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Post by Yoris on May 14, 2019 1:43:32 GMT -7
Here's what sprouted by 13 May 2019:
Muskmelons:
* Kirkman (from the newest planting, in garden soil)
Tomatoes:
* White Queen
* Amana Orange (the seed coats are still attached on the two that sprouted by this date)
Watermelons:
* Verona (newest planting in garden soil)
Other:
* West India Burr Gherkins (garden soil in a foam cup)
Notes:
* I transplanted several tomatoes on May 13th, including one plant each of at least BB, Black Dragon, Red Robin F1, Tidy Rose F1, Valley Girl F1, Chris Ukrainian, Coyote, Matt's Wild Cherry, Jerusalem, Marion, Moravsky Div, Polish Linguisa, and Black Vernissage, Sweet Orange Cherry, Gnocchia Di Limone, and Noire De Crimee. I have not amended the soil where I transplanted them as of yet.
* The Early Girl F1 plant purchased from the store is growing surprisingly fast, so far.
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Post by Yoris on May 14, 2019 23:30:27 GMT -7
Here are the tomatoes that have been transplanted by 14 May 2019 (and their locations): Row 1 (northmost) Chris Ukranian RL Polish Linguisa Jerusalem RL Black Vernissage RL Marion RL Bloody Butcher PL (has the large cage; Marion might share it; note that on a future date I moved the large cage to Coyote and gave Bloody Butcher and Marion wire cages) Row 2 Rio Grande RL n/a Valley Girl F1 Black Dragon RL Tidy Rose F1 RL or rugose Row 3 n/a Frosty F. House RL Moravsky Div PL Buckbee's New 50-Day RL Red Robin F1 rugose Row 4 n/a Matina PL n/a Holyland RL Coyote RL Row 5 n/a Palestinian RL Gilbertie wispy RL? Sausage saved RL Matt's Wild Cherry RL Row 6 n/a n/a n/a Noire De Crimee RL Gnocchia Di Limone RL Row 7 Sausage new seedling Sausage old RL Sausage new RL Sausage saved RL Fourth of July F1 RL Row 8 Sausage old seedling Sausage old RL Sausage saved RL Sausage saved RL (where tomato pile was) Porter RL (where tomato pile was) Row 9 Sausage saved seedling Sausage old Sausage old Sausage saved seedling Sweet Orange Cherry RL Row 10 n/a Sausage saved RL Sausage saved RL Sausage saved RL Sausage saved seedling Row 11 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Row 12 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Row 13 (southmost) n/a n/a (no hole?) Early Girl F1 plant RL n/a n/a Notes: * The rows each go from west to east. So, Chris Ukranian is just north of Rio Grande. * I've noted the leaf types where I could tell what they were. * Those marked as seedlings are either just cotyledons or are still growing their first leaves. * This is the same ground where we had tomatoes last year. I often grow tomatoes in the same place twice before rotating (although rotating is probably a better idea). * I tried to put Sausage tomatoes in most of the spots where tomato plants struggled with the heat last year. I put some in other spots, though. * I haven't added any soil amendments, yet. * I plan to plant watermelons in the last three rows, and plant more tomatoes in one or more other areas. * Yes, I ended up with 17 Sausage tomatoes! I split some up further when transplanting. I reserved five containers of sausage plants for other people. There are seven plants total in those containers, and I may or may not give away the extra two (depending on demand). * The Frosty F. House I transplanted was one I split off (it wasn't one of the original containers). * The seed coat mostly came off one of the Amana Orange seedlings, thankfully (I removed the seed coat when I saw that). * Volunteer tomatoes are up already, with true leaves. |
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Post by Yoris on May 15, 2019 23:16:22 GMT -7
On May 15th, I transplanted two volunteer tomatoes into the aforementioned tomato patch. The varieties are unknown, but possibly (and hopefully) from the fourth year Husky Cherry Red (which is a yellow, prolific cherry, now; it may have crossed with Sweet Orange Cherry), which I grew last year. So, if that's what it is, it's a Husky Cherry Red F6 (possibly crossed with other stuff). Other likelihoods are Brandy Boy, Sub Arctic Plenty and Poca Roja.
I planted the following tomato plants in my sister's garden, in raised beds:
South bed:
[Volunteer Lettuce SW (I didn't plant this, and no, it's not a tomato plant).]
n/a SE (Edit: on 3 June I transplanted a container of young Verona watermelon here, which was in a foam cup with regular garden soil)
Valley Girl F1 NW (Edit: I noticed on 3 June that it had vanished, and I transplanted a PL Brandy Boy cross #4 in its place)
Frosty F. House NE
North bed:
Husky Red F1 SW
Black Beauty NW
Black Dragon SE
Sweet Orange Cherry NE
I meant to get her some Brandy Boy tomatoes, but I wasn't ready to transplant them, yet. Hopefully I can convince her to let me plant yet another tomato plant later!
Edit: On 3 June, I planted peppers in another bed of hers (just north of the aforementioned north bed): SE=Aji Habanero, SW=Randy Sine's Evil Jalapeno (orange), NW=ditto, NE=Sweet Banana. All the peppers are currently particularly small plants except for Aji Habanero.
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Post by Yoris on May 17, 2019 17:34:16 GMT -7
So, today, I transplanted chicory. I only had one container that I found (although I planted two), but it had five plants in it (thanks to overseeding); so, I split it up into five plants and put them near the other chicory.
I believe this chicory is the kind with carrot-shaped roots. It's from the same seed packet as my other chicory.
I also transplanted a Husky Red F1 tomato, Lettuce Leaf basil, Mrs. Burns Famous Lemon basil, and Corrales Azafrán safflower.
