{"id":1438,"date":"2019-06-10T07:48:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T11:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/?p=1438"},"modified":"2019-06-10T07:48:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T11:48:41","slug":"porch-arugula-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ninebyeighteen.com\/?p=1438","title":{"rendered":"Porch Arugula Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I planted arugula on my porch on April 6. It had been so cold and wet these past weeks that those little guys had a hard time growing. Finally, on May 6, spring seemed to have started at last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May 7 \u2013 tiny plants after a month<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Not much happened during the month of May. The plants stayed tiny because it was still wet and cold (there was even snow one day in Central Massachusetts!). I thinned the bed on May 25th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May 25 \u2013 thinning after the first couple of warmer days.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At the end of May, the temperatures started to steadily stay in the upper sixties \/ low seventies during the day. The plants did not like the sudden heat on my southwest-facing porch and bolted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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June 8 \u2013 leggy and bolting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I composted the whole lot. Well, at least I got a delicious lunch<\/a> out of it. Maybe if I try it again next year, I will grow them in a shadier cooler spot to prevent bolting. And I sure hope for a \u201cnormal\u201d spring.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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