Jardín del Gotch Futures Market, 2.0: Only 15 vines left standing, most will (sigh!) come down today during what will likely be our last 80°+ F/26.7 +°C day of the year.

The Gotch

looks like ya had a decent haul there gotch.
today will be our last 80 degree weather day it appears. weather by friday will be wet and cool, and
probably do a number on what ever is left in my garden. enjoy it while its here.


keith

rxkeith wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:47 am looks like ya had a decent haul there gotch.

Heck, there's two (2) times that amount in the basement, with more to come.

rxkeith wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:47 am enjoy it while its here..

Yeah, buddy! Wistful, reflective time-o-the-year; started them there Tomatoes six (6) months and a day ago.

The Gotch

65 vines enter [Jardín del Gotch Interrupted] twelve (12) taken down today, three (3) remain; the lovely and long suffering Mrs. Gotch's FAVE Mountain Magic.
Greenies on the terrace for free, remains to be composted: Them there kept: Them there kept, 2.0: The Gotch

which three remain?

rxkeith wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:04 pmwhich three remain?

Mountain Magic.

The Gotch

Final harvest of four (4) Roulette Hybrid Pepper plants; the bright red against the blue make for a right pretty bowlful, am I right: Waltham Butternut Squarsh vines came down, too: In May @rxkeith asked me what I'd do with it all. Won't say; subpar haul, some unripe:

65 vines planted last May, three (3) remain. As luck would have it, it's the lovely and long suffering Mrs. Gotch's Taste Test Favorite; Mountain Magic: Containers get new soil each spring, which is emptied into the beds each fall; stuff's black, moist, and rich.

Reckon I'll tend those planter clumps tomorrow...

The Gotch

Ever see a RIPE Waltham Butternut Squarsh this small...or with such a great Pompadour? The Gotch

Why do you think that the squash were so small? You can use that last one in a mouse trap.

MissS wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 12:44 pmWhy do you think that the squash were so small? You can use that last one in a mouse trap.

And ripe! But no earthly idea; we've had a lot of small ones, but they've all been greenies.

The Gotch

mebbe sell them as a novelty. charge a premium.


keith

For once, The Gotch got ahead of a fast approaching hard frost; Garlic's in viewtopic.php?p=108887#p108887....and the embarrassingly meager results/remains of a VERY disappointing Sweet Pepper season are in house: Sure 'nuf are pretty, though, am I right?

The Gotch

Doesn’t look very disappointing to me!

Cornelius_Gotchberg wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:02 pm ....and the embarrassingly meager results/remains of a VERY disappointing Sweet Pepper season are in house:
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Nice! What's the pretty, bright orange one in the front of the pic (left side)?

PlainJane wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:12 pmDoesn’t look very disappointing to me!

I reckon we've been dutifully spoiled; there was three (3) times that haul last season and the season before.

We LUV our Sweet Peppers grilled...matter-a-fact, some await my attention as we speak!

The Gotch

there were NO sweet peppers here. first time that has happened for me
only peppers that did anything were a couple hotties. korean dark green ripened to red in the house.
there is a chinese pepper pointing upward that may have crossed with grandpas home that i am waiting
to mature, and a ho chi minh that is partially yellow. sweet peppers were a complete bust. i still have
peppers in the freezer from last year. enjoy those peppers.

good thing the washer and dryer aren't top loaders



keith

I got pepper started and cucumbers Socrates and sashimi for inside and Pabalno, jalapeño.bell peppers and sweet confetti. You should try growing some inside this winter @Cornelius_Gotchberg

Seven Bends wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:18 pmNice! What's the pretty, bright orange one in the front of the pic (left side)?

That'd be a disappointingly undersized, and usually more yellow, Mama Mia Giallo Hybrid, (https://rohrerseeds.com/products/mama-m ... %20sunburn) my FAVORITE Sweet Pepper!

In previous seasons, a lot of those greenies (Carmen, Giant Aconcagua, & Giant Marconi) and pale yellows (Sweet Sunset Hybrid) would have been marvelously deep Red or Orange.

Despite their low numbers, the best showing was the Goliath Sweet (upper right)

The Gotch

rxkeith wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 8:12 pmgood thing the washer and dryer aren't top loaders

keith

Heh!; tomorrow (Sunday) is laundry day, here.

The Gotch

Cornelius_Gotchberg wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:40 am

Seven Bends wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:18 pmNice! What's the pretty, bright orange one in the front of the pic (left side)?

That'd be a disappointingly undersized, and usually more yellow, Mama Mia Giallo Hybrid, (https://rohrerseeds.com/products/mama-m ... %20sunburn) my FAVORITE Sweet Pepper!

Despite their low numbers, the best showing was the Goliath Sweet (upper right)

The Gotch

I thought I recognized Mama Mia Giallo! I grew it for the first time this year and really liked it -- thick walls, excellent flavor, very sweet. It took a long time to produce (didn't do anything in midsummer heat) but finally produced a lot beginning in late August. The later ones have had those green areas but still taste great. I also tried Big Daddy, which I thought would be a similar pepper, but it didn't do nearly as well.

Goliath Sweet is a beautiful color! Haven't grown that one. For bells, I've been sticking to varieties that are resistant to bacterial leaf spot. Had to run through a lot of varieties before finding a few that grow well here.

We used to grow and love Carmen but stopped because of disease. I still have seed and may try it again. I wish Atris were still available; it was somewhat similar to Carmen but more disease resistant here.