Thanks guys...I'm upset about the wind damage my tomatoes and squash have seemingly suffered...I moved the tomatoes this year and they aren't protected from the south winds...They are fine on the other 3 sides, but not the south...Coupling that with the high heat so early and it's basically a blast furnace. This will be the first year I've had to replant the tomatoes for a fall garden...

Does anyone know where I can get small cukes ? I need two bushels and do not want anything over 3 inches, I am going to a Farmers market in NRH to see what they have, I have bought them there for the past 3 or 4 years but cannot seem to get them small enough.

whats wrong with my tomatos? are they getting to hot? i know they are getting pleny of water. i have sprayed a few times in the last month for different insects. lss whats the deal.

I can't tell you whats wrong with them, but I can tell you that out of fear of it being a fungus, I immediately break those off at the stalk assuming those branches are not flowering.

Besides, you dont care about leaf growth so much. You want fruit growth.

Most likely insect activity...I'd cut back on the water just a bit and see if that helps them...Mine are windburned and I'll be replacing them after I make the large harvest in a few weeks...

Saw them at costco about 5 months ago for about $8 for a 5-6lb bag.

Today's harvest: 14 tomatoes (mixture of Big Boy, Better Boy, Early Girl and Homestead), 14 Roma Tomatoes, 4 Yellow Squash, 1 Zucchini Squash, 2 Tam Jalapeno Peppers, 3 Carmen Peppers (they are supposed to be red when ripe, but I am impatient and wanted to spur on growth), 1 Green California Wonder Pepper, 1 Purple Bell Pepper (on a plant that produces...Cubanelle Peppers), 2 Sweet Banana Peppers, 1 Gypsy Pepper, 2 Cubanelle Peppers, 9 Hot Banana Peppers, 2 Hot Jalapeno Peppers, and 7 Cayenne Peppers...

I am lagging behind on my tomatoes and peppers but my squash has gone crazy this year. I have been picking about 6 to 8 a day on about 8 plants. They didn't do good at all last year but this year it is amazing. Cucumbers are starting to produce pretty good. Okra, tomatoes and peppers are coming along and will be doing really good soon. Melons are also really growing.
Most of all I am trying corn for the first time and my 8 plants look great and have about 12 to 14 cobbs growing. Looks like my first attempt at them are going to work out fine. Can't wait to get me some fresh corn going on the smoker.
Took some squash and put some Habenero Olive Oil, Lime juice, garlic herb and lemon pepper on them and put them on the grill the other night. They were awesome.

Awesome TBass. If you do pull the corn to grill it, pull it right before you throw it on the grill. It will taste amazing...

Spread a lot of DE yesterday. The peas are being bombarded by pests.

No cobs yet for me, but I am pleased that the corn is about 2.5' tall now. The Kentucky Wonder Pole beans are flat out ridiculous - some have crawled taller than me.

It's better that way when you boil it as well. Shoot, I can eat sweet corn straight off the stalk. Just think of the silk as dental floss.

you guys ever get mislabeled vegatables? I have a plant that was supposed to be an anaheim pepper plant. Pulled two peppers today, and they are peppers, but they are not anaheims. Anaheims are typically a deep green, and these things are basically big yellow colored banana peppers. The anaheims I had last year were green all the way through there development, so I know these things weren't going to turn green like that.

Maybe I'll post a picture later.

Yeah, Anaheim Peppers start out dark green...I'll post my pics from today's harvest in a few minutes and show you...

I did get a purple bell pepper off a plant that also grows Cubanelles...It might be a second plant I didn't see when I planted it and just happened to have the purple bell instead...Either way, it makes me happy...

Today's Harvest:



June 12, 2010 Harvest (Picture 1 of 2): 24 Sweet Banana Peppers, 7 Zucchini Squash, 2 Yellow Squash, 1 Carmen Pepper, 9 Cubanelle Peppers, 5 Cucumbers, 16 Cayenne Peppers, 2 Gypsy Peppers, 21 Tam Jalapeno Peppers, 19 Anaheim Peppers and 11 Hot Banana Peppers.



June 12, 2010 Harvest (Picture 2 of 2): 18 Tomatoes (mixture of Homestead, Early Girl and Heatwave), 11 Large Cherry Tomatoes (I don't remember their name, but they are from a volunteer plant), 35 Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes and 1 Lemon Boy Tomato.

Wish my maters were doing better, but I have close to 40 growing, so I can't gripe too much, even though most of them are cherry toms.

That poor wimpy carrot.. just got tired of looking at.