The Dwarf Garden Can You Help Put This Together?

[John3]

The Dwarf Garden Can You Help Put This Together?

I have been thinking for sometime about creating an area for a Dwarf Garden (none hybrid - except for maybe some perennials). For tomatoes I am looking at currants and grape and/or cherry types. The more I searched I started finding a few plants that have dwarf fruits. Little Fingers and Parisian carrots, Little Fingers eggplants, Extra Dwarf Pok Choy, Mexican Sour Gherkin (cucumber) and I found Baby Broccoli. Then someone here at TV posted they where growing 2 inch baby yellow summer squash (which I have not been able to find anyone selling seeds - any SSE members do you know if anyone is offering Baby Summer Yellow Squash or Dwarf Summer Yellow Squash that grow about 2 to 3 inches?). Can you help me compile a list of Dwarf vegetables, berries and fruits trees.

[ContainerTed]

Besides Tiny Tim, Pinnochio, Red Robin, and Micro Tom, you should consider Krajova and Arctic Rose for tomatoes. Also, MIni Red and Mini Yellow Bell Peppers, and Red Sweet Cherry pepper can be pruned and kept small.

Stick is just unusual looking enough to be a good conversation piece. If you restrict its root area, it tends to be smaller.

[Tracydr]

Have you thought about the dwarf tomatoes with normal sized fruits?
If not, for currant tomatoes, I can only think of tomatoes that tend towards giant sized. Like Natts wild Cherry and Mezico Midget.
Lime Green Salad has Saladette size and is a very cute tomato.

[John3]

ContainerTed thanks for helping me search through the jungle of information. I'll look up your tomatoes suggestions. And a special thanks for the peppers information. You would think that dwarf vegetables would be easy to find information on. Having said that it seems tomatoes have many more than other type of vegetables.

Originally Posted by ContainerTed

Besides Tiny Tim, Pinnochio, Red Robin, and Micro Tom, you should consider Krajova and Arctic Rose for tomatoes. Also, MIni Red and Mini Yellow Bell Peppers, and Red Sweet Cherry pepper can be pruned and kept small.

Stick is just unusual looking enough to be a good conversation piece. If you restrict its root area, it tends to be smaller.

[John3]

Originally Posted by Tracydr

Have you thought about the dwarf tomatoes with normal sized fruits?

I have thought about it Tracydr - for what I am looking for they are to big in fruit size.

If not, for currant tomatoes, I can only think of tomatoes that tend towards giant sized. Like Natts wild Cherry and Mezico Midget.
Lime Green Salad has Saladette size and is a very cute tomato.

I think Saladette would be the largest size of fruit for tomatoes for the garden.
Thank you for your suggestions on the tomatoes

[Worth1]

Oregon spring and many other Dwarf tomatoes are a good choice.

As for vegetables like squash I have no idea.
Though they do have bush cucumbers which I think is a waste, the regular ones can be grown on a trellis.

Bush watermelon same thing a waste get the small ones like Black tail mountain and put the fruit in a nylon stocking to hold on the trellis.

All kinds of dwarf fruit trees including dwarf figs.

You can also train fruit threes to grow on a trellis in a flat not round form along a wall.
Very popular in Europe where space is a premium.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...EXAGpQ&cad=rja

[salix]

John, Minnesota Midget is a very cute "little" melon.

[bughunter99]

Baby Boo is a cute tiny pumpkin that is worthless for anything other than looking cute, lol.

Red mini Bells are cute little sweet peppers but sort of a pain to seed

Rich Sweetness 132 Melon: Adorable single serving little melons.

I grew a pink popcorn that was tiny last year too, but that might have been because I grew it in the shade, lol.

Beets, lettuce and chard are all delicious when picked as babies.

Stacy

[John3]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Oregon spring and many other Dwarf tomatoes are a good choice.

As for vegetables like squash I have no idea.
Though they do have bush cucumbers which I think is a waste, the regular ones can be grown on a trellis.

Bush watermelon same thing a waste get the small ones like Black tail mountain and put the fruit in a nylon stocking to hold on the trellis.

All kinds of dwarf fruit trees including dwarf figs.

You can also train fruit threes to grow on a trellis in a flat not round form along a wall.
Very popular in Europe where space is a premium.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...EXAGpQ&cad=rja

That is one cool way to create a wall type barrier. That link also had information on how to form the tree. Thanks for the link.
Thanks for the melon tip.

[John3]

Originally Posted by salix

John, Minnesota Midget is a very cute "little" melon.

Thanks salix.
Hows the taste ?

[John3]

Originally Posted by bughunter99

Baby Boo is a cute tiny pumpkin that is worthless for anything other than looking cute, lol.

Red mini Bells are cute little sweet peppers but sort of a pain to seed

Rich Sweetness 132 Melon: Adorable single serving little melons.

I grew a pink popcorn that was tiny last year too, but that might have been because I grew it in the shade, lol.

Beets, lettuce and chard are all delicious when picked as babies.

Stacy

ok bughunter99 I'm guessing Baby Boo has a bland taste
Rich sweetness 132 melon - is that a hybird?
pink popcorn how was the taste?
That reminds me I grew Baby Chires corn (you get about 30 to 40 ears per stalk) but I either picked to early or to late as they where very hard even after steaming and boiling

[John3]

Does anybody know about Baby Cucumber Cucino? is it a heirloom or a hybird?
Parks has it here but I can't seem to find if it's a hybrid or not.
http://parkseed.com/baby-cucumber-cucino/p/05600-PK-P1/

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by John3

Does anybody know about Baby Cucumber Cucino? is it a heirloom or a hybird?
Parks has it here but I can't seem to find if it's a hybrid or not.
http://parkseed.com/baby-cucumber-cucino/p/05600-PK-P1/

The best I can tell is they are an F1 hybrid.

I like the Pickling cucumbers to eat.
They have a better cucumber flavor and you can pick them when they are small too.

There are many non hybrids to chose from
The slicing cucumbers are good too and you can pickle them also.
Straight 8 and market more 76 are very good and you can save seeds from both.
You might also try Poona kheera it is a light green cucumber with a great taste.
you can type in the name and find suppliers or ask someone here.
I dont have any.
I'm growing Sumter and lemon this year.
I thought Sumter was OP but Dave's garden says hybrid. I dont think it is.

Worth

[John3]

Cipollini "Little Baby" Onion




In this video she says they are easy to get the skins off




This one is about regular onions and I thought it kinda funny

[John3]

Originally Posted by Worth1

The best I can tell is they are an F1 hybrid.

I like the Pickling cucumbers to eat.
They have a better cucumber flavor and you can pick them when they are small too.

There are many non hybrids to chose from
The slicing cucumbers are good too and you can pickle them also.
Straight 8 and market more 76 are very good and you can save seeds from both.
You might also try Poona kheera it is a light green cucumber with a great taste.
you can type in the name and find suppliers or ask someone here.
I dont have any.
I'm growing Sumter and lemon this year.
I thought Sumter was OP but Dave's garden says hybrid. I dont think it is.

Worth

Worth1 thanks on the pickling cucumbers tip. I'll google the Poona kheera cucumber.


Parks also lists Cucumber Alibi
http://parkseed.com/cucumber-alibi/p/05111-PK-P1/