Turnips and greens
Purple Globe turnip: Early producer with good flavor... extremely susceptible to wireworms.
Lettuce: Bolted early in the summer heat
Spinach: Bitter flavor, but was likely due to the summer heat
Beans and peas
Purple, Green, Yellow mix: Highly slug susceptible, very prolific, and good flavor
Peas
Tomatoes*
* Tomatoes were grown in three locations (a home garden in Royal Oak, a home garden in Lansing, and a community garden in Lansing)
Variety | |||||
Location | Banana Legs | Tigerella | Indigo Rose | Snow White | |
Productivity | Royal Oak | Moderate | Moderate | High | * |
Lansing | Low | High | Moderate | High | |
Flavor | Royal Oak | Mild flavor, a bit mealy | Slightly sweet and juicy | Good flavor, meaty tomato | * |
Lansing | Bland with mealy texture | Average flavor, quite juicy | Good flavor | Excellent flavor, very sweet, low acid | |
Color | Royal Oak | Bright yellow | Orange with yellow stripes | Red and Purple | Pale yellow |
Lansing | Bright yellow | Orange with yellow stripes | Red and Purple | Pale yellow | |
Maturity | Royal Oak | Late | Early | Late | * |
Lansing | Mid-Season | Early | Mid-Season | * | |
Septoria | Royal Oak | * | * | * | * |
Lansing | None | Highly Susceptible | None | None | |
Cracking | Royal Oak | None | Minor | Minor | * |
Lansing | None | Highly Susceptible | None | Minor | |
Size | 3-4" | 1-1 1/2" | 2" | <1" |
Tigerella tomato (you can see a growth crack on the left) |
Indigo Rose tomatoes |
Squashes
Spaghetti squash: mid-sized vines, good production
Early acorn hybrid: very prolific, moderate plant size with good acorn squash flavor
Greyzini zucchini: Long gray and green fruit, extremely prolific, of the three zucchini varieties this was the last to get powdery mildew
Early Acorn hybrid squash |
Pumpkins
Lil' Pump-ke-mon hybrid: Prolific, bushy pumpkin with small (3" wide) yellow and white fruits
Fairytale: a mid-sized flattened pumpkin with mahogany color, the flesh is supposed to be tasty, but mine were stolen
Cucumbers
Burpless Beauty: highly susceptible to downy mildew, good yields, good flavor, compact vines
Burpee Pickler hybrid: highly susceptible to downy mildew, good yields, good flavor, compact vines
Carrots
Cosmic purple, good flavor, no disease or insect damage visible
Ali Baba Watermelon fruit |
Delice de la table Melon |
Green Nutmeg Melon |
Melons
Green Nutmeg: late maturity, moderate production, tiny fruit, highly susceptible to downy mildew
Golden Midget watermelon: low fruit set, flavor is mediocre, weak and sprawling vines, small fruit
Ali Baba watermelon: average flavor, sweet, moderate production, mid-sized melons
Delice de la table melon: good flavor, good production, sprawling vines
Leaves and vines of Golden Midget Watermelon |
Golden Midget Watermelon (it's about 8" long) |
Potato
Purple Peruvian: Vigorous plants, good production, fingerling potatoes with average flavor
I'm excited to see what 2014 brings us!
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