Yes to the San Marzano tomatoes and Marketmore 76 cucumbers! I only had 2 cucumber plants growing on my hog panel arch, and I was inundated! I ended up dehydrating some diced, and pondering some to make tzatziki sauce mix. They made delicious Dill Pickles and Sweet Relish, also.
We planted 25 slips, About 5 of them were in a spot that ended up being less than ideal, so they didn't produce well. The bulk of our crop came from about 20 slips.
Im in South Jordan, UT & have struggled with cucumbers. I'm going to try the marketmore this year. And we are hoping to plant raspberries. Thanks for all the great info. and sharing your favorites 😊
I grew the San Marzano as well here in Tacoma, zone 8b. I had some issues with blossom end rot but still got about 30 pounds of tomatoes. I'm still enjoying sauce and salsa from them. 😎
I’ve grown sweet potatoes with good success also, but I have read that they need to be cured in a dry place at like 85 degrees. How does one do that in October in a northern climate? I suppose a cold frame that heats up on sunny days might be an idea?
I'm still pretty new at sweet potatoes, this is only our 3 year. We cure ours in our master bathroom which is the warmest room in the house that time of year. But you want 80 degrees and high humidity to get the cure right. That's why we use a bathroom because the humidity is higher.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Thanks. I forgot to say that I also like Little Gem. It is doing well for me under frost blankets in Zone 6b/7a Hudson Valley NY. I am going to be interested to see how long I can keep it going. We have had a mild December but we are heading into some colder weather and snow now. I'm also going to try Nevada. Thanks again for sharing your experience.
Wondering about your raised beds. I know many people want deep raised beds so they don’t have to bend, but that seems like a lot of soil to have to buy to build them up. Your raised beds appear to be 2”x12” boards? Certainly, unless growing potatoes or sweet potatoes, I cannot think of vegetables need more than a foot of soil to grow in. Am I correct about the height of the raised bed frames?
Yes they are 12 inches deep, but on top of an old gravel parking pad, so the plants don't have any access to the native soil under the beds. And potatoes and sweet potatoes do make it in the the rotation in these beds.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Thank you for your response, Rick. With the gravel parking pad underneath, that should also help with their drainage. I only have three 4’x4’x 2’ high raised beds which I added to my garden, last year, and am looking to add some more this Spring. I’ve seen some galvanized steel beds which have sides 12” high. However, I would be putting them on top of an area in my clay garden, which retains water better than sand or gravel but does not drain real well. Still trying to decide what to do.
@@StoneyAcresGardening I also find it interesting that you rotate potatoes into these beds, as I had once be advised that potatoes can adversely affect the soil where they are planted for a duration of 5 years; some things will simply not grow where potatoes have been planted & harvested.
@markcarruthers3313 I've never heard that. All of my beds get potatoes planted in them every 3 years and I've never had a problem. Almost 1/3 of my garden is planted to potatoes every year.
I'm thrilled to hear about the buckwheat cover crop and will get some this coming season for my post potato beds and anywhere else . The info on the website was amazing and I had no idea how great they'll be for the soil and the pollinators. Thanks for the tips, you helped me up my game even more. I have my own worm castings now too so I'm really excited for this coming year’s garden.
We have used buckwheat alot. We actually save seed from it also.
Yeah, the produce seeds like crazy if you let them get to that stage.
Great idea about growing buckwheat to get bees in our garden, thank you!
Yeah we are really going to play with that this year, I've got a spot along our fence that I'm hoping it will grow in.
Yes to the San Marzano tomatoes and Marketmore 76 cucumbers! I only had 2 cucumber plants growing on my hog panel arch, and I was inundated! I ended up dehydrating some diced, and pondering some to make tzatziki sauce mix. They made delicious Dill Pickles and Sweet Relish, also.
How did the dehydrating turn out? I've never tried that with cucumbers.
@@StoneyAcresGardening well, I need to rehydrate them. I haven't tried it yet.
Wow, great, sweet potatoes. How many slips did you end up planting? I just checked that website out and the prices look great!!
We planted 25 slips, About 5 of them were in a spot that ended up being less than ideal, so they didn't produce well. The bulk of our crop came from about 20 slips.
