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Posted by an_ill-mannered_ache 9a (My Page) on Tue, Aug 4, 09 at 13:31
one or two veg seeds per crop, what would they be?
anyone want to play? i probably forgot a crop or two...
Tomatoes: Sungold, Tiffany, Bella Rosa (determ.)
Peppers: Sweet Spot X3R, Fat 'n' Sassy
Pole Beans: Rattlesnake
Limas: Willow-Leaf Lima (no contest!)
Southern Pea (Crowder): Mississippi Silver
Lettuce: Jericho
Chard: "French" Swiss Chard (hard to find...)
Carrots: Carrot Sweet Treat Hybrid
Beet: Cylindra
Cuke: Cucino (traditional)
Squash: Cucuzzi
Eggplant: Little Fingers
Okra: Burgundy
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| OK, Michael, I'll play. Tomato: Jettsetter! IMO, this is one of the very best tomato varieties (Central FL) for the fall planting. It is a shorter season tomato which means you get more of them before the first freeze hits, plus it is very disease resistant. Peppers: Marconi (outstanding performer!) Looking forward to trying your limas. Christine |
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- Posted by tomncath 9B(microclimate 10A) (My Page) on
Wed, Aug 5, 09 at 6:22
| I'll play too, but remember I have no room so my list will be limited.... Tomato - Beefmaster, Brandyboy, Big Beef, Black Cherry, Dr. Carolyn
Peppers - Giant Marconi Hybrid
Pole Beans - Kentucky Wonder, Purple-pod (Baker Creek)
Peas - Super Sugar Snap
Cuke - Spacemaster, Bush Champion
Squash - Butterstick
Okra - Baby Bubba, Little Lucy Tom |
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- Posted by katkin 9b/10a PSL,Fl (My Page) on
Wed, Aug 5, 09 at 7:05
I want to play, but I am only getting into growing more veggies now.
Tomato, the grape one from Publix. Grows all winter and into July for me. ;o) I saved the seeds and plant them. |
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| Tomato--not sure, probably Better Boy and black cherry but I'm still looking. lettuce--"freckles" romaine Arugula--wild squash--patty pan, probably. Peppers--pimientos de padron, corno di toro, and pasilla chard--Lucullus egg plant--not sure. Right now I settle for ping tung long. beans--Romano for italian style. Still looking for the perfect filet. Collards--Georgia? Kale--red russian peas--Golden Sweet snow peas, or maybe just some type of English peas and harvest the sprouts herbs--sweet basil, rosemary, sage, nasturtiums, parsley, chervil, dill, cilantro, thyme, oregano, marjoram onions--whatever sets I can find. |
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Good post ill-man .
Excellent choices by all and a nice wide diversity of choices . Basil- chocolate and sweet have done well here . Dill , fennel , and parsley ( curly ) for the butterflies . Is this list for a Fall garden or a Spring garden ? |
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| This is a wonderful idea. I don't have much veggie experience though. I do also highly recommend Marconi peppers. One plant from HD produced about a bushel last fall and winter. Excellent taste and fairly thick walled. Yardlongs are a must for us. Great productivity and we love the taste. |
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| yeah, bill-i really liked that freckles romaine you grew this spring, and your chard. we need to swap seeds--i can give you some of the jericho and a new chard, Bionda Da Taglio, that christine gave me seeds for... i'd like to try the freckles and lucullus. wow, tom, that's an impressive list of tomatoes. and i know you've had great luck with them. any one of them that really stands out? if so, can i bum some seeds to try? in the interests of full disclosure--i don't really like fresh tomatoes that much. (ok, i like them, but not as much as most people.) so, my narrow and uncreative choices for tomatoes have to do with my low expectations--since the world's BEST tomato EVER would hardly get reaction from me, i look for disease resistance and yield... tiffany is a bit boring, but boy is it reliable. |
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Tomato - Momotaro, Marianna's Peace
Peppers - California Wonder
Pole Beans - Rattlesnake, or good old Blue Lake
Squash - Butter Baby winter or Straightneck yellow summer
Okra - Emerald Dwarf
Lettuce - Parris Island Romaine
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- Posted by tomncath 9B(microclimate 10A) (My Page) on
Wed, Aug 5, 09 at 17:43
| wow, tom, that's an impressive list of tomatoes. and i know you've had great luck with them. any one of them that really stands out? if so, can i bum some seeds to try? Michael, hands-down it's the Beefmaster, first for taste, second for hardiness and resistance and third for productivity. I'll send you some seeds...did you look at my Exchange list? I have some unusual cantaloupe, and several Icebox watermelons.... Tom |
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| Tom - how are we going to enable you if you don't have any items on your want list ? |
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- Posted by tomncath 9B(microclimate 10A) (My Page) on
Wed, Aug 5, 09 at 20:07
| Tom - how are we going to enable you if you don't have any items on your want list ? Well, I did say my garden is too small, thus of the seeds I buy to try most of the excess will go bad since I can't use them...why not share them with others to see how successful a particular variety may do in a different Florida climate. One day I will be down to a select few varieties of each but there's surely no reason to let the surplus seeds go bad, no? |
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