Got this spring’s tomato seedlings in the ground 3/6. Trying five varieties this time around: Black Cherry, White Currant, Sungold, Early Girl (two plants) and Japanese Black Trifele. Hoping we get better results than last fall, where I netted maybe five cherry tomatoes from all six plants. Had some fungus problems or something that wiped out the plants. Fingers crossed!
Also planted some green bean seeds.
Growing cilantro for the first time. Seeds sprouted after 11 days.
Cilantro seedling at 18 days, ready to adorn a taco
Here are the final counts for the Earthbox squash from the fall garden.
| Date | Variety | Weight | Total |
| 09/27/09 | 8 ball | 217 | 217 |
| 10/03/09 | 8 ball | 338 | 555 |
| 10/05/09 | 8 ball | 255 | 810 |
| 10/08/09 | 8 ball | 318 | 1128 |
| 10/08/09 | 8 ball | 329 | 1457 |
| 10/15/09 | 8 ball | 568 | 2025 |
| 10/18/09 | 8 ball | 281 | 2306 |
| 10/23/09 | 8 ball | 236 | 2542 |
| 09/27/09 | Multipik | 151 | 151 |
| 10/01/09 | Multipik | 228 | 379 |
| 10/01/09 | Multipik | 240 | 619 |
| 10/04/09 | Multipik | 157 | 776 |
| 10/07/09 | Multipik | 181 | 957 |
| 10/13/09 | Multipik | 194 | 1151 |
| 10/19/09 | Multipik | 175 | 1326 |
| 10/22/09 | Multipik | 125 | 1451 |
| 10/26/09 | Multipik | 171 | 1622 |
| 09/27/09 | Raven | 209 | 209 |
| 09/29/09 | Raven | 211 | 420 |
| 10/02/09 | Raven | 220 | 640 |
| 10/12/09 | Raven | 174 | 814 |
| 10/25/09 | Raven | 207 | 1021 |
| 10/30/09 | Raven | 300 | 1321 |
| 09/27/09 | Zephyr | 200 | 200 |
| 09/29/09 | Zephyr | 205 | 405 |
| 10/08/09 | Zephyr | 191 | 596 |
| 10/12/09 | Zephyr | 169 | 765 |
| 10/20/09 | Zephyr | 128 | 893 |
| 10/23/09 | Zephyr | 141 | 1034 |
Totals:
8-ball: 8 squash, total 5.6lb
Multipik: 9 squash, total 3.6lb
Raven: 6 squash, 2.9lb
Zephyr: 6 squash, 2.3lb
Total: 14.4lb
Would have gotten quite a bit more if the mystery mildew had not struck and killed off the squash. Will definitely try again next spring/fall.
Our favorites flavor-wise were 8-ball, then Zephyr, then Multipik, and Raven last.