Radishrain's grow log, 2020

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I did this today: https://www.growspice.com/Pre-starting-seeds-to-direct-seed-td2794.html

I started with Crimson Cushion tomaton seeds, and Blue Doll F1 seeds. Both sets of seeds are of questionable viability.

It's a little cool, yet, for the beans, although it was plenty warm enough a few days ago. I figure I don't know how long it'll take them to sprout, and the warmth is probably mostly to aid germination anyway (plus, it should warm up again in the last third of this month, if things go as they have the last several years or so). So, I figured I'd just get then started today.

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I transplanted and watered lots of plants within the last several hours (including yesterday), starting with Shungiku, red Epazote, Spicy Globe Bush basil, and then lots of tomatoes and four wonderberries from one cell (3-fruit fuse).

During the transplanting of lots of tomatoes, I split up some Napoli, Marion, and Sausage tomatoes into 38 cells for a friend to pick up later if he wants them. I'm reserving 6 Tart Brandyboy cross F3 tomatoes for him similarly (but I split those up days ago).

Some of the transplanted tomatoes include but are not limited to these:
* Sprite
* Napoli (at least four)
* Better Boy F1
* Marion (at least four more, including plants from all the fruits I saved seeds from last year)
* Amana Orange
* Ambrosia Red cross (unless I already did this one previously)
* Egg Yolk (I'm really glad the seedling lived and grew to be transplanted (it had been attached to the soil in its cell by a root, rather than its stem)
* Japanese Black Trifele
* Bosque Blue
* Bosque Blue Bumblebee
* Riesentraube (unless I already did this one previously)
* Brad's Atomic Grape (ditto)
* Esterina F1
* Garnet
* Homestead
* Indian Stripe
* Italian Heirloom
* Katja
* KBX
* Kellogg's Breakfast
* Moonglow

It rained a lot between the time I started and the time I finished.

I watered the things in the greenhouse, and the things I transplanted (even though they got some rain, since some of them possibly needed it—because of the rain, I didn't water them as much as I normally would).

On Thursday evening while the sun was still up, I cut holes in the black plastic for later transplanting (I transplanted most of the stuff in those holes).

I think I ended up with four or five spots (which had holes previously) being planted with red Epazote.

It was a productive day. 😍

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I was too worn out today (meaning Friday) for doing too much in the garden to seem a good idea. However, the beans I'm sprouting needed more water already. I gave them some.

All of the transplants from the night before looked great or good, except for one: The Bosque Blue Bumblebee tomato was wilting and dying, by the look of it (probably because the roots had been damaged significantly upon transplanting it (because it was difficult to remove from the container, and most of the roots broke off as I removed it). So, I prayed for it and gave it a handful or so of wood ash: then I watered the wood ash in. Within a few hours, it was no longer wilting. It was sunny when I first saw it, as well as when it had perked up. The soil was still wet from last night before I gave it the wood ash.

I gave it wood ash because it contains potassium, which helps plants absorb water (and strengthens roots). I've used this method (or else potassium sulfate or such) on new transplants in the past.

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Today, I finished transplanted all the tomatoes that are alive that have sprouted, so far (except for those I'm planning to give to a friend). A few more may sprout.

These either died (most likely froze) or haven't sprouted, yet:
Big Daddy F1? (Maybe I transplanted it; check)
Cherokee Yellow Red
Crimson Cushion (froze; starting new seeds in a plastic bag in a wet herbal tea bag indoors)
Giantesque
Indian Stripe Potato Leaf
Large Red Cherry
Lucid Gem (froze; replanted, but hasn't sprouted, yet)
Marzano Fire (two containers froze; the other container hasn't sprouted, yet)
Neves Azorean Red
Pakenham Pear
Pantano Romanesco
Polaris? (Maybe I transplanted it; check)
San Pedro
Sweet 'N' Bright
Sweet Orange Cherry (TomatoFest; this is possibly a very late sprouter, as the Dianeseeds.com one was the first year)
True Black Brandywine
Tundra
Wild Tiger

Here's what I transplanted, today:

