Garden experiment has ended for the Summer
Well, I've turned under my garden. It produced a grant total of 11 Tomatoes, 3 Cucumbers, and 9 very small potatoes. The potatoes were volunteers anyway so the treatment on the roots may have affected their ability to produce large amounts of tubers.
While I didn't grow much I learned a lot. The plants need a lot more water than I gave them. I think I need to grow a nitrogen fixing crop next year to improve the over all soil fertility. I'd been burying my household garbage in the ground where I was planning to plant but that was obviously not enough to really get the soil where it needs to be. Next year I'm planting "butter beans". As a Legume it should act as a nitrogen fixer and improve the soil for 2013 then we can really see what I can grow.
Therefore, while this years effort was not a success I'll call it a highly worthwhile learning experience.
While I didn't grow much I learned a lot. The plants need a lot more water than I gave them. I think I need to grow a nitrogen fixing crop next year to improve the over all soil fertility. I'd been burying my household garbage in the ground where I was planning to plant but that was obviously not enough to really get the soil where it needs to be. Next year I'm planting "butter beans". As a Legume it should act as a nitrogen fixer and improve the soil for 2013 then we can really see what I can grow.
Therefore, while this years effort was not a success I'll call it a highly worthwhile learning experience.