April 27, 2017 | #2761 |
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Good looking lettuce. That's the Paris Island? I have to find a space and way to keep lettuce going during the hotter months....
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April 27, 2017 | #2762 | |
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Fall seems to be a more difficult season here in Florida than the spring. For one thing Rust seems more prevalent and not a lot of snap bean varieties appear to be resistant to rust. This fall I will probably plant Crockett and Boone, both of which are said to be resistant to Common Bean Mosaic and Rust, which are said to be a problem in Florida. Also both of these varieties are continuous, offering an extended harvest period without successive planting. Others varieties, that I am aware of, that are said to meet this definition are Espada, Jade and Jade II. In the Spring when disease pressures seem to be less in Florida I may give Masai Dwarf Filet variety a try. Masai pods are reported to be 4” long and the flavor is said to be exceptional. Masai is resistant to BMV but not Rust. Although Masai is supposed to be susceptible to rust and heat it preformed fairly well in 2012 bean trials in Africa and Puerto Rico. I can’t help but look for that Brandywine of snap bean varieties. Larry |
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April 27, 2017 | #2763 |
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Larry - Where do you buy your bean seeds?
Jax - I think BotanicalInterests.com have the best lettuce seeds. For me, they beat everyone with the PI. They always give a free pack too; it's the mix one. Sometimes you can find BI seeds on a garden center rack. In the fall I did great with Little Gem - bought seeds from Bakers (Rareseed.com). Their lettuce seeds are good too. I use to grow lettuce 9 months a year then felt I lost my Lettuce MOJO; found out my seeds were just old. For lettuce seeds, doesn't pay to stock up at all. My Super Jericho Lettuce seeds came from Harris Seeds and HighMowing. I need to take a picture so you can see the difference between those and the PI. |
April 27, 2017 | #2764 |
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Barb,
I shop a wide range of vendors for all my seeds and even check locals including Dollar Tree, Walmart, Lowes and Home Depot to see what they have. Always looking for value and trying to minimize shipping costs. I have thought it might be interesting to do a group buy at the beginning of the season, but the complexities would probably outweigh the advantages. Crazy ha? A non profit seed coop. Larry |
April 27, 2017 | #2765 |
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This winter, I posted on TV looking for people to split a SunChocola order. 100 seeds were $26 but buying a packet is costly for 5 seeds, then shipping costs. I had 6 takers counting myself; 3 were just for 10 seeds. I had the seeds shipped to my house and had the people pay be back after they received the seeds from me; it all worked out well. Beans are a lot heavier though.
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April 28, 2017 | #2766 |
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Pictures - Beans, Peppers
My afternoon bean harvest....
First two pepper pictures are Yellow Monsters - I agree, they are monsters. Last one is Red Marconi - can't really tell but plant is loaded. I bought the Yellow Monster seeds from rareseed last summer; planted some for fall; hurricane came ignored all my pepper plants. It produced anyway, same as the Red Marconi. So if it can make fruit under those horrible conditions, I thought it was worth sowing the seeds from those plants for spring. Both are the my robust pepper plants I've ever grown. I also gave a plant to my neighbor and hers is doing awesome too. |
April 28, 2017 | #2767 | |
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April 28, 2017 | #2768 |
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hell's bells that's some well fed pepper plants, fabric pots rule.
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April 28, 2017 | #2769 |
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Serious case of pepper envy here. Barb, you are awesome!
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April 29, 2017 | #2770 |
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Beautiful peppers and plants! where is your exact location out of curiosity Barb? I had a great pepper year also growing Giant Marconi!
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April 30, 2017 | #2771 |
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Agree.
btw, I was in Fl a week ago and understood exactly what you (Barb) were saying about the wind. Every day it was windy. None stop. But, my allergy was none existing. So, I do not complain. Marsha, I saw baby mangoes for the first time. Still fascinated by that plant. Wondering why west coast in Fl does not have mango trees. Larry, thanks to you I am growing broccoli again and now reading about beans. Ginny, did you go fishing lately? We did not fish at the ocean side because of the wind and rough waters. In the Pompano inlet it was much more quiet and looked like an aquarium. Water was clear and you could see all kinds of species, including huge ray. Beautiful display, we had fun feeding them.
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April 30, 2017 | #2772 | |
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May 1, 2017 | #2773 | |
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I went ahead and pulled the very poor looking Cherokee Purple and replaced it with a Sungold. That and Dr Carolyn's white cherry are the only two cherries I planted when I know I should have planted more for my MIL and Stepmom. The German Queen looks to be pulling out of it, but not quite there so we will see. It has to set what fruit it will set before early to mid June as the day and night temps get too high. |
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May 1, 2017 | #2774 | |
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I am having problems this year that I haven't had before. I have a system that causes the supply water to overflow when it rains heavy, thus flushing it. We usually get that rain every week here in N FL, but we are going on 25 days with no rainfall. I wonder if that is the problem...... I need to flush my system since the rain isn't doing it. I think I just answered my own question buy typing it out. One remaining question... do you feed your peppers the same as you do your tomatoes? |
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May 1, 2017 | #2775 | |
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