Plants at the garden plot:
30 tomato plants - Plum 18, Cherokee 5, Sicilian 4, Brandywine 3
30 pepper plants - change the balance to 2/3 Northern, 1/3 light green
Thursday, 23 August 2012
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Planting Plans
On the north south axis, divide the plot into thirds. Across the whole northern two thirds, plant row crops to fill the space - beans and tomatoes. In the southern third, plant peppers, parsley, zucchini and lettuce.
Make sure parsley has a good open space to maximize growth.
Find method to protect the base of zucchini plants from whatever it is that chews through them.
Make sure parsley has a good open space to maximize growth.
Find method to protect the base of zucchini plants from whatever it is that chews through them.
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
Peppers
My experiment of starting some peppers later has not worked very well. The later plants did not have enough time to grow plant mass so each one is getting just a few peppers. Also the plants are short so the peppers are touching the ground which makes them start to rot.
Next year start the peppers at the same time, and earlier - 6 weeks before the 24th.
Also I need to plant more dark green ones.
Next year start the peppers at the same time, and earlier - 6 weeks before the 24th.
Also I need to plant more dark green ones.
Tomatoes
Mostly planted center left this year.
The plum style tomatoes have the same problem as last year - the early tomatoes suffer from bottom rot even after extra feeding. Later though, the plum tomatoes give a lot of tomatoes.
DO NOT PLANT Brandywines NEXT YEAR- plant some extra Sicilians and Cherokees, and maybe an early yielding variety (just a few plants).
Start plants earlier - some 6 weeks before the 24th, some 4 weeks before. Some of the plants were too small when they went in the ground.
Including house, I have about 38 tomato plants this year.
The plum style tomatoes have the same problem as last year - the early tomatoes suffer from bottom rot even after extra feeding. Later though, the plum tomatoes give a lot of tomatoes.
DO NOT PLANT Brandywines NEXT YEAR- plant some extra Sicilians and Cherokees, and maybe an early yielding variety (just a few plants).
Start plants earlier - some 6 weeks before the 24th, some 4 weeks before. Some of the plants were too small when they went in the ground.
Including house, I have about 38 tomato plants this year.
Green Beans
Planted on the far left of the plot this year - 3 rows, two close together.
One type of bean has not done well two years in a row. It is the climber that produces the extra long French style beans. It seems to have trouble climbing, and ends up piled on itself at the base of the pole. DO NOT PLANT NEXT YEAR!
The Blue Lake beans still do well, as do the flat beans from Dam Seeds. The flat italian beans from Fiesta also produce a nice very broad bean.
Great idea for a growing trellis: http://www.permies.com/t/761/organic/Simple-trellis-green-beans
Great idea for a growing trellis: http://www.permies.com/t/761/organic/Simple-trellis-green-beans
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