{"id":8580,"date":"2013-07-25T21:46:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T21:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=8580"},"modified":"2013-08-27T22:01:04","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T22:01:04","slug":"vegetable-experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/vegetable-experiments\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegetable Experiments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Written 11 August 2013]<\/p>\n<p>We tried to grow some vegetables this summer in the garden, most notably carrots and radishes. \u00a0We tried both sowing first inside and then moving the plants outside, as well as just sowing seeds outside. \u00a0Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s happened so far:<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_8581\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8351.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8581\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8581\" alt=\"This particular pot has parsley on the far end, which started out in pots inside, and was moved outside sometime in June.  It never managed to get any bigger though.  The plants around the middle could be weeds, or they could be flowers I sowed back in June.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8351.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8351.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8351-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This particular pot has parsley on the far end, which started out in small pots inside, and was moved outside sometime in June. It never managed to get any bigger though. \u00a0I neglected to sow any outside. The plants around the middle could be weeds, or they could be flowers I sowed back in June. \u00a0I&#8217;m waiting to see if they bloom before I&#8217;ll know for sure.<\/p><\/div><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8582\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8353.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8582\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8582\" alt=\"Pretty carrot plants from seeds that were sown outside in late May.  The carrots themselves are tiny though.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8353.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8353.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8353-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pretty carrot plants from seeds that were sown outside in late May. The carrots themselves are tiny though.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8583\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8354.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8583\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8583\" alt=\"Tiny carrot in spite of the big plant.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8354.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8354.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8354-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiny carrot in spite of the big plant.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8584\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8356.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8584\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8584\" alt=\"Now, interestingly, the radishes that we sowed outside started out looking good, but then the leaves turned a bit yellow, and all of a sudden the plants decided to grow stalks and produce flowers.  We got a few smallish radishes (before the stalks appeared) but the radishes themselves have stopped growing.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8356.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8356.jpg 440w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8356-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Now, interestingly, the radishes that we sowed outside started out looking good, but then the leaves turned a bit yellow, and all of a sudden the plants decided to grow stalks and produce flowers. We harvested a few smallish radishes (before the stalks appeared) but the radishes themselves stopped growing (and may have shrunk!) when the stalks showed up.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8585\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8359.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8585\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8585\" alt=\"Tiny radishes.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8359.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8359.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8359-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiny radishes.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8586\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8364.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8586\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8586\" alt=\"Pictured here is the last of the radishes that we started growing inside, and then moved outside.  We didn't plant them deep enough, so the developed pretty much on top of the soil, but they got BIG, and were pretty tasty.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8364.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8364.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8364-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured here is the last of the radishes that we started growing inside, and then moved outside. We didn&#8217;t plant them deep enough, so the developed pretty much on top of the soil, but they got BIG, and were pretty tasty. \u00a0This one was the smallest of the lot.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8587\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8371.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8587\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8587\" alt=\"We also sowed carrots inside, and then brought them outside once they had established themselves a little.  They got a little mangled in the transport, and basically had to regrow their tops.  They're still tiny, even though they were sown at the same time as the other carrots.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8371.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8371.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8371-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We also sowed carrots inside, and then brought them outside once they had established themselves a little. They got a little mangled in the transport, and basically had to regrow their tops. They&#8217;re still tiny, even though they were sown at the same time as the other carrots.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8588\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8384.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8588\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8588\" alt=\"One of the BIG radishes next to Emma and Anna.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8384.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8384.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8384-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the BIG radishes next to Emma and Anna.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8589\" style=\"width: 449px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130811_144330.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8589\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8589\" alt=\"UPDATE 11 August 2013:  We got a carrot!  I harvested what looked like the biggest carrot of the lot today, and it was small, but pretty yummy.  I wonder how long to wait for the rest...?\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130811_144330.jpg\" width=\"439\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130811_144330.jpg 439w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_20130811_144330-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UPDATE 11 August 2013: We got a carrot! I harvested what looked like the biggest carrot of the lot today, and it was small, but pretty yummy. I wonder how long to wait for the rest&#8230;?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So bottom line: \u00a0Sow radishes inside, and move them outside. \u00a0Sow carrots directly outside. \u00a0Parsley is still up in the air, starting inside didn&#8217;t work so well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Written 11 August 2013]<\/p>\n<p>We tried to grow some vegetables this summer in the garden, most notably carrots and radishes. \u00a0We tried both sowing first inside and then moving the plants outside, as well as just sowing seeds outside. \u00a0Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s happened so far:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8581\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8351.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8581\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8581\" alt=\"This particular pot has parsley on the far end, which started out in pots inside, and was moved outside sometime in June.  It never managed to get any bigger though.  The plants around the middle could be weeds, or they could be flowers I sowed back in June.\" src=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8351.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8351.jpg 660w, https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8351-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-8581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This particular pot has parsley on the far end, which started out in small pots inside, and was moved outside sometime in June. It never managed to get any bigger though. \u00a0I neglected to sow any outside. The plants around the middle could be weeds, or they could be flowers I sowed back in June. \u00a0I&#8217;m waiting to see if they bloom before I&#8217;ll know for sure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/vegetable-experiments\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-container col-md-12"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8580"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8702,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8580\/revisions\/8702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}