Vegetable Harvest Report 04 2009

So I think I'm on track to beat my garden costs. August is just starting and I've already made back about 32% of my money. With that said however, I don't want to jinx myself, so let's just wait and see.

Cherry Tomato: 17 ounces
Average Price: $0.42/ounce
Total: $7.14

Bell Peppers: 13 ounces
Average Price: $0.29/ounce
Total: $3.77

Eggplant: 2 pounds, 7.3 ounces
Average Price: $0.25/ounce
Total: $9.83

Weight Total: 4 pounds, 5.3 ounces
Price Total: $20.74

Running Weight Total: 12 pounds, 15.7 ounces
Running Price Total: $65.33

*Not a lot of vendors are selling these items right now so this average will change over time as I'm able to to collect more prices.

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Juicy Celebrity Gossip

I've been so focused on watching my cherry tomato plant (which is doing fine by the way) that I've completely missed what was going on with the celebrity tomatoes. It's hard to tell from the above photo, but not a lot of new fruit has set.

The celebrity tomatoes look fine from a distance, but when you get a closer look a lot of the flowers look like the photo below.


I did some googling and I suspect it might be gray mold.

This fungus disease is intriguing in that it can cause a variety of plant diseases including damping-off and blights of flowers, fruits, stems, and foliage of many vegetables and ornamentals. It is a major cause of postharvest rot of perishable plant produce, including tomatoes at harvest and in storage. The disease can occur both in the greenhouse and in the field. Besides tomato, gray mold is of concern to other vegetables including snap and lima beans, cabbage, lettuce and endive, muskmelon, pea, pepper, and potato.

High relative humidities are necessary for prolific spore production. In the field, spores landing on tomato plants germinate and produce an infection when free water from rain, dew, fog, or irrigation occurs on the plant surface. Optimum temperatures for infection are between 65° and 75° F (18° and 24° C), and infection can occur within 5 hours. High temperatures, above 82° F (28° C), suppress growth and spore production. Dying flowers are a favorable site for infection, but infections can also result from direct contact with moist infested soil or plant debris.

There's not much I can do about what's there now, but I have some neem I can use to prevent it from spreading. Fingers crossed.

I also bought lime to add to their container, hopefully that will end the blossom end rot.

Spray bottle for neem: $4.10
Garden Lime: $4.30

Running Total: $201.90

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Reading Round Up: Whistle Pigs Edition

More on late blight. Have you been affected? I haven't seen any signs on mine, but I'm definitely keeping my eyes open for it.

If hail has damaged your garden here are some tips to rejuvenate hail damaged plants.

This is fun, golf clubs repurposed as plant stakes.

An unwise use of gardening tools can get you arrested. Say no to garden rumbles.

Imagine gardening in 1816, the year without summer.

Rats!

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