So, I was given a small collapsible greenhouse that my grandpa wasn't using. I have had the structure for about three months and I cant believe the growth of the vegetables which are all in pots due to the clay soil I have at my apartment. The crops I am growing are sweet corn, swiss chard, golden beets, cucumber, purple majestic potatoes, zucchini and lemon grass.
Also, I had an aphid problem that was affecting my tomatoes with leaf curl and my Aunt Ruby tomato, leaves were turning soft and limp as well as some blooms dropping off. I am not sure what is going on, but I do have some ladybug friends which has cut down on the problem. I also have the wondrous black slugs that feast when the sun goes down. I found that the best method is to hand pick them off which is also a recommendation in the Horticulture magazine. Well, I would love to share some photos and get any feed back.
I find this summer has ignited my desire to grow as I enjoy being a plant detective when insects or diseases arise it is my job to solve the mystery.
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Ruby's got some fruit growing |
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Golden beet, I love beets |
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just another angle of the zucchini |
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Decorative pots outside the greenhouse to jazz it up. Calla lilly, lobelia, petunia and potato vine |
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Borage, oregano, with osemary in the back along with sorrel in the clay pot. |
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Fun by the front door with Buddha as the peace greeter a fern and sedum bloomin |
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golden beets with some lemon grass, love that as a tea |
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rainbow swiss chard |
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cucumber being grown in a topsy turvy, haha |
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I am so happy to see multiple cucumbers on the vine, yeah |
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Aunt Ruby, lookin good girl |
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Sweet corn, my first time growing corn so excited. |
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Zucchini there are five on this plant and they are sharing the pot with some beets. |
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Swiss chard, beets, green zebra, zucchini |
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