It looks like my summer savory may have reseeded! I see at least three plants there. Hooray! They might be some neighboring herb, though. I hope it's summer savory. Edit: It's summer savory.
The Kirkman melons I planted in foam cups with regular garden soil first are growing really fast! I mean, they're growing as fast as squash, it seems.
Edit:
Later today, I transplanted the following:
Nodak Early x 2 (I split it up into two plants, although I could have split it up into many; they are on the north row where the watermelons were last year)
Mountain Princess #1 x 9 (I split it up into all nine plants that were in the container—I guess we're going to have a lot of these; six are where the okra was last year, and three are on the north row where the watermelons were last year)
Galapagos Island x 1 (I'm guessing it just didn't germinate well in the new mix, since only one plant sprouted; it's on the north row where the watermelons were last year)
Okay, I've got the Brandy Boy tomatoes out (#4, A, C, D, E, F, G). I'm planning to plant at least one plant from each fruit, and then split a bunch of plants up to continue growing in the empty containers (to give away and stuff).
Edit again:
I didn't end up transplanting any Brandy Boy tomatoes on this entry's date. However, I did transplant two Black Beauty plants, Snow Fairy, my Mexican Yellow cross, and Mountain Princess #2 (without splitting it up). I put them all with the main body of tomatoes (there's one vacant spot left there).
I've been thinking I need to get a cage for Matina, Moravsky Div, and maybe other plants. Matina gets huge, and I imagine Moravsky Div is similar.
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Post by Yoris on May 20, 2019 22:51:37 GMT -7
A number of tomatoes (in foam cups in regular garden soil) sprouted by today. Here they are:
* Brandy Boy F10 (I'm glad I can see what the stabilized Brandy Boy is supposed to be like, now.)
* Napoli
* Polish Linguisa
* Ron's Carbon Copy cross (I'm petty excited about this)
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Post by Yoris on May 22, 2019 23:33:37 GMT -7
On Wednesday, I noticed that one of the Tresca strawberry seeds that I planted indoors, in my bedroom windowsill, had sprouted. I planted it with regular potting soil some days ago; I watered it, immediately thereafter froze it for about four hours in our big freezer, and then put it in my windowsill. I'm glad the seed didn't die (the seeds musn't have absorbed much water, yet). I wasn't sure if I needed to freeze them.
On Wednesday, I transplanted Brandy Boy cross tomatoes (a container from each fruit; I didn't split each container up into multiple plants). I have three containers left (from fruit #4). There should be eight containers planted, six of them in the same row (the ones with seeds I had frozen for a long time in the fruit have not sprouted).
I really like what I'm seeing of the genetics of Coyote and Chris Ukrainian, as well as some others. They grew really vigorously in the unheated greenhouse and are doing great in cold, rainy weather.
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Post by Yoris on May 23, 2019 21:12:08 GMT -7
Today, I did something I should have done early last year: I cut the black plastic flaps off. You know, when you cut two slits to make a planting-spot and tuck the four pieces of plastic under (and plant a plant there)? Well, I cut those four pieces of plastic off on planting spot. The wind had kept blowing them out (last year and some this year), and that can hurt the plants. Anyway, the plants look in a lot better spirits now. It was a lot of work to re-tuck them under every day last year.
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Post by Yoris on May 24, 2019 13:44:54 GMT -7
It was raining heavily, so even though it was early in the day, I transplanted the Big Boy F1 tomato. So, the main patch of tomatoes is now full. I noticed that the Coyote tomato had flowered and was blooming, today, too, with multiple flowers in bloom (in the rain, while it's still cold, wherein I don't know of any other tomatoes that even have buds, except for the Early Girl F1 purchased as a plant that probably came with buds—Early Girl F1 has not bloomed, yet, and looks to be an older plant than our Coyote; it was transplanted before Coyote, too)! Coyote's got great genetics, I think. If it fruits well and early, I may grow it every year and use its descendants in my landrace-style projects continually. I found a volunteer watermelon in the strawberry patch. So, I transplanted it (also in the rain) to where I want the watermelons to be. It already had its second leaves and maybe was growing its third, and today was the first time I saw it. The Coyote tomato hadn't been thinned, yet (there were two plants). So, I thinned out the one that hadn't flowered, and I'm trying to root it in the shade by the eastern fence. I tried to cut it off deep enough down to get a root, but there wasn't one, I think. I think I read that Coyote does well in the shade, too. Here are pictures (it stopped raining for a time; so, I went outside and got some pictures): Coyote cutting that I'm attempting to root:  Transplanted volunteer watermelon:  Store-bought Early Girl F1 plant (when I went to take the picture, I saw yellow in one of the buds like it was about to bloon or else had already done so and was closed because of the rain):  Coyote tomato plant in bloom (I only see one flower in the picture, but there are two blooms):  salvage title full coverage insurance[HASH]cutting [HASH]firsttomatobloom [HASH]volunteer [HASH]rain |
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Post by Yoris on May 25, 2019 19:20:41 GMT -7
Here's what sprouted by today (in foam cups in regular garden soil):
Tomatoes:
• Aunt Gertie's Gold
• Sausage
It was sunny, today, and the tomatoes look like they're enjoying it after all that rain.
The Coyote tomato cutting is looking fine. It's shaded by two buckets (to block the northern and the western sun; the fence and the shed block the other directions of sun).
I'm planning to transplant a row of peppers and put mulch on the row afterward. I may amend the soil with compost before I transplant. I might not put the mulch down today, though.
Some volunteer Red River okra sprouted where the one with the most sun was last year.
