How does your garden grow?

DFB · Oct 10, 2015

Wow the garden is still producing and tonight it is supposed to dip low into the 30's +F soo I picked off most my garden...got 36 really nice eggplants (18 plants I started, Harris Classic) and 15 green bell peppers (only had 6 plants, North Star's). Hot Peppers are still producing but had no time to pick them after work today (weekend marketing my last one of this season

) got dark to soon!

Larro Darro · Oct 10, 2015

That is impressive, DFB, as far north as you are. Our peppers are about all that is still doing anything. I ate a little Armenian cucumber yesterday, and it might have been the last one of the season. There may be a couple of melons left that aren't too ripe. The swimming pool tomatoes are growing like crazy, but haven't started to get ripe yet. But we did pick our second cucumber from under the light this morning.

Clint S · Oct 10, 2015

I just picked 2 green peppers last night myself. Had a soft frost, but the plants were potected

dragoneggs · Oct 11, 2015

Hey our peppers are turning... green to red in just a couple days. Been taking awhile. Greenhouse grown.

Larro Darro · Oct 11, 2015

dragoneggs said:
Hey our peppers are turning... green to red in just a couple days. Been taking awhile. Greenhouse grown.

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Those look nice. We grew lots of peppers, but our Bells didn't do good at all.

Larro Darro · Oct 12, 2015

I took up the soaker hoses from the cucumbers and Armenian cucumbers today. They are done. The only soakers left out are on the peppers. I moved the last swimming pool I did for better sun, and transplanted some more Pruden's Purple into pots. I must have got the Darro Dirt a little too hot for them. I had to trim off several leaves that were burnt.

DFB · Oct 13, 2015

Now the management has pretty much called it a season on growing the greenhouse tomatoes down where I work but the plants don't seem to know it yet

So a few of us wandered the jungle of 10 foot high vines in the one greenhouse that had a mix of cherry type plants. The other two greenhouses were full sized Crista tomatoes (just awesome performers) but the tastiest was this small strawberry shaped tomato. Looking around online several seed suppliers have it available.

I highly recommend it!

Larro Darro · Oct 13, 2015

DFB said:
Now the management has pretty much called it a season on growing the greenhouse tomatoes down where I work but the plants don't seem to know it yet

So a few of us wandered the jungle of 10 foot high vines in the one greenhouse that had a mix of cherry type plants. The other two greenhouses were full sized Crista tomatoes (just awesome performers) but the tastiest was this small strawberry shaped tomato. Looking around online several seed suppliers have it available.

I highly recommend it!

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I'll have to do a search. I have a handful of cheery tomatoes getting ripe per day. They are on the outside/inside/outside plant. The tomatoes on the Pruden's Purple are growing so fast a few of them are splitting. Still not ripe yet.

Larro Darro · Oct 13, 2015

I tilled under the cucumbers, Armenian cucumbers, melons and squash this morning. Also picked the last few ears {nubbins} of sweet corn. My swimming pool peppers are bearing now. Not fully ripe yet, but lots of peppers. Peas will be ready to pick tomorrow or Thursday. The vines are really rank on this planting. We had more rain.

dragoneggs · Oct 14, 2015

Yeah picked a bunch of red peppers. Pulled the giant sunflower trees and ready to till most of the garden. Do have some root veggies going though that we will let ride the winter or as we want them.