2011 planting list

[dipchip2000]

This is my proposed grow list for next season. I already have all my seeds and will probably start them this coming weekend. I only have room to grow about 80 plants. I want and respect all comments about this list and will cut a few if opinions warrant doing so. But please help me out and dont reccommend another variety that I should grow. It has taken 2 months to cut the list down to these

Thanks
ron

SeedName
Barlow Jap
Berkeley Tie-Dye
Berkley Tye Dye Pink
Big Beef f1
Bills Berkley Pink
Black and Brown Boar
Carbon
Cowlicks Brandywine
Danas Dusky Rose
Druzba
Gary O Sena
Giant Belgium
Goose Creek
Indian Stripe
J Ds Special C-Tex
Jet Star Hybrid f1
KBX
Kimberley
Large Barred Boar
Limbaughs Legacy (Potato Top )
Liz Birt
Lucky Cross
Mariannas Peace
Neves Azorean Red
New Big Dwarf
Paul Robeson
PURPLE CALABASH
Sandul Moldovan
Spudakee
Stump of the World
Stupice
Sungold f1
Terhune

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[puttgirl]

Impressive-I know how hard it is to pick what makes the cut...I only have room for about 20, so many don't make it into the garden for a year or two.

[kath]

Ron, if I had room for 80 plants, I'd be adding another 47 varieties to that list!
Sorry, I'm hopeless.

Seriously, though, on that list I haven't liked Berkeley Tie Dye Pink, Goose Creek, Potato Top or Lucky Cross; yet is seems most everyone else loves them. Tried Carbon 3 times and still don't taste what others like about it either. Many seem to thing Purple Calabash is a total spitter, but others like it.

My favs from your list are Sungold, Sandul Moldovan, Cowlick's, KBX and Indian Stripe. This year I'm also growing Dana's Dusky Rose, Gary 'O Sena, Giant Belgium, Large Barred Boar, Mariana's Peace, Neves Azorian Red, Paul Robeson, and Stump of the World. I would also be growing Terhune and Barlow Jap if I find seeds.

All this is just my opinion, though, and so many times it's been said that everyone's taste buds are different, growing conditions vary, etc., so I'm not sure why you would cut your list further based on other's taste buds or growing experiences. I say, add back in the ones you cut and see which ones are winners for you.

Happy growing!
kath

[DuckCreekFarms]

my tentitive list
Black Cherry
Bloody Butcher
Brandywine Cowlicks
Bulgarian Triumph
Chapman
Cherokee Chocolate
Cherokee Green
Christopher Columbus
County Agent
Dana's Dusky Rose
Defrino’s German
Dora
Dr. Wyche's Red
Dr. Wyche's Yellow
Earl's Faux
Earl's Polish
Ed's Millennium
Gary 'O Sena
Germaid Red
Gold Metal
Golden Cherokee
Goose Creek
Green Giant
Green Zebra Cherry
Grub's Mystery Green
Hege German Pink
Herman's Special
Huge Black
IIdi
Indian Stripe
J D's Special C-Tex
KBX
Lisos Grandes
Ludmilla's Red Plum
Magnum Beefsteak
Mariana's Peace
Marmande
Martha Washington
Martino's Roma
Mountain Princess
Mule Team
Nema red
Neves Azorean Red
Old German
Old Virginia
Orange Minsk
Ozark Pink
Randy's Brandy
Red Barn
Red Penna
Rose D’Eauze
Rouge D’Amagu
Royal Hillbilly
Russian 117
Sara Black
Sioux
Sophie's Choice
Spudakee
T.C. Jones
Teton de Venus
Tony's Italian
Top Sirloin
Vorlon
Wessel's Purple Pride (Cherokee Sausage)
Wick's Orange Paste

[Indyartist]

Now I just need to rototill every square inch of my yard to make room!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...wU/edit?hl=en#

[Yak54]

It's nice to experience different varieties and for most of us it's impossible to grow more than a few hundred over our years of gardening. For me it was to grow as many different varieties as I could always looking for the elusive "special" or "fantastic" variety that would create a "permanent place" in my garden. Over the years I have decreased the number of plants and the number of varieties I grow as well. I try to experience one or two "new" varieties, (at least new to me), each year and the remainder are my favorites from previous years experience. Only 3 or 4 make my garden every year, with the balance of one or two new ones each gardening season. The size of my garden keeps getting smaller as the years go by and I limit myself to 5 or 6 varieties each year. The days of me growing a hundred or more plants each season are long gone.

