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Old April 10, 2012   #31
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Very nice pictures of your maters!
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Old April 10, 2012   #32
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Well I sprayed the tomatoes with epsom salts this morning. Next weekend, I will spray them with Earth Juice's micronutrient solution. I think by the weekend, I should be able to see whether the epsom salts worked on the new leaves, right?
I would think you'd know by the weekend if you are looking at the new growth since you sprayed.
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Old April 11, 2012   #33
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Looks great!
Anybody have a good write up on Epsom salts and foliage micronutrient spray application? Newbie here thats never tried either. Thanks
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Old April 24, 2012   #34
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Cucumber plants finally started producing. Both plants disappointed me in terms of yield. Lately I see more butterflies and bees, and after they appeared I had the chance to pick several cucumbers so I think the low-yield was related to lack of pollination. Solly Beiler fruits have a mild taste and I think it is the perfect cucumber for pickling. Green finger overall has so so taste with very slight bitterness.
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Old April 27, 2012   #35
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Update for the garden:
- I am amazed how Nineveh is productive. Unfortunately TSWV hit the plant and I am not sure if any of the fruits will make it for harvest .
- Abu Rawan is also fairly productive however it had some blossoms dropped while almost all flowers of Nineveh turned to fruits. I think Iraqi varieties like Florida heat.
- I am very happy with the yield of Mountain Princess, too. Hopefully both Abu Rawan and Mountain Princess won't get hit by TSWV. I treated the whole garden with AzaMax.
- Hickory King corn took away however no sign of tassels, yet.
- Ground cherry is doing very good.
- I am enjoying the beauty of the Turkish casaba type melon Kirkagac 637 that probably is grown for the first time in U.S. It has many fruits.
- I am extremely happy with my compost tea brewer that I purchased from X-treme gardening webpage. Even though it was a little bit more expensive than putting the separate parts together, it was worth the money spent because I didn't put any effort into looking for the parts. I use the brewer every 2-3 weeks to brew tea out of compost I have made.
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Old April 28, 2012   #36
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Cucumber plants finally started producing. Both plants disappointed me in terms of yield. Lately I see more butterflies and bees, and after they appeared I had the chance to pick several cucumbers so I think the low-yield was related to lack of pollination. Solly Beiler fruits have a mild taste and I think it is the perfect cucumber for pickling. Green finger overall has so so taste with very slight bitterness.
Considering the challenging climate, you are getting tremendous results.

As for the cuke pollination, I get impatient. Early in the morning I'll go out in the garden, pick off some male blossoms, play some Barry White on my iPod, and see if I can make the magic happen (if any female blossoms are open yet).
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Old April 29, 2012   #37
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feldon, thanks much. I am fighting hard with TSWV these days and learning my lessons on the way. Despite the frustrations, I really love gardening and the idea of producing my own food
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Old May 2, 2012   #38
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I found some information regarding the melon, Kirkagac 637, I am currently growing: http://www.dimtra.com/food/637/
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Old May 3, 2012   #39
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I found some information regarding the melon, Kirkagac 637, I am currently growing: http://www.dimtra.com/food/637/
That is quite an unusual melon!





Have you got any idea what the flesh is supposed to look like?
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Old May 3, 2012   #40
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P Robeson is my favorite now, i dont get much fruit from the plant but O MY!! just a little different than my other blacks. BTW its by far the most beautiful fruit when its ripe
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Old May 3, 2012   #41
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Feldon, if I remember correctly, the flesh must be white/creamy color along the seed cavity and light green through the shell. There are different Casaba-type melon seeds offered but probably this one wasn't grown/offered in U.S. before. Possibly, USDA could have it in its collection.

FILMNET, Paul Robeson was really delicious except a few fruits after the first couple were mushy. But probably I should have picked them earlier and maybe given more water. Then the fruits recovered to that deliciousness. It was very productive for me and I was very happy with fruit sizes, too.
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Old May 6, 2012   #42
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More pics of the garden:
Corn is now 12 ft and started tasseling.
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Old May 6, 2012   #43
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Paul R, is truly wondeful one of me Fav,
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Old May 13, 2012   #44
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I am really impressed with the disease resistance of Rutgers. I am not sure if technically a vegetable can resist viral diseases (or is the resistance only good for fungal diseases?) but I knock on the wood, so far no sign of diseases (neither viral nor fungal) and the plant currently has 6 fruits. Similarly, I haven't had any disease issues with Abu Rawan, too.

My ground cherry plant is now a monster with a ton of fruits that I will use to make jam. I have found out that the tomatoes and ground cherry are doing significantly better in pots than they do in the raised beds. For the next growing cycle, I will mostly try determinate varieties so I am in the phase of looking for good-testing determinates.

I have found out that growing melon excites me as equally as growing tomatoes. After trying lots of manual pollination attempts, hopefully I have some fruits coming up on Charentais melon.

Hickory King is getting closer to harvest. Probably I will pick some corn in two weeks. I am impressed with the vigor of my hybrid zucchinis, Dunja and Zephyr.

I also have found out that Luffa Gourd has beautiful leaves.
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Old May 13, 2012   #45
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Chance, looking great. Congrats.

How big are the pots you are using for the tomatoes and ground cherry (and anything else)?
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