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March 6 Journal Entry Tennessee Zone 7b
Today was next steps garden planning. I have a very small area to work with so what to be sure all areas stay full through the season. So far I have some carrots up although not the stand I hoped for. I will keep observing although ordered a couple more carrots seed packs and a pack of radishes.
Carrots are very sensitive to moisture in the baby stage. They are a very tiny seed so it does not take much to get poor gemination. The seeds must stay damp but not water logged throughout germinate and in the baby days. Although, they have little power to push through clods or course soil. Even watering if to hard can compact the soil enough to stall there ability to emerge. If they dry out even just a bit, germination stalls.
My second round of carrots, I will do a couple things to help. I will make a shallow furrow, plant the seeds, drop radish seeds in about every foot or so and then use vermiculite to sprinkle on top. I use vermiculite when germinate microgreens and works well. Also by adding the radish seed, they will germinate in just a few days to mark the row so I can be sure to target misting on the carrot row. The radishes will mature way before the carrots need the space so I will harvest them are the carrots spread out.
Compost pile idling along at 136F (60C).
I watered carrots and lettuce although let the spinach and snap peas go; rain expected tomorrow.
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March 6 Journal Entry Tennessee Zone 7b
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