Amish Rose
Best Boy F1
Beefmaster F1
Black Cherry (hasn't been sprouted long)
Blushing Bride or Afternoon Delight (probably the latter)
Cherokee Yellow Perfection Peach
Crimson Cushion or Red Beefsteak, from Gardenboy of TJ 2020 (probably the latter, as perhaps all the seeds of Crimson Cushion sprouted that froze; these plants are very large for how old they are)
Deutscher Fleiss
Garnet x Black Krim (hasn't been sprouted long)
Karma Pink (young plant)
Lila Sari
Luna
Malakhitovaya Shkatulka (very young plant; I hadn't realized it was alive, until today! That's awesome that it's alive)
Malinovoe Chudo
Margaret Curtain (young-ish plant)
Prue
Red Oxheart (young-ish plant)
Rose De Berne
Stellar F2
SunChocola F2 (just sprouted)
Taiga (very young plant)
Trucker's Favorite

The ones I didn't mention must have been transplanted in the previous entry (or else aren't listed on my growlist).

Anyway, I'm really excited, because there's still room for plenty of volunteer wonderberries to stay where they are (I plan to put the wire tomato cages on them). Plus, there are six prime spots (where the greenhouse is) left that I had reserved for tomatoes. So, I may put peppers there.

I plan to transplant more wonderberries and the peppers next, followed by the watermelons, muskmelons, and sunroots (the sunroots did sprout, very recently).

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I wasn't going to do it this early, since they're not very mature, and it's still a bit cold, but it was a nice cloudy rainy day, we're growing with black plastic, and there was some kind of wilt starting to affect the watermelons in the greenhouse; so, I transplanted all the muskmelons and watermelons, today!

If they die, I can direct seed some new ones when it's warm enough.

So, now I've got these plants left to transplant:

* All the peppers
* Two seed-grown sunroot plants from last year's saved seeds (although I overseeded, there's only one plant in each cell)
* The rest of the three-fruit fuse wonderberries (I transplanted four plants from one cell a number of days ago)
* The West India burr gherkins

I think that's it, other than the things I'm pre-starting indoors. So far, none of them have sprouted roots.

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I transplanted six more Tart Brandy Boy cross tomatoes, since my friend's garden was full. I gave two Napoli's and one Marion to my neighbor. I'm reserving one Napoli for another friend.

One of the Tart Brandy Boy crosses was a new cross with a regular leaf plant. I'm excited to see what it's like. That would be awesome if Galapagos Island, Napoli, or Sheboygan cross-pollinated it.

I'll have to grow sweet tomatoes for people next year. My neighbor and my friend both asked if they were sweet.

Speaking of sweet tomatoes, Malinovoe Chudo was dying. I'm not sure why. It didn't seem to be transplant shock. I pulled it up and put a Tart Brandy Boy cross in its stead.

I transplanted the rest of the three-fruit fuse wonderberries.

There are chicory volunteers, and summer savory volunteers. Some of the old chicory looks ill, but the new chicory looks excellent. I previously moved one or more summer savory volunteers to one or more new spots. I moved another one, today. So, we should have several summer savory plants (all volunteers).

The ground cherries aren't volunteering much, so far. I found maybe two or three plants, but I probably pulled them up.

We have a number of volunteer tomatoes that I'm planning to keep.

The chilacoyote is growing visibly even in this cool rainy weather.

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Marzano Fire sprouted a few days ago, but the seed coat was still attached when it came out. However, on Friday, it was mostly off! So, I slipped it off the rest of the way. I'm excited about this one, even though it's late. I hope to save seeds and grow them next year. A late start on a paste can sometimes be better than a late start on other types (since they can miss the BER time of year and potentially fruit decently at the end of the season).

I closed the greenhouse main opening, to help the Marzano Fire tomato, the West India burr gherkins, the peppers and sunroots grow faster, and because it was cool and is supposed to be now (I should check the weather). I've had it open for a long time.

Some of the watermelons have been experiencing damping off disease, before and after the transplant. I'll have to direct seed some seeds on Monday (which should be a good time for that, actually).

