Whats everyone growing this year

[CrotalusCo]

Well seed satrting season is here, at least for me anyway. I have started 4 trays already and will be adding more later. This year I will grow another 20 or so varieties of pepper along with 10 tomato varieties

[opabinia51]

Which varieties are you growing? I like Medusa as a variety of and I'm a huge fan of a lot of varieties of Heirloom tomatoes. The Black varieties of tomatoes are very flavourful.


How do you go about growing your peppers and tomatoes? Do you start from seed or start from a plant from a nursery. If you start with seeds, what do you use as a soil for your seeds?

It would be great to hear what you do because you look like someone with some experience.

[elementfiftyfour]

This is my first garden here in the new house so we are pretty excited about it. We just bought it last June so we didn't have time to get a garden in last year. We just had 10 yards of garden soil dumped two weeks ago and I am bringing in composted horse manure/saw dust by the bucket full to further enrich the soil.


Vegetables:
1. Winter Squash, Butternut
2. Winter Squash, Acorn
3. Summer Squash/Zucchini, Butterstick
4. Cucumber, Bush Champion
5. Cucumber, Lemon
6. Cantaloupe, Sweet n’ Early Hybrid
7. Carrot, Sugarsnax
8. Pepper, Gold Standard Hybrid
9. Pepper, Carnival Rainbow Blend
10. Pepper, Ornamental Tangerine Dream
11. Tomato, Sweet Tangerine
12. Tomato, Sandwich Slicer
13. Tomato, Yellow Pear
14. Tomato, Black Krim
15. Bean, Tenderpick
16. Bean, Blue Lake
17. Bean, Mellow Yellow
18. Bean, Royal Burgundy
19. Pea, Super Sugar Snap
20. Pea, Super Snappy
21. Pea, Oregon Sugar Pod II

[webmaster]

>>>What do you guys think?

I'm jealous! Looks like a lot of fun.

>>>My plan is to run the cucumbers and squash up the fence so they don't spread out all over the place.

I'm not a squash expert, but having seen squash growing on a friends backyard farm, do you think there's enough room for the squash roots to spread out?

[elementfiftyfour]

>>>do you think there's enough room for the squash roots to spread out?

Good question.
I have grown cucumbers in 1-2 gallon pots before so I know they should be ok in a fairly confined space as long as they have a place to stretch their limbs.
As for the squash I would think they have enough space but to be honest I don't know exactly how much volume the roots need to happily spread out.

Got any suggestions on where I could look that up?

[pixelphoto]

rattle snake pole beans
dragons tongue bush beans
smooth crookneck squash
okra (not sure of type seeds handed down over the years)
3 types of garlic, Music Pink, Russian Giant, and heirloom been in my family for some time
thessaloniki tomato
peacevine cherry tomato
California orange bell pepper
windsor broccoli
white sweet onions
dragon carrots and rainbow hybrid carrots
silver queen corn
cantaloupe and watermelon the watermelon is sweet baby not sure on cantaloupe
and much more id have to go thru my seed stash LOL

[opabinia51]

Hmmm, I haven't heard of smooth Crooknecked Sqash, just the rough variety. Very interesting, looks like you'll have a great veggie garden this year Pixel photo.

A little tip, look up companion planting on the web and use these planting schemes in your garden.

[pixelphoto]

thanks on the tip about companion planting. I do just that.
I also have he book carrots love tomatoes. I want to get garlic loves roses but havent yet.
Thanks again Mike

[opabinia51]

Thanks for your posts on the HG and have fun with your garden this year!

[blue2]

I like that. is all this going to from seeds

[Grey]

Veggies:

Roma Tomatoes (of course!)
greenleaf lettuce
spinach
leeks
broccoli
eggplant (two varieties)
carrots (nantes and some short ones)
corn - silver queen
corn (some golden variety)
beans
peas
yellow squash
zucchini
potatoes (already out)
garlic (already out)

Herbs, culinary:
chives
genovese basil
thyme
lemon balm
purple basil

Herbs, medicinal:
Echinacea Pupurea
Echinacea Tennessensis (native, endangered)
catnip (good for tummies)
holy basil
st john's wort
calendula
marshmallow
self-heal
black cohosh
yarrow
muellin
elecampagne
stevia

Flowers:
marigolds
black eye susans (to bloom next year)
geraniums
butterfly weed
blue salvia
zinnia (colorful ones)
zinnia envy (green!)

Somehow I think I am not done yet... LOL!

[Reptilicus]

Hello everyone, new here.


I'm growing a few things this year. I starting gardening last year.
here's what I have so far.

(4) rows red potatoes
(27) better boy tomato plants
(9) jalepeno pepper
(9) sweet banana
(9) bell pepper
(1) row rooster spur hot pepper
(1) snow peas
(1) green pearl soybean
(2) row of bush green bean.
(2) rows of red multiplying onions

Will plant:
4~6 cucumber plants
2~3 spaghetti squash
(2) row lima beans
(1) short row carrots

Summerlong basil
parsley
rosemary
oregano

[nlange21]

Not much, but we are limited to space.

8 different varieties of Tomato's
2 bell pepper's
6 cucumbers
9 white corn
1 rubarb


It's a small garden, but I am recovering from back surgery and I need to start off small.




-Nick

[Midnight Gardener]

I like your setup, I did something similar. I am planting this stuff:

Pole Bean Kentucky Wonder - 1 Pkt. (2 oz.)

Corn Silver Queen Hybrid - 1 Pkt. (200 seeds)

Cucumber Bush Champion (Bush, Slicing) - 1 Pkt. (30 seeds)

Summer Squash Pic-N-Pic Hybrid - 1 Pkt. (25 seeds)

Radish Cherry Bomb II - 1 Pkt (300 seeds)

Eggplant Black Beauty Heirloom - 1 Pkt. (30 seeds)

Melon Earli-Dew Hybrid- 1 Pkt (25 seeds)

Hot Pepper Habanero - 1 Pkt. (30 seeds)

Spinach Salad Fresh - 1 Pkt. (300 seeds)

Turnip - Purple Top White Globe, Organic (1 pkt.)

Pumpkin Ghost Rider - 1 Pkt. (25 seeds)

Sweet Pepper Gypsy Hybrid - 1 Pkt. (30 Seeds)

Butterbean Buttergreen Bush - 1 Pkt. (2 oz.)

Cowpea California Blackeye No. 5 - 1 Pkt. (100 Seeds)

Hot Pepper Biker Billy Hybrid - 1 Pkt. (30 seeds)

In this setup:
[img]https://www.connectlan.com/midnightgardener/images/Garden1.jpg[/img]