I'm considering eating this.

I guess the bigger pieces are over ripen so they are slightly bitter, but mostly it is neutral tasting.

Okay, what is that thing that you grew and ate? It reminds me of corn BUT... corn with a fungus?

MissS wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 5:36 pm Okay, what is that thing that you grew and ate? It reminds me of corn BUT... corn with a fungus?

It's corn smut, aka huitlacoche.

I was going to say, duh, what?????? Do you grow it on purpose, or is it a thing that happens and you take advantage (or make do)?
Idiot's disclaimer: I have never grown corn. I have never seen corn smut before. It looks wierd!!!

Bower wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 6:31 pm I was going to say, duh, what?????? Do you grow it on purpose, or is it a thing that happens and you take advantage (or make do)?
Idiot's disclaimer: I have never grown corn. I have never seen corn smut before. It looks wierd!!!

I have seen it a few times, but it's my first attempt at eating it. It's a fungus so it happen if you don't use fungicide.

Argent F1, favorite sweet white corn that I grow every year. Best harvest: 0.35kg bell pepper, 0.7kg tomato (Mega Marv), and 2kg butternut squash.

Love your garden! Fantastic job on setting it up too. Gorgeous vegetables.

The Paul Robeson, the most disease-free plant in my garden, which is the opposite of it's reputation. It didn't perform very well in Florida. Probably doesn't like the humidity there, being a variety from Russia.

The fruits are on the medium or smaller size for a beefsteak. Typical green shoulder and cracking after thunderstorm. Leaves are attractive dark green. Flavor is supposed to be excellent, but being early and maybe too much water, it's only so so for now. Maybe it's just me, but the tomatoes start to taste better later in the season. Argent F1

Transplanted the kohlrabi for fall growing. My experiment with growing corn and tomato together. It seems okay as long as you sow the corns three weeks before transplanting to the tomato plants in. Blush.
I think this variety tend to get diseases if you don't give it very good airflow, but at the sametime doesn't like excess direct sun or the leaves start curling too much. Overall it's a good producer.

Anasazi. Third year I grows this variety. There isn't much background info about it. An alternative for Kumato, so it's a dark smokey saladette.

Production is so-so, but I noticed the plant is sturdy and doesn't suffer much diseases, so I like growing it. It seems to handle a lot of sun well.

Without any authority, I am going to call it Pueblo from now instead of Anasazi which is probably disrespectful, but being a purple tomato it likely has Russian origin.

From cutting.

These Pink Bumble Bee which I also grew last year are larger than the regular variety. Many are 1.5" in diameter. I am saving seeds from the biggest ones. Would be nice to have a saladette version.

The 'Delicious' tomato plant I grew in straw bale. It has virtually no diseases. All the fruits are over a pound, although I did limited one fruit per truss.

Probably the most hands off ways of growing, although the two weeks prep at the beginning of the season require daily involvement. After that, it's just watering a few times a week.

More pictures of the Anasazi / Pueblo.

This is a keeper for me, very reliable, low diseases, and decently good at resisting cracking. Forcing the plant to be multistem early on will help improve productivity.

Seeds are available if anyone interested.

Taste Test:
Mega Marv - A. surprisingly great tasting, very sweet, very meat tomato, amazing for raw eating. It is has a sharper tomatoey flavor, as opposed to Brandywine Suddth's which is much smoother.

Brandywine Sudduth's - A+. excellent, sweet and smooth texture. But generally you have to let it ripen more for the flavor to come out, so it doesn't stay as firm like MegaMarv, especially due to cracking.

Delicious - B+. more watery and not as firm as the other two, but still meaty enough, slightly sweet and more neutral, pretty good
2020 Winner - Green Giant
The experience this year combined with past success growing it in Florida made Green Giant my favorite tomato of all time. Very prolific plant, hold up against diseases well. Flavor is not the sweetest, but very refreshing. Very meat, slightly sweet, slight citrusy. The taste remind you of spring. ===

Delicious
This plant is a winner if you grow in straw bale, in soil it often under perform from diseases. Orange Russian 117

Delicious grown from straw bale, the fruits are bigger than the soil grown ones.

Orange Russian 117

Such super looking produce!

maxjohnson wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 5:23 pm This was not expected. I'm not eating these sorrels, but seems ideal as border plants for landscaping.

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That sorrel looks awesome. Which species is it?