pepperhead212's 2024 garden

[pepperhead212]

I got a few more things out there today, with some more that are maybe one day away from ready. I got the first eggplants today, and quite a few more of those Big Mics - definitely the earliest peppers yet. I got a few more sunsugars and a fully ripe juliet, with several more half-ripe ones on those. And I got several half-ripe Napa Rose, and one Zluta Kytice. And a few others just showing hints of ripening, but not enough to pick them. And one cucumber about 6", with several almost as large, but I have to use 2 in the fridge before picking any!
First eggplant of the season - an Ichiban, and 2 Asian Delights, plus more of those Big Mic peppers, 6-24 by pepperhead212, on Flickr

I went out later, and I swear those cucumbers had grown some!

[pepperhead212]

I got a few more tomatoes ripening yesterday, mostly sunsugar, but a few more juliet, napa rose, zluta kytice, and the first 4 Bronze Torch Hybrids. These look very much like the Green Tigers I grew years ago, which were some of the best tasting and producing, until they started splitting one year. Hopefully, this will be like the old ones, with no splitting. I got a couple of juliets with BER, but I think it was just from growing against the irrigation line - one of the Early Blue Ribbons did this, before I could catch it, and I had to pull it.
First cucumber, and more tomatoes. 6-25 That Bronze Torch Hybrid looks much like the Green Tiger I grew years ago, until they started splitting uncontrollably. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

I got another cuke and another EP today, but didn't stay out there long, given that heat index, and very little wind, unlike the last two days. Heat index forecast for triple digits again, before the rain gets here.

[Wildcat82]

Sounds like you're experiencing some Texas weather. Your cherry varieties should stand up to the heat better.

[pepperhead212]

Today was a nice day, finally, and I took the 4 types of garlic, plus the small amount of Metechi, I filled up 4 and 7 spots I didn't have enough Estonian Reds or Georgian Fires to fill the rows. I saved the largest of the different varieties, the two largest were Misics, which are huge single cloves, looking like onions! The Bogotyr is a new variety for me this year, and a lot are fairly large, double cloves, most of which I saved, for fall planting.
Georgian Fire, the least of any of the varieties this year, but a couple the largest of any of them. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Estonian Red, saved the largest of the batch to plant again in the fall, the rest I'll use first. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Bogotyr, the new one I have the most of this year. Many are smaller, but with only 2 cloves each, which are fairly large. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Music, most uniform heads. 2, however, were huge, single cloves, which I will plant, in the fall, with the other largest cloves. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

[JayneR13]

That's lovely garlic! And an interesting way to mark them. I'll likely be harvesting mine soon as well, if it would kindly stop raining! Though of course, if I ask it to stop raining, it won't rain for the next month and I'll have to water LOL

[pepperhead212]

Besides that garlic yesterday, I got about 2 qts of the smaller tomatoes - Sunsugar, Juliet, Napa Rosa, Zluta Gold, and the first time for Ron's Carbon Copy, plus one more cuke and eggplant. Today I picked my first larger tomatoes - Oaxacan Jewel and Early Blue Ribbon, with a couple of others with hints of ripening, probably from that heat I've had in June!
Not super large ones, but a couple of the non-cherry/salad varieties are ripening. The Oaxacan Jewel is the earliest larger variety I have grown the last two years.
Larger tomatoes ripening - largest is Oaxacan Jewel, 4.8 oz, smallest are Early Blue Ribbon, 2.4 oz. 6-29 by pepperhead212, on Flickr

[pepperhead212]

My first bottle gourd is almost ready to harvest - I figure I'll harvest it about 8", and the next one about 10", if there is no seed production visible. There are several more that I hand pollinated, including the one today. This variety was that old OP variety that had more female than male flowers, while I had a couple of larger varieties that did not provide well, sometimes with all female, and no male flowers, or visa-versa. The second one to the left of the one producing is starting to take off now, and show some buds, and I'll find out how it compares (had to replant it, because something dug it up early). The Snow Melons are finally taking off now - had to replant those, too, due to varmints.
Bottle Gourd, about 7" long, pollinated maybe 5 days ago. Another male flower beneath it. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Bottle Gourd with flower open about 7 pm. 6-29 by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Open flower on the Bottle Gourd, ready to pollinate. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

[bower]

That Bottle Gourd is worth growing for the flowers alone! Very pretty.