tnkrer's 2015 garden

tnkrer · April 23, 2015

Tracking 2015 progress in this thread ..

While I started early/on time with seeds this year, I killed my first batch of seeds by not putting them under the lights. They got too leggy, collapsed. On window sill they got too hot and died

Second batch of seeds started a little late, but I kept is simple. lights at night, no window sill or sun and everything is looking good.

Tomato plants are potted up now.
All tomatoes are new varieties this year except sungold(F1)
Sweet Ozark Orange
Indian Stripe
Cherokee Purple
Carbon Copy
Green Doctor Frosted
Neves Azorean Red
SunGold (F1)
And
Reisentraube, if the seeds I have decide to germinate

For peppers
Orange Bell - bought at home depot
Gypsy - bought at home depot
Palanko Kudo - potted
Sirenevyl - waiting to germinate
piemento - waiting to germinate

chards - red, green, perpetual spinach - started
kale - kale mix from fedco - started

Herbs
couple of kinds of basil - started
oregano - hoping last years potted plant is not dead
sweet mint - hoping last years potted plant is not dead
thyme - bought at home depot
rosemary - bought at home depot

cukes - not started yet
diva
poona kheera
burp free
zagross
painted serpent - new for me

New this year
Beans - not started yet
vermont cranberry
Flamingo
dragon's tongue - bush
good mother stallard - pole
blue lake

Strawberry - no idea how this one is or if I will be able to grow it well
Sweet Ozark - bought at Home Depot

A big thank you to all generous TVille members who are always willing to share knowledge and seeds

barefootgardener · April 23, 2015

Sry about your first seedlings, but, second times the charm in this case! Your seedlings are looking really good under the lights!! Very nice varieties also.

Ginny

tnkrer · April 24, 2015

Thanks Ginny.
This was my second year starting from seeds. I do have grow lights and with the grow lights, there is no guesswork. Next year, its going to be KISS. No moving the plants around until they are ready to go to the garage for cold treatment. As soon as first cotyledons show up, the lights go on at night.

tnkrer · April 26, 2015

started hardening. Plants went out in filtered sun for one hour each day. (temps were about 50)

tnkrer · May 5, 2015

Been a week. Think the seedlings have hardened now. They were in sun for two full days now. But I think they need to grow a little more before they go in the containers. And the containers are not ready yet and does not look like will get ready in next 7 days

Last two days, the tomatoes and Kale has grown rampant!

BucksCountyGirl · May 7, 2015

All your starts are looking really good, Tnkrer. Keep us posted and best of luck!

lexusnexus · May 8, 2015

Are you running the lights all night? I had mine on for 16 hours a day (on timers).

Dan

tnkrer · May 9, 2015

Thanks Kelli.
Dan .. I don't have a timer. So lights go on when I come back from work and they get turned off when I leave for work. So They were on for 13-14 hours. Now that they go outside during the day, The lights are on when I go to sleep and lights are turned off when I wake up .. so about 7-8 hours

tnkrer · May 27, 2015

Planted out most of my container garden over last two weeks

Tomatoes on the right were planted 12 days ago, tomatoes on the left planted 4 days ago. Also threw in couple of basils there

half of the cucumbers -

RGGS set up with bunch of greens and herbs

Carbon Copy has a flower. That is the first bloomed flower of the season

Some tomatoes planted in ground. Now beans and cukes remain to go in ground. Going to plant half of the sprouted beans in ground and half of the sprouted beans in cups and see which one does better for me

tnkrer · June 12, 2015

Some parts of the garden are doing well, some not so much! Experienced two new pests so far, slugs and leaf miners

Bean plants were eaten pretty bad by slugs. One night removed about 100 of them (also added beer trap, put DE around the plant, covered the stem of the plant with lint) and since then I have not seen any slugs on the plants at night and the plants are showing new growth.

