Comments on Growing Ideas with Johnny's Selected Seeds: The Great Scape

Whoops - I somehow missed your comment tmbeck1. I...

2009-08-07T16:01:17.458-04:00

Whoops - I somehow missed your comment tmbeck1.

I would leave the flowers - the pepper plants will continue to grow, as long as the hot weather keeps up, and the fruit will grow fine with them. It's really up to you, though - the plant will flower again; its ultimate goal is to create fruits with seeds in them.

I am from MA and my bell pepper plants have been s...

2009-07-31T19:23:09.748-04:00

I am from MA and my bell pepper plants have been stunted too. This week finally warmed up and they grew a little (not much though). They are starting to flower but I am afraid the plants are not large enough or mature enough to bear fruit yet. Should I prune the flowers off and let the plant grow some more?

Thank you Kelly - I'm so glad you like the picture...

2009-07-21T09:49:54.018-04:00

Thank you Kelly - I'm so glad you like the pictures. I will take some more - it's neat for me to see how the garden progresses.

Heidi, I found an interesting page on fennel here: http://www.gardenguides.com/how-to/tipstechniques/herbs/florencefennel.asp. Basically it says to hill the fennel with soil when the bulb is the size of an egg, and break off the seed stalks to allow it to grow.

Thanks!

I feel so sorry for your plants, June was no frien...

2009-07-20T19:05:44.929-04:00

I feel so sorry for your plants, June was no friend to my garden either (planted cucumbers twice) but things have finally decided to take off. I will eat my first beans next week, I'm sure.

My pride and joy is my fennel, I wrote and asked questions about it in February. I started Orion and another variety at the end of March in peat pots, transplanted it Memorial Day weekend, and it is bulbing up nicely. I had a few "extras", that I couldn't bear to cull, so I just planted them in the ground between the rows. They've done little or nothing, but the ones in peat pots look amazing. They even survived a woodchuck attack. Now I'm not sure how long to leave them, should I harvest as soon as they start to send up flower spikes?

I am right there with you Mark. Anything that was...

2009-07-16T20:42:11.431-04:00

I am right there with you Mark. Anything that wasn't under a cloche initially is just wasting garden space at the moment. And I won't even get started on my melons!

I really enjoyed mulling over the garden photos in this post, I am very curious as to how your potato crop will be too!

It's become more sunny, which hopefully means more...

2009-07-13T12:58:48.332-04:00

It's become more sunny, which hopefully means more warmth. Mark, I hope your peppers take right off!

Kim, thank you! I hope your pesto turns out well!

Great post. I am going to make a pesto with my sc...

2009-07-12T23:20:22.132-04:00

Great post. I am going to make a pesto with my scapes. Our gardens are doing going I just posted some pictures tonight. ~Kim

I appear to be having the same results as you. I'm...

2009-07-11T12:56:12.221-04:00

I appear to be having the same results as you. I'm from MA and my pepper plants aside from two Jalapeños are just there. The broccoli is huge but only one head can be seen. Corn is smaller then it should and my bean plants are slowing coming back. Lettuce, arugula, and spinach have been the only things really sticking to their time frames. to be honest I fear that again I will produce little to no peppers.

Here's hoping for some good heat.