End of week 5

  I have been drowning my corn and cucumber plants.  I did a bunch of reading on signs of over watering plants (yellow, slow growth) and most places said to stick my hand/finger into the dirt and check for moisture.  When I stuck my finger in and pulled up a muddy mess.  I decided to check it every morning and finally after 4 days the dirt was no longer wet.  I hope the plants will continue to grow, and hoping I didn't do permanent damage to them.
   I noticed this week that one of my corn stalks was red.  Immediately read up on that and it could be diseased, or perhaps the rogue red corn seed was placed in my corn packet on accident.  I decided to leave it alone and not pick the corn plant and hope for the best.  Hoping that maybe it was just a sign of over watering the corn. 
   The strawberry plants are flowering like crazy.  Each day I go outside and notice a few new flowers.  One of the 5 strawberry transplants looks like it is dying.  I was hoping that some of the plants would be able to make it through the summer, but this heat might be too much for the plant to handle. 
   The sunflower is getting taller.  My tallest one is about 8 inches tall.  Zinnias are finally getting taller also. 
   The watermelon leaves are growing so fast.  I noticed this past week that a couple of cantaloupe or cucumber plants got mixed into my watermelon.  Cantaloupe and cucumber plants look so much a like that it is hard to tell which one it is.  I guess I won't know until fruit develops.