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Here's the garden as it stands now (I didn't transplant anything new, today, but this is to catch up on recording what I planted already). Note that the 'west plot' in 'South middle and west plot' is redundant this time, as it's already covered in 'West Plot':

South middle and west plot:

Row 1: Mexican Yellow cross F3, Garden Leader Monster, Moneymaker, Purple Calabash (HTG), N/A, N/A
Row 2: Nineveh, Medovaya Kaplya cross F2, Queen of the Night, N/A, N/A
Row 3: Bloody Butcher (potential sport), BSX, Summer of Love, N/A, N/A
Row 4: Ovita SS, Better Boy F2, Ovita store, Moonglow, Pink Cheeks (store)
Row 5: NM BB cross F3, Box Car Willie, Missouri Pink Love Apple, Pink Cheeks (SS), Tart Brandy Boy cross F3 #2, My Sweet Plourde
Row 6: Chris Ukrainian, Amy's Sugar Gem, Carbon (FarmerShawn), Rosella, Tart Brandy Boy cross F3 #2, Red Calabash
Row 7: Porter, Old Brooks, Sheboygan Oxheart, Purple Calabash, Tart Brandy Boy cross F3 #2, Cold Black Brandy F4
Row 8: Blue Berries, Rutgers, Marion #1, Pierce's Pride, Tart Brandy Boy cross F3 #3, Silvery Fir Tree
Row 9: Jim Dandy cross, Kellogg's Beefsteak, Juliet F2, Green Gables, Tart Brandy Boy cross F3 #3 (the ones in the greenhouse are #3, too), Cherokee Yellow Red Pear, Mr. Brown, Marion (store)
Row 10: Pink Ping Pong, Carbon, Tart Brandy Boy cross F3 #1, Yellow Plum, Chocolate Chestnut, Cosmic Eclipse, N/A (stump), Green Globe artichoke
Row 11: Snow peas
Rows 12/13: Onions and potatoes

West plot (backyard):
• Five rows of sweet potatoes (four per the first four rows; three in the last row)
• Chadwick Cherry, Bosque Blue, Three-fruit fuse wonderberry
• Sprite, Ambrosia Red cross F2, Bosque Blue Bumblebee, three-fruit fuse wonderberry
• Bear Creek, Better Boy F1, three-fruit fuse wonderberry
• Galapagos Island (5-chamber), Egg Yolk, three-fruit fuse wonderberry
• Napoli, Marion, Homestead, Luna
• Napoli, Marion, Big Daddy F1, Lila Sari
• Napoli, Marion, Djenna Lee's Golden Girl, Deutscher Fleiss
• Napoli, Marion, Italian Heirloom
• Amana Orange, Katja, Cherokee Yellow Perfection Peach
• Beefmaster F1
• Kellogg's Breakfast, Red Beefsteak or Crimson Cushion, Blushing Bride or Afternoon Delight
• KBX, Trucker's Favorite
• My Sweet Plourde
• Red Calabash
• Cold Black Brandy
• Silvery Fir Tree, Black Kim x Garnet
• Cherokee Yellow Red Pear, Mr. Brown, Marion (store)
• Cosmic Eclipse, N/A (stump), Green Globe artichoke

NW plot:
Row 1: Isis Candy, Eva, sunroots, Cushaw White squash
Row 2: Austin's Black Cherry, Galapagos Island (anti-freeze), Sweet Orange Cherry SS (2019)
Row 3: Japanese Black Trifele, Brown Berry, Esterina F1
Row 4: Wonderberry volunteer, Malakhitovaya Shkatulka, Brad's Atomic Grape, Riesentraube, Garnet, Indian Stripe, Husky Red F2
Row 5: Wonderberry volunteer, Rose De Berne, Prue, Tart Brandy Boy cross #2 F3, Three-fruit Fuse Wonderberry, Horseradish
Row 6: Wonderberry volunteer, Red/Pink Oxheart, Margaret Curtain, Karma Pink, Three-Fruit Fuse Wonderberry, Horseradish
Row 7: Wonderberry volunteer, Best Boy F1, Stellar F2, Amish Rose, Three-fruit Fuse Wonderberry,
Row 8: Wonderberry volunteer, Taiga, Wonderberry volunteer, Wonderberry volunteer, 3-fruit fuse wonderberry / raspberry, wonderberry volunteer, three-fruit fuse wonderberry
Row 9: Wonderberry volunteer, Wonderberry volunteer, Black Cherry, SunChocola F2, wonderberry volunteer / raspberry, three-fruit fuse wonderberry, three-fruit fuse wonderberry
Row 10: Wonderberry volunteer, Wonderberry volunteer, wonderberry volunteer, wonderberry volunteer, three-fruit fuse wonderberry, three-fruit fuse wonderberry, n/a
Row 11 (no black plastic): Spearmint, He Shi Ko bunching onions, long big sunroots, horseradish

