First Earthbox Spacemaster Cucumber harvested today, weighing in at 12oz. Also got another Black Beauty Zucchini. Black Beauty is proving to be quite vigorous–growing much faster than the other squash I planted.
Black Beauty Zucchini (bottom) & Spacemaster Cucumber
First Earthbox squash picked today. Black Beauty zucchini weighing in at 280g. I fear my squash may not be long for this world, however, as the other day I spotted the dreaded squash vine borer moth buzzing around the plants, depositing its eggs of death all over the squash stems. I tried to scrape off the eggs I did see, but I will not be surprised to see my squash shriveling up in a matter of weeks.
5/1 update–picked one more black beauty 169g and first dixie yellow at 190g.
Earthbox Black Beauty Zucchini
EB1: removed fertilizer strip, added the EB non-organic fertilizer, added 1lb dolomite. Did not replace any of the soil. I am guessing this is the second season for this box maybe. Planted green bean seeds, clockwise starting at water tube: Roma II, Roma II, French Filet*, Provider, Blue Lake*, Contender (replanted 4/18), Royal Burgundy*, Pencil Pod*, 3/21. (* planted these seeds 4/10, after the original varieties just kind of fell out of the soil or did not take off. So far the Roma II is thriving, the others look iffy–curled leaves, very unsteady and flopping over to the point of falling out of the soil).
EB2: removed fertilizer strip, added the EB non-organic fertilizer, added 1lb dolomite. Did not replace any of the soil. I am guessing this is the second season for this box also. Planted squash seeds, left to right facing EB with water spout on left: spacemaster cucumber, Johnny’s yellow multipik, black beauty zucchini, dixie hybrid yellow squash, 3/19.
EB3, first use of this EB: planted six peppers on 3/27: clockwise starting at water tube: Johnny’s Seeds Green to Red Bell Ace F1, Reimer Seeds Early Sunsation, Reimer Seeds Grande Jalapeno, Serrano (from nursery), Johnny’s Seeds Hot Ancho 211 F1, Reimer Seeds Poblano.
Picked the first tomatoes from the two Earthbox plants today. I am now thinking these are Stupice and not Aunt Ginny’s Purple, as originally thought. I think they are too small to be Aunt Ginny’s.
Stupice Earthbox Tomatoes
More tomato action. Black Cherry tomatoes are getting bigger than I’ve seen yet–1 1/4″ diameter, 1/2 oz. That Bush Early Girl weighs in at 2 1/2 oz.
Today's Harvest: Sungold, Black Cherry, Bush Early Girl and White Currant
Earthbox Tomatoes....Still Green!