It was mentioned on here not long ago about end rot. My zucchini plants
took off, and are huge. I picked one over a foot long today that seemed quite solid, but the two others I picked were shorter, and the ends were starting to rot. Is there a reason for this? I think I'll just chop
the bad end off.
I gave one of the soft-end ones to my neighbor who's going to fry it.
I'm in a debate what I'll make, but I might batter and fry some of it,
serve with tomato sauce, and shred the rest of the zucchini for zucchini bread. As is tradition, my cabbage was half eaten, and the ones that weren't eaten look like they'll amount to nothing, for some reason. At
least the groundhogs are leaving my zucchini alone this year.
I haven't grown green beans in years, and I left many of them on the
vine too long. The pods swelled up and became too firm.
My tomato
plants are huge, but I've only had a few ripe tomatoes so far. Bell
peppers and banana peppers didn't grow much. I don't have a single bell pepper ready. I haven't hardly looked at the other bed with potatoes, onions, garlic, and horseradish. I think I planted leeks this year,
too. Watermelon, carrots, and a few other things I'm forgetting.
Michael Trew wrote:
when it shows up here it is usually on the tomatoes
and only the first ones to ripen (because the plants
did not have a fully developed root system while
setting the first fruits) so i often can avoid the
problem by removing the first flowers on the plants
so those fruits won't develop. even watering during
the hot spells also makes a difference.
I haven't grown green beans in years, and I left many of them on the
vine too long. The pods swelled up and became too firm.
some beans are ok to pick at the shelly stage (before
the beans have started to dry out) and can be shelled
out and cooked. they should cook faster than a dry
bean. some varities of beans can also be eaten at the
full pod stage but this isn't normal for a lot of green
bean varieties. or you can leave them to finish up
drying and use them as a dry bean later or keep the
seed for replanting.
usually i can get a few pickings from my fresh bean
plants and then i'll leave the rest to finish as dry
beans as we can never have too many of those.
My tomato
plants are huge, but I've only had a few ripe tomatoes so far. Bell
peppers and banana peppers didn't grow much. I don't have a single bell
pepper ready. I haven't hardly looked at the other bed with potatoes,
onions, garlic, and horseradish. I think I planted leeks this year,
too. Watermelon, carrots, and a few other things I'm forgetting.
do you have trouble getting enough sun for your
gardens?
On 8/1/2023 6:58 AM, songbird wrote:
Michael Trew wrote:
when it shows up here it is usually on the tomatoes
and only the first ones to ripen (because the plants
did not have a fully developed root system while
setting the first fruits) so i often can avoid the
problem by removing the first flowers on the plants
so those fruits won't develop. even watering during
the hot spells also makes a difference.
When we had the dry/heat earlier this year, I was watering the garden
heavily daily, or lightly twice daily (morning and/or evening). That
was probably my mistake.
I haven't grown green beans in years, and I left many of them on the
vine too long. The pods swelled up and became too firm.
some beans are ok to pick at the shelly stage (before
the beans have started to dry out) and can be shelled
out and cooked. they should cook faster than a dry
bean. some varities of beans can also be eaten at the
full pod stage but this isn't normal for a lot of green
bean varieties. or you can leave them to finish up
drying and use them as a dry bean later or keep the
seed for replanting.
usually i can get a few pickings from my fresh bean
plants and then i'll leave the rest to finish as dry
beans as we can never have too many of those.
Hmm, so you just let the pod dry out, and save the beans inside, using
them as you used baged dry beans later?
My tomato
plants are huge, but I've only had a few ripe tomatoes so far. Bell
peppers and banana peppers didn't grow much. I don't have a single bell >>> pepper ready. I haven't hardly looked at the other bed with potatoes,
onions, garlic, and horseradish. I think I planted leeks this year,
too. Watermelon, carrots, and a few other things I'm forgetting.
do you have trouble getting enough sun for your
gardens?
The lower garden, everything but the onions/potatoes/garlic and the
like, is part-shade due to a large tree. Oops. Shame, because it's the perfect location, otherwise.
Michael Trew wrote:
Hmm, so you just let the pod dry out, and save the beans inside, using
them as you used baged dry beans later?
"baged" as in bagged or aged? i'm assuming aged. :)
yes, pretty much all beans i grow are edible at dry
bean stage (there are a few i've had that i would not
consider edible but they aren't many). but also since
i do cross-breed and develop new varieties i pay
attention to any new seeds that show up as i sure don't
want to eat them. on top of that if i want to keep
the existing varieties relatively stable i have to cull
out odd seeds to make sure the traits i want are
preserved.
The lower garden, everything but the onions/potatoes/garlic and the
like, is part-shade due to a large tree. Oops. Shame, because it's the
perfect location, otherwise.
any kind of shade is going to impact production for
some of the common garden vegetables. if you want more
tomato production you may have to go for cherry or patio
varieties.
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