SE plot:
Row 1: tomato volunteer, tomato volunteer, Santo Domingo Brown Seeded #1 watermelon, tomato volunteer, Tart Brandy Boy cross #2 cross RL, muskmelon volunteer, tomato volunteer, tomato volunteer
Row 2: n/a, tomato volunteer, Santo Domingo Dark Green watermelon, Santo Domingo Winter #1 from D largest 5 Sep watermelon (died), Weeks NC Giant #2 from 18lb watermelon, Santo Domingo Dark Green #3 from #3 largest watermelon, Wintermelon #1 watermelon, Winter Queen #1 watermelon
Row 3: Summer savory (transplanted volunteer), King Winter from #2 largest from original pack '19 watermelon, Santo Domingo Winter #2 from #2 6 Aug watermelon, Santo Domingo Dark Green #2 from #3 largest watermelon, Santo Domingo Brown Seeded #3 from 14lb watermelon, Santo Domingo Winter #3 from - Aug watermelon (died), Navajo Red #2 watermelon, Weeks NC Giant #1 watermelon
Row 4: Tart Brandy Boy cross #2
Row 5: Tart Brandy Boy cross #2, Tart Brandy Boy cross #2, Honeycomb F2 x Ashkahabad? F1, Honeycomb F2 A, Honeycomb x Torpeda F2, Santo Domingo Brown Seeded watermelon #2
Row 6: Tart Brandy Boy cross #2, Noir de Carmes x Metki Dark Green Serpent, Canoe Creek Colossal, Charley's Pride, Navajo Red #1 watermelon
Row 7: chilacayote squash, Orangeflesh Honeydew
Row 8: chicory volunteer, red epazote, red epazote, red epazote, tomato volunteer
Row 9: red epazote, chicory volunteer, chicory volunteer, Morelle De Balbis
Row 10: n/a, chicory, chicory, Corrales azafrán, Shungiku, summer savory volunteer, summer savory volunteer, summer savory volunteer
Row 11: Chicory, chicory, chicory, chicory, chicory, Corrales azafrán, summer savory volunteer, summer savory volunteer, Corner Round watermelon

I noticed today the Chocolate Chestnut has the blackest leaves (or blue/purple) of any tomato I've ever seen. I hadn't realized it was a high anthocyanin tomato. I better check to see pictures of it to see if they match. Okay, I saw fruit pictures again; it is supposed to have anthocyanin skin (still looking for foliage pictures).

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I direct-seeded some watermelons, muskmelons, and Corrales azafrán safflower, today.

I direct-seeded Honeycomb x Torpeda F2 where the transplanted one is (it looks a little weak, probably from Pythium) as well as where the Corner Round watermelon was (it was weak from Pythium; so, I pulled it up). I direct-seeded Charley's Pride offtype seeds where the transplanted Charley's Pride offtype is (it also looks weak, perhaps from Pythium).

One of the Marion tomatoes (in the south middle of the row of Marions died from damping off disease or else a critter that chewed at its base); so, I direct-seeded a Weeks NC Giant watermelon there (from the 18lb fruit). Where the two Santo Domingo Winter watermelons died, I direct seeded a Weeks NC Giant watermelon, and a Navajo Winter watermelon (from last year's saved seed).

