Cucumbers and zucchini in my garden
They are so tasty when homegrown! Harvesting them in my garden and making a lot of dishes.
Zucchini in the raised bed, I have 4 varieties
Today's cucumbers
What are you growing in your garden at this time? Share with us...
Silvia
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whgille
6 years agoRita, you are so funny! I love zucchini and cucumbers that is the reason that I go the extra mile for them. I am very careful inspecting them when young, later on they can fight an attack.
Cucumbers are grown 3 plants in a pot, only grow the parthenocarpic varieties and I like small size too.
My favorite cucumber salad
I have 4 varieties of squash, 2 are parthenocarpic and 2 are a summer squash and an Italian variety.
My favorite zucchini noodles, I am getting some ripe cherry tomatoes too.Silvia
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Comments (23)I am an idiot.. I didn't even bother thinking about what size my cucumbers will become compared to what size cucumber will fit in the mold... I planted Sweet Success cucumber seeds and found a forum of people discussing it and people have posted pictures...these cucumbers get huge and fat! I don't think these will be suitable for the molds... unless they grow long before they grow fat... but I doubt that. I found a website of one store here in Dubai that says they have a cucumber variety named "Soarer" that I thought would be perfect for these molds but they were sold out when I went... :( The only alternative I could find was a cucumber named Beit Alpha. I think these can still grow to be fat cucumbers but I am hoping I can just pick them while small and they will do find in the molds. I don't think I will order seeds of different varieties from overseas because of time/seasonal issues. It will start getting too hot I think by the time the plant is big enough... I should have read more about the Sweet Success variety before... I just liked the description that they are easy to grow and don't need pollination so I bought them....See Moreyellowing leaves cucumber and zucchini plants
Comments (7)"Daily watering" is almost always over-watering. Add rain and it definitely becomes too much water. But in this case i suspect lack of any nutrients is the main issue. They need to be fed. All plants need to be fed something and in containers it needs to be fed regularly.. I would normally recommend one of the many organic liquid fertilizers available but in order to recover from the excess water, a granular one would work better this time. There are probably 35-40 different organic granular fertilizers available so it all depends on what you can find locally. Any of the big box stores like Walmart, Home depot, Lowe's etc sell them, so do most nurseries. Follow the label directions for amount and frequency of application. Dave....See MoreWhat's happening to my Cucumber and Zucchini plants?
Comments (4)It is normal for old zucchini leaves to yellow up and die, but it doesn't seem like this is the problem your having. It's hard to say what's going on here, for sure you are having some kind of bug problem. What I'm not sure is if the bugs are causing the leaves to die or if it is a combination of bug and some kind of disease. Also how's the drainage in those tubs? If your zucchini are sitting in water constantly they will die. If it were me I would remove all the dead foilage, and throw it in a garbage bag. If there's any dead leaves on the ground pick them up also and throw them away. Then go to the store and buy some habernero peppers or any hot chiles. Pick up some garlic too. Cut up or mash up in a processor and throw the contents into an empty milk jug. Fill the milk jug with 10% skim milk and the rest water. Throw the cap on it and sit it outside and let it sit for a day. Then spray your leaves with this solution. This should help treat any fungal disease if there is any and also keep the pests away. You will have to re-apply when it rains or if you splash it off when watering....See MoreHelp me identify what is wrong with my cucumber and zucchini.
Comments (3)I think im siding with greystoke on that one. I work at the garden cent at my local lowes. We have to learn all about plants and nutrient deficiancies if that doesn't work try adding some "ash" to your mixture. Anythin kind of ash like from your charcoal grill or a wood fire. It's really good for the leaf develpment....See Morewhgille
6 years agoHi Christine! I missed you! I am so glad to hear from you and so sorry about Bobby, my prayers are for him and a perfect recovery...
With all the bad weather that we had, the garden took a break for all of us, I am also late because I had to clean after Irma, made new plans for the garden.
I also planted carrots and lettuce yesterday morning, and transplanted different types of kale. Pole beans are flowering and tomatoes are ripening, getting some ripe cherry tomatoes and soon the big varieties will follow.
Croatian Florentine beefsteak
Silvia
whgille
6 years agoHi Tony!
Thank you for the compliment and the recipe, you are so kind. I am going to start collecting all your family recipes, especially the easy ones like the one above and I like yogurt too, I bought a spice at the Greek market to make tzatsiki. I really like raw zucchini ribbons in a salad with a mustard vinaigrette, I add colorful carrots too.
I know that you like tomato reviews, here is my latest on the cherry tomatoes...I am only growing 3 cherry varieties, Maglia Rosa, Sungold and Aperitif.
Maglia Rosa has a nice flavor and shape, productive too. You probably grow Sungold, it has a nice balance and fruity tomato flavor, productive too. And the first time to grow Aperitif, I hope it gets better, it is too productive and the flavor I don't know yet, I tasted the first fruits and while it is sweet, it lacks something in flavor, it is also crunchy. I am going to have to make baskets to give away....
Aperitif tomato plant
Silvia
whgille
6 years agoHi Tina! it is so nice to see the old time gardening friends posting, tell us more about your gardening, what are you growing? how is everything in your house, your sons? keep us posted....
Hi Craig! yes, Irma set us back for quite some time, I am still cleaning...but I cannot do without edibles and I do whatever it takes to make it work. Going to containers for some crops works well for me, raised beds for other things. It also helps that in the summer I let the garden rest, it is good for me and the soil.
Most of the garden after Irma got a forced makeover, some of the lost plants
The 4 zucchini plants in pots, after Irma they are put in the raised bed with the pots.
I did the same with the tomatoes, they were in the porch and after Irma went to the garden.
