Fall Edibles for 2015?

[ChanellG]

So far I've planted squash and cucumber, from purchased plants - I never seem to get seed started... I'm thinking about pumpkin, we have some at work that only get to about three inches. My okra and cuccuzza didn't do anything over the summer, but the okra has finally started to flower and I could swear the cuccuzza is a bit taller. Still waiting for something from the kiwi vine... tomatoes are bouncing back - four varieties... Not sure if I want to add anything else (seasonal) yet.

What's growing in your garden?

 

[zigs]

Did a sowing of Mizuna, Lambs Lettuce and Purple Sprouting Broccoli, and put some potatoes in for Christmas, although I expect the blight will have them away.

 

[Beth_B]

Well the season is winding down here and between bugs and blight it hasn't been my greatest garden year. But I picked a lot of tomatoes last night and stewed and froze them. Lots and lots of green beans still coming in, lots of eggplants too. Cabbage, chard and kale still feeding me and hopefully I will be digging up some good sweet potatoes before the frost hits; I've never grown them before.
Should get some more summer squash and cucumbers before frost too.

 

[Trellum]

Right now nothing, but by this time of the year I think I'd be getting ready for harvesting my cucumbers My step dad was growing chillies too and harvested them around this time, the tiny habanero like ones.

 

[ChanellG]

Well, I decided to get the pumpkin. I just now have to figure out where to put it. I am not sure how much root space it needs, but I think I will keep the vine trimmed so that it doesn't sprawl all over the place. I have a hanging planter with sweet potato vines I started last year. Guess I turn out the pot and see if there's a tuber underneath and give the vines more root space.

 

[ChanellG]

Took this yesterday:

The sunchoke and the peanuts are coming along. Just above the peanuts, the okra is finally starting to produce. The next tub above that is more peanuts, and to the right, you can see the cucuzza finally starting to do something. The white "cloth" was a feeble attempt at a wind break - their used to be two panels. I need to put something else there though, because I can't trust the neighbors won't spray roundup or something worse.

 

[claudine]

I would love to be able to grow peanuts!
A few days ago, I bought a lot of different kinds of seeds for my sprouter, because I want to eat more sprouts. I also have fresh strawberries. The wild strawberry plants that grow in my apartment haven't noticed the summer is over

 

[ChanellG]

I would love to be able to grow peanuts!
A few days ago, I bought a lot of different kinds of seeds for my sprouter, because I want to eat more sprouts. I also have fresh strawberries. The wild strawberry plants that grow in my apartment haven't noticed the summer is over

You wouldn't believe how easy it is! Just soak the peanuts, plant them and water regularly. You do have to mound up the soil once the plant starts flowering so the little spikes formed can reach down and start developing peanuts, but that's it. Once the plant starts dying off you dig out the peanuts.

 

[zigs]

Do you shell the peanuts first or plant the pod?

 

[ChanellG]

Do you shell the peanuts first or plant the pod?

I just soaked them in the shells and then I separated the two halves after they sprouted. Felt it was better to leave them in, though I can't remember why now. I also had some I didn't soak and those never came up. The plant I grew in a three gallon pot last year produced about a dozen hulls.

 

[zigs]

Might give it a go in the spring then

 

[claudine]

You wouldn't believe how easy it is! Just soak the peanuts, plant them and water regularly. You do have to mound up the soil once the plant starts flowering so the little spikes formed can reach down and start developing peanuts, but that's it. Once the plant starts dying off you dig out the peanuts.

This sounds great!
Can I use peanuts that look like those:

Or maybe they're too dry? Do I need fresh peanuts? I hope not, because they aren't available here.
I want to have a peanut plant
Can it be grown indoors?

 

[ChanellG]

This sounds great!
Can I use peanuts that look like those...

Do I need fresh peanuts? I hope not, because they aren't available here.
I want to have a peanut plant

That is how they look, but you'll likely have to order them. You'll need peanuts that haven't been cooked in any way. They don't have to be "fresh," but they do have to be raw. I soak them in the shell, then separate them by cutting through the middle of the shell. I plant them still in the shell and when they sprout I transplant them to a larger container. I don't know about indoors...

 

[claudine]

That is how they look, but you'll likely have to order them. You'll need peanuts that haven't been cooked in any way. They don't have to be "fresh," but they do have to be raw. I soak them in the shell, then separate them by cutting through the middle of the shell. I plant them still in the shell and when they sprout I transplant them to a larger container. I don't know about indoors...

I think I'll be able to find raw peanuts here
Since I don't have a garden, I'll have to try to grow them indoors. I hope it's possible

 

[ChanellG]

I think I'll be able to find raw peanuts here
Since I don't have a garden, I'll have to try to grow them indoors. I hope it's possible

Good luck with that! It's so much fun when you find you can do stuff like that and have an actual harvest from it.