This evening (this is an edit), I transplanted most of the peppers (all those in the row in the ground and all those in the gray 10-gallon moving totes). I plan to add one more pepper to the row in the ground (either Pimento or Ancho San Luis).
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Post by Yoris on May 28, 2019 4:06:18 GMT -7
On May 27th, I transplanted the rest of the peppers, except for those that I'll probably give to people (I have an extra Aji Habanero, a few Randy Sine's Evil Jalapenos and an unknown kind). I added four more to the row in the ground, and two plants in each 18-gallon moving tote. I'll have to chart out where they are on here for my records (and any interested). There are 33 plants transplanted. Unless otherwise noted, they were transplanted on 25 May 2019. All except those in the 10-gallon moving totes received some compost, mixed in with the soil (I may give those compost later). We haven't added any mulch to the in-ground peppers, yet. 10-gallon moving totes (south to north): • Chipotle • Randy Sine's Evil Jalapeno (orange) & Randy Sine's Evil Jalapeno (red) • Randy Sine's Evil Jalapeno (orange) • Randy Sine's Evil Jalapeno (orange) • Farmer's Jalapeno • Randy Sine's Evil Jalapeno (orange) 18-gallon moving totes (east to west): • Sweet Banana & Sweet Banana (both transplanted on 27 May) • Aji Habanero KFG & Aji Habanero TWF (both transplanted on 27 May) • Aji Habanero TWF & Aji Habanero TWF (both transplanted on 27 May) • Sweet Banana & Sweet Banana (both transplanted on 27 May) Row of peppers, in-ground (north to south): • Ring of Fire (transplanted on 27 May) • Jalapeño • Hungarian Yellow Wax • Keystone Resistant • Costa Rican • Mustard Bhutlah • Mustard Bhutlah (this was supposed to be Mustard Bhutlah, but it has anthocyanin on its leaves, making them look black; I hope it's not from mixed up seed, but rather from seeds of a Mustard Bhutlah, crossed or not) • Neapolitan • Neapolitan • Neapolitan • Satan's Kiss • Red Habanero (timeless-tomatoes.com) • Habanero (American Seed) • Aji Amarillo • Santa Fe Grande • Pimento (transplanted on 27 May) • Ancho San Luis (transplanted on 27 May) • Joe's Long (transplanted on 27 May) A number of tomatoes have buds that I noticed on 27 May, now (including at least the following): • Bloody Butcher • Marion • Moravsky Div • Black Dragon • Red Robin F1 • The Coyote cutting (I didn't notice buds when I first turned it into a cutting) Early Girl F1 has officially bloomed. Coyote has more flowers. [HASH]pepper [HASH]chilepepper [HASH]sweetpepper |
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Post by Yoris on May 28, 2019 22:24:42 GMT -7
We put mulch around the transplanted peppers, today (all 33 transplanted peppers, in-ground and those in containers). The mulch we used has this barcode on the bag: 032247865210. It's not the same mulch we used last year (I didn't realize that until just now), apparently. I hope it still works well on peppers! This new mulch is made out of forest products and colorant, but is said not to contain harmful chemicals or nails. Last year we used a pine park mulch (which was probably acidic). It took two bags of the new mulch to mulch all the peppers (although one of the 18-gallon moving totes needs some more).
There are a few more strawberries starting to ripen (Ozark Beauty, this time). We'll probably mulch the strawberries, too.
We're supposed to have good tomato weather for at least nine more days (last I checked).
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Post by Yoris on May 30, 2019 4:23:30 GMT -7
On 29 May 2019, I transplanted a number of watermelons (all those that were getting too wet from the rain in the greenhouse, due to water dripping down through the vent). I still need to label them. I also transplanted all the squash, which were in the same situation with the rain.
It turns out that Patisson Golden Marbre Scallop either didn't die from the freeze after all, or else it sprouted a new seed. Either way, it was of a size to transplant. I don't know how I missed it (I thought I looked at it and saw an empty container).
Anyway, so we have three kinds of squash (the other two are Black Futsu and Cushaw White). I put some compost on top of their soil and mixed some of that in. The black plastic seems to have solarized the ground and killed all the weeds that it was covering (this section of black plastic is new this year, and we just put it on top of the weeds).
The transplanted watermelons include at least the following (all from the original planting of watermelons this year):
Weeks NC Giant
Verona x 2+
Tom Watson cross
Congo cross
Ancient
Santo Domingo Brown-seeded
The Mustard Bhutlah pepper (or whatever it is) with anthocyanin foliage was wilting today like it was on its last legs. The soil was already wet (so, it wasn't underwatering). I removed some leaves, and gave it some wood ash (to help it absorb water). It perked up pretty fast after that, fortunately. Trade Winds Fruit replied to my email and let me know that there's pretty much no chance that it was a stray Black Pearl F1 seed, and that other mixed up seed is very unlikely, too (maybe not as unlikely, however). So, if this is a C. chinense pepper with anthocyanin foliage (or even a cross with a C. annuum pepper), that would be really great.
I think it's warm enough outside for pretty much everything is ready to be transplanted.
The peppers look like they really like the mulch. It keeps the soil off the leaves.
The Coyote tomato impressed me again with its vigorous growth. Matt's Wild Cherry and Gnocchia di Limone are pretty big, too.
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Post by Yoris on May 31, 2019 0:33:21 GMT -7
On 30 March 2019 (the whole entry is for that date), I thinned the transplanted tomatoes and peppers, as well as the volunteer muskmelon. I transplanted all the muskmelons, the edible gourd, the Morelle De Balbis, several watermelons (most of them in the new mix have been transplanted, now), a Frosty F. House tomato, and the Early Treat F1 tomato. I pulled up a struggling Mountain Princess that had volunteer Husky Cherry Red F6 tomato plants in it. I kept two PL Brandy Boy crosses and the rest are RL.
