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French Breakfast
Expected germination: 5-7 days
Expected harvest: 23 days

18 seeds

07/18: Planted 2 per cell in 9 cells.
07/24: Two cells excavated, perhaps by squirrel.
07/24: 8 of 18 (44%) have shoots 1/2″ to 1″ tall.
08/01: 8 of 18 (44%) have shoots 1-1/2″ to 2-1/2″ tall.
08/04: Planted out.
08/07: 1-1/2″ to 3″ tall, with foliage diameter 2″ to 5″.
08/15: Started harvest.
08/15: 2″ to 5″ tall, with foliage diameter 2″ to 7″. Many holes in leaves.
08/23: Completed harvest.

Harvest: 28-36 days

Jack O’Lantern
Expected germination: 7-10 days
Expected harvest: 110 days

5 seeds

07/18: Planted 1 per cell in 5 (of 9) cells.
07/24: Two cells excavated, perhaps by squirrel.
07/24: 1 of 5 (20%) has a shoot 1″ tall.
08/01: 3 of 5 (60%) have shoots 1-1/4″ to 2-1/2″ tall.
08/04: Planted out in raised mound.
08/07: 3″ to 4-1/2″ tall, with foliage diameter 1-1/2″ to 4″. Crowded by winter squash.
08/12: Moved to new mound further away from winter squash.
08/15: 4″ to 8″ tall, with foliage diameter 3-1/2″ to 8″.
08/23: 4″ to 8″ tall, with foliage diameter 5″ to 9″.
08/30: 7″ to 13″ tall, with foliage diameter 7″ to 13″.
09/22: Removed two sunflowers and trimmed squash to provide better light to melons and pumpkins.

Parris Island
Expected germination: 7-10 days
Expected harvest: 60-70 days

18 seeds

07/18: Planted 2 per cell in 9 cells.
07/24: One cell excavated, perhaps by squirrel.
07/24: 16 of 18 (89%) have shoots 1/4″ tall.
08/01: 11 of 18 (61%) have shoots 1/4″ tall – remainder probably lost to heat.
08/04: Planted out.
08/07: 1/2″ to 1-1/4″ tall, with foliage diameter 1/2″ to 2″.
08/15: 1/2″ to 4″ tall, with foliage diameter 1/2″ to 8″. Very uneven.
08/23: 2″ to 4-1/2″ tall, with foliage diameter 1-1/4″ to 5-1/2″. Uneven.
08/30: 3″ to 7″ tall, with foliage diameter 2″ to 7″.

Bibb / Limestone
Expected germination: 7-10 days
Expected harvest: 57 days

18 seeds

07/18: Planted 2 per cell in 9 cells.
07/24: 17 of 18 (94%) have shoots 0″ to 1/4″ tall.
08/01: 13 of 18 (72%) have shoots 1/4″ to 3/4″ tall – remainder probably lost to heat. Half of the survivors are severely heat damaged.
08/04: Planted out.
08/07: 3/4″ to 1-1/2″ tall, with foliage diameter 3/4″ to 2″.
08/15: 1″ to 2-1/4″ tall. Some crowded by winter squash.
08/23: 2-1/2″ to 5″ tall, with foliage diameter 2-1/2″ to 4-1/2″. Some crowded by winter squash.
08/30: 3″ to 6-1/2″ tall, with foliage diameter 2″ to 5″. No longer crowded.

Long Imperator #58
Expected germination: 8-12 days
Expected harvest: 77 days

36 seeds

07/18: Planted 2 per cell in 18 cells.
07/24: One cell excavated, perhaps by squirrel.
07/24: No visible change.
08/01: 12 of 36 (33%) have shoots 1/4″ to 1″ tall.
08/07: 14 of 36 (39%) have shoots 1/2″ to 1-3/4″ tall.
08/15: 14 of 36 (39%) have shoots 1″ to 3″ tall.
08/23: 12 of 36 (33%) have shoots 4″ to 6-1/2″ tall.
08/29: Planted out.
08/30: Stressed. 0″ to 5″ tall.
10/13: Harvested a couple of 2-3″ carrots.

Harvest: 87-TBA days

Ed Hume / Gourmet Blend
Leaf lettuce, kale, endive, beet greens, spinach, swiss chard, sorrel, corn salad, radicchio, cress, and mustard depending upon availability.
Expected germination: 7-14 days
Expected harvest: 30-50 days

24 seeds

07/15: Planted 2 per cell in 12 cells.
07/18: No visible change.
07/24: Four to six cells excavated, perhaps by squirrel.
07/24: 10 of 24 (42%) have shoots 1/8″ to 3/4″ tall.
08/01: 12 of 24 (50%) have shoots 3/4″ to 2-1/2″ tall.
08/04: Planted out.
08/07: 2″ to 5″ tall.
08/15: 3″ to 7″ tall.
08/16: Begin leaf harvest.
08/23: 4″ to 9″ tall. Harvesting but thin.
08/30: 1-1/2″ to 6″ tall. Harvesting but thin.

Long pod / Cool weather broad bean
Expected germination: 7-14 days
Expected harvest: 85 days

12 seeds

07/15: Planted 1 per cell in 12 cells.
07/18: Three beans have pushed up enough to become visible at the surface.
07/24: Two cells excavated, perhaps by squirrel.
07/24: 5 of 12 (42%) have shoots 0″ to 3/4″ tall.
08/01: 6 of 12 (50%) have shoots 1/2″ to 2-1/2″ tall.
08/04: Planted out.
08/07: 1-1/2″ to 6″ tall.
08/15: 3-1/2″ to 12″ tall.
08/23: 7″ to 19″ tall.
08/30: 10″ to 25″ tall. In flower.
10/27: Started intermittent harvest. Good addition to soups.

Top - Spinach Leaf Miner Damage

The pictures are from a small patch that we just found on one of the remaining leaves. The white blobs – always in a row under the leaf at the edge of a brown patch – are the empty spinach leaf miner eggs.

Underside - Empty Spinach Leaf Miner Eggs