Remember Invasion of the Body Snatchers?? The pumpkins are, from day to day, getting bigger and bigger and this is just the plants alone.. Blossoms are yet to show, these plants are AMAZING.. Huge is what the plants were last year.. This year they are beyond description.. A single leaf can be over three feet in diameter.. And where they are heading is anyone's guess at the moment.. I'm trying to train then to go where I'd rather they go..
I didn't include this in the last entry.. Stairway to Heaven: The vine that I had grow up some strings from the rose area by the back door, I decided not to cut it down to see if it would restart from where it was at the end of last season or restart from the ground in which case the remnants of the vine from last year would be a way for it to grow on.. It did start where it left off.. That was well and good but I had and still have nowhere for it to grow, so it has these grabbers that are trying to grab anything.. The power line is almost in it's ability to grasp.. Who knows what that will mean.
The gas meter tomato area.. This seems like a huge mess but if you would have seen the tomatoes from a month ago you would have thought they would never get this big.. I knew they might grow.. The area that was set for them to grow was big enough, but I planted them sort of smaller area but they still were a foot and a half away from each other.. Not anymore though..
There goes the neighborhood.. They really are this close together..
Then there is the pumpkins.. They really are cool to watch grow although if there is an asshole amongst the plants it really is any pumpkin plant.. They grow in any area you don't think they will and are obnoxious as hell doing it..
But the unforseen consequences of this growth is a natural barrier, shutting off another entry/exit for anyone.. It is growing as well towards the other two entry ways.. There are (were) five entry ways of which the gas meter area was one.. Now there are three.. That will likely be down to zero by labor day at the rate things are going.. I will try to train them to go towards the yard.. Try to anyway..
The lone tomato in a sea of pumpkin.. This tomato plant was a long way from the pumpkin, but that distance disappeared in a very short amount of time.. This should be interesting as with the other pumpkin growing towards the gas meter planter, this one was growing to take over the tomato plant.. I turned it to go more back away.. There are two others headed for the grass area.. This causes a quandary of sorts.. Do I still try to water the grass there knowing it can't be mowed.. It's a lawn wrecker for sure no matter what I do..
This end of the pumpkin plant is ten feet or so away from closing the main entry into the yard.. I might let it just continue until it gets there then try to direct it in another direction, likely towards the yard and shed and hope it doesn't tear the shed up..
The pumpkin patch proper.. This has four plants in it, and they are headed towards.. Well they are headed in the direction of the bar.. What are they alcoholics?? Maybe.. Actually they are headed for the village offices.. Brains, the crave BRAINS.. Well they really are headed in the wrong direction if that is what they are after.. Only joking.. sort of.. Anyway they really are growing at a more deliberate pace than the others are.. Picking their direction carefully.. I can't have them growing towards the ally, they will get run over.. i am trying to curve the ones heading out that way, there is a ton of room if they go the opposite direction.. Hopefully they will get the gist and go where I am trying to get them to go..
The Pink Caspien tomato plant growing gangly or ganglyly.. The monster of tomato plants it will devour... nothing..
The containers choice variety, in the Earth box planter.. As written about last week and why they were planted this way.. They have no cages and are the only variety to not have a cage.. for now..
I heard a commercial on the tv yesterday about a planter like this.. Not called an Earth box but something like the perfect planter.. You really only need to add water twice a week, and really that's only if you need to.. This Earth Box is pretty much set to where you only really have to fill it full once a week.. But I do it twice a week to play it safe.. I have never purposefully run the water out.. That sounds like the least smartest thing to do..
Now as far as the watering pattern of the rest of the plants here.. The pumpkins and tomatoes out int the Ally/gas meter/pumpkin planter areas they are all on the same irrigation system.. The original idea was/is to water an hour a every Monday and Thursday with the grass wicking or covering helping to keep the moister there, wicking as they need it.. This is the plan for July/August as the fruits set on and hoping that will work to keep the pumpkins growing but not rot on the vine.. Every year before I would water three times a day for 15 minutes each time.. Now it will be considerably less or it seems like a lot less watering only twice a week.. I guess we'll see.. It's not set in stone..
Badge Henry
(P.S. I mighta spoke too soon on the pumpkins not having any setting on.. I went to reset one that was heading for the ally and think I saw a pumpkin setting on.. The reason I'm more than a little amazed is that there were no blossoms that I could see. Maybe this is a blossom that is about to open.. It is getting to that point in the season when they could blossom and then set on.. Midway through July (if you can believe that shit).. I am never sure when they set on, seems like magic when they do set on.. Anyway, it looks like one might be there but likely it is the first blossom seeing as how there were no blossoms up til now.. )
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