I weeded and mulched the strawberries. I found a plant that looks like it might be Morelle De Balbis growing there; if so, it's likely a volunteer from a seed from a fruit that set either in 2017 or 2015; I mulched it. The transplanted Morelle De Balbis is in black plastic.
I realized that the Ozark Beauty strawberries most shaded by the eastern fence are fruiting well.
I pulled some weeds by the onions. The onions actually seem to like the weeds (they're growing better than before).
Coyote set fruit (it's the first tomato plant to set fruit, this year).
The normal Mustard Bhutlah pepper has some spots on its foliage, or something.
I gave the sorrel in the SW corner of the yard some ammonium sulfate and urea (it was yellow). One of my neighbors asked about it, and when I said it looked like it needed nitrogen, my neighbor encouraged me to give it some. So, I did.
Another horseradish sprouted. More potatoes sprouted.
We had a rainstorm, with really awesome rain, and some lightning.
I picked two ripe Ozark Beauty strawberries and ate one. I was going to plant it, but figured I'd like to eat one first, and plant a future fruit. It was good.
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Post by Yoris on May 31, 2019 3:41:48 GMT -7
I just gave the regular Mustard Bhutlah some wood ash to hopefully help it recover from its spots. Wood ash does seem to help against disease (probably due to the potassium and calcium in it). Potassium and wood ash seem to strengthen plants generally.
I lost the labels for two of the transplanted watermelons (edit from 1 June: they were both probably Verona, but one was possibly the possible winter watermelon cross). I still need to put the bigger labels on many of the watermelons, too, as well as the Kikinda Competition Strain edible gourd and the Morelle De Balbis. Not that I need labels for the last two, but other people might like labels.
Only one container of Torpeda melons made it (and it's Torpeda A), while one of Kirkman A made it, and three of Kirkman B made it. Only one Iroquois survived. There's no Top Mark or Tam Dew. I'm pleased to announced that Ginger's Pride, Healy's Pride, Charley's Pride, and Honeycomb F2 all survived.
I had been hoping for at least a few Torpeda melons (due to its size, heat/drought-tolerance, production, and taste), but alas. I can always direct-seed or try again next year.
I planted (as mentioned in my previous post) Torpeda, a Kirkman B, and Honeycomb F2 in the same spots their mothers were in last year.
I didn't amend the soil for the muskmelons, this year, but last year I added plenty of rock dust and potassium to some spots and some minerals to all the spots, I think. I'm thinking they didn't use them all up, especially the rockdust.
Now I need to clean my teeth and get some sleep. I didn't mean to stay up this late, but I had stuff inside I had to do (and I was tired) and I had to go out and water the transplants later (I normally wait until sunset to start transplanting so the sun doesn't damage the plants if their roots are disturbed; so, they can survive without watering as long as it's dark), and the storm started just after sunset. I'm hungry, though. So, I'll probably eat first.
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Post by Yoris on Jun 1, 2019 0:51:57 GMT -7
This post is for 31 May. The transplants are looking great. The Coyote tomato plant set a second fruit. The Bloody Butcher tomato bloomed. Something appears to have eaten most of my Holyland tomato plant. It appears to have been chewed off on the internode above the cotyledons. Hopefully it'll grow new leaves on the cotyledon node. I was out of town for a good while and didn't do any garden work on this date. |
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Post by Yoris on Jun 1, 2019 22:27:25 GMT -7
The Coyote tomato set a third fruit, today. The Marion tomato bloomed. The Sausage tomatoes (all of the transplanted ones) seem to have grown visibly since yesterday, and they look healthier.
I transplanted the rest of the watermelons (except a Verona watermelon plant in a foam cup with regular garden soil, which I'm giving to my sister).
I transplanted the ground cherries and split up the Ammon Martin's conical ground cherry, planting it in two places (one has one plant, and the other has several, which I'll possibly thin). The ground cherries are by the eastern fence where the squash were last year, and one is where a watermelon plant was last year.
I transplanted the summer savory (I split it up and transplanted it in ten places; so, counting the volunteer, there are eleven; two of the transplants have two plants in their spot; the rest have one, including the volunteer—it used to have more). If the summer savory all survives, my dream of having lots of summer savory just might come true. I pulled up a Mountain Princess #1 tomato that wasn't doing so well (yet) and planted a summer savory plant there. There were volunteer Husky Cherry Red F6s in another one, which I pulled up, for the summer savory (there's another spot with Husky Cherry Red F6 volunteers close to it).
I transplanted the West India burr gherkin that was in a foam cup. It's right by a tree stump (which stump I didn't know was there when I cut the hole in the black plastic). I cut that tree down a year or two ago. I think it's from the plumcot tree.
I transplanted at least the following tomatoes (none of which were very mature, but they needed to be transplanted):
• White Queen (it was in a foam cup with regular garden soil; these seem quite vigorous)
• Brandy Boy F10 (it was in a foam cup with regular garden soil)
• Napoli (it was in a foam cup with regular garden soil)
• Sheboygan (it was the one in a foam cup with regular garden soil)
• Amana Orange (it was in a foam cup with potting soil)
• Ron's Carbon Copy cross (it was in a foam cup with regular garden soil)
I would have transplanted Polish Linguisa, too, but the original one survived (and was transplanted quite a while ago).
