Meet my three stooges....Larry Curly and Moe. They are my three tomato plants. Yes, I named them. Notice anything funny in the picture?? Well Curly and Moe aren't doing so well...they're the far left and center guys. It took some thought and a phone call....but now I know what happened. It's all my fault. It has to do with my rabbits. The tomatoes live where my rabbit hutch used to be. I thought it'd be the perfect spot.
Larry who is the farthest from where the hutch was is doing GREAT! Thick lush foliage and flowers a plenty. Premo mater plant!
Curly is in the center and while he's green...his leaves are curling and compact...he has some flowers too. But he looks a bit strange....kinda dumpy and sad.
But Moe?? Poor poor Moe. He lives right where the rabbit hutch was. He's kinda yellow and has very few leaves...just a poor sickly thin guy. So what happened? We tilled the ground well and the rabbit poo/ fertilizer was 2 years rotted. Well it wasn't the poo...it's the peeps! Poor Moe is living in dirt that has much too much ammonia for his liking.... Curly and Larry are doing better because each is that much farther away from the pee zone. So long story short....I should have waited another year to plant tomatoes in this spot...but who knew? Larry will do fine and give me plenty of maters....not so sure about Curly. And Moe? Well I think he'll just continue to turn many different shades of yellow then slowly wither up and die.....poor guy. I'll snap a few more shots here and there as they try to grow...we'll see what happens. Maybe...just maybe with all the rain Ohio is seeing...maybe they'll all pull through. We'll see. You live and learn!!
Beyond the gate on the left is a little white bird bath. I'm planning a quick video to show you how I get free fresh water for it. It's not the rain either!! The birds seem to really enjoy it and I enjoy them...so it's a win/win!!
~Moxie
3 comments:
Poor Moe! I never would have thought of it being a problem. Anyway it can be moved to saved it? (I know nothing about gardening so maybe that's a really stupid question.)
Stacy
LOL ...poor Moe. You know.....I never thought about moving them...I bet I could! I'll have to look around to se if there's any other spot...the roots could get damaged during dig out and stunt them....but It may be worth a shot!
Well here's what we decided...My hubby helped out! We decided not to move them as that may just kill them out right...root damage and shock. But we did read that pail old baking soda can help change the soil's acidity! It may be too late but only time will tell! We pulled back the mulch...roughed up the soil and added the baking soda....then watered it all in. We'll just have to see how the grow over the next few weeks. I'll do a touch back then! * Crosses fingers!!! Thank you so much for the suggestions though...it got me to looking around for solutions!! =]
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