Early Snowball A
Expected germination: 8-10 days
Expected harvest: 55 days
6 seeds
06/26: Planted 1 per cell in 6 cells.
07/06: 2 of 6 (33%) have shoots 1/2″ and 3/4″ tall.
07/18: 2 of 6 (33%) have shoots 1-1/2″ and 4″ tall. Remainder believed lost to dampening off.
07/22: Sprayed with 0.001% spinosad, an organic pesticide.
07/23: Planted out.
07/24: 2″ and 4″ tall.
07/29: White fly on under surface of leaves. Sprayed with 0.001% spinosad.
08/01: 4″ and 6″ tall, with foliage diameters 4″ and 10″.
08/02: White fly on under surface of leaves. Sprayed with 0.001% spinosad.
08/07: 6″ and 8″ tall, with foliage diameters 5″ and 16″.
08/15: 10″ and 11″ tall, with foliage diameters 9″ and 21″.
08/23: 13″ and 16″ tall, with foliage diameters 11″ and 24″.
08/30: 13″ and 18″ tall, with foliage diameters 14″ and 24″.
10/19: Harvested one head about 4″ diameter. Poorly shaped but good taste and texture both raw and cooked.
10/29: Harvested one head about 6″ diameter. Poorly shaped but good texture. Slightly bitter raw but excellent cooked.
11/24: Harvested one head about 4″ diameter.
Long Imperator #58
Expected germination: 8-12 days
Expected harvest: 77 days
12 seeds
06/26: Planted 2 per cell in 6 cells.
07/06: No visible change.
07/18: 2 of 12 (8%) are 1-1/2″ tall. Remainder believed lost to dampening off.
07/23: Planted out.
07/24: 1-1/2″ and 2-1/2″ tall.
08/01: 3″ and 3-1/2″ tall.
08/07: 5″ and 7″ tall. Crowded by brussels.
08/15: 8″ and 9″ tall.
08/23: 11″ and 12″ tall.
08/30: 10″ and 15″ tall. Overwhelmed by brussels.
10/13: Harvested a couple of 2″ carrots.
Harvest: 109 days
Santa Anna
Expected germination: 6-8 days
Expected harvest: 65-70 days
18 seeds
06/26: Started soaking in a jar of water overnight.
06/27: After 15 hours soaking, planted 1 per cell in 18 cells.
07/06: 2 of 18 (11%) have shoots 1″ tall.
07/10: 2 of 18 (11%) have shoots 1-1/2″ tall.
07/10: Planted out 2. Remainder believed lost to dampening off.
07/18: 1 of 18 (6%) is 4″ tall.
07/24: Unable to distinguish from other beans. Overall leaf mass is up to 30″ with runners up to top 60″.
07/24: Henceforth this plant is merged with “Beans, Pole″.
Harvest: See “Beans, Pole”
Flowers and more veggies
Our first flowers of 2009 are underway. Twelve nicotianias for planter boxes were planted in trays on June 24, and eighteen sunflowers for the main garden.  Nine nasturtiums for window boxes and planters were started in trays on June 25. The nasturtiums were scarred and planted in unfertilized soil. –MJH
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