by A.J. Coltrane
Previous post here.
The zucchini are bouncing back nicely. The cucumbers, peppers, and patty-pans are finally getting into gear. The tomatoes are going nuts. Yesterday provided this:
Which made for the first taste comparison among the tomatoes. A “caprese” with goat cheese and balsamic:
The store bought tomatoes lost. They lacked the acid and character of the home grown.
The zucchini became this:
On to the plant pics. Overview:
Basil and Bunch Onions:
Tomatoes:
Tomatoes, facing the house. I cut off a few of the tall stems that were laying over on to the other cages:
The bees love the tomatillos.
Glacier tomato understory:
Roma tomato:
Tequila peppers, pushing through the blooms:
Cucumbers:
Patty-pan flower:
The patty-pans:
New growth on the Cocozelle zucchini. They appear healthy. I had to pull one more fruit with blossom rot, but the small ones, and the one I harvested yesterday, seem to be fine:
My assumption is that the calcium addition and the Safer 3-in-1 treatment helped. The week I’m going to try spraying some baking soda as a preventive measure.
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Late edit from Sunday night.
Marketmore 76 cucumbers and lemon cucumbers:
And the Patty Pans, about 24 hours later than the pics above(!)
Great pics! Coming along great! Bring me some tomatoes! 😉
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The Glacier tomatoes started to show some color on Tuesday. I’m hoping for a big flurry of Glacier and Sun Gold in the next 10 days or so. (And possibly Siletz. There are some fairly large tomatoes on that plant.)
At some point I want to do a side-by-side tasting of as many varieties as we can get together. I know that both SeattleAuthor and Iron Chef Leftovers are growing different varieties. It might be fun to get 7-10 types together and see what’s popular.
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I think that the only thing that I am growing that you are not are green zebra and those probably won’t be ready for another month.
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Sounds like a good excuse to hit one of the bigger farmers markets.
I would like to try the green zebras. That was on the list this year but Seattle Tilth didn’t have them.
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I am pretty sure I got my green zebra plant at the Tilth sale, but maybe I didn’t.
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If they were there I couldn’t find them and settled for something else.
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