More than 50% chard leaves were killed by leaf miners. So finally decided to spray spinosad. Will see how things improve over next few days. Nothing touches Kale though (including kids)

3-4 inch of rain in 2 days made all containers soggy. 3:2:1 does not drain fast enough when there is rain like that. So if I will continue to use 3:2:1, I will need to reduce the amount of rain entering the container in such deluge. All the cucumbers died except for painted serpent (which is a melon). Tomatoes showed nutrition deficiency stress, but recovered. Peppers were in 3:3:2 mix and they did not suffer at all. So I might go to 3:3:2 for everything next year.

Here are tomatoes at week 4 (smaller ones are week 3)

The tallest one is 2.5' (sungold). There are very small tomatoes on all except CP and NAR. They are still at the buds stage. IS has a multi flora cluster with 30 buds. I cannot believe that they all will become actual tomatoes. Will wait and watch

Peppers are doing exceptionally well this year. (changed grow media to 3:3:2 which runs drier, added more dolomitic lime to the mix and also added epsom salts to the grow media

peppers at 3 weeks

gypsy and orange bell already have fruit set.

The next starts of cukes are almost getting ready to be planted out. So I feel good that I will get a decent harvest of cukes if this batch does well.

CharlesM · August 3, 2015

Nice!

tnkrer · September 30, 2015

garden is almost winding down .. Here was the harvest from yesterday. (harvested everything I could before the big rain). As usual plentiful tomatoes. Not so good production on other veggies

My biggest tomato ever .. It is Neves Azorean Red

MissS · September 30, 2015

What a beautiful harvest. It makes a very colorful picture.

Congrats on the Neves Azorean Red. It's a gorgeous one.

barefootgardener · September 30, 2015

You have a lovely tomato harvest and I enjoyed the pictures and information you have posted on your gardens progress.

Sorry to hear some of your vegetables did not produce as well as you had hoped...

NAR is a great tomato..

lexxluthor · September 30, 2015

Nice comeback from a bad start.

April 23, 2015	#1
tnkrer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: MA 6a/b Posts: 352	tnkrer's 2015 garden Tracking 2015 progress in this thread .. While I started early/on time with seeds this year, I killed my first batch of seeds by not putting them under the lights. They got too leggy, collapsed. On window sill they got too hot and died Second batch of seeds started a little late, but I kept is simple. lights at night, no window sill or sun and everything is looking good. Tomato plants are potted up now. All tomatoes are new varieties this year except sungold(F1) Sweet Ozark Orange Indian Stripe Cherokee Purple Carbon Copy Green Doctor Frosted Neves Azorean Red SunGold (F1) And Reisentraube, if the seeds I have decide to germinate For peppers Orange Bell - bought at home depot Gypsy - bought at home depot Palanko Kudo - potted Sirenevyl - waiting to germinate piemento - waiting to germinate chards - red, green, perpetual spinach - started kale - kale mix from fedco - started Herbs couple of kinds of basil - started oregano - hoping last years potted plant is not dead sweet mint - hoping last years potted plant is not dead thyme - bought at home depot rosemary - bought at home depot cukes - not started yet diva poona kheera burp free zagross painted serpent - new for me New this year Beans - not started yet vermont cranberry Flamingo dragon's tongue - bush good mother stallard - pole blue lake Strawberry - no idea how this one is or if I will be able to grow it well Sweet Ozark - bought at Home Depot A big thank you to all generous TVille members who are always willing to share knowledge and seeds

May 7, 2015	#6
BucksCountyGirl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Holland, PA/Zone 7A Posts: 692	All your starts are looking really good, Tnkrer. Keep us posted and best of luck! __________________ - Kelli Life's a climb...but the view is fantastic

May 8, 2015	#7
lexusnexus Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: MD Suburbs of DC, Zone 7a Posts: 500	Are you running the lights all night? I had mine on for 16 hours a day (on timers). Dan __________________ Dan

