antsinmypants's Plant List: Fruits & Vegetables

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Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus 'Heavy Hitter')
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Tomatoes Galore Swap 2024 - TomatoNut95 - Saved myself from summer of 2023
Anne 2024

'Heavy Hitter' is a 5-foot okra that appears to be on steroids because its crops are so large. Single plants are reported to produce as many as 250 pods over a season!

55 days from seed to harvest.
April 29, 2024: Seeds sown

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Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus 'Hill Country Heirloom Red')
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mig 2023

60-70 days
April 25, 2024: Seeds sown
April 27, 2024: Seeds germinated
April 30, 2024: Plant emerged


Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus 'Perkins Dwarf Long Green')
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EARLY SPRING SEED EXTRAVAGANZA #1 - 2024 - DraDiana - 2023 - self pollinated. 5' tall plants with full-sized pods.

2-3' tall plant. Heavy yields of dark green, lightly ridged pods.

55 days to maturity.
April 25, 2024: Seeds sown
April 27, 2024: Seeds germinated
April 29, 2024: Plant emerged
May 21, 2024: Transplanted (Into Garden Two.)

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Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus 'Perkins Mammoth Long Pod')
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From DnD Swap - rockpile1369 - 12-2020
55 days
April 26, 2021: Seeds sown (Seeds sown indoors under lights. Presoaked.)
April 28, 2021: Plant emerged
April 25, 2024: Seeds sown
April 27, 2024: Seeds germinated
April 28, 2024: Plant emerged
May 21, 2024: Transplanted (Into Garden Two.)

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Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus 'Red Burgundy')
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Sow Indoors Under Lights
Received in trade from M.C. Gurthrie Oklahoma 9-2020
6th Annual NFTSRSS - Killbill3x - 2021
Start indoor seeds 6 to 8 weeks before transplant date. In colder climates, wait until the weather is reliably warm, about 2 weeks after your last expected frost date, before transplanting outdoors
60 days
April 26, 2021: Seeds sown (Seeds sown indoors under lights. Presoaked.)
April 28, 2021: Plant emerged
April 25, 2024: Seeds sown
April 27, 2024: Seeds germinated
April 29, 2024: Plant emerged
May 21, 2024: Transplanted (Into Garden Two.)

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company

Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus 'Silver Queen')
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EARLY SPRING SEED EXTRAVAGANZA #1 - 2024 - StitchWitch - H 2022 Organic

HUGE yields of fruit on this robust, well-branched upright plant, which reaches 6 feet high and 2 to 3 feet wide. Heirloom.

80 days from direct-sowing.
April 25, 2024: Seeds sown
April 28, 2024: Seeds germinated
April 29, 2024: Plant emerged
May 21, 2024: Transplanted (Into Garden Two.)

Took 1 week to germinate.

Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus 'Star of David')
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EARLY SPRING SEED EXTRAVAGANZA #1 - 2024 - Ladyreneer - Organic, for 2024, Beautiful!
EARLY SPRING SEED EXTRAVAGANZA #1 - 2024 - DraDiana - Packed for 2023, Fordhook Farm heirlooms, unopened packet

Highly productive; tolerant of root-knot nematode. Israeli variety also known as 'Old Fashioned', produces fat, short pods with deep ridges.

Days to Maturity: 60-70
April 25, 2024: Seeds sown
April 29, 2024: Seeds sown
May 21, 2024: Transplanted (2 into Garden Two.)

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Five-Leaf Chocolate Vine (Akebia quinata)
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sr - 2023

In flower from Apr to May, and the seeds ripen from Sep to Oct. The flowers are monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant)The plant is not self-fertile.

Akebia prefers sandy soils with good drainage, and regular watering, though it is drought-resistant. Germination: Lightly scarify seeds with a nail file, and soak in warm water for 24 hours. Surface sow seeds in a pot, mist the soil and sprinkle a small amount of sand or seed-starting soil over the seeds.

soak seed for 24hrs then place in moist peat or sand, in a polythene bag, not sealed, in the fridge for about 6 weeks. Sow in pots, but don't cover the seed, since they need light to germinate. Keep warm. Ideal Sowing Period: Spring, if using a fridge, late autumn if using natural stratification.

Zones 4 through 9.
March 2, 2023: Seeds sown (WS 8)

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Chinese Lantern (Alkekengi officinarum)
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6th Annual NFTSRSS - poisondartfrog - 2021

Native to the regions covering Southern Europe to South Asia and Northeast Asia.

