On March 3, I planted seeds in the green house. This post is mainly for my own benefit to keep track of what I planted and when I planted it. If you’re interested, read on.
Astia Zucchini: I have grown these for the past five years. They are specifically good for containers but I have also had great results growing them in the garden. I love the foliage on these and the petite squash it produces.
Waltham Butternut: Allegedly rare and heirloom variety, I snagged about 10 seeds. These are prized for the baking goodness and 3-6 lb. fruit.
Nodding Onions: I recently read about this variety in one of my magazines (I forget) but I was drawn to them by the fact that pollinators love them….and the colors…and that they are totally edible from the flowers to the bulb. Wish me well with these. (I also had to order 250 seeds. If you would like to try some, I would happily send you a dozen or so seeds. Email me at eliotseats@gmail.com.)
Nadia Eggplant: I’ve not had the best of luck with eggplants, but am giving it another go this time with this variety. They are supposed to be blemish free.
NM Big Jim: Mom harvested these seeds and they are some that she gave us at Christmas. If they all come up, we will be having red and green chili out our ears. (I can only hope.)
Sweet Chocolate Peppers: This is a bell variety that has cola-colored flesh. They are supposed to be sweet and crunchy and good for salads.
Yankee Peppers: These are an open pollinator variety which means (b/c I had to look it up) they will “breed true.” They’re medium sized red bell peppers.
Japanese Climbing Cucumbers: These seeds were a Christmas gift from mom. We love these slender cukes and I like how they climb trellises. I usually grow these on cattle panels that we have curved over one of the gardens.
Red Satin Radishes: These are a hybrid radish that as their name denotes are shiny and red with pure white meat.
White Satin Carrots: These are a very pale yellow (or white) carrot.
Nebraska Wedding Tomatoes: These seeds also were harvested and saved by mom. “This is a beautiful tomato, with round 4 inch fruit that are deep orange throughout. It has a good old fashioned tomato flavor, a little sweeter than the red tomatoes, but with enough acid to balance. ”
Porter Tomatoes: Also called “Old Reliable,” good for HOT climates.
Cherry Romas: Prolific! I hope they’re good for sauces.
German Tomatoes: These are good for slicing and can grow up to two pounds. Yum!
Purple Plum: Also called “Chinese Purple Plum” these are a long tomato (about 2 inches long and 1 inch wide). They also look very prolific.
Black Cherry: Another mom-harvested seed. They are said to look like large dusky-purple grapes.
Cherokee Purple Cherries: Hmmm….These might have been mislabeled. I can’t find out much about Cherokee Purple Cherry Tomatoes. Does anyone know?
Dwayne Beefsteak: This is another one that I am sure that we have grown before (and with seeds from mom) that I can’t find information on.
Green Zebra Tomatoes: This is an heirloom variety that looks unripe but has a beautiful stripe and delicious flavor.
So, most of the above seeds were harvested from mom and a few were sent to us by another relative.
We always “big eye” our tomato selection and when we were in South Texas in February, we picked up the following plants:
Marzano: These are a good paste and sauce tomato. I love growing these.
Carmello: An early tomato (and hybrid) that is larger in size than some.
Camaro: Another hybrid that claims to be resistance to Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus.
Mater: I’m ready for slices of this tomato on BLTs!
Sweet Million: We actually ended up with two of these. (I think I put one in the basket and The Hubs snuck another one in.) These continue to produce until the first frost.
Viva Italian: Another great sauce tomato.
Matt’s Wild Cherry: A tinier cherry with a really sweet taste.
These have grown tremendously and we had to stake them this past weekend.
Wow. If everything grows and produces…..