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Boxcar Willie harvest from the last couple of days. I have to pick them pretty green or the bugs get them. They ripen up ok in the kitchen, especially in a paper bag.
I was cussing the big giant Boxcar Willie plant for throwing golfball size tomatoes but I think it actually is a volunteer from last year's dropped tomatoes. I don't remember planting it in there, and I finally decided that the ones in the other bed are the REAL Boxcar Willies and this is a throwback. Getting tired of peeling and canning tomatoes that are barely bigger than cherry tomatoes so I will be sacrificing that plant even though it throws me up to a couple dozen maters per day. The real BW tomatoes are not so prolific but they throw decent size maters. The spray of spinosad and BT tamed the tomato fruit borer infestation I had going, and now I get about half my tomatoes undamaged, not bad for New Orleans.
Got 9 jars of homemade RoTel tomatoes & Jalapeņos canned so far. I don't mind canning big tomatoes but no more golf ball sized Boxcar Willie imposters.
Still waiting for my jalapeņo production to kick in. I get about two per day and about 3 okra pods per day so far. Both should improve with more growth and higher temperatures. The various sweet pepper varieties I planted didn't show me much. From now on I stick with hot peppers or chili peppers.
We failed miserably at growing zucchini last year somehow. They say if you can't grow zucchini you can't grow anything, and one plant feeds a family. Well, this year they are starting to show us some action. I have made two meals of zucchini and shrimp, or beef, whatever. Haven't got tired of them.... YET. You know what they say, be careful what you plant, you just might get it. We are still getting broccoli side shoots but after throwing the first side shoot harvest, I go ahead and pull the plants.
I still have some tobacco leaves maturing for harvest, all Ligero, on Piloto Cubano, Monte Calme, and Moldovan 456 plants. The seeds I set, died so I have to start more seeds for the second crop and there won't be a third one this year.