August First
It is August the First. The Grandpa Ott's heirloom morning glory has finally begun to bloom - and there is more in the garden, as well. Have you seen one of these? It is a Japanese daikon! I cold-stratified a bag of cantaloupe seeds from a produce market fruit - and put it in one side of this raised bed to see if that would make the difference. Boy, did it! I also think being put in the soil 'in the goo' from the fresh fruit is a big marker for success. I did that with an acorn squash last week and it sprouted and has grown into plants quickly when two successive plantings in that same place had failed. It might be too late to get real cantaloupes off of this, and it would need thinning anyways. But, it is one of the many questions I ask myself about the garden, about seeds -- what if? That is part of what this blog is about. What is that? What if I tried this? Let's find out. How to cold stratify: Many seeds require a 'fake winter' ...