misshapen. The first generation of borage died out, but it's left behind many seeds and seedlings... too many, perhaps. The mung beans were sown as a green manure, and that's growing fine. As for the curly kale, now that it's bigger, it's able to defend itself better from insects and withstand hungry caterpillars.
There used to be a marigold in the big gap between the mugwort, flowering lettuce, and okra, but it was becoming overgrown and was overshadowing the plants around it. A few flower heads had seeded and were left in the soil, which explains the patch of little marigold seedlings sprouting out in the corner.
We have small but regular harvests of okra. There's one single plant that is clearly larger than the rest, and the others vary quite a lot in size. It doesn't seem to be because of competition, since they're all relatively evenly spaced. There was another large marigold that took the space of the gap, so perhaps that had overshadowed the okra plants around it. I'll also need to experiment with cutting the leading stem to encourage more side shoots, and thus more okra pods.
The beans had been attacked by powdery mildew and these haven't had any harvest yet. Some buds are starting to flower though, so we might get something. Sage, aloe, mugwort and diabetes plant are doing well. There's also a little strawberry plant in the front.
This bed looks like a bit of a mess. The orange tree grew some new leaves, but it was also attacked by some sort of insect so the leaves are all misshapen. The first generation of borage died out, but it's left behind many seeds and seedlings... too many, perhaps. The mung beans were sown as a green manure, and that's growing fine. As for the curly kale, now that it's bigger, it's able to defend itself better from insects and withstand hungry caterpillars.
This was supposed to be a bed for planting amaranth, but perhaps the variety of seeds weren't the best for leaf-harvesting.