Gardening: My Tomatoe and Pepper Progress

[passedpawn]

I grow everything from seed, anyone else do this, most I see here are way ahead of me and that maybe why, why don't we say this is from seed or bought already started?

I usually grow from seed, but if I see starters I buy them.

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

since we have this crazy generic crap gong on and blending of seeds, Ive made a pact with my self to only plant original heirloom seeds from yesteryear, call me crazy but i just don't trust the norm of seed and plant producers of today

 

[applescrap]

Is five eggplants a lot? (I haven't grown them in years) I bought a 4-pack of tiny ones a month or so ago, and potted them up in 4.5" pots and kept them under lights for a couple of weeks. There was an extra seedling in one cell and I pulled it up and potted it too, and it survived; hasn't caught up with it's siblings yet but it will. They are about a foot tall now; in the ground and look very healthy. They really liked the hot humid weekend we just had.

The 4-pack just said "Eggplant" (no variety name) and had a picture of the long skinny Japanese kind.

Yes, that will be a plentiful harvest. They are awesome.

 

[applescrap]

Stuff really taking off this year. I think the gardens have been too wet in the years past.

I grow from seed, but man it just kept snowing here, since I was behind I bought plants. We have an awesome no name Nursery around the corner from us that's cheap. I don't mind paying a little more for the Head Start.

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[HarborTownBrewing]

I accidentally cut a hop bine about a month ago, and that bine has officially stopped it's vertical growth. It has at least begun to grow shoots, like the other bines (which continue to grow vertically).

I know I'm not the first one to do this, but it still ticks me off that I've limited my yield because I got a little carried away with the scissors.

 

[brewcat]

Is five eggplants a lot? (I haven't grown them in years) I bought a 4-pack of tiny ones a month or so ago, and potted them up in 4.5" pots and kept them under lights for a couple of weeks. There was an extra seedling in one cell and I pulled it up and potted it too, and it survived; hasn't caught up with it's siblings yet but it will. They are about a foot tall now; in the ground and look very healthy. They really liked the hot humid weekend we just had.

The 4-pack just said "Eggplant" (no variety name) and had a picture of the long skinny Japanese kind.

I'd imagine it would be plenty. You might get more or less 10 per plant. So depending how much you like eggplant. My problem is I bought a couple variety 4 packs. So 8 plants is probably more than I'll want. But can always freeze some.

 

[user 211287]

The heat and kelp extract made a huge impact lately. Peppers are growing like mad now.

Beni Highlands

Lemon drop from Chileplants dot com

Gochu (mild Korean pepper)

7 Pot Yellow from Chileplants dot com

Lemon Drop from my last year plants

Aji Cito from Chileplants dot com

Scotch Bonnet MOA Yellow

 

[Apple_Jacker]

I started my okra, pole beans, and cucumbers from seed. I bought the rest as little plants.

 

[brewcat]

Still have some space available in the raised bed. Hmm... Thinking I might try some squash and let it spill over the sides.

 

[estricklin]

since we have this crazy generic crap gong on and blending of seeds, Ive made a pact with my self to only plant original heirloom seeds from yesteryear, call me crazy but i just don't trust the norm of seed and plant producers of today

I start everything from a seed unless otherwise stated. I've bought plants before but I prefer to start them from seed. I enjoy watching them sprout and grow, I love the larger selection of seeds vs. plants, and starting them from seeds often results in healthier plants. It's also more economical, my 15 tomato plants cost me around $10-12 and if I had of bought them I guess they would have been around $60-70. I do tend to avoid heirloom varieties though; before my grandpa passed away I did plant a few heirlooms such as Bradley tomatoes as he was not able to tend but a very small garden in his last years, and he enjoyed those varieties best.

My tomatoes and peppers are just now starting to produce, or will in the coming days as they have small fruit on them now. I normally start my seeds in late January indoors but got a late jump on them this year by close to 3 weeks. That's ok though because here in Zone 7 they will produce well until the first heavy frost kills them, that should be about the time the rain starts in November.

