2023-03-05: Planting and Pruning
Sunday, March 5, 2023 High: 85.5 Low: 27.7 Frost in the morning. Sunny all day. Observations Frost in the morning. It didn't seem to affect the flowering trees much, if at all. Saw a bee pollinating one of the peach trees, and saw some type of fly pollinating (?) a plum The soil is so clay-ey where the grapes and muscadines are. I'm concerned about their longevity. The spinach and chard seeds are starting to pop up. That covered bed, along with the light propagation soil mix, created a good environment for those seedlings, I think. The fig cuttings that were closest to the window had developed some mold. I believe it was because of excess solar exposure causing too much humidity inside the figpop bag. Tasks Pruned all the fig trees. Did an audio recording of notes while I did it Transplanted the mulberries into tree pots. Interestingly, they don't really have roots, but they have all started developing leaves Planted about 9 raspberries on the south side of the greenhouse, ...