Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Recommended by Grow Vegetables for a winter cabbage Sources: Results from My Garden: Haven’t tried growing this variety yet… SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE […]
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Recommended by Grow Vegetables for a fall or winter crop Sources: Results from My Garden: haven’t tried this variety yet SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE […]
Also known as Cordon Tomatoes, Vine Tomatoes, or Tall Tomatoes, Indeterminate Tomato varieties have a single main shoot that grows indefinitely. In a perfect climate, this main shoot would grow up indefinitely. Normally, these are trained up a central support, like a cage or trellis, or stake. Some growers pinch of the side shoots that […]
Details Solanum melongena Open-Pollinated Heirloom Type: ? Shape: slightly lobed globe eggplant Color: purple-black Maturity: 80-85 days Size: 4-5″ diameter Yield: ? Taste: “rich flavored” Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: flea beetles don’t seem to like this eggplant as much as other varieties that I grow susceptible to root-knot nematode Notes: store well heirloom was introduced […]
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: winter cabbage Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Grow Vegetables recommends this cabbage variety for winter crop Sources: Results from My Garden: haven’t tried this one yet… SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE […]
Details Open-Pollinated: No – F1 hybrid Type: determinate Shape: ? Color: red Maturity: 68 days Size: 7 oz tomatoes Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: “disease resistant” tolerates high temperatures, even up to 100°F Notes: Sources: Results from My Garden: have not grown this variety yet SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY […]
Details Solanum lycopersicum Open-Pollinated heirloom Type: indeterminate Shape: oblate Color: yellow-green Maturity: late season (80-95 days) Size: large 1 lb or more Yield: ? Taste: “intense” (Epic Tomatoes) “excellent flavor” (CCN) “sweet juicy flesh with hint of spicyness” (SSE) Disease Resistance: susceptible to wilt Notes: family heirloom from Ruby Arnold of Greeneville TN ready to […]
Climate and Environmental Conditions: Ginger is a tropical plant that likes a sheltered site with filtered sunlight, warm weather, and humidity, along with rich, moist soil. It does well in containers, so people can grow ginger in just about every zone. Avoid strong sun, windy areas, frost and soggy soil. Obtaining Root Stock: The best […]
Details Hybrid Type: early Shape Color: white Maturity: 65 days Size: 2-pound heads Taste: excellent fresh eating; tender; juicy Disease Resistance: resists cracking doesn’t tolerate yellows Notes: recommended early white cabbage by A-Z; prefers cool weather; has long holding qualities Sources Footnote A-Z Title Gardener’s A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food Author(s) Tanya L. K. […]
Details Lycopersicon esculentum Open-Pollinated Heirloom Type: determinate Shape: round Color: yellow with green stripes Maturity: 80-90 days Size: 2-4 oz 2″ diameter Yield: “productive plants” Taste: bright, acidic Disease Resistance: ? Notes: love these tomatoes: cool coloring and taste great shape of the little tomatoes was kind of boxy at first they were hard to […]