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Whos getting ready for 2012 Veggie Season :-D !!!
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MrSterling
It's its second year? I'm not sure about brassicas, but some of our veggies are biennial and only seed on the second. Carrots are like that I know.
Looks tasty to me! eat that sucker!
looks like a healthy mature floret ripe for the picking though seriously. I agree it looks like those flowers are about to pop open any day, nothing wrong with eating'em after they open up though IME. We didn't eat our broccolis fast enough last season so several started opening up flowers, but we just kept harvesting and ate it open flowers and all, tasted just fine. If you chop the top most broccoli will continue to develop side shoots from below (with florets) a bit like a topped canna plant.
I am honestly confused about the trouble with it? looks like a nice early broccoli harvest to me. who knows if you keep harvesting the florets as they develop you might harvest that thing periodically for quite a while.
Or like MrSterling says if no other brassica are flowering (which would be a surprise) you could just let it do its thang and harvest the seeds for later use.
looks like a healthy mature floret ripe for the picking though seriously. I agree it looks like those flowers are about to pop open any day, nothing wrong with eating'em after they open up though IME. We didn't eat our broccolis fast enough last season so several started opening up flowers, but we just kept harvesting and ate it open flowers and all, tasted just fine. If you chop the top most broccoli will continue to develop side shoots from below (with florets) a bit like a topped canna plant.
I am honestly confused about the trouble with it? looks like a nice early broccoli harvest to me. who knows if you keep harvesting the florets as they develop you might harvest that thing periodically for quite a while.
Or like MrSterling says if no other brassica are flowering (which would be a surprise) you could just let it do its thang and harvest the seeds for later use.
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bonecarver_OG
i felt like an dumbass last year when i failed growing broccoli.
this year i havent given any NPK nutes what so ever to them, but i grew them in the soil of last years carrots/tomatoes, and i watered them twice with the run off from my indoor flowering room mixed down 50% with rain and tap water.
anyhow, this year is going really well. i think they like the soil mix and old compost/coco mix - but to me it seems they dont like too much N (from last years experience) how ever im no expert
anyway this year they are getting so tasty we cant believe it.
we made vegetable satay with the brocoli i harvested this weekend, very tasty to dip in the peanut sauce!
peace
this year i havent given any NPK nutes what so ever to them, but i grew them in the soil of last years carrots/tomatoes, and i watered them twice with the run off from my indoor flowering room mixed down 50% with rain and tap water.
anyhow, this year is going really well. i think they like the soil mix and old compost/coco mix - but to me it seems they dont like too much N (from last years experience) how ever im no expert
anyway this year they are getting so tasty we cant believe it.
we made vegetable satay with the brocoli i harvested this weekend, very tasty to dip in the peanut sauce!
peace
il19z8rn4li1
Member
Those look amazing :-D Damn near picture perfect my friend,
with those kinda skills you can surely keep up with the fair entries ;-)
i felt like an dumbass last year when i failed growing broccoli.
this year i havent given any NPK nutes what so ever to them, but i grew them in the soil of last years carrots/tomatoes, and i watered them twice with the run off from my indoor flowering room mixed down 50% with rain and tap water.
anyhow, this year is going really well. i think they like the soil mix and old compost/coco mix - but to me it seems they dont like too much N (from last years experience) how ever im no expert
anyway this year they are getting so tasty we cant believe it.
we made vegetable satay with the brocoli i harvested this weekend, very tasty to dip in the peanut sauce!
peace
You know if you grew organic you dont have to worry
about burning your plant EVER and you dont have to worry
about them NOT being tasty .... Organic beats Chem OUT RIGHT ;-)
In my opinion AND experience.
Once I went organic my yield per raised bed increased 400 pounds
for my tomatoes and 700 pounds for my zucchini :-D
This was like 5-6 yrs ago though lol.
correct me if i am wrong, but does it look like this broccoli is about to bolt.
i got these seedlings last sept and saved two over the winter. i'm guessing they are just mature enough and are about to make flowers. tool old
i can get some fresh seedlings soon if i am correct...
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Hum... ya those brocs look like they will LOVE to go into flowering.
Temps been cool or warm lately? Humidity high or low lately?
That family of veggie doesnt like HIGH humidity, they dont
need it. If your climate has been decent temps with low humidity
they will grow like weeds lol.
BUT a side note about eating veggies they are the BUDS of the plant
and turn into flowers... if you eat say Broccoli when its flowering
the nutrients it has in it are VERY SMALL, the plant puts
all its energy and food into opening and developing flowers and seeds. once that happens nutritional value is greatly reduced.
