05/17/05Fourth Week

Down to nine plants on the tabletop corn crop. I dropped a pot on one of these, and it may not recover. One did not germinate, the seed opened underground, but did not push up. Twenty nine of thirty seeds germinated.

Twenty plants are not in their pots. The roots on the seedlings transplanted this week were starting to coil in the bottom of the pots. The roots are fairly brittle by nature, so did not try to straighten them. They will find their way as they did last summer. Two photos taken at different angles.

The plant in the lower right hand corner of last week’s twelve plants on the patio appeared to have jumped out of its pot, roots and all. There did not seem to have been any squirrel excavate. It is doing better.



The crop seems to be doing fine, in spite of a cool week and lots of rain. The plants on the patio have done much better than those on the table. The plants on the lower row, and right-hand column were planted today. They are about ten days younger than the other plants. The larger pots are no doubt a contributing factor, and my hunch is that the concrete keeps the roots warmer at night.