let's see your veggie garden {pics}

[squeezyjohn]

Thanks Charles,

It's nice to know that peppers can be a pain for others too. We've got a great foundation over here like the link you sent called www.realseeds.co.uk that specialises in varieties best suited to our climate. I have some Czech pepper seeds I'll try next year - unfortunately the starts we get in the shops over here are not well suited to our climate - they're sold to the people playing at it rather than actually trying to produce food and most of them are better as house plants than real production plants. So I suspect I will be trying to germinate them in February again!

 

[Knucklehead]

Our member Skychaser sells some fruit and veggie seeds as well as tobacco and flower seeds. Grown in the state of Washington. http://northwoodseeds.com/

 

[charles]

well I grew up in New Mexico and grew up eating chili in one form or the other at least once a day. So I missed the chilis I grew up with and started trying to grow them on the coast here,and that started my education in pepper growing.They are a pain to get up and going as I say a long germination and unlike tomatoes they don't like being treated roughly.One trick I've tried is to spread the pepper seeds in a moist paper towel, put the towel in a plastic bag to retain mositure and set bag on a heating or germination pad once the seeds germinate plant seeds in growing medium.Keep them moist it may speedup germination a bit.There is a sweet Italian frying pepper I've had good luck with it's called Jimmy Nardello, apparently it was grown by an american guy who got the seeds from his family who were from Italy.also a pepper called corno di toro, also italian.

Thanks Charles,

It's nice to know that peppers can be a pain for others too. We've got a great foundation over here like the link you sent called www.realseeds.co.uk that specialises in varieties best suited to our climate. I have some Czech pepper seeds I'll try next year - unfortunately the starts we get in the shops over here are not well suited to our climate - they're sold to the people playing at it rather than actually trying to produce food and most of them are better as house plants than real production plants. So I suspect I will be trying to germinate them in February again!

 

[charles]

Wow thanks what a great resource for tobacco seeds.

Our member Skychaser sells some fruit and veggie seeds as well as tobacco and flower seeds. Grown in the state of Washington. http://northwoodseeds.com/

 

[deluxestogie]

18 Foot Tomato Vine

I posted during the summer that my yellow pear tomatoes, planted below the corner of my front porch, were growing remarkably well. While the tomato fruit is still just 1" yellow pears, the vines have gone crazy.

The vine shown below grew up to the deck of the porch, through the railing, across to the back of the porch, out through the railing, and onto the nearby roses. In order to extract the vine for measurement, I snipped off all its many branches. Laid out on the driveway, its length came to 18'. I included the tail end of my car in the photo for perspective.

18' yellow pear tomato vine.

This detail shows my 4' measuring stick alongside the growth end.

Determinate varieties of tomatoes (e.g. Early Girl) grow to a specific height, then quit growing. Indeterminate varieties, like this yellow pear, just keep on growing, and will overgrow neighboring plants.

The four yellow pear tomato vines, during the peak of their season, were producing the equivalent of a pint of little yellow tomatoes every other day. Just before the first frost, I picked a quart of green tomatoes, sliced them in half, and pickled them. The vines that I haven't stripped naked are still producing green tomatoes, though I doubt many more will ripen.

Bob

 

[rustycase]

This is muscade de Provence. A French Pumpkin. 25lbs.

Will have seed if you can spring for the freight.
rc

 

[deluxestogie]

...muscade de Provence. A French Pumpkin. 25lbs.

I understand that they make spectacular pie.

Bob

 

[Chicken]

If I ever get a tiller working. I'll be planting white and purple onions collards and brocolli..and cauliflower..

 

[Chicken]

If I ever get a tiller working. I'll be planting white and purple onions collards and brocolli..and cauliflower..

well i guess i can forget that part of the post...

got me a new out of the box motor for my tiller..... its a rooting bugger,,,,,, front tines.

i started melons and my tomatoes tonight.

 

[rainmax]

Have you ever see Lunga di Napoli?

This one is from my garden three years ago. Now I don't have space anymore for this kind of material.
Over 55 pounds. It was on regular menu for two months for whole family and some neighbors.

 

[Knucklehead]

Have you ever see Lunga di Napoli?This one is from my garden three years ago. Now I don't have space anymore for this kind of material. Over 55 pounds. It was on regular menu for two months for whole family and some neighbors.

Wow. I had to look that one up. http://www.neseed.com/Italian-Winter-Squash-Seeds-Lunga-di-Napoli-p/50270.htm
Yours was bigger than the average. Good job.

 

[Chicken]

i was looking at my '' expanded '' garden area.. this summers grow is going to be huge..

and i got a lot of drip line and fittings.. ive done the drip before, i may put it on certain '' rows ''

this year i want a large,, corn and watermelon crop.. im thinking of getting some north carolina cross,,, 200 lbs+ watermemlon seed to go with my normal melons,,, ive grew these monsters in the past..

and they were big, and perfect

 

[Chicken]

heres the fall garden

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[shawnmichal]

i like pumpkin seeds like my grandmother used to make. i made them with my kids for a long time but now they are gone so i havent made them for a while. the salty ones from the store suck.

 

[Chicken]

well. according to clock-work i hit my garden this evening [ should have gotten pic's of the mix ] but i hit it with, a 30% milorganite,,15% mix of ammonium nitrate, [ its in the blooming stage so it doesnt need much nitrogen.. just for the leafy veggies '' like my collards '' }

50% potash..15% triple super phoshate.... and some '' trace elements ''

hopefully we will be picking by the middle of april.

 

[deluxestogie]

It's early in Virginia to be planting a garden, but today I put in several rows of onions for salad, and planted peas. Peas will tolerate light frosts, but I've covered the soil with Agribon-AG15. If it all turns to mush, it's not a big loss. If not, then both will be nice, early producers. There's something special about the year's first freshly picked salad items. (Small garden peas are excellent, when sprinkled raw onto a salad.)

Bob

 

[Brown Thumb]

My girls planted the some of the garden a little early.
They were having fun it is only dirt and seed and kept them busy for a while.
Peas, peppers, tomatoes.

 

[deluxestogie]

I think that's good timing. Peppers and tomatoes often need about 6-8 weeks before they're ready for transplant.

Bob

 

[Chicken]

yep,,, my peppers actually are ready to go in the ground now,,,

hopefully this weekend everything will be planted, i got a lot of plastic and drip line to run.. plus im waiting on my cabbage,, brussel sprouts. to finish thier thing, my sprouts have just now started forming,

i grew some onions ,, but once again ,, i suck at growing them, i get a big green shoot,, but no onion in the ground,????

 

[deluxestogie]

For the largest onions, plant the bulbs in late fall, then allow them to grow through the following summer.

Bob