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Monday, April 23, 2012

Lettuce going to seed

Most of the romaine and bib lettuce everyone planted is either going to seed or is ready to be harvested. Don't despair, you can plant more seeds and in a few weeks you will have more lettuce varieties! The lettuce will grow alright into June. While it can grow over the summer, it is not very happy with the heat, and may not grow very well unless it is under the canopy of some other plant's leaf shade. Beans and eggplant seem to produce better in the summer.  

With the recent rain, the tomato stems are sagging under the weight of the expanding fruit. If you have not tied up your stems, you might want to do so. Or carefully weave the stems through the bamboo.

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