How Does Your Garden Grow??????

Now that's a fatty...nice

Raised bed might be just a tad overcrowded. (tomato, corn, two kinds of beans, peppers and a few flowers) I did learn that beans and tomatoes do not do well together. Well, not if you have to spray BT. Burnt leaves on the beans both times so far.



Saved seed Cherubs. Turned out pretty good. A hair longer than the ones you buy in the store. Same taste and skin toughness.

I'm kind of afraid to nap on the deck. Vines might grow up my leg.

Late tomatoes. Cherokee Purple in this bed.



More CPT, Homestead, saved seeds from Sister and Heirloom Rainbow blend. Seven plants in this bed. It's hard to see since my mulch is still green.

xtsho said:

I've grown Mortgage Lifter. It's a great tomato that produces large yields of big tomatoes. This is the first year in quite a few I haven't grown any. This year I'm growing Siletz, Siberia, Delicious, and just plain Beefsteak from some cheap 20¢ pack of seeds.


A Mortgage Lifter from a couple years ago.

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As soon as I saw the photo I knew it was a mortgage lifter, they are a beautiful tasting tomato....

Tomatoes are doing good despite the heat, lots of flowers dying off though. Here's todays haul. Making lots of salsa tommorow.
Also found this hornworm getting eaten alive by parasitic wasp larvae. Looks like they should hatch soon.

Tomatoes abd cannabis. Whats better then this these are called medium rare by burbee. They are delicious ,one of the best I've ever had.

Nice little haul and lots more on its way!

Does anyone have a clue as to why white corn would be tough? We watered the hell out of it, every other day with a drip line, so I don't think it was a water issue. Possibly waited too long to harvest?

raratt said:

Does anyone have a clue as to why white corn would be tough? We watered the hell out of it, every other day with a drip line, so I don't think it was a water issue. Possibly waited too long to harvest?

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I never had much luck with sweet corn, only tried it twice with Silver Queen and it was tough both times. Old timer told me it was too old. Always seemed like too much effort for too little product.

BarnBuster said:

I never had much luck with sweet corn, only tried it twice with Silver Queen and it was tough both times. Old timer told me it was too old. Always seemed like too much effort for too little product.

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My view also, the son wanted to grow it so we tried. I can buy it for less than a dollar an ear so I see no point.

i am starting to get overwhelmed

Boatguy said:

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You can freeze tomaotes.

I may have too. Can only give so many away.
Do you blanch and remove the skin before freezing?

Boatguy said:

I may have too. Can only give so many away.
Do you blanch and remove the skin before freezing?

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I just throw them in there whole, unless I plan on making sauce with them. We've made yellow marinara before, looks strange but tastes just fine.

raratt said:

I just throw them in there whole, unless I plan on making sauce with them. We've made yellow marinara before, looks strange but tastes just fine.

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So full up with tomato basil mozzarella. Need more ideas. Thank you for the suggestion.
Should just start brewing chili to freeze for the winter

raratt said:

Does anyone have a clue as to why white corn would be tough? We watered the hell out of it, every other day with a drip line, so I don't think it was a water issue. Possibly waited too long to harvest?

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Maybe too mature. Corn comes and goes so fast I always say it's not worth it. But that first mess of the year. . . . .

I thought I had killed all my Arm cukes with too hot soil in the raised beds, but that is not the case. (all the green peppers were from me breaking limbs)

Rainy day here, so I have more wifi time than normal. Looked through my pictures and posts, and realized I hadn't posted pictures of my in ground Indian corn and squash patch. My main hangout is under the house, and while the raised bed gives me good privacy from my straight across the river neighbors, there was still line of sight with the house on the diagonal. So. . . . .

I did some sweet corn in a 5 gallon. Peat mixed with compost. Started feeding flower nutes about a month ago. I’m in zone 3 so burrrrr! Not many have been able to get a harvest. Looks like I may get 3 cobs.