2019 As-Planted Spring & Fall Plans

North is down in both plans below.

Spring Garden 2019 as planted

Tomatoes:

  • Row 16 – 6 plants plus 6 Mortage Lifter Improved
  • Row 17 – 6 Plants Amelia
  • Row 18 – 17 plants Big Boys, Better Boys and maybe 2 Mortgage Lifter Improved
  • Total 35

Cucumbers – Poinsett 76 – 30 ft row – about 15 ‘hills’ with some having two plants.

Corn – Not including the two decorative varieties

  1. G-90: 9 50-foot rows = 450 LF
  2. Silver King – 4 avg 45-foot rows = 180 LF
  3. Total 9×50 + 4×45 = 630 LF of corn.

Squash

  1. Cocozelle zucchini – ~ 20 feet plus 4 hills of transplants
  2. Early Prolific Straight Neck – ~20 feet

Okra – Cajun Jewel, ~50 feet

Peas & Beans

  1. Pink Eye-Purple Hull – 2-30 ft rows early then 4-30 ft rows 2 weeks later. Total 180 ft. But, the Mandy overshadowed one row and the yield was way off.
  2. Kentucky Wonder Bush Beans – 2-30 ft rows but only one produced.
  3. Red Ripper (Mandy) – 1-30 ft row. Did not produce enough to count.
  4. Texas Cream Pea – 3-30 ft rows but the Mandy overshadowed one row and the yield was way off.
  5. Producing rows of peas: 2×30 + 3×30 + 2×30 = 210 LF

Peppers

  • Bell Peppers – one 40 ft row
  • Jalapeno – 6 plants
  • Serranos – 6 plants

Spring Summary and Needs for 2020

  • Okra – Cajun Jewel, 50 feet – Enough Mary said.
  • Corn – 630 ft – need to plant 25% more
  • Yellow Squash = 20 ft – Enough Mary said.
  • Zucchini – 20 ft – Enough if it had made Mary said.
  • Peas – 210 ft – Enough Mary said.
  • Beans – 30 ft – Mary said needed twice as much
  • Cucumbers – 30 ft, 15 hills – Enough Mary said.
  • Tomatoes – 35 but low production – 35 should be enough for 2020
  • Bell Peppers – 40 ft – was enough if most had produced

Fall Garden 2019 Plan as planted

Fall plantings were only in the north half.