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Fastcast
Thank you kind sir!
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bonecarver_OG
i didnt burn the brocolli last year but i used wrong NPK ratio. you see i grow 99% organic, using compost, coco left-overs from my indoor grows, chicken/rabbit manure and the local super fertile soil. the soil here is really extra ordinary rich in minerals, but it needs to have a good amount of P and K added during the long seasons, to be able to produce the best possible. for this most uses NPK nutes with ratios low on N - but i had only one general gardening NPK with too much slow release N and not enough P and K.
i swapped to other NPK nutes for the summer season and on, but i ended up using other P-K nutes for the chillies. this year i havent yet bought any mineral nutes, and honestly i wont need any untill much later in the season. mostly i will use potassium as a mono nutrient in my chili and sweet pepper grows. the rest of the veggies do fine without any aid.
but i used wrong NPK ratio. you see i grow 99% organic, using compost, coco left-overs from my indoor grows, chicken/rabbit manure and the local super fertile soil. the soil here is really extra ordinary rich in minerals, but it needs to have a good amount of P and K added during the long seasons, to be able to produce the best possible. for this most uses NPK nutes with ratios low on N - but i had only one general gardening NPK with too much slow release N and not enough P and K.i swapped to other NPK nutes for the summer season and on, but i ended up using other P-K nutes for the chillies. this year i havent yet bought any mineral nutes, and honestly i wont need any untill much later in the season. mostly i will use potassium as a mono nutrient in my chili and sweet pepper grows. the rest of the veggies do fine without any aid.
harvested a few tomatos . got a few bigas ones ripening. dumped chicken manure on all plants.
il19z8rn4li1
Member
^^ whoa my friend... you got some late blight if I have ever seen it before.
NOT GOOD, will consume ALL YOUR plants if you dont remove and BURN the infected ones.
http://www.longislandhort.cornell.edu/vegpath/photos/lateblight_tomato.htm#images
NOT GOOD, will consume ALL YOUR plants if you dont remove and BURN the infected ones.
http://www.longislandhort.cornell.edu/vegpath/photos/lateblight_tomato.htm#images
plant will be killed after a few healthy clones root and a few maters ripen. its a neglected plant from last year
il19z8rn4li1
Member
if i was you, id just take cuttings TODAY.. then BURN the plant...
Tomato cuttings ROOT SO DAMN FAST its not even funny.
But if you find sporulating blight zones(check that link i posted before)... its to late, the spores are EVERYWHERE.
You'd be safer starting some seeds from the ripe maters you just picked.
just looking out for a fellow gardener my friend ;-)
Tomato cuttings ROOT SO DAMN FAST its not even funny.
But if you find sporulating blight zones(check that link i posted before)... its to late, the spores are EVERYWHERE.
You'd be safer starting some seeds from the ripe maters you just picked.
just looking out for a fellow gardener my friend ;-)
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Veg N Out
Just ordered a bunch of seeds
Casaba-Golden Beauty Melon
Kansas Melon
Crane Melon
Cream of Saskatchewan Watermelon
Ali Baba Watermelon
Afghan Honeydew Melon
Small Persian Melon
Blacktail Mountain Watermelon
San Marzano Lungo No. 2 Tomato
Pineapple Tomato
Hssiao His Hung Shih
Black Cherry Tomato
Ground Cherry - 1/4 oz
India Jwala or Indian Finger Hot Pepper
Thai Yellow Chilli Pepper
Purple Beauty Pepper
Chocolate Habanero Pepper
Tabasco Pepper
Sweet Chocolate
Caribbean Red Habanero Pepper
Thai Burapa
Thai Red Chilli
Red Belgian
Japanese Pickling Eggplant
Pandora Striped Rose Eggplant
Ping Tung Eggplant
Aswad Eggplant
Zucchini Squash
Zucchini Squash
Costata Romanesco
Butternut Waltham Squash
Sugar Ann Snap Pea 1/2 lb
Golden Sweet Snow Peas
Wando Garden Pea
Cosmic Purple Carrot
Country Gentleman Sweet Corn
Missouri Wonder Pole Bean
Stowell's Evergreen Sweet Corn
Early Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Tendercrisp Celery
Long Anglais Cucumber
Telegraph Improved Cucumber
Uzbekski Cucumber
Russian Red or Ragged Jack
Dwarf Siberian Kale
