Rain (move, office, place)

[alleycat]

Normally rain wouldn't deserve a new thread. However, it's been so dry lately that I thought I'd report we're getting a nice little shower here in Middle Tennessee this morning. It's not a lot but it is a little bit more than a few drops. The TV weather guy said we might get an inch today.

I hope it heads over to East Tennessee as well.

[hiknapster]

So you are! It doesn't look like it is headed our way.

My plants were doing really well, and I have watered them everyday, but they are really starting to look sick. I have no idea what to do.

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by hiknapster

So you are! It doesn't look like it is headed our way.

My plants were doing really well, and I have watered them everyday, but they are really starting to look sick. I have no idea what to do.

All plants, or just the bigger ones?

And I have to ask, you're not over-watering them, are you?

[hiknapster]

I'm not sure. Probably!

The leaves seem droopy. It seems to be all the big plants, mostly the tomatoes. Lots of yellow leaves.

I am getting tomatoes.

They just don't seem very lush. The cucumber plants are growing like crazy. Tons of flowers. But where are the cukes?

[alleycat]

I'm not sure your planters were big enough for tomatoes to begin with. I remember the photos you posted and wondered at the time about growing tomatoes in that size planter. That's why I asked whether it was all plants or just the big ones.

Sometimes yellow leaves indicate a lack of nitrogen. Have you fertilized?

You'll probably get more cukes than you know what to do with whenever they do start coming in.

[hiknapster]

The plants are in Miracle Gro potting soil.

I think the pots are too small, too. It worked in Florida, but everything seems to grow better here! I doubt I can move them now.

[alleycat]

You might stick a finger down one side of the planter and see if the plants are effectively root bound. See if there's lots of roots with no place to go.

You could try pulling one plant out and putting it in a bigger pot (keeping the soil around the roots intact as much as possible). Maybe set it in partial sun for a few days and be sure it's watered.

[hiknapster]

I will give that a try! Thanks!

[alleycat]

They're currently showing more rain and thunderstorms coming into the area. More rain, less thunder! ;-)

Funny, at my office it rained just a little yesterday afternoon. People actually went outside to look . . . they hadn't seen rain in so long. My friend Susan asked me, "What is that?"

[alleycat]

Woo hoo! We are getting quite a downpour here in Nashville.

We'll try not to sure all of it before it gets to East Tennessee.