My First Starter attempt...

[somegeek]

My starters are getting to be pretty big indoors. I've moved a few to larger pots and will place them by windows to see how they do indoors. The rest will go to friends this next week.

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Peppers!

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Some new shoots...

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More peppers...

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Basil starters doing well...

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Happy root system on this starter. Moving it into a slightly large pot for the next week.

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Red potatoes... we've stacked about 18" of soil on from where these started. Will put on a few more inches of soil. I dug below the soil line of the box so we get more yeild. This box should be covered with potato plants when they all catch up.

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Cucumber plants taking to the garden better this round(last ones croaked due to being put out too early)...

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Italian parsley and cilantro really taking off now. Should be able to start pulling for use in our cooking - woo hoo!

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New rosemary plant and rooted cutting from it doing well...

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Sugar snap peas...

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Green onions... will put more seeds in the ground next year. Kinda sparse.

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Extra starters still doing - off to some friend's gardens this weekend...

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Pepper plant...

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Roma and Beefsteak tomatoes. These are from seed and seem more stocky/bushy than the store bought starters I planted...

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Tomato blossoms...

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Raspberries are doing well. Cool to look at this pic and the previous which was just a bunch of 6" suckers. Upper set of cables is at 5 ft.

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Raspberries!

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somegeek

[somegeek]

Starting to warm up here and our plants seem to like it.

One of our first peppers... think these are jalapeno or some kind of sweet pepper...
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This pepper plant has had some issues. It dropped all buds when I moved it to this larger pot. It dropped them all again when it got a bit dry. I will be moving this to a large pot soon and wonder if it will drop them all again? Otherwise it's doing well here by the window.
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Bell pepper plant started from seeds out of a store bought bell pepper...
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Baby Red Potatoes...
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Strawberries are coming along now...
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My cucumber plants are finally taking off. Have some twist ties tied loosely onto the string and plants to start training them onto the string to climb...
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Beans finally taking off after several baths in insecticidal soap to keep bugs from munching on them...
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Italian Parsely and Cilantro. Letting the cilantro bolt to get seeds...
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Rosemary, Oregano & thyme cuttings taking off...
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Basil plant decimated by bugs. This is damn near the same size it was when I first put it into the ground. Bought some Ortho brand insecticidal soap last night to put on this. Very lack luster performance here. Hopefully that soap does the trick.
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Tomatoes, basil & peppers. The tomato plants on the far left and right were started from seed. The one on the far right is very solid with a stalk nearly 1" in one part.
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More tomatoes, basil and pepper plants.
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Romas!
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Nice to see some tomatoes and peppers. Now I just need to get my basil inline.

Where do you guys typically buy your neem oil? Pondering trying that on my basil.

somegeek

[The Helpful Gardener]

Neem can be a pretty strong scent all its own; might be one of the few things I would NOT try neem on for that reason...

I think that may be slug or earwig damage; do some reconoitering first to find the actual culprit (if you don't see them in the day, and it sounds like you don't, then the night time is the right time ) Bet you it's one or the other (I think slugs); if you can clean them up you should be fine. Suffered some very similar nibbling and [url=https://www.paghat.com/slugcontrol.html]iron phosphate[/url]took care of the issue...

HG

[somegeek]

Neem can be a pretty strong scent all its own; might be one of the few things I would NOT try neem on for that reason...

I think that may be slug or earwig damage; do some reconoitering first to find the actual culprit (if you don't see them in the day, and it sounds like you don't, then the night time is the right time ) Bet you it's one or the other (I think slugs); if you can clean them up you should be fine. Suffered some very similar nibbling and [url=https://www.paghat.com/slugcontrol.html]iron phosphate[/url]took care of the issue...

HG

We do have our share of earwigs around our yard. What don't they like?

[GitarooGarden]

Hey SG! I'm admiring your success! Especially with the herb cuttings. I'm renting in a house that was previously owned by a garden enthusiast (and I credit my recent undertaking of my gardening hobby to her) and she has a huge rosemary plant in the backyard garden! It's very woody like the one you described, so I've been taking cuttings from it and the nearby culinary sage plant in hopes to be able to give the scions to friends and family. I didn't think of replacing the whole plant (yet) because it's the commanding presence at the moment, and the garden wouldn't be the same without it! It's been taking mine a little longer than 2 weeks to root in water, and I haven't had much success transplanting them after roots appear (read: no success). I'm thinking the cuttings I tried were too woody already back in early Spring, and now that it's been growing this season, I can pick some nice, fresh, greener cuttings and try again.

