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I am on vacation this week, so not a lot of posting, but the wife is updating her garden results, so I though I would list how well we did in 2020. Frankly it was a poor year to say the least. 2019 was much better with almost 10k in peppers. We were able to produce enough salsa, ( main purpose ) and additives to our food to last the year and can 12 pints of chopped peppers.
In 2020? We did about 1/3 of that. In fact the whole thing died before the end of the year. So we replanted this year and are beginning to tally the results. We did not have the January - April burst that normally happens to over wintered plants, but they are starting to come in nicely.
Also of note: we are now averaging about 4 pounds per plant on tomatoes. This is a huge improvement for us. We normally only get one tomato per plant. We can now grow them decently for our needs. We do not plan on making sauces /etc, but rather use them as additives to salads, meals. So we plant specialty versions. The goal is to be able to produce 10 pounds of fruit per tomato plant in the future.
2020 Results......
Net results???? We would starve slowly if we depended upon what we grew to eat.
In 2020? We did about 1/3 of that. In fact the whole thing died before the end of the year. So we replanted this year and are beginning to tally the results. We did not have the January - April burst that normally happens to over wintered plants, but they are starting to come in nicely.
Also of note: we are now averaging about 4 pounds per plant on tomatoes. This is a huge improvement for us. We normally only get one tomato per plant. We can now grow them decently for our needs. We do not plan on making sauces /etc, but rather use them as additives to salads, meals. So we plant specialty versions. The goal is to be able to produce 10 pounds of fruit per tomato plant in the future.
2020 Results......
Lightning Mix | 18 |
Ring of Fire | 18 |
Leutschauer Paprika | 1 |
Haskorea | 10 |
Dragon Cayenne | 1860 |
Gaint Jalapeno | 83 |
Red Hot Chili | 43 |
Tabasco | 1261 |
Fresno Chili | 120 |
Spicy Bell | 191 |
Lunchbox Orange | 7 |
Purple bell | 61 |
3673 |
Net results???? We would starve slowly if we depended upon what we grew to eat.