September 30, 2015	#13
MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,149	What a beautiful harvest. It makes a very colorful picture. Congrats on the Neves Azorean Red. It's a gorgeous one. __________________ ~ Patti ~

April 23, 2015	#2
barefootgardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan Zone 4b Posts: 1,291	Sry about your first seedlings, but, second times the charm in this case! Your seedlings are looking really good under the lights!! Very nice varieties also. Ginny

April 24, 2015	#3
tnkrer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: MA 6a/b Posts: 352	Thanks Ginny. This was my second year starting from seeds. I do have grow lights and with the grow lights, there is no guesswork. Next year, its going to be KISS. No moving the plants around until they are ready to go to the garage for cold treatment. As soon as first cotyledons show up, the lights go on at night.

April 26, 2015	#4
tnkrer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: MA 6a/b Posts: 352	started hardening. Plants went out in filtered sun for one hour each day. (temps were about 50)

May 5, 2015	#5
tnkrer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: MA 6a/b Posts: 352	Been a week. Think the seedlings have hardened now. They were in sun for two full days now. But I think they need to grow a little more before they go in the containers. And the containers are not ready yet and does not look like will get ready in next 7 days Last two days, the tomatoes and Kale has grown rampant!

May 9, 2015	#8
tnkrer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: MA 6a/b Posts: 352	Thanks Kelli. Dan .. I don't have a timer. So lights go on when I come back from work and they get turned off when I leave for work. So They were on for 13-14 hours. Now that they go outside during the day, The lights are on when I go to sleep and lights are turned off when I wake up .. so about 7-8 hours

May 27, 2015	#9
tnkrer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: MA 6a/b Posts: 352	Planted out most of my container garden over last two weeks Tomatoes on the right were planted 12 days ago, tomatoes on the left planted 4 days ago. Also threw in couple of basils there half of the cucumbers - RGGS set up with bunch of greens and herbs Carbon Copy has a flower. That is the first bloomed flower of the season Some tomatoes planted in ground. Now beans and cukes remain to go in ground. Going to plant half of the sprouted beans in ground and half of the sprouted beans in cups and see which one does better for me

June 12, 2015	#10
tnkrer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: MA 6a/b Posts: 352	Some parts of the garden are doing well, some not so much! Experienced two new pests so far, slugs and leaf miners Bean plants were eaten pretty bad by slugs. One night removed about 100 of them (also added beer trap, put DE around the plant, covered the stem of the plant with lint) and since then I have not seen any slugs on the plants at night and the plants are showing new growth. More than 50% chard leaves were killed by leaf miners. So finally decided to spray spinosad. Will see how things improve over next few days. Nothing touches Kale though (including kids) 3-4 inch of rain in 2 days made all containers soggy. 3:2:1 does not drain fast enough when there is rain like that. So if I will continue to use 3:2:1, I will need to reduce the amount of rain entering the container in such deluge. All the cucumbers died except for painted serpent (which is a melon). Tomatoes showed nutrition deficiency stress, but recovered. Peppers were in 3:3:2 mix and they did not suffer at all. So I might go to 3:3:2 for everything next year. Here are tomatoes at week 4 (smaller ones are week 3) The tallest one is 2.5' (sungold). There are very small tomatoes on all except CP and NAR. They are still at the buds stage. IS has a multi flora cluster with 30 buds. I cannot believe that they all will become actual tomatoes. Will wait and watch Peppers are doing exceptionally well this year. (changed grow media to 3:3:2 which runs drier, added more dolomitic lime to the mix and also added epsom salts to the grow media peppers at 3 weeks gypsy and orange bell already have fruit set. The next starts of cukes are almost getting ready to be planted out. So I feel good that I will get a decent harvest of cukes if this batch does well.

August 3, 2015	#11
CharlesM Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: South Carolina Posts: 37	Nice!

September 30, 2015	#15
lexxluthor Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: New York Posts: 156	Nice comeback from a bad start.