Still having a hard time not picking the cucumber plants to smell the roots. I limit myself to 1 a day, will stop now though because I am worried that I might pick them all. The corn is about 4 inches tall right now. They sure grow fast, I think it grows overnight. Some odd green sprouts are coming up in the corn squares. Not sure what they are, I can't remember what I had planted there in the fall. I even tilled the area before planting a few weeks ago, surprised that some seeds would survive and be able to sprout.
The tomato transplant looks like it hasn't changed since I planted it several weeks ago. I did read that transplants go through "transplant shock" when you take them out of their containers. This tends to stunt growth for a few weeks while the plant recovers. Will hope it is that. The Strawberry plant doesn't look like it had any transplant shock. Today a pretty white flower was showing through the green leaves.
The cantaloupe leaves are getting so big. Okay, probably not that big to most people but huge compared to the zinnias and wildflowers. They have 3 leaves now, so 2 sprout leaves and 1 true leaf. The true leaf shows what the plant will actually look like. The first 2 leaves are just sprouts that help feed the plant until the true leaves develop that can then use photosynthesis for nutrition. The zinnias and sunflowers have also developed their true leaves.
I only watered twice a day this week. Don't think the plants even noticed since they are all growing like crazy.
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