How Does Your Garden Grow??????

Poontanger said:
These are mortgage lifters, one of the better beef steaks to grow, magnificent flavour terrific size
You say those tomatoes you groove may have been for supermarket shelves, years ago I grew a tomato called Verna Orange, they are the closest things to Cork, worst tomato ever grown
I'm going to have a crack at some of those dwarf tomatoes this season,, they climb they have a determinant growth pattern, with an indeterminant fruiting pattern, we'll see
Cheers
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I've grown Mortgage lifters before and you're right that they're a great beefsteak. That's why I'll be growing them next year. The Burpee beefsteak I grew was a consumer pack of seeds but the quality in flavor is just not there and when you cut into them they have hard flesh running through them. They were quite a disappointment. Although it could have been the weather. We had a cold wet spring so they got planted late and then we had really hot temps for a long time. But the Siletz were spectacular like always so I'm leaning towards the tomato variety. They produced well and the tomatoes are nice and big. They just don't have the flavor or texture that others I've grown have.
 
I grew 2 burpee hybrid slicers, Bodacious and Orange Wellington. They were both great in quality and quantity. 2 of each was way too much
 
Recently got hold of some ponderosa seeds,, I've never grown them before, but research tells me they are an exceptionally old American beefsteak variety, introduced before the turn of the 19th century,
I have never seen or heard of this breed in Australia before (but us Aussies are a bit backward)
I'm sure some of you guys would have grown these, how do they go ?
My packet says ponderosa pink, I do prefer the pink tomato and a beef steak type only personal choice,
Have you guys got any favourite pinkish beef steaks worth trying?
Cheers
 
Busy year in the garden, didn't have time to document much. Eggplant, various beans, cucumber, tomatoes, garlic, onions, peas, carrots, lettuce and potatoes crushed.

Jacks dead bug and Neem oil IPM did work against a crazy flea beetle and aphid infestation. Saved my eggplant, potatoes, and tomato harvest for sure.

Damn vine borers killed all my pumpkins before they could produce fruit. They also severely stunted my delicata squash harvest.

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xtsho said:
I can't believe it's September 8th and I'm just now picking my first peaches. They're running late. . . . . .
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I had two young peach trees to plant this spring, so I moved two of the mostly dead ones down to the mushroom compost pile, and they are head high now, while the new ones I planted are struggling. No peaches this season, but it looks like the two are going to be fine.
 
I picked my mulch pile squash last week. The coon ate the biggest melon the next night. It was pink, but not really ripe enough for me.

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In other squash news, my kind of, sort of, but not really cousin gave me some Amish crook neck squash. We've only cooked one so far, but lots of good seeds.
 
shnkrmn said:
I have a couple more still to harvest. Pretty good haul for 2 plantsView attachment 5203227
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We've been doing what I call a stir-roast. You dice your squash, add whatever kinds of stir-fry stuff you like, and cook it in the oven. Brush with olive oil, and salt and pepper. Just this week the wife cooked the crook neck with sausage, spinach, pecans, dried cranberries, apple juice, brown sugar and an apple. It was really good.

We also did a butternut soup a couple three times.
 
injinji said:
We've been doing what I call a stir-roast. You dice your squash, add whatever kinds of stir-fry stuff you like, and cook it in the oven. Brush with olive oil, and salt and pepper. Just this week the wife cooked the crook neck with sausage, spinach, pecans, dried cranberries, apple juice, brown sugar and an apple. It was really good.

We also did a butternut soup a couple three times.
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Second recipe today I've seen that includes apple. clearly a standard pairing.
 
HighLowGrow said:
Just a follow up. Umm ya. These buggers need to go outside. There are 12 in there. Waiting for some cooler weather. I’m glad I have another grow area. Only non phd water and Fox farm soil. Light is on 18 hrs a day.

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Decided it was time to tear a few stalks off and make a Rhubarb Crumble. Seed to pie > 8 weeks. I am really impressed with this grow and the taste of this crumble. Sooooo good. Yum. For the meantime, I’ll keep them growing in the tent.

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That looks fittin.

Fittin'

Stir-bake. Sausage, potato, sweet potato, mini sweet, hatch, jalapeno, tomato, onion and half a bag of stir-fry. The wife is a sausage nut. I ate most of the veggies and had leftover sausage for a couple three more days.
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Mainly tomatoes and greens.
All heirloom varieties, pink bumblebee, ananas noir, rainbow beefsteak mix, Christmas grapes, tigerella and a few others. I messed the tags up when potting up.

Unfortunately I found a slug, I must have missed it, that wreaked havoc on the cucumber and melon seedlings so I’ve done another tray of each and squished him!

All veggies this year after the heist the rippers pulled on me last year, at least it’ll be a stress free summer in prohibitionland not having bandits to worry about!

happy gardens to one and all.
 
GreenestBasterd said:
A few early starts in the greenhouseView attachment 5204868View attachment 5204869
Mainly tomatoes and greens.
All heirloom varieties, pink bumblebee, ananas noir, rainbow beefsteak mix, Christmas grapes, tigerella and a few others. I messed the tags up when potting up.

Unfortunately I found a slug, I must have missed it, that wreaked havoc on the cucumber and melon seedlings so I’ve done another tray of each and squished him!

All veggies this year after the heist the rippers pulled on me last year, at least it’ll be a stress free summer in prohibitionland not having bandits to worry about!

happy gardens to one and all.
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rippers make me want to set snares , large jaw (wolf/wolverine) type traps sore feet, will show around town, this seems to stop them from being so hastey in a patch, wire snares sets ,use earth anchors to secure at toe level really stalls em out , I hate rippers !
 
Crazy rains here the last month, made the ground all boggy and washed away a substantial amount of top soil.

We had a 2ft torrent running through the garden, top to bottom.

Pulled the garlic a bit earlier than I’d have liked, but I’d rather have some that’s not rotten than take the chance leaving it longer.

I’ve left a similar amount in the ground in case it dries up a bit.

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