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I can grow Favas in the summer in my climate you just need some shade cloth to keep some heat off or an area where they get just morning sun and maybe a little bit of the mid day. but NO evening sun its too hot for them yes. I don't like favas very much so i am not growing them again but i have just sown my Bush beans just a few days ago. i will be showing them when they sprout on my youtube channel TheItalian Garden. i will be doing losts of general info videos on there if you would like to tune in would love to answer some question from people who need help.
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yeah i was going to say bib or all year variety of lettuce. I am growing some on my youtube channel TheItalian Garden. Looks like you will have a nice fresh head of lettuce lol haha =D
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Just Google 'Topan Eggplant' for all sorts of info and pictures of it. it's listed as an heirloom variety.
One listing for the seeds says:
Anatolian Topan Eggplant
- Open-pollinated eggplant variety.
- Adapts all kinds of soil.
- Medium height, strong branches and medium-early maturing.
- Fruits are blackish purple in bright colors with 10-12 cmin diameter, round (ball) .
- Good for open field and green houses.- High yield and more attractive fruits.
- Seeds should be sown in seedbed before the plants are tobe set in the fields.
÷ Planting depth: 0.5 - 1 cm.
÷ Distance between plants: 40 to 60 cm.
÷ Distance between rows: 60 to 100 cm.
÷ Estimated germination: 15-20 days.
- Average ripening is 70-90 daysand long period of harvest seasons.
-NON HYBRID-
Dave

Looks like a lettuce to me too. But maybe a cabbage also.
That's a good idea elisa. Especially for the rotation thing. After a couple years of gardening, I pretty much knew what each plant looked like. Peppers, because I grow many varieties, are a different story if I grow multiple varieties where the pods look similar to another. Screwed up last year with my superhot varieties. Regarding the rotation, I usually just try to recollect when I had such or such where. Probably won't work so well when I get old-timer's disease.
;)
Kevin
This post was edited by woohooman on Sat, Mar 1, 14 at 16:14

Even if the tag was missing, one should know what she/he planted there. Secondly, most garden vegetables are easy to identify close by and by tasting. Unless it is some kind of volunteer .
Having said that, often it is not possible to ID varieties of things like tomato b/c there so many varieties. So it makes sense to tag them if you want to save seeds from those.

I don't put the roots in water. I wait for them to sprout "dry" in a fairly warm place (for me, it's in the fruit bowl in the kitchen). Then when the sprouts get big enough (about 3-4 inches long), I put the sprouts in water and they root very quickly. I've tried putting the whole root in water and it just never worked for me. Good luck!
-Anne


Chitting or Greening:
When potatoes sprout in the dark, they are white and long: NO GOOD FOR PLANTING. twist them off.
Best way is to single layer them, like on the kitchen counter. The skin starts getting green (Thus the term greening), Then they start sprouting healthy greenish sprouts. Now that is worth planting. BUT the sprouts should be no longer than 1". Then you have to handle them carefully , not to break them.
I prefer shorter sprouts with just some suggestion that they are growing.
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I did consider automotive fluids, but it is a very well maintained company vehicle and definitely doesn't have any leaks. Also, he always backs in to the spot, so his front end is out toward the road... its only where the back end sits that I'd be planting (and he's only been parking there for about a month - long enough to rip up the yard, but not really long enough to impact the soil toxicity).
Thanks so much everyone for all of your help working through this. I feel like I have a much better plan for these crops now!

2cents from one who has done the 3 sister garden "successfully". The garden was 40x50, I did 4foot diameter mounds with about 3feet between. Put Silver Queen corn all over the mound with red yardlong beans around the perimeter of each. Threw in some butternut squash, Cinderella pumpkins, cantaloupe seeds and walked away. Weeded once mid season, picked a few bushels of corn, picked the yard longs as long as they were coming in, got a few anemic cantaloupe but several squash and pumpkins that were good. Even got some volunteer ground cherries and tomatillos from the soil seed bank. For not giving much effort, zero watering and maintenance, I thought it did fairly well. This method worked for a garden of neglect, I wouldn't bother with it again unless I had a large garden space that I didn't have a better idea for. This was my old garden that I didn't want to invest in because our house was on the market and I didn't want to sell after spending a lot of early season effort. New garden is much better cared for.

It looks like spinach to me.
There are different types of spinach, having different types and sizes of leaves. The one in your picture appears to have crinkled leaves, like savoy cabbage. Other varieties have smooth leaves.
I can't tell you which variety is best. It's a matter opinion I think. Try to find one which is slow to bolt and grow it in cool weather.
Jim


I just picked a dozen yesterday and toally nuked them in the oven! The risoto took 20 minutes longer that I expected and I totally forgot to take them out of the oven! DOH! They still tasted great, though! LOL
I'll have plenty more next week! YUM! Nancy

Long squash is easy to grow, less insect problem, it is a hot season crop, taste good too.


If you are growing for the beetroot then yes, single plants. Othersie you don't get roots just tops. That's one reason why beets are normally direct seeded. That plus the fact that they don't transplant well when that root is disturbed.
If you are growing them for the leaves, the tops only, then it makes no difference.
Dave

Otcay, that looks like what the Filipinos call Kamote, a sweet potato grown mainly for its leaves. I grew that for many years in SoCal, and even tried it once here. If that is the same one I grew, the tubers wander quite far from the plant, and are difficult to find (except by digging up the whole area). Those tubers were white & very twisted like the ones in your photo, and had a very dry texture when cooked. Dryness aside, they weren't bad tasting.

Yeah, I don't remember if I pre-sprouted them or not when I grew them before. I've currently got them in a cold closet in the basement with no light since I probably wont be planting them until mid-late April (I'm hoping I didn't buy them early but I think they only get one shipment of seed potatoes each year and once they're gone, they're gone) so, Ill bring them out around the beginning of April to where it's warmer and with light to chit them. Then I just pick off the extra stems that spout huh? Too easy.



I am growing parsley for the first time too on my youtube channel TheItalian Garden. If you would like to tune in and see how big i can get them i would love to test that question. Because now i am curious lol. love to hear any of your other questions on my channel.
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Here is what I do to make parsley germinate faster in 7 days or less. Soak the seeds in soapy water. Fill a cup with warm water (not hot) . Add a drop or two of dish soap, and stir the mixture to help it dissolve. Place your parsley seeds into the warm water soap mixture and allow them to soak for one to two hour. The heat of the water and the dish soap will help to break down the tough outer casing of the parsley seeds. This will make them germinate and grow faster than they would without soaking.