With the exception of Thessaloniki, at least one of each tomato breed (out of those that have sprouted and survived; note that the Jim Dandy cross hasn't sprouted, yet) has been transplanted, now. I have extras to give away and/or to plant. There's plenty of room to plant more (but we need to put black plastic down, first (which may require us to move the greenhouse). I still need to transplant a seed-grown Early Girl F1, however.
So, now I have two containers of strawberries, four containers of wonderberries (each of which I plan to split up into many plants), lots of West India burr gherkins, maybe Epazote (I'm not sure if it's it or something else), stuff I plan to give away (tomatoes, one container of Verona watermelon, two or three Randy Sine's Evil Jalapeno peppers), and whatever tomatoes people don't take.
I noticed that the Weeks NC Giant #2 watermelon has spots on it like Moon and Stars. That means it was cross-pollinated by a different cross with Moon and Stars last year (I didn't grow regular Moon and Stars last year). It's father plant must be one of the following: Black Diamond x Moon and Stars F1, Ledmon x Moon and Stars F1, or Mississippi Cobb Gem x Moon and Stars F1. I don't know that I got any fruit from any of those last year. Note that Weeks NC Giant #2 last year was already a cross (I'm just not sure what it was a cross with). So, this is quite the mix of watermelons, and should definitely be unique. I'm glad Moon and Stars isn't a direct parent (since Moon and Stars has historically had trouble ripening here).
I need to make a map of all the plants I planted (to show where they all are). I ran out of labels and we got some more, today. I labeled everything I transplanted (and the stuff that wasn't labeled before, except for the two watermelons wherein I lost the straw labels and didn't know what kinds they were; note that the Mayo watermelon died a while back—so that's not a consideration as to what they are).
A horseradish plant sprouted in the second row of horseradish that I planted at the eastern side of the house (this is the first one to sprout there, although some sprouted in the first row).
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Post by Yoris on Jun 3, 2019 13:42:46 GMT -7
The Early Girl F1 tomato (the store-bought plant) set two fruits!
The Mountain Princess #2 tomato has been damaged (the stem is almost severed). It's still alive, and looks fine, other than being almost severed. So, I should probably bury some of the branch (so it can grow roots from the un-severed part when it gets bigger).
Some of the volunteer Husky cherry Red F6 tomato plants (by the summer savory) are potato leaf! I thinned out the regular leaf ones. I'm not sure what cross-pollinated them (in 2017 or before), though. It could be the Prudens Purple cross, or a PL Early Girl F4, or something else. It was still a cherry of the same size last year, though. So, I'm a bit confused.
The Mexican Yellow cross tomato has grown more than the Sausage tomato seedlings that just had cotyledons when I transplanted them, even though I transplanted the Mexican Yellow cross (which was also a very young seedling) later. I'm thinking transplanting small seedlings when it's warmer is potentially advantageous, if you need to transplant them.
I gave a plant each from the following tomato varieties to KP, today: Sausage (from saved seed), Frosty F. House, and Black Beauty.
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Post by Yoris on Jun 4, 2019 3:58:41 GMT -7
The Fort Laramie strawberry is growing a runner. I'm escited to get another plant (since I only have one of that variety, currently).
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Post by Yoris on Jun 5, 2019 13:10:50 GMT -7
I checked it out yesterday, and the Epazote did actually sprout. Also, I transplanted the most mature Reine Des Vallees' strawberry.
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Post by Yoris on Jun 5, 2019 23:33:48 GMT -7
Here's what sprouted by today (by today in this post, I mean 6 June 2019): • Brandy Boy F1 (I wasn't expecting that, but I'm very glad!) • Tidy Rose F1 (This evidently sprouted some time ago.) Edit: I guess I already transplanted a Tidy Rose F1; so, I planted two plants and forgot (yes, I had two labels, and they are both dwarfs by the look of them; so, one isn't a Frosty F. House) I transplanted both of them (even though Brandy Boy F1 just had cotyledons). I put Brandy Boy F1 in the SW corner of the yard, just north of Thessaloniki, which I also transplanted. I put Tidy Rose F1 in an area with mulch (the only mulched tomato), in the strawberry patch. I gave the remaining container of Reine Des Vallees' strawberries to D&V. I gave three containers of more mature burr gherkins to D&V, as well as loads of tomato plants, including, but not limited to these: Black Dragon, Sweet Orange Cherry, Sausage, Frosty F. House (many), Early Girl F1, Chris Ukrainian, Brandy Boy cross #4 (the remaining two containers of it, which they plan to split up into individual plants; so, they'll have zillions of plants). I transplanted the remaining Early Girl F1 tomato that I grew from seed (it's the only tomato plant in the front yard). I also transplanted Thessaloniki (just south of Brandy Boy F1). I transplanted the rest of the West India burr gherkins (in the front yard near the squash and stuff). I'm not sure how many there were, but probably about 12 containers. The plants were looking good in the heat, today. I watered the plants with magnetized water. Now I just have epazote and wonderberries to transplant! I know someone who wants twelve to twenty tomatoes (and that's about how many is left). It's always possible that the Jim Dandy cross will sprout, though. I wonder why it didn't. I plan to split up the wonderberries to fill up most of the rest of the places to plant. Or, maybe I'll put them on the west side of the house by the horseradish and potatoes that are there. It's one of the few places without black plastic that probably isn't going to get black plastic (and that's the sort of place I want to plant them, since I want them to reseed). It seems like it's easy to overwater the peppers in containers that have mulch on top. Any ideas on how to tell if they need watered without digging through the mulch? (Please reply to the question in the thread I just linked to.) |
