Harvest update

17 years ago

Even though it is still summertime, I am still harvesting. I have been picking many cucuzzu squashes and persimmons. (Not pictured.)

This morning I harvested the first Japanese cuke. I ran out of room so I started planting in more Earthboxes.

Several more cukes are on the way:

I am trying a squash featured in Florida Gardening Magazine this summer, Chinese squash. There were 2 kinds of seeds to pick from, hybrid and non-hybrid. I bought both seeds but I am trying the hybrid only this fall. There are actually 3 noticeable squashes forming but I couldn't fit the third in the picture.

Seminole Pumpkins are still coming, although the vines are showing signs of wearing out.

To my surprise, the sweet peppers just keep on coming especially the marconi. I harvested about a dozen peppers yesterday and this is what I picked today. There are also some Red Noodle Yardlong beans in the picture.

I couldn't decide which pic to post so I will post both.

I have a fav bromiliad that started blooming a couple of weeks ago. Aechmea "Del Mar'. It is considered to be a mini Blue Tango which is why I bought it.

Christine

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annafl
17 years ago
Wow, love these harvest posts! Christine, your garden is unbelievable! I have planted Marconis in my garden now after seeing your posts. I hope I have the success you have. Next you'll have me trying Japanese cukes and Chinese squash! What fun! Your pic with the Aechmea 'Del Mar' is stunning.

Anna
an_ill-mannered_ache
17 years ago
christine gave me a couple of those japanese cukes and, inexplicably, the %$*^$%@(*^& pickleworm hasn't bothered them a bit, tho they lay their eggs all over every one of my seminole pumpkins...

this is really a mystery to me... a good mystery, but a mystery.

have i defeated my archenemy?

beautiful, christine, just beautiful. you got some fat 'n' sassies in there, too, no? my sweet spot is producing so heavily that one broke in half, with a dozen medium peppers on on branch. fat 'n' sassy and marconi are producing well, too, just not as well as sweet spot.

it's been a very good pepper year.
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countrynest
17 years ago
Hi,Christine.
What a harvest,very colorful.Healthy eating.
The bromeliad is beautiful,I keep going back to look at the picture again and again.
Felix
happy_fl_gardener; 9a, near DeLand
Original Author
17 years ago
Anna--- I really enjoy posting my harvests. It's rewarding to hear that you are encouraged. Since you're in zone 10 you should have time to get a great harvest. Well, if the Jap cukes and the Chinese squash do well, you might as well grow those too! I am optimistic that they will do well.

Michael--- I'm in favor of defeating that nasty pickle worm too. Let's hope the Jap cuke is the answer. I am puzzled why you get those critters in your Seminole pumpkins. I have to say that it's been the best pepper year ever!

Felix--- So glad that you enjoy the pics. I was elated when I saw this blue flowered bromiliad bloom. I keep looking for more blooms from the other pups in the pot. Maybe there will be more soon. Healthy eating---Yes, and I am starting to get spoiled. LOL.

Christine
tomncath
17 years ago
Beautiful Christine! If you have them please bring me 3-6 each of those Chinese Squash and Japanese cuke seeds next Saturday....

Tom
happy_fl_gardener; 9a, near DeLand
Original Author
17 years ago
Michael asked me where I bought the seeds. I ordered them from www.evergreenseeds.com last July. So, that would make the plants about 7 weeks old. The Japanese Cucumber is Hybrid Tasty Queen. The Chinese Squash is Hybrid Papaya Golden. The other squash that I am going to grow in the spring is Oriental Squash, Papaya Sweet (non-hybrid).

Tom, I will bring you some seeds.

Christine
happy_fl_gardener; 9a, near DeLand
Original Author
17 years ago
I was inspired by Silvia in the spring with her beautiful small melons. So, I figured that I would give it a try. This is Sakata's Sweet Asian Melon. Harvested perfectly but it is not as sweet as it looks. It has the taste of a less sweet honeydew melon. Can't recommend this one for flavor. Got the seeds from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.

Tom, this is the first melon I have ever grown. Now I am more confident to grow the cantaloupe seeds you sent me.

Christine
tomncath
17 years ago
Well, I hope one of them turns out to be sufficiently sweet, I'll have to wait until spring to give any of them a try as I just don't have the room for much.... I did send you all three varieties of green-fruited melon seeds didn't I? If not I'll bring them with me Saturday. You have so much room I feel comfortable sending you ton of seeds to try, even if you have to wait until spring...I have six different icebox melons if you're interested in trying seed for any of them, some are oriental.

Tom
happy_fl_gardener; 9a, near DeLand
Original Author
17 years ago
Tom, you did send me the three varieties of green-fruited melon seeds. If you want me to try a couple of icebox melons to try in the spring you can give me them on Saturday. Wow, 6 varieties. I'm getting the sense that you are fond of melons. LOL.

Christine
an_ill-mannered_ache
17 years ago
mmm.... i had my first cuke of the season, the aforementioned Japanese Cucumber --Hybrid Tasty Queen. very good. it had a (*&^%$*&^ pickleworm in it, but i just dunked the cuke in a bowl of water for a couple of minutes, drowned the little (#*($*&(* bugger. (it pops out when dead). very sweet, dense flesh. (the cuke, not the worm.) minimal seeds. a bit of bitterness on the skin, but all and all an excellent fruit.