Archive for the 'Vegetables' Category
Today I planted my Tomato seedlings in a 4×4 foot raised bed. I planted them one plant per square foot.
I know that is far to crowded for these plants to be healthy in humid Central Florida, but I do plan on thinning them out once they start to grow vigorously.
I planted 8 Roma (determinate) and 4 Brandywine (indeterminate) with the plan of thinning both down to half.
I also planted 4 black beauty eggplants as well!
I have decided to grow some eggplant for the first time this year. I have picked “Black Beauty” for my first attempt.
Eggplant belongs to the same family as tomatoes and grows in almost the exact same way, and requires nearly the same care. I have started the black beauties in doors and am waiting for them to grow a few sets of leaves before I put them out side.
I look forward to some eggplant parmesan with fresh eggplant as the star of the dish the summer!
The final average day of frost for Central Florida was yesterday and the effects of the warming is starting to really show on my Broccoli. All that is left are side shoots and some of them are starting to look kind of poor. When the side shoots of a broccoli plant start to look bad and yellow a bit that is normally a sign that it is time to pull the plants and throw them in the compost pile. The only reason I haven’t done that yet is because of my dogs. My two Australian Sheppard’s love broccoli, and it is good for them too! So I will continue to grow until the sideshoots bolt to fast or just stop producing!
It is still very early in the garlic and onion season but they seem to be growing very well so far down here in Zone 9. There has not been any noticeable bulb growth on either but the green part of the plants seems to be growing well and healthy! Garlic I have planted about a dozen Softneck Garlic plants. I believe them to be Artichoke. Onions I have planted a little over 2 dozen onions that are granex type sweet onions. I originally planted quite a bit more but have used a few plants as green onions, as originally planned!
(This is an update to Growing Broccoli in a Container)
On October 24th I started to grow a few broccoli plants in containers and here is an update as of today. The plants have grown to about 20 leaves and has a decent sized head of broccoli growing. They seem to be enjoying the cool weather that zone 9 (Central Florida) has been experiencing lately and have really turned all of their energy to producing broccoli. There is still a chance that we may see some 80+ degree weather here in the summer and if that happens it will cause the broccoli to bolt pretty fast. I will be keeping an eye on the weather and hope for the best! Here are some updated pictures:
Lettuce is a staple in gardens all around the country. With delicious verities that range from romaine lettuce to bibb lettuce that are all easy and quick to grow it is easy to see why lettuce is so popular. Lettuce naturally has a small, shallow root system. This makes the plant an ideal candidate for being grown in a container.
Here is how it is done:
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I have been growing broccoli in a container this fall and I wanted to give an update of the progress by showing some pictures of how the plants have been growing.
October 22, 2009
November 6, 2009
November 10, 2009
As you can see the plant is growing quickly and looking fairly healthy. I will give another update as soon as I see the first bit of broccoli!
This fall/winter I am going to try to grow Broccoli in a container for the first time. I recently planted quite a bit of broccoli in the ground and 2 plants in containers. I plan to watch and see how much different the growth and production in the container is.
So far both plants in the containers are out growing and looking quite a bit healthier than those in the ground. The plants in the ground are being grown in my native soil (sand) with quite a bit of amendments (compost and peat). The plants growing in the container are growing in a potting mix of compost, peat and topsoil.
Here is a picture of one broccoli plant in a container:
Update: Here are a few more pictues
November 6, 2009
November 10, 2009
November 16, 2009
December 28, 2009
December 28, 2009
One of the keys to a successful garden is to plan ahead and know what you are going to do before you do it. I like to start planning for the next season about 3-4 months ahead of time as I like to tinker with the plans as time goes on. So today I started to plan for my Spring Garden (I plan to build it in late January and start to plant in late February). Here is the first sketch:
Details:
See full post here…
Even though Fall temperatures have not reached Central Florida YET, we are starting to see some of the fruits of the seasons. Many of my fall crops are starting to produce already, including a few verities of beans, peppers and tomatoes!
Here are a few pictures!
What do you have growing in your fall garden?
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