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Post by Yoris on Jun 6, 2019 19:09:40 GMT -7
The Holyland tomato is growing new leaves as of yesterday or so. I burried the stem farther up for the Mountain Princess #2 tomato. The Black Vernissage tomato hasn't been growing a lot, lately. The Charentais melon seems vigorous, so far. The Lettuce Leaf basil does not look like lettuce, so far. Here's the update on where I've transplanted things on the black plastic (as well as a tomato in the mulched strawberry patch): Southwest garden plot (main): Chris Ukrainian tomato RL Polish Linguisa tomato Jerusalem tomato RL Black Vernissage tomato RL Marion RL tomato Bloody Butcher tomato PL (no longer has the cage, as Coyote and Matt's Wild Cherry have it) Rio Grande tomato RL Snow Fairy tomato Valley Girl F1 tomato Black Dragon tomato RL Tidy Rose F1 tomato rugose Black Beauty tomato Frosty F. House tomato RL Moravsky Div tomato PL Buckbee's New 50-Day tomato RL Red Robin F1 tomato rugose Black Beauty tomato Matina tomato PL Big Boy F1 tomato Holyland tomato RL Coyote tomato RL Volunteer tomato (maybe Husky Cherry Red F6) Palestinian tomato RL Gilbertie tomato wispy RL Sausage saved tomato RL Matt's Wild Cherry tomato RL Volunteer tomato (maybe Husky Cherry Red F6) Husky Red F1 tomato (seems to be RL, and not rugose) Mexican Yellow cross F2 tomato Noire De Crimee tomato RL Gnocchia Di Limone tomato RL Sausage new tomato Sausage old tomato RL Sausage new tomato RL Sausage saved tomato RL Fourth of July F1 tomato RL Sausage old tomato Sausage old tomato RL Sausage saved tomato RL Sausage saved tomato RL (where tomato pile was) Porter tomato RL (where tomato pile was) Sausage saved tomato Sausage old tomato Sausage old tomato Sausage saved tomato Sweet Orange Cherry tomato RL Mountain Princess #2 tomato Sausage saved tomato RL Sausage saved tomato RL Sausage saved tomato RL Sausage saved tomato Volunteer watermelon Congo cross watermelon Santo Domingo Winter watermelon Verona watermelon Tom Watson cross watermelon Santo Domingo Dark Green watermelon Verona watermelon Ancient watermelon Congo cross watermelon Santo Domingo Brown-seeded watermelon Unlabeled watermelon (grew a full-sized winter watermelon of some kind; either Navajo Winter, Wintermelon, or something that looks like that) Weeks NC Giant cross watermelon Early Girl F1 tomato plant RL Congo cross watermelon Unlabeled watermelon (Corner Round and Corner Long) Southwest west garden plot (by the fence): * Sorrel, Sorrel, horseradish, horseradish * Navajo Red-seeded watermelon, Green Globe artichoke, Ron's Carbon Copy cross tomato * Wintermelon watermelon, West India Burr Gherkin, Winter Queen watermelon * Thessaloniki tomato, Brandy Boy F1 tomato, Wintermelon watermelon, King Winter watermelon, Navajo Winter watermelon, Santo Domingo Winter watermelon, King Winter '17 watermelon, Navajo Winter watermelon, Weeks NC Giant cross with stars watermelon, Amana Orange tomato Southeast garden plot: North row to south row; east column to west column: * Sheboygan tomato, Napoli tomato, Nodak Early tomato, Mountain Princess #1 tomato, Mountain Princess #1 tomato, Mountain Princess #1 tomato, Galapagos Island (Solanum cheesmaniae) tomato, Nodak Early tomato * Early Treat F1 tomato, Frosty F. House tomato, Brandy Boy cross F tomato, Brandy Boy cross A tomato, Brandy Boy cross C tomato, Brandy Boy cross G tomato, Brandy Boy cross B tomato, Brandy Boy cross #4 tomato * Conical Ammon Martin's ground cherry, Iroquois muskmelon, Delicious 51 muskmelon, Charley's Pride muskmelon, Hearts of Gold muskmelon, Charentais muskmelon, Volunteer muskmelon (probably Noir de Carmes), White Queen tomato * Huerfano Bliss muskmelon * Rachel's Favorite groundcherry, Conical Ammon Martin's groundcherry, Kirkman A muskmelon, Ginger's Pride muskmelon, Brandy Boy F10, volunteer Red River okra * Ammon Martin's ground cherry, Kirkman B muskmelon, Kirkman B muskmelon, Torpeda A muskmelon, Kirkman B muskmelon, Honeycomb F2 muskmelon * Aunt Gertie's Gold tomato, Healy's Pride muskmelon * Coyote tomato cutting, Summer Savory, PL tomato volunteer (probably Husky Cherry Red F6), Mountain Princess #1 tomato, Mountain Princess #1 tomato, Brandy Boy cross D tomato * Summer Savory, Summer Savory, Summer Savory, Mountain Princess #1, Mountain Princess #1 * Chicory, Chicory, Chicory, Summer Savory, Summer Savory, Summer Savory (volunteer), Mrs. Burns Famous Lemon basil, Summer Savory, Brandy Boy cross E tomato * Chicory, Chicory, Chicory, Summer Savory, Corrales Azafrán safflower, Lettuce Leaf basil, Summer Savory, Summer Savory Strawberry patch with mulch (northeast of the southeast garden): * Tidy Rose F1 tomato Northwest garden plot: South row to north row; west column to east column: * N/a, n/a, West India Burr Gherkin, West India Burr Gherkin * West India Burr Gherkin, West India Burr Gherkin, West India Burr Gherkin, West India Burr Gherkin * Morelle De Balbis, Early Girl F1 tomato, West India Burr Gherkin, West India Burr Gherkin * Kikinda Competition Strain edible gourd, West India Burr Gherkin, West India Burr Gherkin * Patisson Golden Marbre Scallop squash (C. pepo), West India Burr Gherkin, West India Burr Gherkin * Johnathan Pumpkin squash (C. argyrosperma), Black Futsu squash (C. moschata) |
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Post by Yoris on Jun 8, 2019 22:44:48 GMT -7
I planted four foam cups of Green Bush zucchini, today (one seed per container) in regular garden soil, and put them in the greenhouse. I did that instead of direct-seeding since we need to prepare the planting sites first, and since squash seedlings grow faster in the greenhouse (so, we should get a headstart this way, without worry of squash bugs).
