Re: N&C Midwest—June 2024

OhioGardener 6/23/2024, 3:22 pm

Never saw so many blooms on an Eggplant before. Usually there is 1 or 2 at a time. This one has 5 blooms on one stem, and another bloom on another stem. for a total of 6 blooms. And a bumblebee trying to pollinate all of them. The pollen is visible on its hind leg. Very Happy

**Scorpio Rising** 6/23/2024, 5:40 pm

Nice! Lots of eggplants coming your way!

**Scorpio Rising** 6/30/2024, 8:52 am

I love that picture, OG! That bee just doing his work. So cute!

My sugar snaps need to be pulled, and so will my garlic when it dries out a bit out there. Then I will amend and sow some beans (Dragon Tongue) and some heat tolerant lettuce.

OhioGardener 6/30/2024, 9:04 am

Scorpio Rising wrote:I love that picture, OG! That bee just doing his work. So cute!

Thanks! I love watching the pollinators at work. Yesterday I was watching all of the bees on the Buttonbush, and it sounded like I was at the beehive. Very Happy

A neighbor has four hives of honey bees, and they frequent our gardens. We share our vegetables with them, and they share their honey with us. N&C Midwest—June 2024 - Page 2 3170584802

N&C Midwest—June 2024 - Page 2 3170584802

Scorpio Rising wrote:My sugar snaps need to be pulled,

I just cut the pea plants off at the soil level rather than pulling them so that the nitrogen pods stay in the soil.

Scorpio Rising wrote: some heat tolerant lettuce.

What is your preferred heat tolerant lettuce? I'm growing Romaine (which I use as a leaf lettuce), and Merlot. Both seem to tolerate the heat fairly well.

nrstooge 7/1/2024, 7:48 am

I like Black Seeded Simpson lettuce in the heat- but I grow it in the shadier area of my patio, I cut my peas off, the pole beans are already up in their place.

More bush beans planted in my 6x3 planter - then back to fall crops once they are finished.

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