Details Day Length Requirement: Long-day onion Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Recommended long day onion (RIEOG) Sources: Results from My Garden: SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE […]
Quick Intro Physical Description Species & Taxonomy Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Genus Species: Lifecycle Plants Affected Bermuda-type onions are especially susceptible to neck rot disease (BBGS-131) Plants Unaffected Geographical Range Signs & Symptoms Whole Plant Leaves Flowers Fruit Roots/Tubers How to Positively Identify Treatment Prevention & Control […]
Details Lycopersicon esculentum Rare Open-Pollinated Type: indeterminate Shape: flattened, pleated tomatoes Color: light pink Maturity: 75-80 days Size: 6-8 oz (SoC website) 5-7 oz (SoC seed packet) 1-2 oz (my results) Yield: produces well Taste: pretty darn good Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: prone to radial splitting susceptible to Verticillium Notes: selected in 1986 from […]
Onions & Leeks are often purchased as bareroot stock, ready to be planted into your garden. These bareroots should be kept moist and cool until you are ready to plant them. In the event that the onions or leeks cannot be planted within a week or so, they should be heeled in. Heeling in is […]
Last weekend I planted Nitro Persian Clover for a cover crop in two of my vegetable beds. The first bed was where I grew corn and summer squash. The second bed contained potatoes, garlic and shallots. Cover crops are a great way to replace the nutrients lost from your vegetable gardening. They also protect the […]
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: beefsteak Color: ? Maturity: early season Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: “great taste” (TKG) Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: “good in cool areas” (TKG) Notes: Recommended in The Kitchen Garden Sources: Results from My Garden: SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE […]
This season’s crop of tomatoes is not looking quite as vigorous and healthy as last year’s crop – why? Here’s what they looked like last year, in June of 2010, a little over one month after planting out: and here’s what they looked like this year in June, about 1 1/2 months after planting out […]
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: spring cabbage Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Recommended spring cabbage (Grow Vegetables) Sources: Results from My Garden: SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE 2010 […]
Details Lycopersicon esculentum Rare Open-Pollinated: ? Type: indeterminate, potato-leaf type Shape: slicer Color: purple Maturity: 75-85 days Size: 4-6 oz tomatoes Yield: “vigorous vines” Taste: “excellent quality & flavor” just okay flavor, in my trials Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: potato-leaf tomato plants are usually better for hot, sunny climates Notes: Sources: Seeds of Change […]
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: spring cabbage Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: recommended spring cabbage (Grow Vegetables) Sources: Results from My Garden: SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE 2010 […]