For 2021 I planted: Veggies - Silver Queen sweetcorn - bush beans of multiple varieties¹ - tomatoes (2 from starts) - Brandywine Pink tomatoes (from seed) - watermelons (4 from starts) - watermelon from seeds² - Romaine lettuce (4 from starts) - cucumbers from seed Herbs This was primarily to drive pests away. basil (seed) cilantro (seed) dill (seed and starts) garlic (from starts) lavender (starts) marigolds (starts)
My first and second. I believe they are Burpee Marketmore or Beauty. Which length is best? I thought the firstn which was over 8", was too much...
I harvest mine when they are much smaller, so I don’t know which is a better harvesting strategy for you. I am sure they will both taste good. They may have some seeds, but you can sorta eat around those. Looking good.
Thats about average for slicers ! Pickling cucumbers are shorter ! But you can pick them at whatever size you like !
The last 2 pickings I had invited my wee neices over, so I neglected to take any pictures. The last time, about 4 days ago, they went home with about as many green beans and we picked 5 cucumbers. Of the 5 cucumber plants at this stage, we've gotten about 15 fruit so far. I have another: - 2 plants 3 weeks behind the first 5; and - 3 more another 3 weeks behind these 2. So, hopefully, when the the first plants start to peter out, the new ones will be ready to start bearing fruit. PS - Amazing how of a seed packet of 50 seeds only about 20% survive to bear fruit o.0 PPS - Of course, a lot of it is no doubt down to my newbishness.
