Friday, October 13, 2017

A Pickle, Apickle, Apical, Apical Buds!


Hello & welcome back to Tiffany’s Garden blog! Thank you all for hanging in there with me this long, your support is truly appreciated. This week was a very encouraging week. My tomato plants are growing beautifully and have no signs of disease. My jalapeno plants are still growing very well, however, my cayenne pepper plants are not really showing any sign of vegetable growth. My shell beans are growing beautifully, and my eggplant is bulking up. For the most part all of plants are growing right on schedule. However, my cabbage and lettuce plants needed some more TLC. So, I added more fertilizer to them, removed any dead leaves and watered them heavily. Hopefully over the course of the next two weeks they begin to show strong signs of growth. This week I also pinched off the apical buds of my tomato plants. The apical bud is simply the most active part of the plant that grows the fastest. The rapid growth causes our plants to grow straight up, tall and skinny, instead of out wide and bushy. To pinch the apical bud, you simply cut (or literally pinch) the point of growth to generate new branching outwards. I am extremely excited to see where this garden takes me, continue to follow me down this journey of success.

Peace, Love, & Veggies! 🍄
Tiffany

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