 

[Apple_Jacker]

I'm getting some cayennes coming in now, about a dozen or so across all of the plants. The habenero plants are starting slow like they did last year, but I'm finally seeing noticeable growth. Something keeps eating my bell pepper plants (chipmunks or squirrels) yet the plants aren't dying; they keep growing back a little bushier than before. Hopefully this ends up helping me get more peppers in the long run.
My pole beans, for the first time since I moved to Tennessee, have NOT been destroyed by Japanese beetles! They're looking very healthy and I'm starting to see some 1/2" long bean sprouts popping up all over the place. This might be the year that I get a bunch of beans like I was getting up in Michigan.
My cucumbers are looking as healthy as ever. I've already picked off the 1st early cuke and have another 2 or 3 ready in a couple of days. If they stay healthy, I hope to be making pickles later this summer.

 

[brewcat]

Changed my mind on the squash. Bought a few different pepper plants for the raised bed. Should be good companions with the eggplant and okra.

Also going to try some cantaloupe in a spot.

 

[estricklin]

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. -- Robert Louis Stevenson

Everything is coming along it looks like! My old garden watch dog lab "Callie" has gray hair.

 

[Homercidal]

Peppers took a turn for the worst. Before I could get them in the ground (Or anywhere else) they fell victim to my daughters not being told to water the plants in the window while we were at NHC.

Hence, the wilted salad in the windows...

The tomatoes I planted have kicked in and are growing gangbusters.

Now I'd just like to know what was nibbling my beans and peas! Something took the tops right off of them and made me make my kid replant them! Could have been rabbits, squirrels, deer, etc.

Got a row of Kale growing in a long box I attached to the side of my back deck. Never grew Kale before.

 

[jmartie13]

Now I'd just like to know what was nibbling my beans and peas! Something took the tops right off of them and made me make my kid replant them! Could have been rabbits, squirrels, deer, etc.

Do you have woodchucks around the house? I'm in a never ending battle with woodchucks and my gardens....last year one ate 30 broccoli plants that were two feet tall down to stubs, they also really liked my bush beans and peas....although so do deer.

 

[passedpawn]

Do you have woodchucks around the house? I'm in a never ending battle with woodchucks and my gardens....last year one ate 30 broccoli plants that were two feet tall down to stubs, they also really liked my bush beans and peas....although so do deer.

I've got a lot of woods, and I imagine a woodchuck could do some damage there, if they could chuck wood. No idea how much wood they could damage though, if one of them could chuck wood. Anyone know (I mean, assuming they can?)

In other news, my bella fina pepper plant is producing nicely. I've got red tomatoes coming off the vine. Oddly, with the rainy season on me, my cayenne and habanero have slowed down. Strawberries were producing, but they are just leafy with no fruit now. Basil grows prodigiously as always. There's the farmer's almanac report from Region 10.

 

[triethylborane]

Everything is coming along it looks like! My old garden watch dog lab "Callie" has gray hair.

Nice, looks like the squash is fruiting and the corn is knee high. Great looking garden, plenty of space. Cute doggo too.

 

[Homercidal]

I've got a lot of woods, and I imagine a woodchuck could do some damage there, if they could chuck wood. No idea how much wood they could damage though, if one of them could chuck wood. Anyone know (I mean, assuming they can?)

Science has determined that they could chuck close to 600 pounds a day. FWIW.

 

[HarborTownBrewing]

My strawberry plant continues to chug along with berries here and there. Nothing fancy, but super fresh. All the farms in our area officially closed strawberry season, so for us it's our plant or Driscoll's we'll be eating.

Hops continue to grow, about 8' tall now in spots.

Banana and Bell pepper plants have made a lot of progress in the last week with all the heat.

My wife continues to be excited by how well her herbs are holding up despite 90+ weather the last couple weeks. I don't think she notices I water them daily to keep them mostly alive. If I ever die during plant season, she's going to be quite surprised at how all the plants died at the same time, and will probably think I had some other-worldly connection to the plants.

Probably.

 

[imasickboy]

If I ever die during plant season, she's going to be quite surprised at how all the plants died at the same time, and will probably think I had some other-worldly connection to the plants.

^^^This. 100% this.