And happy fall to everybody in the forum, how are the gardens after Irma? anything growing or blooming? we want to know.
Went to do the Saturday food shopping this morning , here are some pumpkins at the farmers market.
Silvia
tinael01
6 years agolast modified: 6 years ago
Hi Silvia! We are doing very well thank you. My older son Josh just turned 25, works at IFly and base jumps (jumps off of things like cliffs and bridges with a parachute cause he's nuts) and Nick is 16 now. He is a trumpet player and all into the band in school. How is your beautiful daughter?
I don't have a lot in the garden at this time, but I just bought some earthboxes in their sale and some bare root strawberry plants from a guy in Dade City, plus some seedlings from the greengrocers off of exit 17 on I4.
The old gentleman in Dade city was so INTERESTING!!! I found him on Craigslist. His name is Frank and he is on 352.467.0270. I usually go to Parksdale but they sell Radiance and this guy had Sensation (for Sensation UF says The ripe fruit of ‘Florida127’ have excellent flavor and aroma. but for Radiance they say moderate acid content with a balanced flavor so I opted for Sensation) This gentleman raises turkeys, not to eat but just because they are so beautiful, and he sells them. He has different kinds of turkeys from all over the country. He also sells peach trees for $20 and $35, and in Jan he gets bare root peach trees and sells them for $10 each. So I just had a lovely day with my husband.
It is wonderful to read the posts and see your garden as beautiful as ever. I know how hard you work to keep it tip top, it really shows.
Tina
whgille thanked tinael01whgille
6 years agoTina, I am in shock!!! your sons got so big! I guess time flies. I am glad that they are doing fine and enjoying being young, it only happens once you know...:)
It is also good to know that you are planning to garden and you found a good guy to sell you starts. I remember your hubby's paints, they were beautiful!
We are doing fine here, Cheryl went to London and I asked her to go to my favorite chef's restaurant Ottolenghi so she went and got me a signed copy from his latest book, when is fig season I am going to try some of those desserts, the bad part is that I will have to work harder with the quantities in grams.:)
Thank you for the compliments on my garden, it is a priority number one in my life to eat healthy, a lot of vegetables and fruit.
Silvia
whgille
6 years agoHi Christine! it is so nice to hear from you and Bobby's progress, good for him! I cannot imagine the scared that you both had. He looked so healthy the last time that I saw him, that is a surprise for me, of course it can happen to anybody and we all have to be careful, good food and exercise helps a lot.
We are lucky to eat homegrown food and have the trail on the back of the house, every morning at 6am I am out there walking, later on after breakfast I take my dogs on a walk, we really enjoy the nature preserve, all the plants and animals....
Every day I look for new recipes where I can use the fruits and veggies from the garden, it is really a fun thing to do. Right now I am harvesting zucchini, cucumbers and cherry tomatoes. Planted 3 different types of kale and a whole bunch of pole beans. lettuce, carrots and eggplants. When is cooler, I will plant beets, I make a very tasty salad with beets, olives and oranges.
On the trail in the sanctuary
and more blooms from my garden, I am taking an inventory on the flowers and see what colors I am missing, red for one, need more of that color...
Silvia
14tomatoes_md_7a
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoSilvia, I hate to impose on you, and other Floridian growers, but I cannot find a topic that deals with trying to grow watermelons in our super humid summer climate here in MD. The only melons we get from the stores here are from Florida.
We always wanted to have a watermelon patch, but huge ones I'm afraid will rot on our moist ground. We found these very small ones (about 3 lbs avg) and plan to grow them next year on a trellis. Anyone who has experience with such growing on a trellis --- your advice will be much appreciated. Or anyone who wants to try it, we can compare notes next year.
Thanks,
Tony
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6 years agoHi Tony
Through my years of gardening edibles, I can say that I probably tried most things, some more successful than others. Few years back, I had a lot of more varieties but when the harvest came and it was more than my family can eat, it is a job by itself to find people to share, These days, I plant less and I still have surplus but not as much.
Looking back at my past harvest pictures, I planted on a cattle panel trellis winter squash, cucumbers and a small variety of watermelons, also on the ground I planted honeydews. It was in 2010 and don't have the name of the varieties anymore but the one that you are going to grow rings the bell.:)
Here are the pictures from that year
Tony, if you have good soil where you live, you can plant them on the ground, if not raised bed or containers, looking forward to see your trail of that watermelon...In my garden today, I am getting a great harvest of cherry tomatoes and they all have improved in flavor, getting some beefsteaks already, Every day, I eat a tomato salad, after my pole beans are done, I will plant some peas.
Happy gardening!
Silvia
whgille
6 years agoTony, I found the watermelon variety that I planted, if you want to trial that one too, I can send you.
And today's tomato pickings
Silvia
14tomatoes_md_7a
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoSylvia, love your plethora of tomatoes!
Thanks for all the help on melons. We'll be growing the 3 lbs melons on the trellis set up for pole beans, if it holds up well, might take you up on the offer and grow these 6 lbs yummy looking yellows next time.
Just bought the seeds for the Little Baby Flower Watermelons and also got from Johnny's these Orient Charm eggplant seeds. Let me know what you think of them.
Thanks so much,
Tony
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6 years agoTony, you are going to like those eggplants! when I go to the market, those are the only eggplants that I buy, they are never bitter and go well for the dishes that I make for my daughter, she is the eggplant lover.
I was thinking to grow them too, let me know how you do and probably next season I will start one plant. I am growing Listadia de Gandia this year, the same that I grew last season. I am going to keep it trimmed, so I don't get too many eggplants..
Next to the big eggplant is a little one Ichiban that I bought it at the store, planted at the same time after Irma, were both the same size and look at them now, I am getting some eggplants already.
Silvia
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