My humble edible garden in Istanbul

[Levent]

Some chilli and tomato seedlings under lights

[Levent]

Here is the list of tomatoes that have sprouted under lights so far.

Matt's Wild
Texas Wild
Coyote
Sungold
Kootenai
Maskotka
New Big Dwarf
Topaz
P20
Rosella Purple
Gold Nugget
Wild Tomato La Palma
Perth pride
506 Dwarf Bush Early
Orange Tree
Czech's Bush
Azochka
Arbuznyi
Black Bear
Persimmon
Aunt Ruby's German Green
Charlie's Green
Purple Calabash
Paul Robeson
Oxheart (local origin)
Summer Cider
Primrose Gage
Green Zebra
Copia
Hugh's
Spear's Tennessee Green
Solar Flare
Dogma's Perfection
Pruden's Purple
Casey's Pure Yellow
Grub's Mystery Green
Sophie's Choise
New Big Dwarf
Dwarf Wild Fred
Dwarf Jade Beauty
Yukon Quest
Golden Dwarf Champion
Polish Dwarf
Cerise Orange
Brin de Muguet
Bing Cherry
Ildi
Pineapple
Lime Green Salad
Green Grape
Green Zebra
Black Cherry
Black Prince
Chibikko
Anmore Dewdrop
Micro Tom
Hahm's Gelbe Topftomate
Mohamed
Floragold Basket

[Levent]

Micro Tom under lights, none of the fruits ripened yet.

[Levent]

Harvested today, ripe Cape Gooseberry fruits.

[Deborah]

How will you prepare/eat them?

[Levent]

Deborah I'll successively harvest ripe pods and keep them in fridge then make a jam.There're around 30 unripe pods on plant.

[Deborah]

That sounds good.

[Deborah]

I'm VERY interested in the flavor of the Micro Toms, and I hope you'll post.
And I have a kind of peronal question: Why do you call your garden humble? I think it's marvelous !

[Levent]

Deborah I'm too curious about the Micro Tom flavor!I'll post my experience in this thread.
On adjective 'humble', it's subjective!I've impossible to come true dreams on growing thousands of species,that's why my garden is in a state of humbleness at the moment

[Deborah]

Oh ! It'll be great to learn more about Micro Toms too.

[Crandrew]

I believe it's Levent who is humble, the garden looks boastful and what great pictures. I can tell one thing, from all your pictures you know how to shoot. Looks great! I am also interested in the micro Tom taste.

[Levent]

Crandrew thanks for the nice comment!
Here's some flower anatomy.S. lycopersicum 'Micro Tom' has an inserted stigma as expected.I tried to illustrate it today.

[Levent]

My Rosemary plant (Rosmarinus officinalis ) in 5 lt subirrigation pot.I had transferred it 6 months ago.It was outdoors during cold winter months.It's getting warm and first buds of spring appeared.

[Levent]

My early started PL Dwarf tomato in garage set fruit!I had lost label so I'm not sure about variety name. Mr Snow? It's in a 5 lt SIP containing diatomite.There are around 10 flowers on plant that will possibly turn into fruit .What a prolific tomato in such a small pot!

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[Levent]

Arugula plants (Eruca sativa) started to flower because of warming weather. Leaves are getting bitter yet the flowers are edible.Today I harvested some flowers to garnish salads.