#PatioGarden update
You see the bulb under that blossom? That's one thicc potential squash!
I hand pollinated it the day I found it, right before our patio door deadbolt broke. 😫When I made my way out through the window last night to water, I checked it and it's grown!! Not huge yet, but definitely bigger than this picture. Let's hope it continues to grow and we get some kind of squash out of it. 🙏 Haven't seen any other producing blossoms lately, but there are a ton of new ones popping up every day.

#PatioGarden update
Yesterday, while waiting for the storms to calm down, I spent some time cleaning up the squash plants. Just cutting off dead leaves mostly. While doing so I found 3 more producing flowers. One I hand pollinated using a Q-tip and took pollen from the three other pollinating flowers that were open. Maybe that'll help?
A week ago we had two producing flowers open. Unfortunately, it looks like we lost one of the potential squashes, probably because of the heat. 😫The other one is hanging on still. It's changing colors but not really growing, so we'll see what happens.

#PatioGarden update
The squash have so many blossoms!! It's too hot to want to poke my head out (despite the gathering clouds), but there are several cheerful yellow tulip-shaped blossoms just beginning to open. 😍Most of the blossoms on the tomato have dropped at this point. Hoping there's fruit for them yet.
Lots of ants too!! I worry about them with the wasp people coming. I hate having to call someone to deal with them, I'm just not sure what else to try. They've set up shop on just about every balcony at this point. But they're right there behind our door and it only takes one bad day before we get stung...

Couldn't resist sharing how the plants are doing...since the wasps were cowering from the rain. The tomato is going to need a cage. I didn't know this variety could get up to 6ft tall. 😳 It went from two very sad stalks to like...6, maybe 8. Thai basil behind it is loving this humidity, it don't care about this weather. Italian basil is beginning to bounce back, but I think it would be happier in a bigger pot. Squash-feld Gang is still going strong. Brought them in to protect them from wind, not sure their roots are established enough.
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Bringing in the squash babies due to a heat advisory being issued today. Heat indicies are expected to hit 108°F (42°C) today and I don't trust they'll make it through. Tomorrow is looking even hotter with a projected heat index of 113°F (45°C) 🥵
Hoping for afternoon storms seems a waste. It only adds more moisture to the air, driving up dew points, which drive up heat indexes during the day. Then the cycle repeats. I know that's our typical summer weather pattern here but...this just seems excessive this year.
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