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We plant seeds every Wednesday in the spring and fall. Then starting 3 weekends later, we have a fresh supply every week. For our area, 21 days is normal and the germination rate is virtually 100%. We let some of them stay in the ground for a long time and they develop pods that look like peas on them. We take those off and eat them. It really plays a trick on the mind when you grab 'peapods' and they taste like radishes.

OP here. How funny that this has been bumped up to the top. What I novice I was back then. Rhizo, it does relieve the sheepish feeling to know that they are both in the eggplant family.
I don't really remember if I yanked it or cut it down. I DO remember it smelling like death as I did so, and I had trouble getting it off my hands. Ugh.

Someone has a bird feeder in the area. I live in a vicinity just outside of a good sized city where there are still large farms planted with corn, cotton, winter wheat, and soybeans. This year, one of these farmers planted acres of sorghum for the first time.
It's right next to the road and I've enjoyed watching it grow. Sure did look like corn when it was young. It has now formed large, full seed heads and I'm wondering why I haven't seen huge flocks of birds swarming the fields.

Delicata would not be a good climber. They sometimes go up and over other veggies in my garden but have never voluntarily climbed up much. They have no tendrils so you would have to provide support. My Maximas, on the other hand, have easily climbed to the top of my 8' cedar hedge. The vine on the left keeps is having problems only because the hedge's branches can't support the weight of that squash. But the tendrils themselves are plenty strong.




I had brussel sprouts in the spring that did squazoo, all summer they sat and grew. They are now over 4' tall and have big sprouts up the stem about halfway and then decrease until tiny tiny at the top. Our spring here was warmish and then bam, right into mid summer in temp. I guess it inhibited the growth. I was patient, actually didn't need that specific space, and it appears I will get produce after all.


I grew both last two years - Perfect pick and Cavali under cover. May be it' me, but more then half of the fruit ended up rotten or misshaped young. This year I had to take the cover off due to some other issue, and production became much better, until they died due to SVB. I also planted tromboncino this year, and I think this is what I am going to do from now on. It survives SVB, cucumber beetles, groundhog, and powdery mildew. It has its damage, but keeps to grow and producing. I grow it vertically, so it doesn't take more space, same as zucchini would. The taste is different, but i like it. It is less watery, and has no seeds other then very top of it, that you can just cut off. Next year they go on the wider bed with trellis then this year, so I am planning to plant three plants on trellis, and 3-4 regular zucchini in front of them and keep them under cover until they start flowering or over grow cover height. After that I will enjoy about a month of regular zucchini, until tromboncino started to produce, the SVB will take the zucchini, and tromboncino will have whole bed to enjoy)



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Please see the various Trading and Exchanges forums for posts such as this. They were created so that the discussion forums don't turn into trading forums.
I linked the Seed Trading forum for you below.
Dave

Do you have a seed exchange/library/bank in your area? We have several in our county, and the seeds are from plants grown in the area! So you are pretty sure they are organic and will thrive in our area.The seed exchange I go to actually has a huge seed garden, tended by volunteers and located at a church that also gets some of the produce for those in need.
They also have speakers who have classes on seed saving, growing certain veges, composting etc. Everything is volunteer. I can't do the physical gardening stuff beyond my garden, so I give seeds, altoid mini tins along with a sharpie for marking them for the seed days. Might look into that in your area! Nancy



That should say 24-ish gallon
I'd only have one plant per half whiskey barrel honestly. When the plants mature as I am sure you have found out you can't water them fast enough, which then opens you up to a host of other problems. It's a tough lesson to learn.