Skullbiker’s 2018 NOT PEPPERS Glog

skullbiker · Apr 28, 2018

This is the place where I will post veggie or any other plants pictures over the course of this season.

A couple of my Kossak Kohlrabi

Masher · Apr 29, 2018

Very nice...how's the green house working out for ya?

Loving mine :dance:

Good luck this season

Walchit · Apr 29, 2018

I see you using that lawnmower dump cart out there! +1

And it looks like you have a nice new raised bed too!

skullbiker · Apr 29, 2018

Masher said:
Very nice...how's the green house working out for ya?

Loving mine

Good luck this season

Thanks and the greenhouse is working out very well. This is the Harbor Freight 10 X 12 size, I put it up about 3 years ago, I have the foundation vented and a thermostatic gable fan so I can usually keep it within 10 degrees of ambient temp.
I also have a commercial ceiling fan mounted for air movement. Good luck to you also.

skullbiker · Apr 29, 2018

Walchit said:
I see you using that lawnmower dump cart out there! +1

And it looks like you have a nice new raised bed too!

Yes, the little dump cart gets used a lot.
Not really a raised bed, more in the way of hybrid containers, they needed to be a little deeper for beets, carrots and other things. Radishes coming up in the lower left tub.

skullbiker · May 23, 2018

ITS THE RUSSIANS!!! Well, a bunch of Kossak Kohlrabi anyway, and a couple of cabbage plants.

The Onions, and Brussels Sprouts off to the right side.

Kratky Artichoke ready to go out to PGH and larger reservoir.

Its the KKK, Kratky Kossak Kohlrabi!

Kratky Sungreen Tomato plant.

skullbiker · Jun 27, 2018

A couple of my Kossak Kohlrabi just about ready to process and/or eat.

My Kossak Kohlrabi in Kratky hydro also just about ready to start gnawing on!

skullbiker · Jun 27, 2018

My tomato plants in Kratky hydro went from 3 feet tall to 8 feet in about a month, time to get them out of the greenhouse.
Sungreen Tomato Plant

Tomatoberry tomato plant

skullbiker · Jun 27, 2018

A row of Artichokes on the right and a couple buckets of Iceberg Lettice and the Pea wall on the left.

skullbiker · Jul 2, 2018

Second round of broccoli coming along nicely.

Sugar Pie Pumpkins

Cucumbers starting to climb.

nmlarson · Jul 3, 2018

skullbiker said:
Second round of broccoli coming along nicely.

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Sugar Pie Pumpkins

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Cucumbers starting to climb.

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WOW! Truly amazing what you have accomplished in buckets!

skullbiker · Jul 3, 2018

nmlarson said:
WOW! Truly amazing what you have accomplished in buckets!

I have well over 100 buckets in use right now. Buckets are usually inexpensive and/or free(most of mine are pickle buckets and cat liter buckets). Also gives me good control of the growing medium(some is probably 5 years old but gets remixed every use with some new added in occasionally). Plus I add in inexpensive dry fertilizer from the local mill/farm store.

skullbiker · Jul 9, 2018

Time to harvest and process the Kratky Kossak Kohlrabi.

This seedling went into the net pot on April 18, looks like 7 pounds 9 1/2 ounces with a few leaves on as of today.

Here is the root mass that was hanging in the magical juice.

skullbiker · Jul 11, 2018

Potted up the last 4 artichoke plants, iffy that they will produce before frost but gotta try.

Those WeatherTech mats really are good. A little extra water on the hot days for fabric pots!

One or two pie pumpkins on each plant now.

The horseradish is still growing out in the sand.

First Watermelon

Second Watermelon!

The first ripe Tomatoberry tomatoes, the three on the left are from a container plant, the two on the right are from the plant in Kratky hydro.

I really like the Tomatoberry tomatoes as they are less watery and more meaty inside. Good to eat as is and really good in salsa.

skullbiker · Jul 11, 2018

Just found a few ripe Gold Nugget tomatoes to have with my lunch.

skullbiker · Jul 11, 2018

The bushy stuff upper right is my asparagus in fern mode and making seed. The plants in center amongst all the weeds are all the surplus plants that were destined for the compost pile. I decided to jam them out in the field in the sand and let them fend for themselves, more or less.

Asparagus that I started from seed. Will soon plant out to add to the patch, which is already several years in the making, adding some plants every year. Then the two to three year wait before you can cut and eat it.

skullbiker · Jul 11, 2018

The onions are starting to bulb up nicely, many are 3 to 4 inches in diameter.

skullbiker · Jul 16, 2018

Sugar Cube Cantaloupe are starting to produce.

skullbiker · Jul 17, 2018

I noticed today that the Ambrosia cantaloupe is also making fruit.

skullbiker · Jul 17, 2018

I had just put the last two tomato plants out in the field in the sand yesterday afternoon. I walked out there today and saw a friggen gopher had to bore up right along side one of them.