I'm admiring your peppers! I planted some peppers that I bought from Lowes in containers and they've been doing very well. The mystery pepper two posts ago looks just like the new jalapenos on my plants, but I suppose it'll make itself clear to you which one it is in the next week or so

I just read all five pages in a row *huff puff* whew! What a great journal thread. If only I could streamline my photo uploading I might do something like this, myself!

Best of luck to you and your growing!

[somegeek]

Hey, GitarooGarden... sounds like you're still learning as I am. It's pretty cool to figure stuff out after a failure. Fortifies your technique I think.

My peppers are finally moving along nicely.

Bell pepper started from seeds out of a store bought bell pepper. About six or so peppers on this plant at the moment...

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Bell and sweet peppers along with a Jalapeno there off to the left...

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Sweet peppers...

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Jalapeno plant taking off! About fifty buds or so on this plant.

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Happy to see these plants doing well after last year's failed attempt(two plants, one single pepper yield). Even though they were rocks, Charlie Brown had a better yield trick or treating.

somegeek

[wolfie]

Hey SG, everything looks great, I never thought of doing rows in a raised bed like that, my stuff is all mixed in lol what type of wood are your boxes made from?

[somegeek]

Hey SG, everything looks great, I never thought of doing rows in a raised bed like that, my stuff is all mixed in lol what type of wood are your boxes made from?

Pressure treated pine boards from Home Depot. Check the labels on the lumber you're looking to use if you're pondering going the pressure treated route and do your research. I live in the NW and the lifespan of untreated wood is a bit short. Everything I read about the boards I used in particular, stated there is minimal risk with the chemicals used to treat them, but just to be sure, I'll use plain wood next time to remove any doubt and deal with rot over time if that happens.

[wolfie]

I read that using pressure treated was bad for growing anything edible, so I used a plain wood and wrapped it in black plastic to help with the erosion..... I like the look of yours better tho!

[somegeek]

Raspberries are in full swing now. Been able to pull roughly 1C a day of berries from our small strip of plants. Getting pretty tall too.

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This image was taken from the ground up. The berries seem to hide under the leaves so when picking, you need to look up a little to find them.

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English Cucumbers... training them up onto this trellis.

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Cucumber starting to grow...

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Cilantro going to seed(corriander) in order to plant more plants.
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Chili pepper plant... these will turn red when ripe. Looking forward to seeing this.

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somegeek

[The Helpful Gardener]

Nice SG...

Your cukes are a little behind mine, but your peppers are ahead of me. Such are the vagaries of growing things... go figure...

HG

[splat42069]

Amazing man! I just read the whole thread and awesome job. I have some planning coming along with my winter crop indoors. I have a 600watt mh/hps switchable ballasts and bulb waiting Still need to figure out where its goin in the house.

Ill be keeping up with this tread, good job man!

[somegeek]

Thanks, Splat! Nice looking journal you have going there. Cool idea on cloning Tomatos. Never thought of that. I kinda halfway have a DIY cloning machine on my wish list. Costs around $25 to build and looks like the results are very nice. That's a nice grow light you have. Will be able to put many plants under that this winter.

My cucumbers are coming right along...

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Scott - I imagine your plants are loaded up by now? I've just got a few getting near to harvest time. When is the right time to pick these sword cucumbers? Will they always straighten out when fully mature? Kinda thinking these are similar to English Cucumbers.

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Appreciate any input.

somegeek

[The Helpful Gardener]

Well the voles munched the roots on that bed; acorn squash, cukes and wax beans all took a hit. Also the Fingerling taters are in that row and suffering; probably what drew the furry b***ards in the first place "Still limping along, but getting fungal diseases even fasterr than the healthier plants (quite a challenge this year; haven't had two consecutive days without rain in weeks). A few cukes and nothing to write home about; your English looks much better than anything I've harvested so far.

Squash I am killing with right now; eating daily and just barely keeping up. Zucchini bread in the near future. Lots of green maters, but almost no red ones. Need sunshine. 'Sposed to rain tomorrow again. Well, haven't had to water, like at all...