King of the Garden Lima Bean
Burgundy Okra OK102
He Shi Ko Bunching Onion
Red of Florence Onion
Yellow of Parma Onion
Ailsa Craig Onion
Five Color Silver Beet Chard
Pink Beauty Radish
Thai Red Roselle
Purple Top White Globe
Kerala Red Amaranth
Orange Giant Amaranth
Rouge d'Alger Cardoon
Violet de Provence Artichoke
Casaba-Golden Beauty Melon
Kansas Melon
Crane Melon
Cream of Saskatchewan Watermelon
Ali Baba Watermelon
Afghan Honeydew Melon
Small Persian Melon
Blacktail Mountain Watermelon
San Marzano Lungo No. 2 Tomato
Pineapple Tomato
Hssiao His Hung Shih
Black Cherry Tomato
Ground Cherry - 1/4 oz
India Jwala or Indian Finger Hot Pepper
Thai Yellow Chilli Pepper
Purple Beauty Pepper
Chocolate Habanero Pepper
Tabasco Pepper
Sweet Chocolate
Caribbean Red Habanero Pepper
Thai Burapa
Thai Red Chilli
Red Belgian
Japanese Pickling Eggplant
Pandora Striped Rose Eggplant
Ping Tung Eggplant
Aswad Eggplant
Zucchini Squash
Zucchini Squash
Costata Romanesco
Butternut Waltham Squash
Sugar Ann Snap Pea 1/2 lb
Golden Sweet Snow Peas
Wando Garden Pea
Cosmic Purple Carrot
Country Gentleman Sweet Corn
Missouri Wonder Pole Bean
Stowell's Evergreen Sweet Corn
Early Purple Sprouting Broccoli
Tendercrisp Celery
Long Anglais Cucumber
Telegraph Improved Cucumber
Uzbekski Cucumber
Russian Red or Ragged Jack
Dwarf Siberian Kale
King of the Garden Lima Bean
Burgundy Okra OK102
He Shi Ko Bunching Onion
Red of Florence Onion
Yellow of Parma Onion
Ailsa Craig Onion
Five Color Silver Beet Chard
Pink Beauty Radish
Thai Red Roselle
Purple Top White Globe
Kerala Red Amaranth
Orange Giant Amaranth
Rouge d'Alger Cardoon
Violet de Provence Artichoke
stupid weather,.... been in the 70's and 80s for weeks! So I planted my aging Purple bell peppers in the dirt and if F'n SNOWED!!!!!!!! WTF!?!?
little make shift hoop house saved em, but I'm not amused with mother natures little april fools prank!
little make shift hoop house saved em, but I'm not amused with mother natures little april fools prank!
still waiting up in the near far north. the ferns are just starting to come up...should be asparagus!
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MrSterling
stupid weather,.... been in the 70's and 80s for weeks! So I planted my aging Purple bell peppers in the dirt and if F'n SNOWED!!!!!!!! WTF!?!?
little make shift hoop house saved em, but I'm not amused with mother natures little april fools prank!
Yep. It was in the 80s here for weeks and weeks as well. I put in some herbs, some of the less hardy annuals and a dozen Roma tomato plants my pops started too early inside. What happens? Three nights of temps down in the upper 30s/lower 40s. Lost most of the annuals, and the tomatoes are less than happy.
trichrider - Been pulling asparagus for a couple weeks now! Gotta enjoy this season while it lasts. This are the things that make life enjoyable. Everything green that comes out of the dirt.
yep...thats why its mothers day... maybe with global warming i'll transplant a week earlier...
The only things I've got out right now are my Corn starts, and 4 1 year old peppers,... all my other pepper and tomato starts are still in pots to come in at night.
I did sow the spice garden, and just today spotted the first sprout. I did 5 rows of lettuce a couple weeks ago, got lots of sprouts there and it's cold hardy stuff so I"m not worried unless we get a hard freeze.
I'm planning on dropping pumpkins and squash week after next while I'm on vacation from my real job!
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MrSterling
For me last frost date is only a week away, and frankly other than maybe THREE days this winter/spring we haven't seen frost at all. Weird weather. I spent the entire winter working in a t-shirt amending my garden. My compost heap stayed hot no problem too! I'm zone 7b/8, the weather is usually in the low 40s F, not the upper 50s.
The more I garden the more I understand how people get obsessed with keeping weather records over the year. Especially those of us who live in areas prone to microclimates.
My tomatoes survived the dip down to the 40s last night though!
Smoke-Trees
Member
yum! cant wait for some juicy tomatoes! i have 64 big boys ready about a foot tall in the basement, was 90's last week and 30's last night glad i kep them inside as i was away for a few days.