I'm curious to see how a single watermelon does in the middle of several tomatoes. I'm also curious to see how the tomatoes respond. I have a good idea of what might happen, since I've done similar things before (not exactly, though, I guess; not entirely surrounded by tomatoes, I mean).

I direct-seeded two more spots of Corrales azafrán safflower by the chicory, and a whole row of the same safflower in front (east) of the sweet potatoes. It is planned for lettuce to be planted in a row between the safflower and the sidewalk.

I transplanted two of the three remaining containers of West India burr gherkins (one where a volunteer tomato was by the chilacayote; I pulled up the tomatoes there, since they looked diseased, and the other somewhere around where the Early Treat F1 tomato or a conical Ammon Martin's ground cherry was last year).

West India burr gherkins are really hard to start in those black cells, however large. They're easier to start in foam cups. Same for muskmelons.

I discovered that with the remaining sprayer nozzle, I can water the plants in all the plots mentioned in my previous post, many of them from a distance. It only has one setting, which is kind of like a shower setting, but it concentrates into a narrower stream when you clench the grip harder.

Corner Round was too late last year for me to want to direct-seed it now.

This is my first year growing very many watermelons where I had grown watermelons before. I suppose I planted a watermelon in 2017 where the Red-seeded Citron watermelon had been in 2015, and many years ago, we had watermelons in that approximate spot, too. But, this year, I've planted lots of watermelons where lots of watermelons had been in 2018 (granted, not quite as many as in 2018).

I watered the plants that I transplanted and some of the others.

I might direct-seed more watermelons in some spots where I currently have plants, such as where Winter Queen is. I hope those plants recover.

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I planted more seeds on 27 May 2020: Carolina Cross #183 watermelon seeds, in three spots.

The Juliet F2 tomato plants were looking diseased, although I'm not 100% sure it was disease I saw. I saw aphids on one or more of them, too. I dug them up and planted Carolina Cross #183 watermelon seeds in their place (I harvested the seeds in 2017).

I also put Carolina Cross #183 seeds where Canoe Creek Colossal is, but I didn't remove the plants (they might do well, still). Same for a spot of Santo Domingo Dark Green watermelon seedlings.

Hopefully those seeds sprout quickly. Historically, I've found that they don't sprout quickly in March/April greenhouse conditions, and that they don't like as much water as other watermelons in the greenhouse have liked. Overwatering shouldn't be a problem outside; it's quite warm out this week; these particular seeds have endured a short time in the freezer, months ago.

I watered my plants.

Both kinds of dill sprouted several days ago or so.

The Marion tomato in the main block of tomatoes is growing quickly. It's one from saved seeds from 2019 (from fruit #1).

I plan to keep the seedlings out of the house next year, if I can help it. I think the Pythium came from when I brought the plants in, and spread to the watermelons after the fact.

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Yesterday,

* I thinned all the tomatoes to one plant, except for Black Cherry, SunChocola F2, and Black Krim x Garnet (which are all younger plants).
* I took a picture of each tomato plant growing in the black plastic areas.
* I began making a post for each tomato I'm growing (but I haven't finished, yet). I'm probably most of the way done.
* I noticed that the title of the fastest growing tomato belonged to Marion #1 (the one I transplanted in the main block, which was the one I transplanted before the other Marion tomatoes).

I should have worn a hat and/or sunglasses. It was a warm and sunny day.

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I just finished transplanting all the peppers, as well as the final West India burr gherkin (which I put in a container). There are lots of them (more than last year). I lost labels for a few of them. Most of the ones in the ground are Neapolitan peppers that I split up, with Sweet Banana unlabeled to the left of them. Hawaiian Kona is unlabled but I know which one it is. The only Capsicum chinense pepper to survive was my Black Mustard Bhutlah (it's in an 18-gallon tote with another kind of pepper).

The peppers are not all thinned, yet.

