We came back to the garden after 3 weeks holiday and there is no sign of any of the sweetcorn plants. We have had very wet weather over the past month which would have stunted them but they should still be visible at least. I suspect something other than slugs have been eating them.
The prolonged wet weather has provided more thatn enough moisture, but the lack of any real sunshine or heat has not helped the squash in this bed. The Uchiki Kuri Squash (above) at the south end of the bed is smaller than the two Ebisu Pumpkins in the center, but is doing better than the Becky Pumpkin at the far end of the bed.
Sever small fruits have formed on the Uchiki Kuri Squash, but it is too early to tell if they have been pollinated.
This female flower on the Ebisu Pumpkin opened today and there are several male flowers around for pollination.
The flowers on the Becky Pumpkin are still buds and will need another week or so to develop.
We came back to the garden after 3 weeks holiday and there is no sign of any of the sweetcorn plants. We have had very wet weather over the past month which would have stunted them but they should still be visible at least. I suspect something other than slugs have been eating them.
The prolonged wet weather has provided more thatn enough moisture, but the lack of any real sunshine or heat has not helped the squash in this bed. The Uchiki Kuri Squash (above) at the south end of the bed is smaller than the two Ebisu Pumpkins in the center, but is doing better than the Becky Pumpkin at the far end of the bed.
Sever small fruits have formed on the Uchiki Kuri Squash, but it is too early to tell if they have been pollinated.
This female flower on the Ebisu Pumpkin opened today and there are several male flowers around for pollination.
The flowers on the Becky Pumpkin are still buds and will need another week or so to develop.
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