HG

[Diane]

Well the voles munched the roots on that bed; acorn squash, cukes and wax beans all took a hit. Also the Fingerling taters are in that row and suffering; probably what drew the furry b***ards in the first place "Still limping along, but getting fungal diseases even fasterr than the healthier plants (quite a challenge this year; haven't had two consecutive days without rain in weeks). A few cukes and nothing to write home about; your English looks much better than anything I've harvested so far.

Squash I am killing with right now; eating daily and just barely keeping up. Zucchini bread in the near future. Lots of green maters, but almost no red ones. Need sunshine. 'Sposed to rain tomorrow again. Well, haven't had to water, like at all...

HG

Too much rain here too. Green tomatoes. Everything is slow. And thursday night's storm tossed some plants and flooded others. I spent the sunny next day tying up plants and trying to dry out others.
Knock on wood I haven't lost any yet.
I do garden in the rain. I only stop when it pours.
Otherwise I'd get nothing done.

[somegeek]

Well the voles munched the roots on that bed; acorn squash, cukes and wax beans all took a hit. Also the Fingerling taters are in that row and suffering; probably what drew the furry b***ards in the first place "Still limping along, but getting fungal diseases even fasterr than the healthier plants (quite a challenge this year; haven't had two consecutive days without rain in weeks). A few cukes and nothing to write home about; your English looks much better than anything I've harvested so far.

Squash I am killing with right now; eating daily and just barely keeping up. Zucchini bread in the near future. Lots of green maters, but almost no red ones. Need sunshine. 'Sposed to rain tomorrow again. Well, haven't had to water, like at all...

HG

Weather sounds like our late/Spring early/Summer - summer didn't seem to want to start for us. Great to hear your squash is performing.

These cucumbers were grub. Went ahead and pulled the two large ones and made a cucumber salad(sour cream, dill, onion, lemon, salt) to go with our burgers tonight. Damn good.

Found an easy way to get the small prickly things off - a few passes with a scotch brite pad under running water.

[splat42069]

Looks like them Cukes could have been pulled alot earlier. They almost look old. (like a old mans vajajay) lol.

Looks like you have your garden all around your property, Thats what I'v been doin too. Using all the appropriate space available .

I really cant wait to start a bunch of things indoors. Especially for next summer.

Those clones are still alive. BUT still havent rooted. I just changed the water in the cups because it was getting kinda murky. When I did soil clones a few months back, They didnt take this long. Next time I clone anything I'm goin the soil way. Water just takes wayyyyyy to much time!

Take care man and keep that garden green

[somegeek]

The cucumbers cut really nice. I left them on there until they were roughly the size of the ones you buy at the store. They made for a killer cucumber salad. Seems like they straighten out as they mature.

I wish we had more room for a garden but we're making due with using our beds around the yard and it's working well enough. Growing the cukes on a trellis is saving a lot of room.

[applestar]

Found an easy way to get the small prickly things off - a few passes with a scotch brite pad under running water.

I wet the cuke, scrub with about 1 tsp of coarse Kosher salt in my hands, then lightly rinse off. Salt acts as abrasive, seasons nicely and supposedly helps to remove bitterness in the skin.

[somegeek]

Found an easy way to get the small prickly things off - a few passes with a scotch brite pad under running water.

I wet the cuke, scrub with about 1 tsp of coarse Kosher salt in my hands, then lightly rinse off. Salt acts as abrasive, seasons nicely and supposedly helps to remove bitterness in the skin.

Thanks, applestar - I will have to give that a try. Will have many more opportunities to do so.

Jalapenos(from seed) are starting to produce...

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Red Chili pepper plant(from seed)...

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Bell pepper plant from seed taken from a store bought bell pepper... one of those "eh, what the heck - give it a try" plants.

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Sweet pepper plant(from seed). One pepper just starting to turn red...

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Another Jalapeno plant(from seed) starting to take off fruit-wise...

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Beefsteak tomaotes(store bought starter)...

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Roma tomato plant(store bought starter) putting on a lackluster performance...

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My healthiest beefsteak plant(store bought starter) - near 6' tall - lots of nice large fruit...

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Beefsteak from seed - not matching what was on the packet... maybe these seeds came from some cross-polinated variety?

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Loaded up Roma plant(store bought starter)...

