May 11, 2015 | #46 |
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Nice presentation! How did you move all those plants in that car? I suspect you drove home with much fewer.
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May 11, 2015 | #47 |
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Thanks! We drove 2 vehicles Charley, after we unloaded we parked it across the street. Yes we sold 104 plants even though ideal planting dates here were weeks ago. I was presently surprised as we went to this market on a whim.
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May 27, 2015 | #48 |
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Update. Things are getting crazy almost all plants are setting fruit in huge numbers and I just planted 40 more plants. My son and I took down my colframe plastic/hoops and I tilled the inside and formed some rows. I will later add taller hoops and new plastic in time for winter veggies.
The main crop planted was Gruschevij and Chico 3. I am very excited about the Gruschevij as I love ruffled pear tomatoes. The rest were a mix of plants I had left over that were very leggy. Some already had tiny tomatoes on them but I threw caution to the wind and left them on. I normally pinch all blooms/fruit at transplant but I like to experiment. Here are some pics I hope you enjoy. 20150526_164351_hdr-resized-960.jpg 20150526_180652_hdr-resized-960.jpg 20150525_123217_hdr-resized-960.jpg Butter dish squash 20150526_164522_hdr-resized-960.jpg Impatiently waiting to see if this is a cross or grows true. I planted another one that was the darkest colored. One seedling had no antho at all so I think its a cross. 20150526_164912_hdr-resized-960.jpg Zluta Kytice, set tomatoes a week after transplant. 20150525_122547_hdr-resized-960.jpg New tomatoes. This was covered with compost later and will be mulched soon. |
June 8, 2015 | #49 |
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Quick update. Everything is doing well and I'm starting to get some ripe veggies. Many tomatoes will start ripening soon. First red tomato was a Glacier and the squash is called butterdish hybrid (Burpee).
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June 9, 2015 | #50 |
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Great pictures. I'm enjoying this thread. What do you think that bug is on the squash blossom?
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June 9, 2015 | #51 |
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Thanks Marsha! I'm glad you're enjoying it as a lot of the seeds came from you. Those are actually tomato flowers (Big Beef) and that is (I think after lots of googling) an assassin bug. Haven't had many pest problems so far (knock on wood) and I have been seeing lots of benificials.
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June 27, 2015 | #52 |
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Well things are starting to ripen and I'm picking tomatoes daily now. I have seen a huge explosion of pest since the heat wave started, mostly caterpillars of all sorts and a few cucumber beetles. My beans are covered in aphids and I have grey mold all over the garden. I have Neem oil and copper fungicide that I have started spraying to help. Most plants continue to do well despite these issues. Here are some pics.
20150627_104633_hdr-resized-960.jpg HJB's look almost black 20150626_181546_hdr-resized-960.jpg From top left: Zluta kytice: Submarine Blush: JBT: SOO: Wes with a critter bite: Sumter cucumbers: My favorite so far is Zluta, Wes is still ripening and haven't tried the SOO yet. 20150627_192305-resized-960.jpg First Sugar Drop, the antho was just a teaser. 20150627_195334-resized-960.jpg Table O'plenty 20150619_173015_hdr-resized-960-resized-960.jpg Fresh green beans, they were delicious! 20150623_174021_hdr-resized-960.jpg Lunch time snack, I didn't like the Submarine Blush. The seeds were quite hard. The JBT are tasty. 20150627_200147-resized-960.jpg Blue Berries are loaded but seem slow to ripen. 20150627_200116-resized-960.jpg SS 100 tasty as usual. Next pic is my beans and last pic is my first ripe Malachite Box. |
June 29, 2015 | #53 |
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Wes with a bad spot on it, using for seed.
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June 29, 2015 | #54 |
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Nice pictures. Good start of the season. I am dealing with aphids and mold as well. Good luck with that.
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July 2, 2015 | #55 |
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Beautiful Garden! Are you doing the Back to the Eden Method? what type of wood mulch are you using?
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July 2, 2015 | #56 | |
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Quote:
I detail my process in earlier post, essentially no till with a cardboard/manure/leaves/mulch layering system. We just bought this place so it will take a few years to get the soil where it needs to be for optimal plant health and production. My next goals are worm bins, a small area to grow host plants for beneficials, and learning to grow mushrooms as we discussed in your thread. I have lots of little mushrooms that come up in the beds with straw already but they fade quickly once the sun comes out and only reappear after rain/watering. |
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July 5, 2015 | #57 |
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Really busy with picking everything now and getting the nursery ready. Have been picking a basket full of produce daily for more than a week and with a break in the heat wave I am once again getting good fruit set. Some pics...
20150703_172821-resized-960.jpg This one was tasty butva little bland, it was overipe so I will hold judgements till later. 20150703_195730-resized-960.jpg Putting up squash 20150703_132349-resized-960.jpg And tomatoes 20150703_124351-resized-960.jpg My tomato fireworks |
July 5, 2015 | #58 |
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My Malachite Box's were bland and mushy too. Never got better all season. I got my seeds in the 2013 Tormato's swap, I wonder if they were right, because I honestly can't figure out why everyone loves them.
I should buy some seeds of it from a commercial vendor and try again. |
August 2, 2015 | #59 |
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Great thread. Great photos.
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August 3, 2015 | #60 |
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Thanks Charles, I need to update this thread but I'm so busy right now. Where in SC are you located? I'm about 20 mins from Greenville. Welcome to Tomatoville!
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