I split up and transplanted two containers of overseeded wonderberries, today (the greener, but less mature plants). There are about twenty-one spots of wonderberry plants transplanted (most spots just have one plant, but a few have two, and one might have three). Three spots are with the strawberries in mulch, and the rest are by the burr gherkins, with black plastic on the northwest garden plot. Many of the wonderberries that I transplanted will have significant shade.
I plan to plant the other two overseeded containers of wonderberries on the eastern garden plot by much of the horseradish (and the potatoes), and mulch them (for the sake of keeping the weeds down; wonderberries do fine without mulch, and probably reseed more easily without it, too).
The transplanted squash and gourd are doing well, along with most of the other plants.
A few of the garden strawberries got too much sun or something the other day, and one of them might be dead (if not, it's withered).
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Post by Yoris on Jun 10, 2019 21:01:30 GMT -7
The Bloody Butcher tomato set three fruit by today. The Hearts of Gold melon has flowers.  |
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Post by Yoris on Jun 12, 2019 21:47:27 GMT -7
By 11 June, the Red Robin F1 tomato had set a fruit, and the Iroquois muskmelon had bloomed. The Holyland tomato died (although the seedling next to it is looking good; I don't know if it's Holyland or not, though; I mean, I don't know whether it sprouted from the soil I added with the tomato transplant or if it's a volunteer tomato). On 11 June, I gave a bunch of tomato plants (11 containers, but one had several plants in it that could be split up) to some friends to give to R. These included Frosty F. House, I think Chris Ukrainian, Husky Red F1 and maybe others (like maybe Sausage). By today— More melons had bloomed, including Charentais. The store-bought Early Girl F1 tomato had set three more fruit. The Gnocchia Di Limone tomato had set a fruit. Coyote set more fruits (I forgot how many more, but it was encouraging). There may be more fruits among the tomatoes. Lots of tomatoes had bloomed. I realized that I had said I was going to give some pepper plants to a certain friend (we'll call her Y), but that I had already planted and given away all the peppers. Aargh! I need to be better about remembering what plants I commit to which people. I should have remembered that one. Peppers are in high demand (almost as high as tomatoes). I gave my friend the remaining wonderberries and some horseradish flower stalk cuttings, as well as the largest Matina tomato (which already had flowers), some Frosty F. House tomatoes, a young Sausage tomato, and a container of young Polish Linguisa tomatoes. I should have called her up sooner when I had more plants to give away (I guess I was just waiting for her to come over). Hopefully I do better next year. I said she could have some fruit from my pepper plants when they grow fruit. I want to get more seed-starting space for next year. I think I'll just get a second greenhouse—maybe one of those collapsible pop-up ones; if the zipper breaks, I can always tape it shut, or glue on some snap-on buttons or something.] It turns out that my old greenhouse can be functional even with broken vents, but I should probably have a second greenhouse in case I need it anyway (even if I didn't want more space). Y said our Ozark Beauty strawberries needed iron by the look of them (I know they need something, but with strawberries, it's hard for me to tell what they need just by the way the leaves look, since they usually look like they have magnesium deficiency no matter what they're deficient in). There are no more tomato plants in the greenhouse as far as I'm aware. All that's left in the greenhouse is Epazote and zucchini seeds that haven't sprouted yet (as well as potentially tomatoes that may or may not sprout some day). I noticed maybe two days ago that a number of peppers had flower buds forming (including, but not limited to, Neapolitan). The volunteer muskmelon appears to be doing well. I think for next year I'll just put lots of melon seeds on the planting spots for where I want them to volunteer next year. Then I won't even have to start them in the greenhouse. I'm tempted to do that with watermelon, too (it's a tactic to get larger fruit and fewer spider mite / anthracnose problems). As of a few days ago, the horseradish cutting I had transplanted was growing new leaves. |
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Post by Yoris on Jun 13, 2019 22:29:43 GMT -7
Here's what sprouted by today: * Fresca strawberry (indoors; it still had the seed coat on) A Green Bush zucchini seedling appears to be breaking ground (but it hasn't sprouted, yet). By today the Marion and Moravsky Div tomatoes set fruit. The Mountain Princess #2 tomato died, but there's a seedling growing in its spot. I don't know if the seedling is Mountain Princess. We got three tomato cages. I put them on the following tomatoes: * Bloody Butcher * Gnocchia Di Limone * Sweet Orange Cherry I had the first one on Matina, but the Matina plant I kept is looking strangely bushy like it'll go in every direction, and I figured the tomatoes by the path and by the dwarf tomatoes were maybe higher priority, at this point. Matina would need a bigger cage anyway, probably. I put the large tomato cage on Coyote (so, it's not shared between Matt's Wild Cherry and Coyote anymore). That's not a new cage, by the way. I'd really like cages for Matina, Black Dragon, Matt's Wild Cherry, Moravsky Div, Marion, and others. We're planning to make some. The Husky Red F1 tomato plants I started (of which I still have one myself, in the ground) were all regular leaf (not rugose). I can't tell that it's a dwarf indeterminate by the way it looks, yet. Now, all the Husky Cherry Red F1 plants I've seen have been rugose. I felt like Husky Red F1 was a dwarf before the transplant, but now I can't tell. Maybe I got the mother of the hybrid! That would be awesome, since it's probably true to