 

[jleiii]

Quite a bunch of impressive gardens out there, I've been following for some time. Now i finally have mine up and running. 10 hydroponic buckets for tomatoes, peppers and cukes.
2 tomatoes are the Rutgers 250 they brought back from the dead last year. It was Campbells primary one for many early years.
Peas and beans below the buckets and 10 5th yr hops to the left.
And 4 floating raft greens in the basement still going from the winter.

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[HarborTownBrewing]

You guys may enjoy this. About 2 blocks from my house there's a community garden where you can rent a raised bed for the year. The picture doesn't show it very well but there are probably 200 plots in there.

According to what a saw there today, my tomato plants look to be keeping up with some in this garden. Just starting to get some bulbs about the size of a golf ball.

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[jeff62217]

Have to say I'm slightly envious of those with a lot of land and huge gardens. What can I say I'm a country boy at heart.

Have been busy this year and started in early march. Peppers on the fence line, Fresno, jalapeño habanero and Jupiter bell.View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1498779906.448854.jpg

San marzano tomato bushes View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1498780005.841937.jpg

Chinook hops from a rhizome View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1498780040.742820.jpg

Black krimm tomatoes View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1498780101.507844.jpg

Big beef tomato that's really producing, italian oregano and sweet basil, kale, lemon thyme, lemongrass and garlic View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1498780213.831882.jpg

 

[applescrap]

You guys may enjoy this. About 2 blocks from my house there's a community garden where you can rent a raised bed for the year. The picture doesn't show it very well but there are probably 200 plots in there.

According to what a saw there today, my tomato plants look to be keeping up with some in this garden. Just starting to get some bulbs about the size of a golf ball.

Thats a nice urban garden. Cool.

 

[applescrap]

Have to say I'm slightly envious of those with a lot of land and huge gardens. What can I say I'm a country boy at heart.

Have been busy this year and started in early march. Peppers on the fence line, Fresno, jalapeño habanero and Jupiter bell.View attachment 405851

San marzano tomato bushes View attachment 405852

Chinook hops from a rhizome View attachment 405854

Black krimm tomatoes View attachment 405855

Big beef tomato that's really producing, italian oregano and sweet basil, kale, lemon thyme, lemongrass and garlic View attachment 405856

Me too! I am on my deck.

Your gardens look nice.

 

[applescrap]

Quite a bunch of impressive gardens out there, I've been following for some time. Now i finally have mine up and running. 10 hydroponic buckets for tomatoes, peppers and cukes.
2 tomatoes are the Rutgers 250 they brought back from the dead last year. It was Campbells primary one for many early years.
Peas and beans below the buckets and 10 5th yr hops to the left.
And 4 floating raft greens in the basement still going from the winter.

Sweet operation there.

 

[applescrap]

Update. Still growing well for the most part, the swiss chard, and kale are huge and tomatoes are everywhere and are getting big.

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[HarborTownBrewing]

I planted a banana pepper plant and a bell pepper plant in the same planter. Didn't label them since I figured it would be obvious (okay...maybe the real reason is that I planted them and forgot which was which before I could label them).

So one of them is very tall, the other short. I figured - tall one has to be the Bell pepper plant. so I'm getting some very nice growth on both of them this week, but the "bell pepper" plant is growing some particularly elongated peppers. While the other, short plant is growing some round guys. Turns out I'm pretty sure I was wrong and the tall plant is actually banana peppers.

It will be interesting to see how the bell peppers come in on the short plant, since the peppers are going to be huge and the plant is quite small.

Strawberry plant is still producing, probably picking up a little more in the last week actually. Overall it's been fun, but have probably only gotten about 10 to eat from it. So, really poor payback, but super fresh.

 

[applescrap]

@htb interesting. My banana peppers come out yellow and skinny from the get-go and the bell peppers are definitely green. Also interesting is that you're still getting strawberries. My strawberries quit producing 3 weeks ago. I need to get them out of the garden. They take up all this space and they don't produce a lot. I would rather grow spinach and lettuce. Sounds like your Gardens are doing nice.

 

[Homercidal]

Been cool and damp the past 2 weeks here. Tomatoes seem to have stalled out.

The Zucchs are going gangbusters, though. Already got 6" fruits on them. Probably pick some next week. (But I will keep checking them because you know how those things like to blow up huge overnight!)