On Thursday,

* I thinned the volunteer wonderberries.
* I put all the orange wire tomato cages on plants (all of them are on wonderberries, except the one I put on the Sprite tomato). They're on the wonderberries directly by the driveway and by the sidewalk by the gate to the backyard. They're also on the four 3-fruit fuse wonderberries with the most sun. The Sprite tomato is said to have a small plant, and it's right by a sidewalk.
* I transplanted both seed-grown sunroots (from seeds I saved myself) in the shade in an area with black plastic.
* I transplanted the Marzano Fire tomato where Prue was. (I pulled Prue up after I took its picture, since it seemed like it was dying and like it had Pythium; it pulled up easily and apparently, the lower half of the plant had rotted, but the part left over under the ground had a small root growing.) I would have let Marzano Fire grow some more beforehand, but it was drying out too fast in the greenhouse, and I didn't want to risk it.

Later today, I can take down the greenhouse, and transplant some of those tomatoes that I was going to give away where it is.

I noticed a volunteer bean by the He Shi Ko bunching onions. Well, I probably planted it there the year I grew a bunch of corn in that area (with beans and squash, without enough light). That's amazing that a seeded bean survived for years in the soil before sprouting. It should be a Rattlesnake pole bean.

The bunching onions and onions on the east side of the house sure are doing awesomely. The older bunching onions are enormous! There are potatoes that regrew from last year there, too, as well as horseradish and wild salsify. Onions love shade in our garden. I can't tell which of those bunching onions are Crimson Forest, since I transplanted them so deep!

The Alisa Craig onions are preparing to flower. they're looking nice. They're the same onions I grew from seed two or three years ago. Yep, they're still alive. I think this is their third year (I didn't plant them last year). I'm not sure if they bulb in the shade, but we should find out. I'm curious to see if they multiply.

I believe we have more wonderberries than last year! They should be easier to harvest, and they should look more tidy, in those cages.

I want to try dehydrating some sweet peppers, this year. It seems we don't just naturally eat them all. So, we've got to do something awesome with them.

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Galapagos Island, antifreeze, set two fruits by today. It also had one to a few blossoms drop on the same truss—that was unexpected for this variety.

Edit: I believe the 5-Chamber Galapagos Island set fruit the day before. I thought I mentioned that.

BSX had a couple blossoms drying up.

Mr. Brown and Chris Ukrainian are growing vigorously.

Italian Heirloom looks wispy.

Surprisingly, no wonderberries have bloomed, yet, but some have buds.

A few of the Neapolitan peppers that I split up seem dead.

I've been making threads about the individual kinds of tomatoes I'm growing (as well as for tomatoes generally), and adding in helpful links about the breeds.

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Chadwick Cherry set three fruit by today.

There was some wind and the Ovita tomato from store-bought seeds was partially severed near the soil. It's still alive. I burried some of the plant with soil in hopes that it will grow roots further up to sustain it better. It already has flowers; I'm hoping to save seeds from it.

The volunteer native salsify had a few bunches of seeds that scattered during the wind, or so, apparently. I only knew one had seeds on it. It looks like there are a lot of closed flowers ready to turn into ripe seed.

It rained before it got light, today. that was unexpected for this time of year, but welcomed.

There are some Carolina cross seedlings that sprouted (not all of them today). None of the direct-seeded Weeks NC Giant seeds have sprouted, oddly. Navajo Winter direct-seeded sprouted really fast (quite a while ago).

The greenhouse has been taken down. I did it the day before yesterday. I still need to transplant stuff where it was. I have extra tomatoes; so, I'll probably use them. It's tempting to direct-seed watermelons there, however.

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The Husky Red offtype and Sweet Orange Cherry have set fruit by today. HRO's fruit has a dime-sized diameter already, and its leaves are being eaten by bugs.

It rained yesterday, quite a bit.

The damaged Ovita tomato that I put extra dirt on is looking great, today.

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By today, Marion (the big one from fruit #1), Esterina F1, Bloody Butcher, and the volunteer that might be Nodak Early set fruit, as did some of the tomatillos. The plants are getting big!

Carbon has nice, big flowers, as do at least some of my tart Brandy Boy cross F3s.

Chocolate Chestnut sure caught up to the other tomatoes in plant size!

I think Chadwick Cherry has the biggest plant, today.

