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April 10, 2012 | #31 |
Tomatovillian™
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Very nice pictures of your maters!
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April 10, 2012 | #32 |
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I would think you'd know by the weekend if you are looking at the new growth since you sprayed.
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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 |
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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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. |
April 28, 2012 | #36 | |
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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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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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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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May 3, 2012 | #39 | |
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Have you got any idea what the flesh is supposed to look like?
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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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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. |
May 6, 2012 | #42 |
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More pics of the garden:
Corn is now 12 ft and started tasseling. |
May 6, 2012 | #43 |
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Paul R, is truly wondeful one of me Fav,
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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. |
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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