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2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
+1CapeCoddess wrote:
SO NICE!!!
It seems strange to see finished corn when mine wouldn't have even sprouted yet (even if the squirrels hadn't eaten them).
trolleydriver
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
Tonight's dinner. Corn, potatoes, zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers (and steak on the side).
My three 3 x 8 foot beds of corn. I have now harvested 11 ears of corn and many more to go as they mature.
My three 3 x 8 foot beds of corn. I have now harvested 11 ears of corn and many more to go as they mature.
yolos- Posts : 4152
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
yolos ... your harvest and garden take my breath away. Fantastic.
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
+1trolleydriver wrote:yolos ... your harvest and garden take my breath away. Fantastic.
Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
Thanks TD and Sanderson. The tomatoes I have harvested so far are the early planted ones I used season extension methods to get them to ripen way before normal. None of the tomatoes planted at the correct time have ripened yet except the Juliet grape tomatoes.
Tomato harvest is starting to overload me. But many of the tomato plants now are slightly diseased due to all the rain over the last two weeks. So I harvested all tomatoes that were blushing, then cut off all the diseased leaves and fertilized all pots. Tommorrow I will spray with a fungicide. But first I will have to spray with an insecticidal soap because my tomatoes now have red aphids, small white flies and a few small caterpillars.
Early Girl and Juliet Tomatoes harvested over the last few days.
Brandy Boy tomatoes harvested over the last few days.
I will also have to spray with insecticidal soap on beans which have spider mites and some kind of baby caterpillars. Also Sweet Potatoes will be sprayed with BT because for the first time ever they have small caterpillars eating the leaves.
Tomato harvest is starting to overload me. But many of the tomato plants now are slightly diseased due to all the rain over the last two weeks. So I harvested all tomatoes that were blushing, then cut off all the diseased leaves and fertilized all pots. Tommorrow I will spray with a fungicide. But first I will have to spray with an insecticidal soap because my tomatoes now have red aphids, small white flies and a few small caterpillars.
Early Girl and Juliet Tomatoes harvested over the last few days.
Brandy Boy tomatoes harvested over the last few days.
I will also have to spray with insecticidal soap on beans which have spider mites and some kind of baby caterpillars. Also Sweet Potatoes will be sprayed with BT because for the first time ever they have small caterpillars eating the leaves.
yolos- Posts : 4152
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
Just thought I would show my Tomato Wagon tomatoes. These tomatoes are now at the top of the Texas Tomato cages and are 8 feet tall. No suckering here. But the bottom leaves are now getting early blight so I have been cutting them off.
Early Girl on the right and Brandy Boy on the left.
Early Girl on the right and Brandy Boy on the left.
yolos- Posts : 4152
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
Wow! Are they still in the wagon? If so, can you give us a pulled back photo please?
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
CapeCoddess wrote:Wow! Are they still in the wagon? If so, can you give us a pulled back photo please?
+1
trolleydriver
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
Ha. No they are not still in the wagon. Those pots were only about 2 gallon.trolleydriver wrote:CapeCoddess wrote:Wow! Are they still in the wagon? If so, can you give us a pulled back photo please?
+1
01/21 - seeded inside in small pots.
02/08 - Potted up to large plastic cups.
03/17 - Potted up to 2 gallon pots.
04/15 - Planted in SFG
05/11 - Harvested first Early Girl
05/27 - Harvested first Brandy Boy
yolos- Posts : 4152
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
Nope, I was wrong. The Early Girl is on the left, Brandy Boy on the right. Look at the size and number of those green Brandy Boys.yolos wrote:Just thought I would show my Tomato Wagon tomatoes. These tomatoes are now at the top of the Texas Tomato cages and are 8 feet tall. No suckering here. But the bottom leaves are now getting early blight so I have been cutting them off.
Early Girl on the right and Brandy Boy on the left.
yolos- Posts : 4152
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
A couple pictures.
Cucumber harvest - Baby Persian
Rattlesnake Beans have reached the top of the 8 foot trellis.
Corn Harvest - bed 1a and 1b. Planting early sure worked on this bed. This was the final harvest on bed 1. For bed 1, I harvested 32 ears from 32 plants. The kernels on tips of about 25% of the ears were not fully formed but overall, they were filled out enough to provide a usable ear.
Cucumber harvest - Baby Persian
Rattlesnake Beans have reached the top of the 8 foot trellis.
Corn Harvest - bed 1a and 1b. Planting early sure worked on this bed. This was the final harvest on bed 1. For bed 1, I harvested 32 ears from 32 plants. The kernels on tips of about 25% of the ears were not fully formed but overall, they were filled out enough to provide a usable ear.
yolos- Posts : 4152
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
yolos wrote:
Cucumber harvest - Baby Persian
"Eating vinegar"!!!
(In Chinese that means I'm jealous. I think something gets lost in the translation.)
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
Summer! Not here yet...looks wonderful!
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yolos- Posts : 4152
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
I harvested one Coke flat of potatoes last weekend. I have approximately one Coke flat left to harvest. Yesterday, I harvested 4 Coke flats. All Russet Norkotah. All different sizes.
yolos- Posts : 4152
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
Artichokes - first time I have ever gotten any artichoke to actually grow. Imperial Star. Planted inside in small pots on 1/10/17. On 3/20/17 I set them in the garage refrigerator (temp 40*F) for 2 weeks and then planted outside in large pots around 4/1-4/15. It is still small but so cute.
yolos- Posts : 4152
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
Adorable! This is my first year with artichokes. I bought nursery plants, but gonna plant some seeds this summer for a couple more, then plant them out this fall (I hope). Here is one of my babies. Can't wait to see what her babies look like.
Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
Fun! Nice job, ladies!
CapeCoddess- Posts : 6824
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
Update on my Tomato Wagon tomatoes. Planted in the garden
I added a 2 foot extension to the top of my Texas Tomato cages. The cages are now 10 feet tall and the tomatoes are about 1 foot from the top.
My largest tomato ever. Brandy Boy. 1 lb 6 oz
I added a 2 foot extension to the top of my Texas Tomato cages. The cages are now 10 feet tall and the tomatoes are about 1 foot from the top.
My largest tomato ever. Brandy Boy. 1 lb 6 oz
yolos- Posts : 4152
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
You must have a really big ladder. Or are you using just that step stool? (which is pretty dang nice, btw - I've never seen one that big)
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
Yolos, another outstanding garden and harvest so far. Color me jealous. :-)
CN, Hats off to you for trying artichokes.
CN, Hats off to you for trying artichokes.
Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
Boots on to the little creep that ate most of one of them, yesterday. He won't do it again.sanderson wrote:Yolos, another outstanding garden and harvest so far. Color me jealous. :-)
CN, Hats off to you for trying artichokes.
Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
We are overrun with Summer Squash. I decided to take the 5 squash I harvested today and make some baby food for my soon to be second grandson. Steamed, pureed, put in ice trays, froze and then sealed in my Foodsaver. Tomorrow will be Zucchini Baby Food day.
yolos- Posts : 4152
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Re: 2017 SFG in Brooks, Ga
Yolos - Finally I had time to view ALL of your posts about this year's garden - FANTASTIC!! Wish that I had your stamina!
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