Farmer Carolyn dumped her radishes and is about to do the same with the tomato plants. For more than a month, radishes grew spindly and produced no bulbs. Tomatoes are also spindly and not bushing out. Radishes and tomatoes both act like they don’t get enough sun yet they are in the same place as last year. Cucumbers seem to be doing fine, and peppers look pretty good, too. This year, she had her choice between veggies or flowers, and she decided to do produce. Now she has very little to show for her investment of money, labor, and time. So goes life down on the farm.
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Hey, Tell Carolyn her cucumbers and tomtoes will do better if they're Not planted in the same place as she last grew them. They're a "fruting" crop, so should go into soil that last year produced a root or leaf vegetable. (Crio rotatio). And suggest to her that she use the companion planting technique - plant marigolds between the tomatoes - they give off some chemical that repels insects which would attack the tomato.
She is growing them in containers on the porch; plenty of fresh soil to begin with and lots of sunshine. We've grown them there before with good success. Thanks very much for the tips; I will tell her, especially about the marigolds; she loves them too. Thanks, Red Penn
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Hey, Tell Carolyn her cucumbers and tomtoes will do better if they're Not planted in the same place as she last grew them.
They're a "fruting" crop, so should go into soil that last year produced a root or leaf vegetable. (Crio rotatio). And suggest to her that she use the companion planting technique - plant marigolds between the tomatoes - they give off some chemical that repels insects which would attack the tomato.
Nothing like your own produce, yeh?
She is growing them in containers on the porch; plenty of fresh soil to begin with and lots of sunshine. We've grown them there before with good success.
Thanks very much for the tips; I will tell her, especially about the marigolds; she loves them too.
Thanks, Red Penn
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