Cash Crop Plot
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Area
This is an east facing strip of land that was the site of a woodshed. It's been fallow the last couple of months, with rabbit hutches placed on it to add a bit of manure.
I've used old hay bales to section off the garden into three bays, that way once the cash crop is in, I can spread some clear plastic across the top and stake it to create a mini "greenhouse" effect on the seedlings.
The cash crop is going to be "Abe Lincoln" tomatoes, with basil as a companion plant for it. What I'm aiming for is to harvest at least 10kg of fruit per plant (should work out to about 42 tomatoes each), with a brix reading of 15+
The tomato seeds went into the greenhouse yesterday, they are placed in peat pots filled with a dirt/compost mix and watered with rain water and water we have saved from boiling eggs (so high in calcium bicarbonate)
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PublicFrost danger has passed for this year
The latest a frost has come in past years is 6 Oct, 39 days ago.
The frost season
- Usual frost danger
- Possible: as early or late as it has come
Experimental: this feature is new and might be flaky. These dates are estimates from 25 km weather-model data, not readings from a station at your garden, so a cold spot can be colder. They may be wrong, so check your national weather service and ask local growers before relying on them.
Suggested companions
cayenne pepper
cheongyang chili pepper
fuji apple
green zebra tomato
indian mustard
indian mustard
peperoncini
pomegranate
squash
About this garden
Paeroa, New Zealand
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