I wanted to finish off my 2014 garden series by showing you some pictures from our harvest.
The great thing about Mesclun is after cutting the leaves down it will grow again. The picture above was taken after I harvested the first batch.
We didn't have blossom bottom rot this year due to our persistent adding of fertilizer to the soil. However, we didn't produce as many tomatoes as I'd like. My husband's parents took one of the young tomato plants that we grew and replanted it at their house. They used the same fertilizer, but had more output. There is full sun at their house most of the day, but we only get partial sun. Therefore, the amount of fruit produced may be due to sun exposure. We may plant something else instead of tomatoes next year.
I am still happy we had tomatoes, however. The Super Sioux variety that we planted this
year are sweeter tasting that other varieties we have planted before. If you are looking for a medium sized sweet tomato, I would say that the Super Sioux is the way to go.
We were able to produce two large Yellow Crookneck Squash like the one pictured above and also produced two small ones about the size of a thumb. Our production would have been higher if our squash plant hadn't developed a powdery mildew. If we had treated our plant with Neem Oil Extract when the problem had just started, the oil would have prevented further mildew and our plant would most likely have produced more fruit. However, we did not take the precautions. At least we produced some tasty fruit!
To follow this garden series from the beginning please visit Planting Begins!
