Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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April 15, 2012 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: cincinnatus, new york
Posts: 341
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novelty or new crops for this year
i always like this time the beginning of the season because its not too late to grow the vegetables you wanted to plant in previous years but for some reason you never got around to it or didnt have the seed.. for me this year its black garbanzos-kabul which i planted today ,,,, they were cultivated in afghanistan but improved at washington state... another new crop i am trying is celeriac although it might be challening for me and for my tomatoes i am especially excited about trying several ukranian and siberian varieties for the first time...... can anybody else share what they are excited to try this year?
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April 15, 2012 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Maryland's Eastern Shore
Posts: 993
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Besides a number of new tomatoes we are trying kohlrabi and fennel root this year. Also... will be trying to trellis cantalopes...
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April 15, 2012 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Crystal Lake IL
Posts: 2,484
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Well... purple. Purple Jalapenos and Purple Tomatillos. Purple salsa! (hmm, need purple onions...)
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April 15, 2012 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Southern Indiana
Posts: 123
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I love the purples too! Purple cauliflower, dragon carrots, purple podded pole beans, Peruvian purple potatoes, Cherokee Purple tomatoes, purple passion asparagus! All of these have a home in my garden this year. What fun!
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April 15, 2012 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Alabama 7.5 or 8 depends on who you ask
Posts: 727
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A few I have been wanting to grow and finally got some seeds.
Globe Artichoke Green Baby Broccoli Little Fingers Eggplant Red Bunching Onions Cherry Hot Peppers Cherry Sweet Peppers Seminole Winter Squash Bright Lights Swiss Chard Watermelon Radishes and flowers Butterfly Weed Butterfly Bushes Yarrow - many different colors Statice - many different colors mostly for Butterflies and Hummigbirds |
April 15, 2012 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: cincinnatus, new york
Posts: 341
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i am also trying more pole beans such as vermont cranbverry and puprle trifolio arugula 11 types of leaf lettuce , onions from seed for first time such as cippolini, and white crystal wax, ground cherries and alot of greens as yjey produce alot in limited vspace
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April 16, 2012 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7
Posts: 3,207
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A variety of sweet habaneros. Artichoke. Purple tomatillos. Ground cherries.
Hoping to find space for trombocino, cushaw. I just planted rattlesnake beans yesterday. I have a great crop of celery, I'll never not have celery in my spring/fall garden again! It's wonderful and growing great! Also, had a great crop of red spinach and variety of lettuces, most new to me types. Oh, trying potatoes and sweet potatoes for the first time, too. |
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