tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073185635856849089.post8313672267543019877..comments2023-10-23T12:39:50.538-07:00Comments on Maybelline's Garden: PumpkinsMAYBELLINEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459481721591224275noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073185635856849089.post-48594768844119480192009-07-11T17:02:54.218-07:002009-07-11T17:02:54.218-07:0031 days, i am amazed. my zucchini plant is now th...31 days, i am amazed. my zucchini plant is now that big, but it took months for it to grow that large. you've really got a green thumb!Sirenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001542103226231007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073185635856849089.post-63981871397032734942009-07-11T12:39:13.218-07:002009-07-11T12:39:13.218-07:00That's probably our problem. The only things ...That's probably our problem. The only things we didn't put in raised beds are the melons/pumpkins (ran out of wood) and this is the sharecropping garden so this land has not grown anything but weeds in decades. I did amend with some bagged (organic) mulch but next year we'll finish up the raised beds and try again. <br /><br />thanks again!Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13716619994168402985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073185635856849089.post-64211631508182277142009-07-11T12:35:13.938-07:002009-07-11T12:35:13.938-07:00Thanks!!!Thanks!!!Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13716619994168402985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073185635856849089.post-66434011005019488322009-07-11T10:23:15.637-07:002009-07-11T10:23:15.637-07:00Maureen, this year we used raised bed with importe...Maureen, this year we used raised bed with imported soil brought in from a more fertile area. My native soil is crap! I'm on the edge of the Kern River Oilfield butting up to the Sierra foothills. Nothing but clay and cobbles. I give most of the credit to the raised beds. I'm also using Dr. Earth as a fertilizer this season.<br /><br />Keep trying. You'll find the right combination. I posted on June 20 about a local radio show you might like to listen to online for some great advice on gardening in the Central Valley.MAYBELLINEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459481721591224275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5073185635856849089.post-90949399653560381342009-07-11T10:08:58.976-07:002009-07-11T10:08:58.976-07:00Usually, I can look at healthy, green, gorgeous pl...Usually, I can look at healthy, green, gorgeous plants like these and console myself with the fact that I am in the miserably hot Central Valley and that is why mine look NOTHING like them (and several have died). But you, of course, have shot that theory all to heck....sigh.<br /><br />Our tomatoes and green beans are doing fabulously, our melons and pumpkins....not so much. What's your secret?Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13716619994168402985noreply@blogger.com