10-11-2017, 02:26 PM
Thanks all for somewhat confirming my suspicion about the seasons.
I do have a shade house with a rain impermeable top for a) shade (duh), b)rain control (I've lost several things to the three-straight-days-of-rain), and c) a bit of bug control.
I have gotten seeds from CTAHR, but shied away from them after two different types sprouted bugs. The corn grew worms when I germinated them in a paper towel, and some other tiny crawly thing showed up in the baggy I had only CTAHR seeds in.
I am experimenting with various things:
-Eggplant has done okay (CTAHR).
-Corn so far has been a failure (CTAHR and Burpee).
-A small peanut experiment went well, but a second batch has not had nearly the germination rate as the first.
-When I first moved here I had more asparagus beans than I knew what to do with, but since then for some reason I've had problems even getting beans to grow (asparagus and some that a farmer friend gave me). I do have one winged bean plant that is doing well, but they don't produce until the weather is cooler, so we'll see.
-Tomatoes have been hit and miss (CTAHR, others, a cherry plant bought at the farmers' market).
I do have a pigeon pea plant that looks awesome. I have just recently planted malobar spinach, edible hibiscus, Brazilian spinach, pipinola, and opo. So far all these plants look like they are doing well (even the hibiscus that got quite disrupted by pigs one night).
rainyjim - Yes, I have a couple of papaya volunteers that I let live in the raised beds they sprouted in. One is producing in abundance.
Terracore - I'll give the CTAHR seeds another go. I'm in lower HPP so get around 80" of liquid sunshine a year. I fertilize once a month, but have thought about rescheduling to once every three weeks.
I do have a shade house with a rain impermeable top for a) shade (duh), b)rain control (I've lost several things to the three-straight-days-of-rain), and c) a bit of bug control.
I have gotten seeds from CTAHR, but shied away from them after two different types sprouted bugs. The corn grew worms when I germinated them in a paper towel, and some other tiny crawly thing showed up in the baggy I had only CTAHR seeds in.
I am experimenting with various things:
-Eggplant has done okay (CTAHR).
-Corn so far has been a failure (CTAHR and Burpee).
-A small peanut experiment went well, but a second batch has not had nearly the germination rate as the first.
-When I first moved here I had more asparagus beans than I knew what to do with, but since then for some reason I've had problems even getting beans to grow (asparagus and some that a farmer friend gave me). I do have one winged bean plant that is doing well, but they don't produce until the weather is cooler, so we'll see.
-Tomatoes have been hit and miss (CTAHR, others, a cherry plant bought at the farmers' market).
I do have a pigeon pea plant that looks awesome. I have just recently planted malobar spinach, edible hibiscus, Brazilian spinach, pipinola, and opo. So far all these plants look like they are doing well (even the hibiscus that got quite disrupted by pigs one night).
rainyjim - Yes, I have a couple of papaya volunteers that I let live in the raised beds they sprouted in. One is producing in abundance.
Terracore - I'll give the CTAHR seeds another go. I'm in lower HPP so get around 80" of liquid sunshine a year. I fertilize once a month, but have thought about rescheduling to once every three weeks.