The vegetable garden without getting tired

[stephgouv]

The vegetable garden is starting to fill up well.
Besides, I had to run the pumpkins in the lawn.

Onions, Brussels sprouts and beets

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Peas and tomatoes in between

Red cabbage, zucchini, beans

How far is he going to go?

There are a few spots on 2-3 pdt plants (downy mildew?).

Early blight on pdt?

Biodiversity is present in the vegetable garden.

Batrachian

[stephgouv]

Already 1 month that I have not given any more news from my vegetable garden ...
Rest assured, he is fine ... even very well!

I harvested the first potatoes from the equivalent of about 2 half plants.

First pdt

2nd harvest of peas

2nd harvest peas

1st harvest of beans

1st harvest of beans

The largest cauliflower in formation

Cauliflower in formation

In the greenhouse, the tomato plants struggled to start, but now they're off to a good start.
Already eaten a few cherry tomatoes, on the other hand for the large ones, they are always green.

Inside the greenhouse

Powdery mildew is present on peas. No other trace elsewhere.

Powdery mildew present

Reserve of peas for 2021.
The "yellow / white" peas come from plants that have been cold. We will see during the 2021 season if there is a difference between the two.

Green peas for 2021

This is my first time growing eggplants (it will surely be the only one for this year)

1st eggplant

I don't know who wanted to monitor tomato plants outdoors?
To be frank, they caught up with those of the greenhouse in size, and in foot diameter, visibly I would say 3-4cm.

Outdoor tomato plant

Nice size of the foot

For pumpkins, it's incredible!
For now, 5 to 7 pumpkins on each line. Namely that the plant has 4-5 rows

Pumpkins

I had made a comparison by planting 1 red cabbage in the part not covered with hay (where I had the lamb's lettuce) and there is no photo with the others planted in the hay 2m away!

Cabbage in uncovered area

Red cabbage planted in hay

I tried my hand at braiding garlic: not yet perfect!

Garlic braid

For the beets, the harvest will be excellent!
Here a harvest several days ago. The others will be in the next few hours.

Beets

The radishes sown in the greenhouse rose in bloom.
I then noticed that they were well placed at the entrance of the greenhouse because they attract a lot of pollinators which then go on the tomato flowers.
Now the pods are well formed to harvest the seeds in a few weeks.

Radish flowers

Radish pods

The onions will also be harvested in the coming hours, with some having a diameter of close to 10cm.

[stephgouv]

Yesterday, I pulled out the mature onions. The others will probably be in late September / early October.
They were then laid on the hay in the greenhouse for a few days to dry them.

Onions

A nice amount

The smallest

The biggest

The shallots have been returned to the garage. They had been drying for a few weeks in the greenhouse.
As a reminder, I had only planted 4!

The shallots are returned

[Doris]

Nice for just four shallots, there you climb on the podium of laziness

[Moindreffor]

excellent!!! for the onions, the foliage is still very green, I would have left them a little longer, maybe lay the stems down if you want to accelerate the ripening, or do not go and wait for the leaves to turn yellow on the spot

[stephgouv]

excellent!!! for the onions, the foliage is still very green, I would have left them a little longer, maybe lay the stems down if you want to accelerate the ripening, or do not go and wait for the leaves to turn yellow on the spot

The stems of these onions had already been lying for 2-3 weeks and at least 1/3 of the leaves were dried.
I didn't want to take the risk of leaving them 1 or 2 more weeks for fear that it would rot through the roots.
I had the case with one (about ten days ago), an inner layer was rotten.
There is still about the same amount left in the vegetable patch and the leaves are still quite green. So those will be patient.

[Did67]

If one or the other happens to rot, in general, it is the result of several things, including attacks. The bulbs are biologically designed to spend the winter outside ... Even if of course, we have artificialized this with the cultivated species selected for the size of the bulbs, the taste, the color ... I believe that it is a " false fear "...

On the other hand, there is a risk that bulbs left to dry outside "cook" during heat waves. I saw a video where a German ended up with his harvest of cooked garlic!

[Moindreffor]

If one or the other happens to rot, in general, it is the result of several things, including attacks. The bulbs are biologically designed to spend the winter outside ... Even if of course, we have artificialized this with the cultivated species selected for the size of the bulbs, the taste, the color ... I believe that it is a " false fear "...

On the other hand, there is a risk that bulbs left to dry outside "cook" during heat waves. I saw a video where a German ended up with his harvest of cooked garlic!

I observed with my bulbils harvested green and put to dry, that even out of the ground, the bulb had still taken in size and that this drying which I thought should be fast took really a long time, I was really amazed , and so now I really understand that one should not neglect any growing period of a vegetable, shortening the ripening of onions by harvesting them too early is for me a mistake, I observed it, so really convinced now

after drying in the sun, yes it is a mistake not to make, full sun does not dry faster, it cooks and spoils the harvest, I have already had this bad trick, with onions and apples of Earth

[Did67]

Yeah, I mentioned that in one of the last videos. I was a little "short": it suffices to understand that the different "layers" of a bulb are the bases of the leaves. So imagine that all the material that is in the leaves and what we think is the stem, will migrate to the lower parts of the leaves to "add" rings ... And you have a little "straw" left .. .

For the pdt, it is fatal, because they turn green. So there, even if it is not hot, even if there is no sun: never leave after the harvest. In the cellar right away!

[stephgouv]

Where I was "almost shocked" is at the level of the onions sown then transplanted when they were the diameter of a wooden skewer.
They were in a "drowsy" phase for over a month. At one point, I even said to myself that it would not be for this year ... And almost suddenly, they decided to put on weight. However, despite the drought, the leaves are straight and green and they continue to grow.

I understood very well and I have proof here that we must (me first) stop putting pressure on the development of plants.
For carrots, I might have 1 or 2 max. I don't mind. In return, I may have between 10 and 15 large pumpkins.
The surprise is all the greater when we discover that a plant which was vegetating has just doubled in size and is almost recovering its delay compared to others if not exceeding them.
The most striking example for me is a cucumber plant planted outdoors that did not grow. I "forgot" him for several weeks and the other day I take a closer look and find that he has quadrupled in size and is carrying 2 medium cucumbers. The satisfaction is already great, even though I don't even know what it will taste like ...