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vegetables &c for mid-summer planting... what are you planting?

an_ill-mannered_ache

10 years ago

i've got my summer crops in. many of them are just place holders--if they provide me something for the lunch box or supper table, great. otherwise, they keep the weeds down and provide me some green compost material at the end of summer... let's see: eggplants, four or five kinds of hot peppers, lima beans, several kinds of field peas, lots of peanuts, so many sweet potatoes, many large and still productive small-fruited tomatoes, okra. and there's always fruit--my brown turkey and alma are still producing a couple fruits a day each, awesome citrus crop in the making, grapes are ripening, bananas may fruit this year, the #%^@$ coons have been messing with my persimmons, but there are still a couple dozen fruits out there.

what are you planting while you wait for cooler weather?

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thetradition
10 years ago
I'm working compost in this weekend and letting my beds go fallow, locked down under black plastic for the next several weeks to chase away nematodes and block the weeds. Will start my tomato seeds in about 9 days for transplanting out in the beds in mid-August. I'll also start broccolli seeds in August (and will continue starting seeds every two weeks through October so that I'll have a continual supply through the winter). Corn and beans will be direct sown in early August. Lettuce, onions, carrots and strawberries will start in October.

I agree with you on the citrus. It'll be a bumper crop as long as we don't have any disasterous weather. My trees are absolutely covered.

I just finished the last of my peaches. Man, they sure beat the hell out of anything you can get at the store.
tomncath
10 years ago
Nothing going on here but some herbs and flowers, too hot.

Sorry to hear about your raccoon problems Michael, that's what the squirrels do with my first tomatoes of each season til there are enough for both of us :-( What field peas and grapes are you growing?

Tom
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whgille
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Michael, it sounds like you have a good plan for the summer, I always have something ready to eat from the garden...

Avocados are still producing

Tree tomatoes are ripening

Figs

Sweet potatoes

I recommend callaloo for growing in the summer, when is well prepared it is very tasty! My favorite breakfast from the island, fish with ackee, callalloo greens and fritters.

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