Homestead mailing list

[Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>]

--------
I didn't think you were as far north as that was expected to happen - from 
the increase in torrential rains - associated with a normal shift from global 
warming phase to a cooling phase.  
 
I think the meterologist that I listen to on the macro cycles indicated that 
torrential shift in the NW would be from about Seattle northwards on the west 
coast, and most of the entire eastern US with associated flooding.  Not sure 
if that was just for this year or a bigger pattern change, can't remember.  
Pretty sure I posted some a recap several months ago.
 
Hope the veggies come thru ok.
 
I had a flood in part of one of my gardens when an irrigation nozzle 
busted.... the soy beans looked pretty sad, and when the soil dries more, I 
will rinse all the dirt off the leaves from all the mud splattering.  
Geez...........
 
Hey !  I actually have harvested a few absolutely perfectly shaped medium 
size potatoes.... and I mean perfectly shaped ovals. not a signle dent.  I'm 
stunned.  
 
I had a few grubs, but haven't found any more.  Here and there some of the 
potato plants are starting to wilt and look pretty crummy.  I pulled one up, 
searched dillegentlyl thru the soil - no bugs.  Sliced open the stems - no 
borers.  Examined every leaf - no holes, no bugs.  Examined each stem and 
branch, no holes no signs of any kind of damage.... So I'm perplexed.  And 
there were about 8 new potatoes on the plant on the small side.  This was a 
small potato plant that never developed well.
 
Although this a/m I see on the internet that when the plant starts to die 
off, wait 3-4 weeks and the new potatoes grow big at this time.... is this 
true?
 
Is all my panic over some dyding plants all for naught?
 
:-)
 
 
 

--- On Wed, 6/3/09, Lynda <lurine AT com-pair.net> wrote:


From: Lynda <lurine AT com-pair.net>
Subject: [Homestead] Five Days and Counting
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 8:16 PM


Well, this is the 5th straight day we've had lightning, thunder AND periods 
of torrential rain (7-14" hour).   I mean, I know lightning and thunder is 
the norm for this time of the year.  What isn't the norm is to have it 
happen every single day, day after day AND to have torrential rains.  I 
mean, we don't get rain after April.  It simply doesn't happen.  We've 
gotten more rain in 5 days then we got all winter!

The peas don't seem to mind.  Believe it or not, the tomatoes don't seem to 
mind.  The peppers, well, the jury is still out.  Beets love it.  The 
strawberries are loving it.  The lettuce looks a tad bedraggled.  Can we say 
mooshed <g>  The melons, pumpkins and cucumbers are doing o.k.

I don't think the orchard is liking it.  I think the rains have been hard 
enough to knock a lot of the young fruit off the trees.  The black cap 
raspberries were already making berries, so knocking the last of the petals 
off won't bother them.  The red raspberries haven't bloomed yet, so they are 
fine.  I need to check on the grapes.

The weatherman was just on and predicting high winds.  What damage the rain 
didn't do to the orchards the wind will finish!

I did get all my irises marked as to color for splitting before the rains 
knocked every single flower off them.

Oh, did I mention this is supposed to continue for another 5-10 days?  This 
is one bizarre year!

Lynda
Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers 
so we can identify their corporate sponsors. 

_______________________________________________
Homestead list and subscription:
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/homestead
Change your homestead list member options:
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/homestead/cayadopi%40yahoo.com
View the archives at:
https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/homestead






>From erthnsky AT bellsouth.net  Mon Jun  8 13:52:13 2009
Return-Path: <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
X-Original-To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Delivered-To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Received: by lists.ibiblio.org (Postfix, from userid 3002)
        id 83CD24C01B; Mon,  8 Jun 2009 13:52:13 -0400 (EDT)
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on malecky
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled
        version=3.2.3
Received: from fmailhost03.isp.att.net (fmailhost03.isp.att.net
        [204.127.217.103])
        by lists.ibiblio.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FB694C019
        for <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>; Mon,  8 Jun 2009 13:52:12 -0400 
(EDT)
Received: from [216.78.44.77]
        (host-216-78-44-77.asm.bellsouth.net[216.78.44.77])
        by isp.att.net (frfwmhc03) with ESMTP
        id <20090608175210H030049tkme>; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:52:10 +0000
X-Originating-IP: [216.78.44.77]
Message-ID: <4A2D4FC8.1080301 AT bellsouth.net>
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:52:08 -0400
From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
Organization: EarthNSky Farm
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
References: <735061.361.qm AT web63802.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <735061.361.qm AT web63802.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Five Days and Counting
X-BeenThere: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9
Precedence: list
Reply-To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
List-Id: <homestead.lists.ibiblio.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/homestead>,
        <mailto:homestead-request AT lists.ibiblio.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/homestead>
List-Post: <mailto:homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
List-Help: <mailto:sympa AT lists.ibiblio.org?subject=HELP>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/homestead>,
        <mailto:homestead-request AT lists.ibiblio.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:52:13 -0000



Leslie wrote:

>
> Hey !  I actually have harvested a few absolutely perfectly shaped
> medium size potatoes.... and I mean perfectly shaped ovals. not a
> signle dent.  I'm stunned.

Sounds good to me!

>
> I had a few grubs, but haven't found any more.  Here and there some
> of the potato plants are starting to wilt and look pretty crummy.  I
> pulled one up, searched dillegentlyl thru the soil - no bugs.  Sliced
> open the stems - no borers.  Examined every leaf - no holes, no bugs.
> Examined each stem and branch, no holes no signs of any kind of
> damage.... So I'm perplexed.  And there were about 8 new potatoes on
> the plant on the small side.  This was a small potato plant that
> never developed well.
>
> Although this a/m I see on the internet that when the plant starts to
> die off, wait 3-4 weeks and the new potatoes grow big at this
> time.... is this true?
>
> Is all my panic over some dyding plants all for naught?

I think so.  IMO, it all sounds pretty much like what normally happens.
  As to your small plant, how deep would you say the stem is covered?

For my potatoes that are planted in the ground, if I stretched them out
and pulled them up out of the ground/mulch, I'd say they would be 3-5
feet long, because I just let the vine fall over in the line and then
mulched again.  My tire stacks are 4 tires tall, so I know they are 3-4
feet tall as well.

Maybe your small potato plant just did not get covered well or often
enough to grow long?  I have potatoes in almost every bed, it seems.
Some of my vines are dying, too.  In another week or two, I'll start
digging.  I really want some potato salad!

Bev


--
I am having an out-of-money experience.
http://erthnsky.blogspot.com/
EarthNSky Farm, Northwest Georgia, USA