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Tania June 26, 2013 12:51 AM

PNW - 2013 season
 
Hi folks,

I thought I should start this thread now, as I am sure many of you PNWers have something to brag about by now! :yes:

Our weather has been quite good, so everything in the garden got a great start.

So how is your garden this year? Any ripe tomatoes yet? ;)

Tatiana

dice June 26, 2013 05:45 PM

It is still raining down here. We had two weeks of warm drought
right at plant out, and it has been raining off and on ever since.
(Saves on watering, anyway.)

Should be a warm weekend coming up, though. Time to get out the
electric toothbrushes.

Miss Lynne June 26, 2013 06:48 PM

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I'm in Seattle with a rooftop container garden. Its been a great start to the season! I have quite a bit of fruit setting already. Looking forward to the next few weeks of sunshine they are forecasting :D

spacetogrow June 26, 2013 08:53 PM

Miss Lynne,

Your plants look lovely. Welcome to T'ville.

Tania June 27, 2013 12:34 AM

Welcome Miss Lynne! Gorgeous plants with great fruit set :)

What are the varieties you grow this year?

Tatiana

Miss Lynne June 27, 2013 01:00 PM

Thank you spacetogrow and Tania! This is my first year gardening. I bought starters from both Home Depot and a local nursery and I am surprised to say the Home Depot plants are by far out producing my local nursery starts.

Tatiana - I am growing Jalepeno and Cajun Belle spicy bell peppers. The tomatos are Hybrid Sweet n neat, Husky red cherry and Bush Early girl.

I also have a gold medal, pink Berkely and Black Krim in my garden but they have yet to set fruit.

Tania June 27, 2013 01:00 PM

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My peppers suffer from severe aphids infestation this year, and I am having really hard time to control it naturally. So they struggle, but still try their best to set fruit!

Tania June 27, 2013 01:06 PM

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Here are some baby tomatoes in our garden.

The earliest fruit setters were Russian varieties, followed by a few early Polish and Czech varieties.

ginger2778 June 27, 2013 02:17 PM

[QUOTE=Tania;359261]Here are some baby tomatoes in our garden.

The earliest fruit setters were Russian varieties, followed by a few early Polish and Czech varieties.[/QUOTE]
Tania, Larisa looks indescribably beautiful. Nice job!
Marsha

Miss Lynne June 27, 2013 02:39 PM

Tania - what an impressive fruit set! Your Larisa, Mauve and Sweet apple varieties are beautiful!

We had an aphid issue here as well. I released lady bugs in the garden about two weeks ago and they nipped my rampant aphids in the bud within 2 days! : )

dice June 27, 2013 08:22 PM

Last year my Belyi Naliv grew better and ouproduced Vzryv
(reputed to be an "improved Belyi Naliv"), but I liked the flavor
of Vzryv, and it had nice fruit with very little core. So this
year I moved a Vzryv plant to a sunnier spot to see how
it would do with better conditions. It is beside a Fireworks II
and a Siletz, which are somewhat bigger plants, but it has
a little golf ball developing already, so it is admirably early.
(Firework II has little golf balls, too, but the Vzryv fruit is bigger,
so it set first.)

Tania June 27, 2013 08:34 PM

[QUOTE=Miss Lynne;359270]Tania - what an impressive fruit set! Your Larisa, Mauve and Sweet apple varieties are beautiful!

We had an aphid issue here as well. I released lady bugs in the garden about two weeks ago and they nipped my rampant aphids in the bud within 2 days! : )[/QUOTE]

Miss Lynne, lucky you to have these lady bugs around. Mine don't want to stay for some reason... :( I will try again

KarenO June 27, 2013 08:44 PM

Looking good you guys,
I really like the look of that ribbed heart Larisa Tania. Is it red or pink?
Karen

Tania June 27, 2013 08:47 PM

Karen, I have no idea what it will be yet, red or pink. Hopefully we'll find out soon :)

EDITED to add: ribbing may be environmental - we'll see how the other fruits will look like.

PNW_D June 28, 2013 11:44 AM

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[B]H[/B]ave a look at our outlook for next two weeks ...........:dance:
no ripe tomatoes yet - but Kimberley is looking good

I'm saving the Cheerful for the ugliest tomato contest :eek:


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