Vegetable Backyard in the City: Tomatoes: Sub-Irrigated Container Update

Monday, June 22, 2009

The tomatoes, which were in serious trouble, have completely perked up since they were moved outside. Most of them have their first blossoms.

PLANTING SUMMARY

Harvesting

Type	Planter	Vegetable	Yield	Effective Cost
Greens	C	Basil	40g	$1.00
	SI	Bright Lights Swiss Chard	830g	$4.50
	SJ	Bright Lights Swiss Chard	110g	$4.50
	AA	Magenta Mountain Orach	15g	$2.00
	AC	Rouge de Grenoblaise Lettuce	4 heads	$2.00
	AB	Rouge d'Hiver Lettuce	20g & 3 heads	$2.00
	Conventional Bed	Swiss Chard	75g	$0.00
Peas/Beans	AL	Black Valentine Bush Bean	45g	$4.50
	Conventional Bed	Mammoth Melting Sugar Pea	370g	$0.00
	Conventional Bed	Tendergreen Bush Bean	20g	$0.00
Root Veg	SF	Danver Half-Long Carrot	5g & 3 baby carrots	$4.50
	SG	Garlic	85g	$4.50
	Conventional Bed	Multi-Coloured Carrots	23g	$0.00
	SH	Onion	15g & 4 small onions	$4.50
Zucchini	AG	Cocozelle Zucchini	160g	$4.50
	AF	Cocozelle Zucchini	145g	$4.50

Growing

Type	Planter	Vegetable	Effective Cost
Cucumber	Conventional Bed	Mideast Prolific Cucumber	$0.00
	AE	National Pickling Cucumber	$4.50
Fruit	SB	Everbearing Strawberry	$2.25
	Pear Tree	Pear	$0.00
	AJ	Strawberry	$4.50
	AI	Strawberry	$4.50
	AH	Strawberry	$4.50
Greens	Hanging	Basil	$0.50
	SA	Basil	$2.25
	SD	Basil	$2.25
Peppers	AD	Aurora Hot Pepper	$4.50
	Clear	Aurora Hot Pepper	$2.00
	SC	Marconi Sweet Pepper	$2.25
	RD	Marconi Sweet Pepper	$2.00
Root Veg	Conventional Bed	Blue Potato	$0.00
	Conventional Bed	Fingerling Potato	$0.00
	AK	Horseradish	$4.50
	Conventional Bed	Little Finger Carrot	$0.00
	Plum Tree	Plum Purple Radish	$0.00
	Conventional Bed	Red Potato	$0.00
Tomatoes	B	Black Zebra Tomato	$2.00
	A	Black Zebra Tomato	$2.00
	D	Bloody Butcher Tomato	$2.00
	F	Bloody Butcher Tomato	$2.00
	E	Bloody Butcher Tomato	$2.00
	G	Czech Select Tomato	$2.00
	SE	Jaune Flame	$2.25
	Hanging	Jaune Flame	$0.50
	Hanging	Sweet Pea	$0.50
	Hanging	Sweet Pea	$0.50

Harvested

Type	Planter	Vegetable	Yield	Effective Cost
Fruit	Apricot Tree	Apricot	None - Late Spring Frost	$0.00
	Mulberry Tree	Mulberry	10 cups	$0.00
Greens	SD	Arugula	200g	$2.25
	Conventional Bed	Lettuce	18 heads	$0.00
	SE	Lettuce	24g	$2.25
	SA	Spinach	400g	$2.25
	Conventional Bed	Spinach	500g	$0.00
Root Veg	Conventional Bed	Onion	10 small onions	$0.00
	SC	Plum Purple Radish	7	$2.25

Deceased

Type	Planter	Vegetable	Yield	Effective Cost
Tomatoes	SB	Black Zebra Tomato		$2.25
	C	Czech Select Tomato		$1.00

Vegetable Backyard in the City