Copenhagen Market Early
Expected germination: 10-12 days
Expected harvest: 66 days
9 seeds
06/02: Planted 1 per cell in 9 cells.
06/06: 8 of 9 (89%) have shoots 1/2″ tall.
06/10: 8 of 9 (89%) have shoots 3/4″ to 1″ tall.
06/14: 8 of 9 (89%) have shoots 1-1/2″ to 1-3/4″ tall.
06/19: 8 of 9 (89%) have shoots 3″ to 4″ tall.
06/21: Planted out.
07/01: Heat stressed – added shade.
07/05: Removed shade.
07/18: 9 to 14″ tall.
07/19: Found and hosed off some aphid colonies.
07/22: Sprayed with 0.001% spinosad, an organic pesticide.
07/24: 10″ to 14″ tall, with foliage diameter 10″ to 15″.
07/28: Sprayed with 0.001% spinosad, an organic pesticide.
08/01: 11″ to 21″ tall, with foliage diameter 15″ to 18″.
08/02: Sprayed some leaves with 0.001% spinosad against aphids.
08/07: 11″ to 18″ tall, with foliage diameter 16″ to 18″. First heads starting to take shape. Crowded by rutabaga.
08/15: Approx 16″ tall, with foliage diameter approx 16″. First heads starting to take shape. Crowded by rutabaga.
08/23: 9″ to 17″ tall, with foliage diameter approx 12″. Forming slowly. Crowded by rutabaga.
08/30: 11″ to 17″ tall, with foliage diameter 7″ to 13″. About half have loosely formed heads. Crowded by rutabaga.
09/01: Harvested first head. Healthy but loose. MHJ reports not much flavor cooked but very nice in coleslaw.
09/15: Dug up remaining cabbages.
Harvest: 91-105 days. Only three modest heads. Poor crop may be due to limited sun and/or overcrowding.
Catskill
Expected germination: 7-14 days
Expected harvest: 90 days
18 seeds
06/02: Planted 2 per cell in 9 cells.
06/06: 17 of 18 (94%) have shoots 1/4″ tall.
06/10: 17 of 18 (94%) have shoots 3/4″ to 1-1/2″ tall.
06/14: 16 of 18 (89%) have shoots 1-1/4″ to 2″ tall and another 1 (6%) is struggling at 1/4″.
06/19: 17 of 18 (94%) have shoots 2″ to 4″ tall.
06/21: Planted out.
07/01: Heat stressed – added shade.
07/05: Removed shade.
07/18: 10″ to 15″ tall.
07/19: Found and hosed off some aphid colonies.
07/22: Sprayed with 0.001% spinosad, an organic pesticide.
07/24: 14″ to 18″ tall, with foliage diameter 17″ to 24″.
07/28: Sprayed with 0.001% spinosad.
08/01: 17″ to 22″ tall, with foliage diameter 13″ to 19″.
08/02: Sprayed some leaves with 0.001% spinosad against white fly.
08/07: 19″ to 26″ tall, with foliage diameter 14″ to 21″.
08/15: 22″ to 28″ tall, with foliage diameter 18″ to 28″.
08/23: 25″ to 32″ tall, with foliage diameter approx 22″.
08/30: 28″ to 32″ tall, with foliage diameter 15″ to 25″.
Green Sprouting Calabrese
Expected germination: 14 days
Expected harvest: 80 days
18 seeds
06/02: Planted 2 per cell in 9 cells.
06/06: 14 of 18 (78%) have shoots 1/2″ to 1″ tall.
06/10: 18 of 18 (100%) have shoots 1/2″ to 1-1/2″ tall.
06/14: 18 of 18 (100%) have shoots 1-1/4″ to 2-1/4″ tall.
06/19: 18 of 18 (100%) have shoots 3″ to 6″ tall.
06/21: Planted out.
07/01: Heat stressed – added shade.
07/05: Removed shade.
07/18: 14″ to 19″ tall.
07/19: Found and hosed off some aphid colonies.
07/22: Sprayed with 0.001% spinosad, an organic pesticide.
07/24: 14″ to 22″ tall, with foliage diameter 10″ to 20″.
07/28: Sprayed with 0.001% spinosad, an organic pesticide.
08/01: 19″ to 25″ tall, with foliage diameter 17″ to 24″.
08/07: 22″ to 35″ tall, with foliage diameter 14″ to 22″. First few heads are 1/2″ to 1″ diameter.
08/15: 26″ to 40″ tall, with foliage diameter 18″ to 24″. First few heads are 1″ to 3″ diameter.
08/22: Started harvest.
08/23: 29″ to 41″ tall, with foliage diameter 20″ to 24″. Several heads are 1-1/2″ to 5″ diameter.
08/30: 31″ to 41″ tall, with foliage diameter approx 24″. Four heads are 2-1/2″ to 5″ diameter.
Santa Anna
Expected germination: 6-8 days
Expected harvest: 65-70 days
36 seeds
06/02: Started soaking in a jar of water overnight.
06/03: After 15 hours soaking, planted 2 per cell in 18 cells.
06/06: A few have swelled and are now visible at soil surface.
06/10: 12 of 36 (33%) have shoots 0″ to 1-1/2″ tall.
06/14: 10 of 36 (28%) have shoots 1″ to 3″ tall and another 3 (8%) are still trying to launch their beans.
06/19: 10 of 36 (28%) have shoots 2″ to 4″ tall, 2 (6%) have launched beans but no leaves, and 1 (3%) is still trying to launch its bean.
06/23: Planted out.
07/05: Healthy but growing slowly.
07/18: Finally started moving this week. Leaf mass is up to 22″ and runners are up to 37″.
07/24: Leaf mass is up to 30″ with runners up to top 60″.
07/24: Henceforth “Beans, Pole #2″ plant is merged with these.
08/01: Three runners have topped the trellis. First white flowers appeared this week.
08/07: About half the runners have topped out. Many flowers in white/butter colored pairs. Many more buds. No beans yet.
08/15: Most of the runners have topped out. Many flowers – some white, some butter. Several 1-2″ matchstick beans.
08/20: Started harvest as one plant is ahead of the rest and needed picking. Got one portion.
08/23: Most or runners long topped out. Some flowers and a few young beans.
08/29: Harvested a couple of portions.
08/30: Well topped out. Many flowers and a few small beans.
09/06: Yielding nicely now – perhaps a couple of pounds per week.
Most of our early starts failed to germinate. We believe this was due in part to insufficient moisture, as the swiss chard finally germinated after we watered heavily. There may also have been a problem with the compost-based potting soil pH, as it turns out that our pH meter is worse than useless.
The swiss chard, and a second wave of radish, germinated nicely after heavy watering. However we then lost about one seedling per night. We finally tracked the problem down to a lone earwig, which was biting the young shoots just below the first leaflet. Since sending the earwig to meet its maker we have lost no further seedlings – but all that we have left of the early starts is four radishes.
Today we planted the main wave of starts, about two weeks before we take them to Seattle. In all we planted four seed trays of 72 cells each, most with two seeds per cell. I’ll create separate posts with the precise details. We used a premium commercial potting soil this time.
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