Today's Pickin's

GoDawgs · July 6, 2020

Today's pickings: At least the Early Girls (in the front) are sizing up. Behind them are three of the real Early Annies and that yellow is the Fake Early Annie. The little oblong one next to the other Fake Annie is Ten Fingers of Naples. They grow like cherry tomatoes with 5-6 to the truss.

Those five Millionaire eggplant came off one plant. Gotta make more of that new eggplant casserole we really like. Then there are the last oddball cukes and assorted tomatoes. And the first two okra. The one on the left is new-to-me Cajun Jewel and the one on the right is that smooth Choppee. I did last year. Guess I'll have to wait to get enough to do a taste test.

So far the leader in the Most Tomatoes At One Time category is still Rio Grande, a paste. I counted 28 on there today. Some are hiding behind others. It did well last year and earned a spot for this year. I think it's earned permanent status. The hunt for a good paste 'mater is probably over. The other contenders this year, all new to me, are the Early Annie, Mom' s Paste (setting few tomatoes) and Ten Fingers Of Naples which has the BER problem.

Yesterday the Blue Lake beans got their last picking and were pulled out. It was a good decision as there were very few baby beans and no more flowers.

Today the cuke plants got pulled and yes, it was confirmed that the yellowing was due to nematodes. The roots were all knotted up. Nothing was planned for that bed this fall so I think I'll plant some brassicas in there for fall and again in spring to see what that does to the 'tode population. It seems to help in that regard and so another test, this time in a different bed.

July 6, 2020	#1
GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	Today's Pickin's Today's pickings: At least the Early Girls (in the front) are sizing up. Behind them are three of the real Early Annies and that yellow is the Fake Early Annie. The little oblong one next to the other Fake Annie is Ten Fingers of Naples. They grow like cherry tomatoes with 5-6 to the truss. Those five Millionaire eggplant came off one plant. Gotta make more of that new eggplant casserole we really like. Then there are the last oddball cukes and assorted tomatoes. And the first two okra. The one on the left is new-to-me Cajun Jewel and the one on the right is that smooth Choppee. I did last year. Guess I'll have to wait to get enough to do a taste test. So far the leader in the Most Tomatoes At One Time category is still Rio Grande, a paste. I counted 28 on there today. Some are hiding behind others. It did well last year and earned a spot for this year. I think it's earned permanent status. The hunt for a good paste 'mater is probably over. The other contenders this year, all new to me, are the Early Annie, Mom' s Paste (setting few tomatoes) and Ten Fingers Of Naples which has the BER problem. Yesterday the Blue Lake beans got their last picking and were pulled out. It was a good decision as there were very few baby beans and no more flowers. Today the cuke plants got pulled and yes, it was confirmed that the yellowing was due to nematodes. The roots were all knotted up. Nothing was planned for that bed this fall so I think I'll plant some brassicas in there for fall and again in spring to see what that does to the 'tode population. It seems to help in that regard and so another test, this time in a different bed.