July 8, 2012
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Neglect
So, apparently, plants don’t like it when you leave for three weeks and don’t water them. During a heat wave. Or even, like, normal summer.
I think the pineapple sage might bounce back, but most of the rest of them are goners.
The kale might have survived had it not been attacked by cabbage loopers. :snarly face:
The tomatoes actually might do okay, too. Maybe they had a bigger reservoir? And the peppers and green beans had open pots, so that when it rained, they got watered. (That’s the one down side to EarthBoxes. You have to water them, even after a good rain.) So they may survive, too.
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Home Depot or Lowes have a timer you can place on your outdoor faucet, then connect hose and sprinkler to water while you are way. A co-worker got one and said it works great.
Awww, that’s too bad. It’s too bad you couldn’t have had a neighbor come by and water for you – being new to the area you probably didn’t know anyone well enough.
My plants did fine, but I was only gone 5 days. And we are not in drought conditions like so much of the country.