Wind and Cucumber Flowers -- Spring Garden Weekly Update 4

The weather has been hot and windy, but my plants are still doing fine. Let's see some photos.

UPSTAIRS

I had to add a makeshift trellis out of string and sticks for the pole beans, since the corn is nowhere near the size it needs to be to support them.

3 sisters bin May 2

The beans are coming along nicely in the middle bin. Some of the corn seeds I planted there have also germinated. I might have some bean flowers soon.

Middle Bin May 2

The peas and the beans continue to grow taller. The vacant space now has life to it.

Pea Trellis bin May 2

I did a bit of rearranging on the left side of the balcony. I removed the greenhouse since it's too hot for plants to live in it this season. I also removed the old bok choy and harvested some seeds from it. The cucumbers are beginning to flower too. I've pollinated one female flower so far (using q-tips) as more continue to appear. I lined the tomato and cucumber pots with black plastic to help keep the soil moist.

Cucumbers + other plants

Male cucumber flower

Lettuce + Swiss Chard + Tomatoes

I don't have too much to say about the desk drawers, but the hanging tomato is alive and well. I harvested a bunch of lettuce from all my plants today.

Desk drawers and lettuce bin

Lettuce harvest of the day

DOWNSTAIRS

To start things off, I replaced mostly all the lettuce with some pepper starts I bought from the store because they weren't going to make it in this heat. If they did, they would taste too bitter. The peppers have survived transplant shock and are growing roots outside their net pots. I bought 3 varieties, Red Bell Pepper, Anaheim Chili, and Serrano Chili.

System Overview

New peppers

The Spacemasters have begun to flower, they just opened today too.

The other cucumbers are catching up

Male flower from this floor

BONUS PIC: Root growth of biggest cucumber plant

The Ace Tomatoes are coming along fine. The Eggplant now has massive leaves and evidence of flower growth coming soon.

Tomatoes + Eggplant + Chard

I post the photos in the same order every week, so open up the previous updates in different tabs or separate windows to see the weekly growth and progress. Be prepared to see some major cucumber updates soon.

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