Rain is appreciated in the garden, yes, but yesterday we had a torrential downpour which nearly ruined my eggplants which are not yet planted in the ground. They were outside of my house hardening off. When I arrived home from work, they were all tipped over, covered in slugs, and many of the leaves were torn or had holes in them. I work 20 minutes away and we often have different weather than my home. I was told that there might have been some hail. That might be the reason for the destruction.
The garden is a few minutes away from my house and miraculously was undisturbed by the rain. Actually, I believe it helped a bit. However, it just reinforced the fact that we really need to decide on a staking method for the peppers and get moving on it! One row of peppers was really weepy and falling over to begin with – they need to be upright in order to grow at all!
I did get ½ of the eggplant planted in the soil in an attempt to “save” them. I will plant the rest of them tonight. We have 16 eggplant plants and not enough room to space them according to the seed package directions. I scattered them about 15” apart. I don’t really expect them to do much. Our season is not warm enough or long enough for them to produce real well.
In other news, we still have about 80 marigolds to put in the dirt! There is just not enough time in a day!
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