Compost test

markqz 2/24/2024, 11:25 pm

Can you tell which plants are in city compost and which are in my compost? (Hint: Would I be posting this if my plants were stunted?)

crop rotation - Mark's first SFG - Page 14 VgNsUB3

crop rotation - Mark's first SFG - Page 14 VgNsUB3

**sanderson** 2/25/2024, 1:36 am

Great test.

markqz 3/2/2024, 10:45 pm

This is likely the last full-sized Cherokee tomato from 2023.

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Used to make fried tofu and tomato sandwiches -- was delicious.

**sanderson** 3/5/2024, 10:55 pm

markqz 3/21/2024, 11:13 pm

You could be forgiven for thinking that "the flying zucchinis" are an Italian acrobatics team.

In my case, I didn't have the heart to tear out the last zucchini, still growing, with small fruit, since summer 2023. But I needed to set up the box for this year. So I suspended the zucchini and 5 foot stem. I'll have to rip it out eventually -- the base of the root is what finally goes. But for the moment, the zucchinis have a lift off!

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crop rotation - Mark's first SFG - Page 14 1Y3Fy9p

**sanderson** 3/22/2024, 11:43 am

Oh my gosh, zucchini all winter! You could have tried staking that puppy if you had known it was going to try to race the walking stick kale.

markqz 4/29/2024, 12:29 pm

The flying zucchinis are still producing, though tiny little fruits. This picture just before doing a purge.

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crop rotation - Mark's first SFG - Page 14 5ynBqDg

**sanderson** 5/1/2024, 1:58 am

Do you think it is putting its energy into climbing and not fruit production?

markqz 5/1/2024, 11:23 am

sanderson wrote:Do you think it is putting its energy into climbing and not fruit production?

It's trying very hard at fruit production. But I think the stem -- the hose it's drinking out of -- is too small and narrow for the fruits. I've trimmed all but one of the fruits. Meanwhile, it's still producing leaves. But they tend to become yellow fast (not mildew). So I'm thinking they're not actually getting enough water or nutrients from the roots.

I've got to end the experiment some time, but it has been interesting.

markqz 5/4/2024, 12:08 am

I pruned all but the one fruit in back just two days before this picture.

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