Hi Canadians
I wonder if you have hardy and fast growing vegs for trade?
I am intrested to grow bushy toms and other vegs outside here in Sweden.
Roger
hardy vegs
The seeds will showing up in the stores very soon...will
take a look for you. None are hardy enough to survive
my winter but are definitely fast growing! :)
Roger, how hardy do you need them?
Lilypon,It will be interesting to see if you can find anything.
PanamonCreel,we use to have quite good summers from about 15 june to mid of september and the toms I can start a little earlyer indoors I often grow toms in pots and then put them outside
Roger
I'll check, I might have some Tom seeds like Manitoba, Sub Arctic Plenty,... left over from 2003. I'll let you know.
BTW how are Your night temps during summer?
Milan
Milan,quite nice from 15-25 degrees Celcius
Roger
Thats good Roger, and you guys up there also have more daylight hours in the summer than we do.
I'll drop you a mail soon with my left over seeds and you can decide what you want.
Milan
Roger, did you get the list and where you able to open it?
Roger, I have to purchase short season seeds for my veggies, being an Alaskan Zone 3... is that the sort of climate you are dealing with?
Weezingreens,Perhaps your seasons are a bit shorter than mine we have growingseason inside an unheated growinghouse say about beginning of june and outside middle of june and the season is over in the end of september or beginning of october often it is one cold night quite early then it get warm again for a week or two.
Roger
Roger, our target for setting out veggies is generally June 1st. The end of the season is about the same as yours. We don't have very hot summers, so the brassicas and such do really well here. Lettuce never seems to bolt.Tomatoes are greenhouse items, as are cucumbers and peppers. Summer squash will grow outdoors in a sunny protected spot.
Weezingreens,we use to have 2 nights in the beginning of june we call ironnights wich use to have frost but when they are ended we can plant out
Roger
Have your season's changed from years ago? Our winters seem milder, and our fall season is sometimes longer. Even the glaciers are melting.
Roger the one I purchased locally this year are:
Tomato Early Cascade Hybrid 63 days
"One of the most productive and early of all tomatoes.
edited to say I returned the others. I usually grow Patio
and Floramerica and will wait till they come out.
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Pam are you quoting from the jacket notes on the packs? Have you grown that purple prince before? I grew it two years ago and the only good thing I have to say about it is that it was early - but ugly and pulpy and just not my kind of tomato. One womans opinion.
quoting off the package...haven't grown it before...just looked for the shortest growing period.
Well maybe don't start too many of those ones. Unless you have unlimited tomato space. I've been put on tomato restriction again. I am only allowed 36 plants this year so I have to be very careful (specially since I just counted 12 new varieties I ordered) Bad girl bad girl
What twelve new varieties did you order. I have been known to plant 60 plants in a summer...won't do that again...family got tired of tomatoes hiding in everything!
Rodger: I grow my tomatoes in the greenhouse, and I grow the cherry types because they tend to fruit earlier. One of the most successful is Gold Nugget @ 55 days. Sungold is a tasty indeterminate type that is supposed to mature in 63 days. Tigerella is another nice one, as is Siberian. There is also one called Glacier that has very unusual leaves and matures in 55 days.
Most cabbage seems to do well here, but we have to get the earliest reds in order for them to head up, I need early varieties... the same is true of Savoys. I have had luck with Red Express and Savoy Express. If you are short of space, there is a little cabbage called 'Gonzales' that does well.
Brussels Sprouts are always a gamble here, often failing to head up well before winter sets in. Jade Cross seems to work best. For celery, it's Utah 52-70, and leeks, King Richard. For cauliflower, Early Snowball, for broccoli, Watham#29.
Good morning Weez. I too love the tigerella and the sungold; they are on my always list. It continues to surprise me how much our areas have in common. I can grow my maters outdoors cause I am sure our midsummer is much hotter than yours but your winters are milder I think. Thanks for the tips on the cabbage - brussels are hit and miss here too. My begonia bulbs have there first true leaves today and 14 of the 16 bulbs I saved are viable which is pretty good for me. These are now 3 years old and I am feeling pretty good about that.
Good save on the begonias! I haven't had my out of the bag to look. I don't want them sprouting yet! One year I had begonias blooming in flats up on top of the crossbeams in the livingroom! Do you grow zucchini? I can grow them outdoors up against the greenhouse in full sun and protected. My favorite is 'Sweet Zuke' by Burpee.
hey Weez.......heat rises!!!!!!!!!!
Oh....guess you're right! Didn't put them up there until they'd already gotten obnoxious! Ah well, that time of year, it's nice to look up and see begonias!
Zucchini has made my noxious weed list like gout weed and purple loosestrife - it is impossible to find enough things to do the production of even a couple of underachieving plants. This year I have papaya pear squash, pumpkin, watermelon (yes the real thing) and oh I am a dreamer charentais melon seeds. I even bought two kinds of eggplant to grow for my niece - even though I hate the little things and find them without redeeming virtue (they are beautiful but the value stops at the skin like some folks I've met).
Just sorted all my seeds tonite into week to sow etc and feel that I should be looking for possible homesteading opportunities. Plan to start arugula, amaranth greens, mesclun mix and some spinach indoors soon for winter greens.
Jagonjune,This papaya pear squash looks very interesting is it possible that you have some seeds left so I can trade for some I can send you some very interesting vegs for your garden.I have many interesting cucumbers and ofcourse hot peppers and other things
Roger
I'll take a look at how many seeds there are. I certainly won't grow more than 3 or 4 plants. What is your postal address - you could send it via email.
An envelope has left my building and is on the way to Sweden.