[cottonpicker]

MY LIST FOR 2011...

SUN GOLD
SIBERIAN
CUOR DI BUE
YASENICHKI YUBUCHAR
VJERINO PARADAJIZ SJEME
DEUTSCH FLEISS
LARGE PINK BULGARIAN
BYCHYE SERDSTSE ROZOVOE
HANKY RED
LINNIE'S OXHEART
DON'S LARGE RED CHERRY... locally saved seeds
ROSE
DANA'S DUSKY ROSE
PERVAYA LYUBOV
BARLOW JAP
TARASENKO 6

LARRYd

dipchip,

We have similar interests. From your list, I am growing the following.

Barlow Jap
Berkeley Tie-Dye
Berkley Tye Dye Pink
Big Beef f1
Black and Brown Boar
Carbon
Cowlicks Brandywine
Druzba
Giant Belgium
Indian Stripe
J Ds Special C-Tex
KBX
Neves Azorean Red
Spudakee
Stump of the World
Sungold f1

Those represent some of my blacks and beef steak varieties. I have an additional 20 on my list which represent early and mid season varieties plus low stature plant size. Many on your list for this year, I have on my list for next year.

It should be an interesting year. Good luck!

Ted

[dipchip2000]

Ted

The ones on my list are currently growing in my seed starting room. They are for my early plantout in mid March. That is about 6 weeks earlier than my normal. I am going to do my best to make this work by covering and protecting as necessary.
Hopefully some will survive my trial. My second seed starting will take place the end of February for the normal Mat 1st plantout. The second list includes,,
Brandywine OTV
Brandywine Red
Brandywine Sudduths
Carbon
Caspian Pink
Chapmans
Costa Rica
Cuostralea
Early Girl PSR37
Goose Creek
Indian Stripe
Kimberley
Kosovo
Little Lucky
Pineapple
Royal Hillbilly
Sibirskyi Skorospelyi
Thessoloniki

Planting these to help insure I have a good crop. Summer permiting

ron

Our conditions in North Texas are not very different than yours in Muskogee. You may get one or two more late frosts than me. I will plant out on March 1 and probably need to protect them a couple of nights before April 1. For me, any plantings after April 1 for the spring garden is a waste. We were already hitting daytime highs of 90+ in mid May last year. I'm hoping my spring plantings will reveal some good varieties that perform through the heat of summer and into fall.

I checked the map and I was wrong. In Muskogee, you are North of I-40. Thats a pretty good distance North of me and I can understand why the later plantings work for you.

Ted

[dipchip2000]

Ted

Yeah about 20 miles north of 40. My whole reason for trying to plant out earlier than last year is because of the heat and humidity we experienced last year in mid-May. I hopr to have a lot of fruit set before it gets hot and humid. The fruit handles the heat well but not much new fruit will set in high heat and humidity. Therefore I will have an early planting and a normal planting and hope for the best.
regards
ron

ps what part of north Texas? Dennison-Sherman?

[DuckCreekFarms]

Ron

It looks like you lucked out on the weather this year. How is your planting of tomatoes doing? I am just now transplanting as I anticipated a late spring. Remember last year at this time? We were getting snow.

gary

[dipchip2000]

Gary,

I got about 60 planted in ground and they are doing very well just not getting tall till ground temps reach 60degrees. I am still prepared to cover if necessary, Travis was talking rain or snow around april 1st. I also have about 200 backups that I take in and out of the garage as necessary. I am really having fun with this and maybe they wont slip up and bite me on the backside. I plan to be at the Garden show in Tulsa in April and will stop and visit if at all possible.

Thanks for remembering

ron