9/29

Everything is going well so far! Today we thinned the cilantro (as shown in the picture of the discarded baby plants) and planted some mums that Sean brought from his gardening class. We also checked up on the grafted plants, both Sean and my grafted plants have all survived! We will soon be planting them out in the field. Sean's tomato plant also has a small tomato, as pictured (the small plant). We hope it will ripen, although the plant itself is not very mature yet.

Next week we will be mulching and weeding.

Camila watering chrysanthemums.

RIP the thinned transplants! May they rest in peace, and there brothers thrive in their trays.

Camila checking out her grafts. All of them survived!

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Side view of the plot. All the beds are done, and it finally looks finished!

The Sweet 100 has a tomato! Hopefully this is the first of many.

Sean holding up his grafts! They all survived, too, but the scions are trying to produce roots.

Our cucumbers are faring well, it seems! They definitely look happy.

9/27

Pictures of what everyone together on Friday.

We made new beds and planted some lunchbox and padron pepper transplants, then watered heavily to help set them in. 

A pepper ready to be transplanted. 

Sean and Camila measuring where the plant beds should go.

Our tomatoes, trying to adjust in the florida heat.

A side view of our plot. We are progressing slowly, but nicely!

Week 9/16

Setting up our plot on the week after Irma! Dr. Zhao advised us and helped us set it up on Saturday, so we definitely got a head start on it. 

Here is our plot from the side view! We made some beds go east to west as an experiment, although north to south is conventionally preferred for maximum sun.

Here we are, planting some sweet potato! We're hoping these take off and also help with the weeds.

Brandon and Camila, starting some cool season greens in the greenhouse.

A side view of the cool season tray, complete with labels.

Objectives

Our objectives for this project are to incorporate vegetable crops from the different continents of the world and create a treatment system that will allow each individual kind of vegetable to thrive to its full potential. In order to do so we must keep track of air and soil temperature measurements in addition to sun exposure and additive nutrients.We will begin by planting our seeds and transplants directly into the soil on our garden plot.  Based on the individual growing specifications of each crop, we will monitor and deliver natural soil enhancing fertilizers such as compost and place shade cloths where needed.  At the end of the growing period we hope to have a wide variety of fresh organically grown vegetables.

Vegetable List and Planting Dates

Planting/transplants for first week (9/11), given the hurricane wasn't too bad:

clemson spineless okra

national pickling

lunchbox pepper

padron pepper

Tentative seeding in greenhouse by end of week of (9/18):

olympic red kale

asian green mizuna

national pickling

flash collard

Direct seeding by end of week (9/18):

super sugar snap pea

calypso cilantro

clemson spineless okra

turnip- purple top white globe

additional cultvars we planted on the go:

tuscano kale 

strawberries (cultivar unknown)

tribute tomatoes

sweet 100 cherry tomato

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