Crop Rotation
Garden House Cleaning
A week ago I tore out three more beds of veggies. Thrips visited two of the beds and I just could not eradicate them with sprays. Instead my plants suffered from multiple sprayings. The third bed just needed to be replanted.
Bed one: removed thrip infested radishes as well as kale that had been heavily harvested. Ate the radish roots, trashed the tops. Ate the tender portions of the kale, composted the remains. Added rabbit manure and only slightly turned under by using the shovel sideways. Replanted by direct sowing (sowing seed in the ground, not transplanted) with EOS cucumber.
EOS F1 Hybrid Cucumber. 45 days. Early slicer for open field. Deep green 7" fruit with very nice flavor. Vine is short, roustly healthy, with open habit and strong laterals. Excellent disease package, high yield potential, fine flavor. Tolerant Cucumber Mosaic Virus, Cucurbit vein yellowing virus, Downy Mildew, Powdery Mildew, Watermelon Mosaic Virus, and Zucchini Mosaic Virus.
Bed two: removed worn out everglades tomatoes that were started in late July in pots then transplanted in mid September. Added rabbit manure and only slightly turned under by using the shovel sideways. Replanted by direct sowing, with a LEAF cabbage Beira Tronchuda (we love stuffed cabbage) and a diakon-type radish Relish Cross.
Beira Tronchuda. 85 days. Special type of looseleaf cabbage. Wide spreading leaves are deep green with thick, white, fleshy ribs, sweet and tender.
Relish Cross F1. 60 days. For spring or fall sowing. Very refined, smooth white root with distinct green neck. Excellent crisp texture and mild flavor long into season. Capable of high yields. May be harvested small at 3-4" from dense sowings. Longer crop time for thinned beds can also achieve large size, up to 2 lbs at 15" long x 3" diam. Strongly resists bolting and pithiness. Widely adapted.
Bed three: removed thrip infested kohlrabi. Ate the roots, trashed the tops. Added rabbit manure and only slightly turned under by using the shovel sideways. Replanted, using transplants, with Everglades tomatoes.
Two newsletters ago I mentioned Jade II and several of you asked about it. Here are the specs:
Jade II. 60 days. Enhanced, extra deep green color. Long, straight 6½” pods. Upright bush holds pods well above ground, reducing tip rot and curling damage caused by splashing soil. Yields multiple picks over extended harvest season. Tender texture and sweet flavor ideal for fresh market sales. Resistant Bean Common Mosaic Virus. Tolerant Rust.
A week ago I tore out three more beds of veggies. Thrips visited two of the beds and I just could not eradicate them with sprays. Instead my plants suffered from multiple sprayings. The third bed just needed to be replanted.
Bed one: removed thrip infested radishes as well as kale that had been heavily harvested. Ate the radish roots, trashed the tops. Ate the tender portions of the kale, composted the remains. Added rabbit manure and only slightly turned under by using the shovel sideways. Replanted by direct sowing (sowing seed in the ground, not transplanted) with EOS cucumber.
EOS F1 Hybrid Cucumber. 45 days. Early slicer for open field. Deep green 7" fruit with very nice flavor. Vine is short, roustly healthy, with open habit and strong laterals. Excellent disease package, high yield potential, fine flavor. Tolerant Cucumber Mosaic Virus, Cucurbit vein yellowing virus, Downy Mildew, Powdery Mildew, Watermelon Mosaic Virus, and Zucchini Mosaic Virus.
Bed two: removed worn out everglades tomatoes that were started in late July in pots then transplanted in mid September. Added rabbit manure and only slightly turned under by using the shovel sideways. Replanted by direct sowing, with a LEAF cabbage Beira Tronchuda (we love stuffed cabbage) and a diakon-type radish Relish Cross.
Beira Tronchuda. 85 days. Special type of looseleaf cabbage. Wide spreading leaves are deep green with thick, white, fleshy ribs, sweet and tender.
Relish Cross F1. 60 days. For spring or fall sowing. Very refined, smooth white root with distinct green neck. Excellent crisp texture and mild flavor long into season. Capable of high yields. May be harvested small at 3-4" from dense sowings. Longer crop time for thinned beds can also achieve large size, up to 2 lbs at 15" long x 3" diam. Strongly resists bolting and pithiness. Widely adapted.
Bed three: removed thrip infested kohlrabi. Ate the roots, trashed the tops. Added rabbit manure and only slightly turned under by using the shovel sideways. Replanted, using transplants, with Everglades tomatoes.
Two newsletters ago I mentioned Jade II and several of you asked about it. Here are the specs:
Jade II. 60 days. Enhanced, extra deep green color. Long, straight 6½” pods. Upright bush holds pods well above ground, reducing tip rot and curling damage caused by splashing soil. Yields multiple picks over extended harvest season. Tender texture and sweet flavor ideal for fresh market sales. Resistant Bean Common Mosaic Virus. Tolerant Rust.
