Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: round beefsteak Color: red with very faint strange striping Maturity: 90-100 days Size: 10-16 oz tomatoes (per SoC website) 7-12 oz tomatoes (per SoC seed packet) Yield: ? Taste: “rich…perfect acid/sweet balance, making it an exceptional slicer” Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Seeds of Change developed this […]
Details Open-Pollinated Heirloom Type: ? Shape: bumpy ribbed beefsteak Color: red Maturity: ? Size: large Yield: “lots of tomatoes just 2 months after planting out” “good production even in cool summers” Taste: meaty, few seeds, good flavor, smooth texture Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: V & F resistance sets fruit at low temperatures Notes: Sources: […]
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Recommended winter cabbage (Grow Vegetables) Sources: Results from My Garden: SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE […]
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I brought in the last tomatoes yesterday. There were tons of tomatoes…I think the tomato plants were more productive from September till November than during the whole summer. It shouldn’t be a surprise, I guess, since our summer temperatures are always above 95 degrees. Several of them were ripe enough to eat, so those will […]
Details Open-Pollinated Type: very late season Shape: ? Color: white cabbage Maturity: 125 days from seed Size: 5-8 lb heads Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: best long-term keeper (A-Z) still high quality after several month’s storage (A-Z) Sources: Results from My Garden: haven’t tried this variety yet SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS […]
Details Open-Pollinated: No – hybrid Type: determinate Shape: plum or pear shaped roma or paste tomato Color: red Maturity: 75 days Size: 2.25 oz tomatoes Yield: pretty productive Taste: “simply the best-tasting” (PSC) unimpressive to me Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Resistant to Verticillium Wilt Resistant to Fusarium Wilt races 1 & 2 Sunscald was […]
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: determinate Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: heat tolerant Notes: recommended by The Kitchen Garden Sources: Results from My Garden: haven’t found this variety to grow yet SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE […]
Okay, so the fruit flies were REALLY bugging me. They started up when we started collecting our kitchen waste that was compostable on the kitchen counter. No duh – I should have seen this coming. We were using a metal mixing bowl to collect our vegetable scraps, open to the elements…and bugs. The solution was […]
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: beefsteak Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: “yum” (TKG) Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Recommended in “The Kitchen Garden” as a yummy early beefsteak, “new compact variety” Sources: Results from My Garden: Haven’t grown this variety yet… SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG […]