Insects are wreaking havoc on the pepper leaves in particular, but also to a lesser extent on the pumpkin. The BioNeem is obviously not working and I have not identified the culprit. Will try Fastac or another to try to save them.
The beds needed weeding for a while - we have been getting a lot of rain in recent days. Weeding was actually interrupted by rain, but I managed to stake the tomato plants. before and after pics.
The cucumber vine had a problem in that it ended up inside the tyre wall - the leaves are stunted as a result. I retrained it out and down the hill so hopefully it will make a full recovery.
The plants in the tyres are doing well. The cantaloupe is the largest and has several flowers. The vines of the cantaloupe and pumpkin were essentially going horizontally along the hill so I retrained them down the hill.
The plants in the Autopot continue to do less well than those in the bed. We have had a lot of rain recently so that will be leaching nutrients from the pots. The cover of the reservoir also blew off so the solution got diluted. I topped the solution off with 5L at 3g/L of the 10-40-10 and added about 5g of a complete soluble fertiliser we have had for a long time - probably nutrex but don't know the formulation. Also added some of the solution directly to the pots.
