Whoa Im geussing your gonna have a lot of tomatos. have you ever grown tomatos before? or are you a tomato connessuier? Cause even if you just have eight plants, will be a shit ton of tomatos....Btw Make sauce with them if you have too much. Thats what i do if I have a overabundance of tomatos.8 tomato varieties, 6 peppers including ghosts, bush beans, cucumbers , carrots, onions, orange flesh watermelons, any kind of herb you could want. Plus I have all my perennial fruits. And also exotic fruits that come inside every year.
may I make a suggestion? You should grow summer squash and winter squash. Summer produce fast and a lot, if you dont underwater or overwater(mold). winter squash also produces a alot. But it takes longer to harvest. BUT you can keep them for a long time without going bad.I've already started my basil, oregano and parsley.
Last year I put too much space and time into Roma's got hit with blight and ended up with 1 quart of sauce. Should have been enough to get me through all winter. Oh well live and learn.
Got some Romain I'm planting tomorrow
Cherry Tomatos
Roma's (not as much)
Pumpkin
Peppers (variety tbd)
Zucchinis
I'm still planning, I wish I had more room, but I do alright for an Urban Gardener with limited space. Anyone else see the price of Romain and Broccali? Holy Shit!
why not sunflowers instead lolanyone plant corn and had good luck? Is it worth it? I dont like my neighbor too much and I think corn would be a nice blocker(more privacy) when Im in the garden. But im not gonna grow it if it isnt worth it....
the tighter you pack the corn, the better it does.anyone plant corn and had good luck? Is it worth it? I dont like my neighbor too much and I think corn would be a nice blocker(more privacy) when Im in the garden. But im not gonna grow it if it isnt worth it....
harvest the heads when the back of the head goes from green to yellow, let it dry in the sun a few days, remove the seeds.thanks. I dont think Im gonna do sunflowers. If I grow, its vegetabloes or herbs you can eat.
i plant it in a way that would make death metal proud. here's how i space mine:thanks for the advice about tightly packing the corn. How would you space the seeds?
you will get a ton of seeds as long as the squirrels stay away. one seed will give you a huge bag of seeds. my favorite is the mammoth grey stripe.hmm you know what? I might actually try the sunflowers...do you get a lot of seeds from the flowers?
ah and thanks for the spacing method
lol i dont think squirrels will be a proble...My dogs LOVE chasing squirrels. Plus they hardly ever come in the yard(im guessing they smell their poop and pee and hair)you will get a ton of seeds as long as the squirrels stay away. one seed will give you a huge bag of seeds. my favorite is the mammoth grey stripe.
Great variety in this thread!
I'm doing beets, kale, lettuce, banana peppers, ghost peppers, lemon cucumbers, strawberries, carrots, cilantro, zucchini, yellow squash, all sorts of tomatoes, patty pan squash, sage, rosemary, thyme, lavender, string beans, and whatever else I decide. I'm popping all the seeds into some soil under an LED this weekend; I like to give everything a good, healthy start. I also do hummingbird and butterfly "gardens" of mixed wild flowers in big pots all over the yards, which is always fun...
anyone plant corn and had good luck? Is it worth it? I dont like my neighbor too much and I think corn would be a nice blocker(more privacy) when Im in the garden. But im not gonna grow it if it isnt worth it....