All parts of this plant are toxic, with one exception. Each pod contains a fruit. When the fruit is FULLY ripe, it is considered edible. At all other times, it is toxic.

sedative

Start Chinese lantern plant seeds indoors in spring, and expect germination in 20 days. Or, plant root divisions taken from an existing colony. Chinese lantern plant will bloom and produce decorative pods in its first year.

Hardiness zone 3-9.

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Altai Onion (Allium altaicum)
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From M.T. St. Hubert Quebec Canada 12-2020 April 12, 2021: Seeds sown (Outdoors in big pot in Garden 1.)
May 5, 2021: Plant emerged (3)

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Elephant Garlic (Allium ampeloprasum)
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First set got a fungus & died... Did not die. Emerged again March 2022.
Planted more in a different location.

In cooler climates, plant in the fall or spring while in warmer regions the herb can be planted in spring, fall, or winter.

Hardiness Zones: 3–9.

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Leek (Allium ampeloprasum 'Large American Flag')
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Sown 2023
6th Annual NFTSRSS - Ladyreneer - 2021
Purchased fm 2022

Leeks are grown in trenches so that the leaf bases can be covered with soil in order to increase the size of the white portion.

Scottish heirloom leek was introduced in the 1830s near Edinburgh, Scotland with a delicious, sweet, subtle onion flavor.

Very winter-hardy plants with blue-green white stalks 7-10" long and 1 1/2" in diameter.

You can plant leeks as early as two weeks before your last-expected spring frost. Here in New York's Hudson Valley (zone 5-b), I plant leek seedlings between late April and mid-May.

Maturity: 120 days.
April 12, 2021: Seeds sown (In plug tray 1 row 2 in unheated greenhouse.)
April 21, 2021: Plant emerged
March 21, 2023 - July 19, 2023: Seeds sown

Tiger Swallowtail butterfly on perennial onions #pollination

Onions (Allium cepa)
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Zone 5: Start December 22.
Transplant March 21, 2023. Add fertilizer & bonemeal to the planting bed.
Plant 5 inches apart. Fertilize in veg stage. Nitrogen (bloodmeal).
Onions will start to bulb. June 21 add sulfur to the bed.
Clear dirt from around onion bulbs so they can grow larger.
Harvest mid-July.

Rem. Candy onion, Patterson onion.


Onion (Allium cepa 'Italian Red')
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Flower head with most buds unopened

Onion (Allium cepa 'Potato Onion')
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Sweet Yellow Spanish In The Garden

Sweet Spanish Onion (Allium cepa 'Sweet Spanish Yellow Utah Jumbo')
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mig 2022

'Yellow Sweet Spanish Utah' is from that early type, producing large, 3"–6" globe-shaped bulbs with amazingly mild, sweet flavor. A long-day variety, it grows best in states north of the 37th parallel. Utah designated this onion the state vegetable in 2002.

110 days
February 6, 2023: Seeds sown (60)
February 13, 2023: Plant emerged (1plant emerged & it is probably a Walla Walla that bounced.)
February 13, 2023: Seeds sown (Sowed 60 more.)

Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio

Onion (Allium cepa 'Texas Early Grano')
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Anne Texas 2022

Short day onion.

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Onion (Allium cepa 'Walla Walla Sweet')
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SV&GWS - Bingo - 2023

mild yellow variety from Walla Walla, WA.

Juicy, sweet, regional favorite. In the Northwest, which has normal low winter temperatures above -10°F (-23°C), seed is sown in late August, and a crop of very large, flattened, ultra-mild onions is harvested early the next summer. SPRING PLANTING: Walla Walla may be spring planted using seeds or plants in colder regions where winter survival is hit or miss. It is not as big or sweet as the wintered-over crop, but still milder and juicier than others from spring planting. Nice as a "green top" onion. Not for storage. Adaptation: 35–55° latitude.

Long day onion.
February 6, 2023: Seeds sown (50)
February 11, 2023: Plant emerged (20 seedlings emerged.)
April 11, 2023: Transplanted (22 into new garden area by the pond.)
March 27, 2024: Miscellaneous Event (Presoak.)

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Onion (Allium cepa 'White Sweet Spanish')
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Garden Onion (Allium cepa 'Yellow Sweet Spanish')
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