The cucumbers (Cucumis sativus) look prosperous, even though they're planted in probably salty soil. They must like all this rain, or something else in the soil.

Some of the sweet corn has sprouted.

The pole beans are sprouting, as are the zinnias.

I'm realizing in truth that the sunroots quite are invasive, now. I better harvest a lot of them this fall.

The salsify is producing lots of flowers and seeds.

The watermelons and muskmelons are doing well, although the currently shaded ones (which shouldnbe less shaded when they grow more) aren't growing as fast.

The chilacayote has far outgrown the other squash, even with thinning and me harvesting some leaves to eat.

Avoiding going outside when the UV index is above 4 seems highly beneficial to me, personally, although wearing protective glasses seems to make it less likely to give me a headache. Alexa is very helpful for querying the UV index.

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Here's what set fruit by today:

Wonderberries! Some of the tomatoes beat them on fruit set.

And these tomatoes:
• Amy's Sugar Gem
• ?Chris Ukrainian (I don't remember if this has set fruit or not)
• Garnet
• Medovaya Kaplya cross F2 (the plant is PL; I think it'll be the same shape as the F1: like an oval with slightly narrower points; I classify that shape as part of the plum shape spectrum, rather than the pear)
• My Sweet Plourde
• Napoli (the particularly large plant)
• Nineveh (I'm really excited about this one)
• Riesentraube
• Rosella

Amy's Sugar Gem has one of the biggest tomato plants!

I've decided that the plant where Napoli was last year is probably Nodak Early, much as the volunteer just to the west of it.

The tomato plants with the least curling from the weather fluctuations seem to be most of the PL tomatoes, especially BSX and Green Gables, and including Cold Black Brandy, as well as the following RL tomatoes: Isis Candy, Rutgers, Marion (the largest plant; it's from fruit #1), and a few others; the Napoli plants look pretty decent, as do some others.

Isis Candy almost reminds me of a rugose tomato—but it's not. It's much like the Husky Red F1 that wasn't rugose.

Italian Heirloom, Sheboygan (from an oxheart-shaped fruit), Eva, and Taiga all look wispy; well, wispy PL plants, like Taiga look more floppy than wispy. Karma Pink has some upside-down leaves, but it doesn't look like Taiga; I'm not sure if that's because of the temperatures, or if it's supposed to be wispy, too.

I just realized that the large wooden cages had been taken apart; so, if I want to use them, they'll have to be nailed back together.

Note that by 10 June, I believe it was, the following things set fruit:
• Japanese Black Trifele
• A volunteer that is probably Galapagos Island

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Chocolate Chestnut set fruit by Monday.

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These tomatoes set fruit by today:
* The tart Brandy Boy cross just east of Cold Black Brandy.
* Both Carbon plants
* Sheboygan (the fruit doesn't look an oxheart shape; it looks like a regular Sheboygan fruit, but the plant is wispy)
* Pink Cheeks (from the original packet)
* Margaret Curtain

Summer of Love has quite a large plant.

Afternoon Delight looks really nice, with its anthocyanin flower stems and such. It's got a megabloom or something similar, which looks cool.

If I didn't know better, I'd think I had mixed up the seeds for my tart Brandy Boy cross and the near-multiflora Brandy Boy cross, since the tart ones have lots of flowers and bigger flowers with megablooms, while the near-multiflora one doesn't.

It turns out one of my 'White Cloud' peppers that I transplanted is actually White Fatali! Hooray! It's alive. :) I was looking at it and thinking, "Huh. That looks like C. chinense." Then I looked at the label and it was White Fatali. It's in a white 5-gallon bucket.

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These tomatoes set fruit by 17 June 2020:
• Mexican Yellow cross F3
• Chris Ukrainian
• Green Gables
• Moneymaker
• Near-multiflora Brandy Boy cross F3

I'm fairly certain that the large volunteer that I thought might be Nodak Early is actually Mountain Princess, but it's either a very vigorous Mountain Princess, or else it's a cross between Mountain Princess and another tomato. It has strongly jointed fruit stems, as Mountain Princess did last year.