type. The White Queen tomato is getting big fast. It's already bigger than most of the Mountain Princess #1 tomatoes. The first Frosty F. House plant that I transplanted is looking like it'll be a bigger plant this year than last. Both of my Frosty F. House tomatoes came from those I divided after the freeze killed some plants (they aren't the plants that weren't taken out, I mean). It got to 90° or 91° F. today. The plants in the garden seemed to like it. The Kirkman muskmelons are looking great. I buried the Fort Laramie strawberry runner some to help it grow roots. We put mulch down on the eastern garden plot, including around the horseradish and potatoes there. I might take tomato cuttings and put them there when they root. I also put more mulch on the peppers that needed more. I transplanted the epazote in the aforementioned mulched area, just north of the strawberries. That's in the newly mulched area that I just mentioned. I watered the plants. I verified that the strawberries need an immobile nutrient (so, iron is likely it). I pulled most of the weeds that were around the onions. Most of the weeds there were lambsquarter. |
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Post by Yoris on Jun 17, 2019 13:02:48 GMT -7
I didn't check the plants very much on Saturday, but here are the tomatoes that set fruit by today (it's been somewhat above 90° F. for a few days; so, these all seem to be demonstrating some heat-tolerance for my area):
• Black Dragon
• Buckbee's New Fifty Day
• Matt's Wild Cherry
• Nodak Early
• Porter
• Rio Grande
• Sweet Orange Cherry
White Queen has flower buds already.
The tomatoes are looking good. Plenty have bloomed, and many that have already set fruit have set more fruit. Black Dragon has a number of fruit (it looks like it first set before today by the size of some of them).
One of the West India Burr Gherkins flowered, and is vining.
The Black Futsu squash has been growing the most vigorously, but it's also wilting the most in the heat.
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Post by Yoris on Jun 18, 2019 22:59:37 GMT -7
The Fourth of July F1 tomato set a fruit. It was in the early nineties, today, too. Red Robin F1 set more fruit. Coyote set more fruit. Others set more fruit.
The watermelon plants are looking really nice.
I saw toads in the garden, this evening (that nornally happens every night this time of year, but I've only been seeing them sometimes).
Three out of four of the Green Bush zucchini seeds have sprouted, so far (one of them before today). I only planted four seeds, but each in its own foam cup of regular garden soil.
More Fresca strawberries sprouted by yesterday. I'm excited for them.
The Brandy Boy cross tomatoes have vigorous looking, thick vines and are flowering nicely.
The summer savory volunteer can be used by now, because it's large enough.
The lettuce leaf basil is getting very large leaves, but they aren't crinkly, yet.
Mrs. Burns Famous Lemon basil finally grew a fair bit.
The transplanted volunteer watermelon seems to be recovered from the transplant and is growing.
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Post by Yoris on Jun 19, 2019 16:05:36 GMT -7
Two of the Sausage tomatoes from saved seed set fruit by today (the one just west of the Porter tomato, and the one just east of the spot where the Mountain Princess #2 tomato was.
The Covington Sweet potatoes were transplanted into two 30-gallon containers (three plants per container), with purchased soil and compost (not regular garden soil). They're on the patio (which is on the south side of a white house; so, it's pretty much full sun).
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Post by Yoris on Jun 21, 2019 6:08:50 GMT -7
This post is for 20 June.
The Frosty F. House tomato (the one transplanted first) set fruit by this date. Had I transplanted one of the main containers (rather than a separated plant), it possibly would have set fruit sooner. The plant looks more vigorous than last year's plant.
I gave the strawberry patch (including the wonderberries and tomato in it) and the epazote an iron/zinc/copper mixture (the same one I gave the watermelons last year, in about the same proportion), and some Epsom salt.
The peppers in the ground are outperforming the peppers in the containers, with regard to vegetative growth. However, as the C. chinense peppers were very small at transplant time, they're still quite small; however, there are no C. chinense peppers in containers to compare. The Mustard Bhutlahs (which are about three times their initial small size) are growing faster than the Habaneros (which look about the same size as when I initially transplanted them).
Ginger's Pride and Hearts of Gold are the first muskmelons to produce female flowers (as far as I've observed). The one on Ginger's Pride looks a little older, though.
The high temperature was unusually cool (66° F.)
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Post by Yoris on Jun 21, 2019 23:41:01 GMT -7
On 21 June, the Tidy Rose F1 tomato (the one that isn't in the strawberry patch) set fruit.
The strawberry fruits looked more hydrated than I remember, but I didn't examine them thoroughly before adding the minerals the other day. We ate some, today, and they were sweet (not bitter); that might be because of the recently and dramatically cooler weather, but it could have something to do with minerals.
I watered the strawberry patch, the peppers, and a few other plants (including a few tomatoes and watermelons).
A challenge I'm having with the West India burr gherkins in black plastic is that the wind blows their vines under the black plastic (and they have a habit of growing under it in the first place, too). The vines like to touch the ground, it seems. Maybe they root along it. Yes, I did cut off the flaps (but it's still an issue). The plants are looking good, though, even if some of the longer vines are scorched or yellow due to being under the black plastic when it's sunny.
The Red Robin F1 tomato is looking even more impressive.
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