Very entertaining video 👏🏼
Thanks I'm glad you liked it!
Mine were cucumber, green and red chilies , tomatoes
Great list!
Glad to see your supplier of sweet potato slips. I was looking for a supplier. Great price too.
We have bought from them for 3 years now and have been really happy with them. Just make sure you get them planted or in water as soon as they arrive.
How do you keep the birds from destroying the plants?
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Im in South Jordan, UT & have struggled with cucumbers. I'm going to try the marketmore this year. And we are hoping to plant raspberries. Thanks for all the great info. and sharing your favorites 😊
Market more work great in our area! If you aren't already doing this consider growing them on a trellis as well! That always helps.
You can save corn seed as long as NO ONE is growing corn within 3 miles or it WILL cross pollinate.
I grew the San Marzano as well here in Tacoma, zone 8b. I had some issues with blossom end rot but still got about 30 pounds of tomatoes. I'm still enjoying sauce and salsa from them. 😎
That is always an issue with roma types. But I did find that we had less with San Marzano than with others we have tried.
Happy new year sweet potato’s did well in my totes
Happy new year - That's awesome. I haven't tried them in containers yet.
I’ve grown sweet potatoes with good success also, but I have read that they need to be cured in a dry place at like 85 degrees. How does one do that in October in a northern climate? I suppose a cold frame that heats up on sunny days might be an idea?
I'm still pretty new at sweet potatoes, this is only our 3 year. We cure ours in our master bathroom which is the warmest room in the house that time of year. But you want 80 degrees and high humidity to get the cure right. That's why we use a bathroom because the humidity is higher.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Good idea!
Always helpful to hear about varieties that have done well for someone else. What do you do with the buckwheat when you want to replant the bed?
I cut it down and then turn it into the soil.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Thanks. I forgot to say that I also like Little Gem. It is doing well for me under frost blankets in Zone 6b/7a Hudson Valley NY. I am going to be interested to see how long I can keep it going. We have had a mild December but we are heading into some colder weather and snow now. I'm also going to try Nevada. Thanks again for sharing your experience.
@@aalejardin You're welcome!
I also grew San Manzanos from seed . They were by far the best tomatos I ever grew!
We liked them a lot, but we have some others that are still our favorites!
Wondering about your raised beds. I know many people want deep raised beds so they don’t have to bend, but that seems like a lot of soil to have to buy to build them up. Your raised beds appear to be 2”x12” boards? Certainly, unless growing potatoes or sweet potatoes, I cannot think of vegetables need more than a foot of soil to grow in. Am I correct about the height of the raised bed frames?
Yes they are 12 inches deep, but on top of an old gravel parking pad, so the plants don't have any access to the native soil under the beds. And potatoes and sweet potatoes do make it in the the rotation in these beds.
@@StoneyAcresGardening Thank you for your response, Rick. With the gravel parking pad underneath, that should also help with their drainage.
I only have three 4’x4’x 2’ high raised beds which I added to my garden, last year, and am looking to add some more this Spring. I’ve seen some galvanized steel beds which have sides 12” high. However, I would be putting them on top of an area in my clay garden, which retains water better than sand or gravel but does not drain real well. Still trying to decide what to do.
@@StoneyAcresGardening I also find it interesting that you rotate potatoes into these beds, as I had once be advised that potatoes can adversely affect the soil where they are planted for a duration of 5 years; some things will simply not grow where potatoes have been planted & harvested.
@markcarruthers3313 I've never heard that. All of my beds get potatoes planted in them every 3 years and I've never had a problem. Almost 1/3 of my garden is planted to potatoes every year.
@@StoneyAcresGardening I believe the issues have to do with causing blight or white mold for crops planted in the same spot in the years following.
I'm thrilled to hear about the buckwheat cover crop and will get some this coming season for my post potato beds and anywhere else . The info on the website was amazing and I had no idea how great they'll be for the soil and the pollinators. Thanks for the tips, you helped me up my game even more. I have my own worm castings now too so I'm really excited for this coming year’s garden.
I'd love to hear more about your worm set up. That's one I haven't tried yet but was thinking about exploring this year.
Happy New Year, to you and A.J. Love your channel!
Thanks,
Happy New Year
Also Indian eggplants
Yum!!