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2024 Outdoor Vegetable Garden
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Nefar
In Bloom
This all looks great.I laughed at the zuccini pics. You don't watch them every day easily get bigger than your arm. I loved taking zuccini out of the garden and grilling it every weekend in the summer, until the damn vine borer moth started wiping me out. I miss my vegetable garden. I don't have the space at my current location. I didnt' have acerage like some of you here. I used companion planting and rotations on a long raised bed and two ground beds. Last few years I was using Vegetable Garden Planner | Garden Planning Apps to keep track of rotations and planning. I pretty much tried everything over a few decades. I composted with grass clippings from the yard, vermicomposting, teas etc. I would on occasionaly refresh the bed with some organics. Mushroom composts etc. Zuccini & Cucumbers were my favorites. Cucumbers to do pickles. I did so many varities of tomoatoes I can't even remember. Personally not a big fan. Suck a lot out of the soil & were a lot of maintenance. I was on a hot pepper kick for a few years. Back then the big boy was habanero. Learned first season after a trip to the head, wear gloves when harvesting.
Chefdave
Tree of Life Genetics
Hard to tell @ oldg but looks like mealy bugs too me.
Willie
🍓 Crush Genetics 🍓
Well......the critter damage to the tomato crop has me picking them at least 3 days early. I have zero choice in the matter it seems. Plants are looking somewhat done now. Of the new things I tried this year
1) Black Prince tomatoes......these were good with th only issue being too much rain and splitting. But lots of fruit and the vines are atill looking OK
2) Sassy Pickling cuke.......Oh boy, what a producer. I tried out 2 plants in a 3 gallon pot and holy sheeeeit does that thing produce!!!
3) Tokyo Bekana....versatile fast growing green. Almost lettuce like, a plant in a 2 gallon pot has been cut 7 times already. It takes a bit to get to size then you cut weekly. Overall, it's really fast and very productive.
4) Blues chinese cabbage. 5-6 weeks and harvest. This has been a great plant. I'm on my 4th round of seedlings now. It's the easiest and fastest chinese cabbage I grow.
5) Choko Pac Choi......Oh baby do I like the taste of this. It's a mini pack choi, has yellow stems instead of white and is incredibly buttery tasting and absolutely wonderful in a stir fry. Small plants that grow quickly. 45 days is fast!
Tomatoes have produced 14 quarts after being dried so far. Half sour pickles...we are sitting on 12 quarts and I am out of space and they still coming in........so cucumber door prizes here shortly.
Kimchi is probably 2 gallons in stock. My favorite kimchi is from what I grow and I only use about 1/3 cabbage. Also plenty of swiss chard and Dino kale mixed in.
Overall, a banner year for produce here. Those 5 items I listed really put the food on the table and I highly rec all five.
1) Black Prince tomatoes......these were good with th only issue being too much rain and splitting. But lots of fruit and the vines are atill looking OK
2) Sassy Pickling cuke.......Oh boy, what a producer. I tried out 2 plants in a 3 gallon pot and holy sheeeeit does that thing produce!!!
Sassy Pickling Cucumber - Fedco Seeds
F-1 hybrid. Although rated mid-late season by its breeder, this cuke is sassy enough to produce like crazy in the early slot. Though some picklers tease you with a handful at first picking, a mere three Sassy plants yielded more than 25 flawless very dark green 4 fruits during their first week...
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Tokyo Bekana Organic Chinese Cabbage - Fedco Seeds
Open-pollinated. These pale green baby Chinese cabbages may be bunched for market or their ruffled curled lettucy leaves cut to add loft and weight to salad mixes. Bekana will regrow for multiple cuttings and branch out, giving lots of edible leaves with very little coarse stalk. Lacy, mild...
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Blues Chinese Cabbage - Fedco Seeds
F-1 hybrid. Good bolt resistance, disease resistance and taste in this napa type. Flavor is relatively pungent, great in kimchi. Suitable for planting early spring through July. Moderate tolerance to virus, DM, ALTS, BSR. Tested negative for BR and BL.
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Choko Pac Choi - Fedco Seeds
F-1 hybrid. Baby pac choi with green stems, likes cool temperatures but resists bolting. Vase-shaped 11 plants have broad green petioles, lighter in color than Shuko with beautifully cupped dark leaves. Heavy weight and compact. Tender and creamy when steamed or stir-fried. Choko replaces Shuko...
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Tomatoes have produced 14 quarts after being dried so far. Half sour pickles...we are sitting on 12 quarts and I am out of space and they still coming in........so cucumber door prizes here shortly.
Kimchi is probably 2 gallons in stock. My favorite kimchi is from what I grow and I only use about 1/3 cabbage. Also plenty of swiss chard and Dino kale mixed in. Overall, a banner year for produce here. Those 5 items I listed really put the food on the table and I highly rec all five.