Week 5: Experiment

This has been a great week at the garden, we have transplanted some of the tomatoes, peppers and , cucumbers. We have also built a new trellis for the cucumbers. Unfortunately the cucumbers are not doing so well in the garden and are beginning to dry up. The ongoing experiment between the unturned and turned plots in the garden has been going well. As of right now the unturned plot has been growing better than the turned plot. From what I have observed from the two plots the turned plot has been growing a little bit slower than the unturned plot, however, the unturned plot is very crowded and does not give the plants very much room to grow. Whereas the plants in the turned plot have more room to grow and do not compete with each other as much as the plants in the unturned plot do. It will also be interesting to see if there will be a noticeable difference between the two plots after all the weeding and thinning.  

the unturned plot is on the left and the turned plot is on the right.

Tips for thinning: http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/seeds/thinning-seedlings.htm 

Tips for weeding: http://www.finegardening.com/six-tips-effective-weed-control