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Red potatoes(store bought seed potatoes) doing well... looking forward to digging these up to see how we did.

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Sword Cucumbers(from seed) - these are doing very well. Each of the four plants has two or three runners running up the trellis. Enjoying the following cucumber salad with these:
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Slice two large English cucumbers thin(~1lb 4oz) - potato peeler works well to get thin consistent slices)
Toss in a bowl with 1 tsp kosher salt, dump into a strainer, and place in bowl in the fridge for 1 hour to bring out excess water.

While cukes are sitting, combine in a bowl:
1 oz diced onion
2/3 C sour cream
1 heaping tsp dill
1 tsp sugar
2 Tbsp lemon

After the cukes are done in the fridge, combine with the sour cream mixture and scarf. Tastes better after a few hours so flavors can marry/develop.
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Every day or two I check them to make sure they're training up onto the trellis correctly. Next year I will space four plants a little better in anticipation of training them up onto the trellis...

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Strawberries (store bought starters)- planted a little late but growing well. I rearrange the runners every few days for even coverage and to keep them on their side of the bed...

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Couple of our basil plants(from seed)... they're coming back nicely after being cut back roughly 2/3 for a harvest...

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Potted up some habenero seeds and also have some bhut jolokia seeds on order. Will winter these plants over in our home. Looking to try some real heat.

somegeek

[Rambo 09]

The Green Sword cucumber(similar to English) seeds we sowed on Sunday(six days ago) are very much up!

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I'm blown away by how quickly these have sprouted. Time to start hardening these to go into the garden?

somegeek

I have always loved cucombers but it is such a hastle for me, do use thouse lights and starting system fur the cucs to?

[somegeek]

The Green Sword cucumber(similar to English) seeds we sowed on Sunday(six days ago) are very much up!

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I'm blown away by how quickly these have sprouted. Time to start hardening these to go into the garden?

somegeek

I have always loved cucombers but it is such a hastle for me, do use thouse lights and starting system fur the cucs to?

These cuke seedlings did well by the window but did very well under the lights. Didn't get leggy at all while they were putting out their second set of true leaves. Using a grow light, for me, was indispensable. You can get setup with a few CFLs, a socket splitter and clip-on lamp for around $15 which would cover roughly 1/2 a flat for a few seedlings if you have some problem children with regards to starting seeds.

[Rambo 09]

I will have to get a little room going just for seed starting.

[somegeek]

Six days after potting, my EBay purchased habanero seeds are starting to germinate...

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Each pot has three seeds and one sprouted per pot. Figure I'll get these under the grow light now to give those that sprouted a good chance. Looking for at least one viable plant for these six seeds total. Anything after that is extra.

I had these sitting in my computer closet on top of a server to germinate. They like the heat coming off the case and don't need light at that point so it worked well.

somegeek

[Rambo 09]

I wish I could start some cool peppers and all that but I just don't have money for seeds... oh well...

[somegeek]

You could raid your refrigerator or pantry for seeds from fresh peppers. I've also heard of folks germinating seeds removed from crushed red peppers. Worth a shot.

[Rambo 09]

ill look into it...

[Trouble]

Hey somegeek, I have a question. Would I get the same effect of you putting the seeds over a server with me putting the seeds over a drying machine? I repositioned them from the kitchen to the machines last night. I thought since all of the plants I'm trying to grow are heat lovers that trhey'd appreciate it.

[somegeek]

Hey somegeek, I have a question. Would I get the same effect of you putting the seeds over a server with me putting the seeds over a drying machine? I repositioned them from the kitchen to the machines last night. I thought since all of the plants I'm trying to grow are heat lovers that trhey'd appreciate it.

Is the drying machine a source of heat or does it blow into your pots as well? The heat is good thing but you don't want too much airflow as it will dry things out. This is substituting for a [url=https://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=seedling%20heating%20mat&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wf]seedling heat mat[/url] essentially until they germinate. You could also place some saran wrap over the pots to prevent drying out while the seeds germinate.

[ThaiChili]

wow!! SG your garden is awesome. I am new at gardening and having some trial and error myself. For soil we used some compost we made from our ComposTumbler--and did have a few extra plants growing too
We have a raised 6'x6' box garden. Next year, we plan on having a few more box gardens. Love love the raspberries, and great idea.
Can you post a pic of your whole back yard with all the planters--trying to see what we need to do for garden next year.
Thanks!!

