Capt Insano Emeritis
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Blossom end rot, calcium/ bone meal
2023 Garden Thread
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Capt Insano Emeritis
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I rarely get sun scald but this year…a few with 100 + degrees the last few days. I have rolls of remay fabric that breats is white and reflects light
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Capt Insano Emeritis
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Tomato picking this morning, got some nice ones.
Grew a salad tomato this year, Slava is the name. Good amounts of tasty for a 2" tomato fruits on a very productive plant, been getting them daily for a while now. If you like a tomato or two with a green salad, Slava would be a good choice to grow outside here on the Wetside. I think we will grow it again, as the production has been keeping us in salad tomatoes for a few weeks (4 a day 4 days a week).
Grew a salad tomato this year, Slava is the name. Good amounts of tasty for a 2" tomato fruits on a very productive plant, been getting them daily for a while now. If you like a tomato or two with a green salad, Slava would be a good choice to grow outside here on the Wetside. I think we will grow it again, as the production has been keeping us in salad tomatoes for a few weeks (4 a day 4 days a week).
Other tomato notes...
Grew mostly new to us varieties this year, looking to break out of the 'same old-same old' tomato thing.
Some we especially liked last night in our caprese salad were Paul Robeson, Momotaro, Costoluto Genovese, and Cosmonaut Volkov.
There are so many heirlooms that are worth growing it seems silly not to try different ones...
Hoping for an extended warm, but not hot period to ripen some of our 'long hang time' varieties.
So far, been a very good year for outside tomatoes.
Grew mostly new to us varieties this year, looking to break out of the 'same old-same old' tomato thing.
Some we especially liked last night in our caprese salad were Paul Robeson, Momotaro, Costoluto Genovese, and Cosmonaut Volkov.
There are so many heirlooms that are worth growing it seems silly not to try different ones...
Hoping for an extended warm, but not hot period to ripen some of our 'long hang time' varieties.
So far, been a very good year for outside tomatoes.
I think I’m in love
Capt Insano Emeritis
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Been growing Momotaro and Costoluto Genovese for a lot of years… just got back grom a little tomato tasting partyOther tomato notes...
Grew mostly new to us varieties this year, looking to break out of the 'same old-same old' tomato thing.
Some we especially liked last night in our caprese salad were Paul Robeson, Momotaro, Costoluto Genovese, and Cosmonaut Volkov.
There are so many heirlooms that are worth growing it seems silly not to try different ones...
Hoping for an extended warm, but not hot period to ripen some of our 'long hang time' varieties.
So far, been a very good year for outside tomatoes.
Capt Insano Emeritis
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Everyone there liked my Black Prince. It is always the first to ripen and A favorite of mine for 30 years or so. Taste preferences vary vastly i have noted so when I share seed or answer queries of how they taste I roll my eyes because that is an impossible task. Hell i hate okra… 
Dr. Magill
Life of the Party
Who’s the dude on the right??
Harvested sweet onions today.
Goat and Billy GoatWho’s the dude on the right??
Dr. Magill
Life of the Party
Woah
Capt Insano Emeritis
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My daughter has about 8 goats in CO. She milks them and uses the milk to make soap for her boutique called the Farmhouse.
My grandsons
She calls the one on the right “shave and a haircut”
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Capt Insano Emeritis
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I have been picking these Japanese Yamato climbing cucumbers every 2-3 days and picked these this afternoon
The large granny smith apple is for scale
The large granny smith apple is for scale
I've not yet installed automatic watering, but it's in the plans. I need to do some plumbing to move the exterior spigot before that can happen and have crumbling raised beds that need to be replaced. Hopefully next spring/summer will see all that completed.
The lack of automated watering came back to bite me. I had to go out of town for 2 weeks and our house/dog sitter was in charge of watering. I know some watering happened, but unsure how much. However much she watered was not enough, my garden took a beating.
Dead:
Pole beans- harvested about a pound still on the vines and edible, but the plants are toast
Lettuce- 95% of plants dead
Peppers- all 3 dead, harvested the hanging fruit
Dill-all dead
Peas
Petunias
Hurt but hanging in:
Basil
Minowase summer radish
Summer squash
Tomatoes- half of hanging fruit were overripe, sun spotted or otherwise damaged. I did harvest 2 gallons of ripe fruit. All blossoms when I left are burnt up
Potatoes
Hydrangeas, butterfly bushes, dahlias
scarlet runner beans
Minor/no damage:
Jasmine
Roses
Carrots
Herbs-parsley, thyme, oregano, rosemary, bay
Golden and cylindra beets
The lack of automated watering came back to bite me. I had to go out of town for 2 weeks and our house/dog sitter was in charge of watering. I know some watering happened, but unsure how much. However much she watered was not enough, my garden took a beating.
Dead:
Pole beans- harvested about a pound still on the vines and edible, but the plants are toast
Lettuce- 95% of plants dead
Peppers- all 3 dead, harvested the hanging fruit
Dill-all dead
Peas
Petunias
Hurt but hanging in:
Basil
Minowase summer radish
Summer squash
Tomatoes- half of hanging fruit were overripe, sun spotted or otherwise damaged. I did harvest 2 gallons of ripe fruit. All blossoms when I left are burnt up
Potatoes
Hydrangeas, butterfly bushes, dahlias
scarlet runner beans
Minor/no damage:
Jasmine
Roses
Carrots
Herbs-parsley, thyme, oregano, rosemary, bay
Golden and cylindra beets
A little help, I don't know what the red flowers are? My dol gave me some bulbs like 3 years ago, and they have only grown leaves. Now with the two trees gone, and the bed getting cleaned up a bit, I guess now it get's enough light to show itself.
Thx. Several others are starting to come along as well.