My garden 7/17

[GardenStateGardner]

Yukon Gold Potatoes

Anyone know what these little balls are? Are these above ground potatoes?

Strawberries

Cantaloupe

The Tomato plant in the corner of the bed is Rutgers

Grape and Cherry tomatoes

Zucchini and Wee B pumplins

Straight 8 and Marketmore 76 Cucumbers

Is this straight 8 ready for harvest?

Basil and Greek Oregano

Roma tomatoes (there are 6 of these planted at different times

Mortgage lifters started from seed. There are 6 as well

Cherokee Purple

Black Beauty Eggplant

And PEPPERS!

Cayenne

Jalapeno

My pride and joy. I overwintered this Jalapeno and its been outside for a month. It is producing like crazy. If I lived in an apartment and could only grow one thing it would be a pepper plant and it would come inside every fall.

Habanero

 

[GardenStateGardner]

Here is a close up of the Jalapeno "Bush". This thing must have 30 peppers on it. I will be bring it back inside in the fall as well as my habanero peppers. This plant has only been outside for 5 weeks.

 

[GardenStateGardner]

Some zucchini and jalapenos harvested this morning

 

[GardenStateGardner]

I also ordered a Carolina Reaper which will ship tomorrow. Here is what I ordered. It will be pretty established when it arrives

http://www.piedmontfarmandgarden.com/Carolina-Reaper-Pepper-Plants-For-Sale-Online-p/ppp249-3qt.htm

 

[GardenStateGardner]

Almost forgot the Bells

 

[Durgan]

Pretty good effort. All appears to be healthy. I understand Jersey is almost an ideal garden growing area.

Those above ground balls on the potatoes are pods filled with seeds. They are similar to tomato seeds and will produce potatoes, but there is no way or knowing what types since they revert to previous ancestors. To insure clones tubers from a known potato is planted as seed. Those little balls are full of seed and are used by developers to make new types of potatoes after much work. Yukon Gold was a type developed from those similar seeds at Guelph in Canada..

 

[GardenStateGardner]

Pretty good effort. All appears to be healthy. I understand Jersey is almost an ideal garden growing area.

Those above ground balls on the potatoes are pods filled with seeds. They are similar to tomato seeds and will produce potatoes, but there is no way or knowing what types since they revert to previous ancestors. To insure clones tubers from a known potato is planted as seed. Those little balls are full of seed and are used by developers to make new types of potatoes after much work. Yukon Gold was a type developed from those similar seeds at Guelph in Canada..

Very interesting! Thank you for the info!

 

[Durgan]

I forgot to add. Not all potatoes produce seed pods.