@macs sounds like they’re lacking fertilizer. If they’re draining well and the pot is large enough.

I’d try some miracle gro. Just to see if it responds. I recommend miracle gro cause the plant can absorb it through the leaves as well as the soil. See if they respond to that

It could also be too much water but if those pots are draining that shouldn’t be the case. But too much water will most certainly cause yellowing

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@robert that corn should turn super dark green by next week. Sounds like you’ve got them off to a great start

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https://imgur.com/a/0WiQGjW 

Close to the 3 week mark.

^ Looking good Robert.

Robert that looks nice

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Looks nice.

Thanks guys. I'll try to post an update in a month or so.

My first thought too. May have also led to some root rot or root girdling.

I don't know, he did say the drainage in the container was good. If the pot is too small for the type of plant, then it might be root bound and stressed. Could be other things too.
But ya, roots sitting in stagnant water (anaerobic conditions) isn't good. It promotes anaerobic bacteria that make compounds toxic to plants.
Foilage needs CO2, and roots need oxygen.

Just curious what kind of sweet corn did you go with Robert? I plant a couple different kinds always liked ambrosia and bodacious pretty well. There’s so many different varieties I don’t know much about them as I only grow enough to eat

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Is there a best or forbidden time of year to aerate a lawn?

What do you do after?

I did mine in the spring. All you are doing is decompacting the soil and allowing oxygen to penetrate to the roots of your grass.

I wouldn't do it. Just let Jimmy Hoffa rest in pieces.

Why would you put all of those holes in a plastic lawn?

Astroturf has to breathe too.

We planted 29 rows of Peaches & Cream and 6 rows of Golden Bantam that we had from a previous season.

I'll check out the two you mentioned. We like trying new varieties.

Sorry it took so long to get back to you. Storm knocked the internet out for a week.

All my plants are in the soil container garden on the deck at the new apt so starting from scratch. Veggies and flowers. Pole beans, peas, hot and sweet peppers, cherry toms and regular tomatoes cucumbers for veggies. For herbs they would include chives, basil, oregano, rosemary, parsley, lavender, tyme, sage, and probably a couple others that don't come to mind.

Flowers are Sunflowers, marigolds of a couple different colors, petunias, and prolly a couple others that don't come to mind. Local garden nursery had a sale on stuff so I dropped like $50 buying stuff. Prolly not get a return on the investment veggie wise but many hobbies have a negative return on investment money wise. Sending time on many hobbies and the mental payback has no dollar value (gardening, smoking cigars, playing music, hiking, biking, working on a car, screwing around with computers etc..).

I'd like to attract bees to pollinate plants and get some humming birds buzzing around. Hopefully the flowers I chose will keep them coming back for more. The peppers have already started making flowers and some have already been pollinate. Flowers have closed down and are in the process process of making fruit. It seems a bit early but who am I to say?

The flowers are annuals, I'd rather have perennials and bulb stuff but they wouldn't work well in deck grow containers. Neighbor across the street has probably10 well established raised beds and some of their perinatals are off and running, Kinda jealous. Maybe I should go introduce myself and ask it they want to share some cuttings for my little container garden.

Two eight NINE!

I'm down to less than two quarts of the Red Armor, so I'll probably buy another gallon this winter.

It's 77 dollars a gallon on Amazon. Up 5 bucks from 1 1/2 ago.

Searched around a little and found some Husqvarna XP+ 2 cycle for 44 dollars a gallon--almost half the price of Red Armor.

What's your opinion on the XP? Do you think Red Armor is worth almost twice the price?



The garden & the corn plot are looking really good thus far.

Temps been really cool and dry lately--few nights in upper 40's to low 50's. Plenty of sunshine in the day though.

Been watering every 2 or 3 days. We been using the water pump and water from the creek.

The front yard, ya jackwagon!

Wife has taken to watering the plants morning and evening and keeping them a little more shaded. Seems to be working. She harvested a handful of tomatoes already and the plant already has more of them. She's got some pretty good sized eggplants too.

Not a euphemism... actual eggplants.