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3 lbs lemon guavas
1lb strawberry guava 10lbs of snake cucumbers 10lbs bush cucumbers 5lbs lemon cucumbers 2 jack o lantern pumpkins 1 35lb moon and stars watermelon they are all huge 1 2lb cantaloupe |
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lt_eggbeater,
You must have a good size garden. Post some photos when you get a chance.
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the melons zukes and cucumbers seem to have been attacked less. I put in "rabbit" fencing but they seem to jump through the top holes. I guess I will have to chicken wire it, and see if the smaller stuff will make it next growing season. I just started some hydroponic systems in doors up in the tower room of my house. We wil see how it goes. |
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Sounds like a good sized garden. Sorry to hear about the rabbits. Darn critters love to eat their greens. My cucumbers and zucchini didn't do much this year. I guess to hot and lack of water. Your in the desert, how do you grow so much? Lots of water I guess? What do you plan on growing with the hydroponic system? The hydroponic systems are pretty pricey aren't they?
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I have alot of drip irragation, I have my own well so I take advantage of that. The cucumbers zukes and melons have been huge. As far as the hydroponics goes currently I am attempting to grow watermelon,6 varieties of hot peppers, 4 varieties of sweet peppers, about half a dozen types of tomatoes, snow peas, corn and some cucumbers. Don't know if it will work or not... Not sure I can be bothered to keep that tight a control on the ph and everything. I'm using ebb and flow I have 2 2x6? units I think. and one 1x1 and 1 6x6? I think. So a decent amount of Hydroponics. But like I said I'm not too good about monitoring ph and all the other tedious hydrponic stuff. |
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Oh and yes the hydro systems are a little pricey I guess.
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Today I picked about 20 pounds of Celebrity tomatoes and an Ambrosia melon. Sue also made 10 pints of tomato soup preserve from the tomatoes I picked yesterday.
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Nice harvest Richard.
I harvested the last of my clemenule mandarin but I left the second batch of fruit that are not ripe yet. And I noticed there are more flowers coming.
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Chironex -- a garden raider from North Las Vegas stopped by today (Saturday) and made off with 5+ pounds of tomatoes.
Not a problem, later on in the day my wife and I picked another 50 pounds from the 10 plants. My wife canned about 2 dozen pints of "all things tomato" today, and I think she has another dozen planned for tomorrow. ![]() |
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I made 26 pints of cucumber relish (sweetish pickle relish for hot dogs, etc) today, so I picked cucumbers, peppers, onions (they were already pulled), and had to go to the store and get celery.
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Way to go Sandy!
I harvested about 35 lbs of tomatoes today, including a 1.75 lb Cherokee Purple -- the largest I've grown so far. ![]() |
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congrats guys!!! i went to walley world the other day and bought the last box of pint jars they had. gonna make some more pulm spiced jam and some peach jam.
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10 pounds of Janice-Kadota Seedless Figs
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Some Fuji apples.
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Another 50 lbs of tomatoes, about 1/3 Cherokee Purple and 1/3 Momotaro;
Half dozen chili peppers; 2 Italian Rose eggplants. ![]() |
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One 3.5 pound Sugar Loaf Pineapple with a tripple crown that came off the fruit in one piece! I let it ripen completely before picking and boy was that the right thing to do! It's the sweetest pineapple I've ever tasted! I'll post pics to my gallery when I get a chance.
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