Hello. I’m Haratake, a part-time farmer.
Field No. 2 has fully entered winter mode. The okra suddenly started withering all at once one day, so I’ve begun gradually pulling out the dead stems. As expected, they had developed huge root systems, so pulling them out is quite a chore. They were over 2 meters tall, so of course their roots had to be substantial.
(Photo: Field No. 2)
The okra started looking like it was dying… and now it’s really dying. The leaves are completely worn out, looking like they can’t even photosynthesize anymore. The seeds are really tiny, but they shoot up so fast—before you know it, they’re taller than me. It’s amazing. And this will be the last photo of this year’s okra. They gave us so many fruits—thank you. After taking the photo, I started pulling them out.
(Photo: Okra plants completely starting to die)
As for the Chinese cabbage, it’s not growing well… I planted a lot, but only the two plants in the photo barely made it. The others are small and probably won’t grow to a normal size. Hmm, what went wrong? I used only leaf mold as fertilizer, but maybe that wasn’t enough. Even so, I spread the leaf mold and mulch before summer, then left it untouched for three months to prepare the soil… Maybe I needed twice the amount of leaf mold I applied. This time, I spread roughly 2.5kg of leaf mold per square meter. Was that too little?
(Photo: The largest Chinese cabbage)
Finally, is this what’s called mycelium? According to the Kin-chan farming method, increasing this mycelium allows it to take over the role of roots, delivering nutrients from a wide area to the vegetable roots. I really need to increase it much more.
(Photo: Mycelium observed in the field)
Until next time~
