First Harvest from the Back Yard Garden Plot- 1 Pound Red Potatoes
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| Back Yard Garden Plot First Harvest |
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| From Seed to Kitchen Red Potatoes |
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ReplyDeleteJune 3, Sunday Garden Report:
ReplyDeleteTomato Plants started producing Tomato's this week. It won't be long till we have fresh tomato's for the kitchen.
The remaining Red Potato Plants are also ready for Harvest. The second crop of white spuds have been flowering for 1 week. I estimate it will be another month at the earliest, we planed a late fall harvest on these plants.
We have harvested and shared 1/2 of the Lettuce crop of Romain and Ice Berg Lettuce plants. [Note to self: Next year plant Lettuce in 2-3 different times to keep from being overwhelmed by lettuce.]
We will also soon be harvesting the first crop of Sweet Corn in a week or so! I estimate a harvest of 4 Dozen 8-10in ears when all done from both the First and Second Plantings.
The Peas have been flowering now for 2-3 weeks. Seed pods are slowing developing. I robed a plant for the fresh new peas Saturday and it will be at least a week before we are ready for the first harvest.
The Cucumber plants have been very vigorous to say the least and to keep the plants from encroaching on their neighbors I installed a trellis (Re-cycled Wood Lattice from: Saving a Deck from the Landfill http://stlouisrenewableenergy.blogspot.com/2012/02/saving-deck-from-landfill.html) Its a small garden with space being limited I believe by growing up you conserve space. Same principle as a Sky Scraper.
What a Chore the Strawberries have been to grow in the upright container we purchased at the St Louis Home and Building Show (http://www.stlhomeshow.com/homeremodeling). Its not the containers fault.
I believe we bought infected plants with 'Powdery Mildew'. I believe it's under control now. I utilized two different types of treatment. 1 Organic (30% Whole Milk, 60% H20, 5% Liquid Soap-Dawn, and 5% Vegetable Oil) and one off the shelf product by Bayer. I have also been spraying this concoction on the Honey Suckle vines that were also purchased at the Home Depot. (Though we bought these plants at a discount of 50% because we knew there was issues). My experiment with the concoction: Organic treatment needed applications 3-4 times per week to keep the Powdery Mildew from spreading. While the Bayer mix needed just 1 treatment per week.
Harvest Numbers to date: 2 Pounds of Red Potatoes and 15 heads of Lettuce.
What a Chore the Strawberries have been to grow in the upright container we purchased at the St Louis Home and Building Show (http://www.stlhomeshow.com/homeremodeling). Its not the containers fault.
ReplyDeleteI believe we bought infected plants with 'Powdery Mildew'. I believe it's under control now. I utilized two different types of treatment. 1 Organic (30% Whole Milk, 60% H20, 5% Liquid Soap-Dawn, and 5% Vegetable Oil) and one off the shelf product by Bayer. I have also been spraying this concoction on the Honey Suckle vines that were also purchased at the Home Depot. (Though we bought these plants at a discount of 50% because we knew there was issues). My experiment with the concoction: Organic treatment needed applications 3-4 times per week to keep the Powdery Mildew from spreading. While the Bayer mix needed just 1 treatment per week.