[somegeek]

Thanks, TC.

I don't really have a vantage point to get a shot capturing our backyard in it's entirety. The two planter boxes are on the north end of our yard for maximum sun exposure. The raspberries on our West fence with all of the tomatoes/peppers/basil against our house(East side of our yard). Our house siding (hardi plank)holds a lot of heat into the evening hours which our plants there like.

[somegeek]

Made a little haul today...

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The Siletz beefsteak tomatoes are phenomenal! Great tomato taste but not too sweet. We sliced one up last night for Caprese to have with our pesto from basil we harvested yesterday. Man - I love this time of year with a garden. Lots of fresh goodness in your own backyard. My largest tomato so far has been 9 7/8 oz (upper left in the pic). We have a few more tomatoes to harvest in the next day or two and then we're making a batch of roasted veggie salsa.

5 out of 6 Habenero seeds I potted up 11 days ago have sprouted and a few have their primary leaves shooting out.

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Hoping that 6th one will come up soon.

Happy gardening.

somegeek

[applestar]

The tomatoes look beautiful! Are the elongated ones paste type? What variety are they? I'm DEFINITELY growing more varieties of peppers (hot ones too) next year. All I'm growing are red and yellow sweet peppers Quadrato d'Asti Rosso and Giallo, that so far, I've picked green because I couldn't wait!

[somegeek]

The tomatoes look beautiful! Are the elongated ones paste type? What variety are they? I'm DEFINITELY growing more varieties of peppers (hot ones too) next year. All I'm growing are red and yellow sweet peppers Quadrato d'Asti Rosso and Giallo, that so far, I've picked green because I couldn't wait!

Hrm - pics aren't showing up at the moment... /me glares at Comcast.

I neglected to keep my labels for these Roma plants so I don't know the variety - sorry. They're good sized though for sure.

Is there a rule as to which tomatoes you can save seeds from and produce the same fruit without worry of cross-pollination?

I hear you on those peppers... I pulled some chilies early as I wanted some heat but they weren't red yet.

[somegeek]

Most of our small Walla Walla onion crop...

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Unfortunately, some early wind knocked down the majority of the onion tops and they died off before the onions could get to a good size. Kinda thinking next year we can put up a few strings to support the onion tops?

These are a very sweet mild onion. We do have one still hanging on in the garden with a nice top which is forming into seeds! So hopefully, *knock on wood*, we can get some seeds for next year and have a large onion for onion rings.

somegeek

[Diane]

Everything looks great. Your onions look much larger than mine.
Don't be surprised if when you pull that onion that's growing a flower full of seed there isn't much left of it.
I have three of them and the onion part looks more like a scallion after flowering.

[NaeMo]

All I'm growing are red and yellow sweet peppers Quadrato d'Asti Rosso and Giallo, that so far, I've picked green because I couldn't wait!

Those are the peppers I am growing! Mine are only flowering at the moment, but I love the deep green foliage, it is beautiful. I can't wait to get the fruit! I bet it is very tasty.

I very much enjoyed reading this thread. A lot of fodder for next year. This year was my best garden so far, normally at this time of the season we are overrun with weeds. This forum inspired me to do better. Thank you!

[somegeek]

All I'm growing are red and yellow sweet peppers Quadrato d'Asti Rosso and Giallo, that so far, I've picked green because I couldn't wait!

Those are the peppers I am growing! Mine are only flowering at the moment, but I love the deep green foliage, it is beautiful. I can't wait to get the fruit! I bet it is very tasty.

I very much enjoyed reading this thread. A lot of fodder for next year. This year was my best garden so far, normally at this time of the season we are overrun with weeds. This forum inspired me to do better. Thank you!

Good to hear!

Are the Quadrato d'Asti Rosso and Giallo peppers similar to bell peppers?

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Yes, they are supposed to be 4 lobed sweet bells. I love colorful peppers, if I can leave them to ripen that long.

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Lobed... learn something new every day.

One of our few bell peppers is turning colors... pretty cool to see...

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Our Jalapeno plant went ape this last month or so and stands roughly three feet and is loading up nicely. Looking forward to making Jalapeno poppers with these for the most part.

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Red Chile pepper finally has a red pepper on it!

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