Potato, Celery, Garlic, Green Peppers

I planted Yellow Potatoes the end of October and covered with grass cuttings. I had some space to the right and planted a few Garlic cloves, Green Peppers and Celery. All the plants have a long growing period, so curious to see how they progress.

• Potatoes: 2-3 months (can remain in the dirt for months)
• Garlic: 9 months 
• Green Peppers: 2-3 months (but produces for months)
• Celery: 4-5 months
  

Fall Planting in a Sub-tropical Climate (Update)

In addition to what I have in the tower, I also planted a verity of vegetables in individual planters on 30 September, and just starting to see the first signs of growth. 

Can see some Green Pepper (Piman) sprouts to the left.

The leaf of this Bitter Melon (Goya, Nigauri) plant is larger than my previous plants. I have a lot of seed stock and some from fruit I ate, so believe these seeds are not from my original seed stock, but that's fine. I'm curious to see what the fruit looks like.

Some of the Strawberry Guava seeds are starting to sprout. Now Strawberry Guava is a tree, so I will need to transplant them soon.

I lost the Tomato plant to the left, but the other two are doing fine.

Both Eggplant are doing fine.

Fall Planting in a Sub-tropical Climate

We had a pretty big typhoon 10-days ago that devastated many of my vegetables, but it gave me the opportunity to  begin a new fall crop. Remember, I am in a sub-tropical location, so many plants grow nearly year around. Here's what I have going on the end of September.

If you recall, I was growing strawberries in this tower, but re-purposed it for the below, which I grew from my own seed stock:

• First Tier - Basil
• Second Tier - Green Peppers 
• Third Tier - Tomato
• Fourth Tier - Lettuce
• Fifth Tier - Tomato
• Sixth Tier - Pineapple and some Lettuce

Cucumber (Top Right), Okawakame (Center), String Beans (Bottom Left).

In the front section I recharged the soil and planted Red Cucumbers (Moi) and Bitter Melon (Goya, Nigauri).

Tomatoes

Eggplant (Nasu) 

Green Peppers (Piman) 

Cilantro (Pakkuchi)

This is my Green Pepper plant from nearly five months ago. I was going to remove it, but found new peppers and flowers, so decided to leave it and give it same fertilizer and plant food. To the left I have a Red Lettuce plant and in the center a Garlic Clove (Niniku).

I put this small Red Lettuce plant in a bucket to hide it from my puppy, who loves lettuce. She can smell it, but hasn't found it YET.

I'm trying something new, Strawberry Guava. I bought these from the famer's market last week and like them, so saved some of the seeds and see how it goes.

Strawberry Guava

Garlic (Niniku)

I planted a few cloves of store bought Garlic (Niniku) about a month ago and one clove is growing well. Garlic is a bit difficult to grow in a hot and humid climate. Garlic is a bulb and like most bulbs they do not like a lot of water and tend to rot in the moist dirt if the dirt does not drain extremely well, and because Garlic has a long growth period, roughly nine months, you need to monitor its health closely.

Herbs (Garlic)

Store bought Garlic can be grown. Simply choose a large clove and plant it with the pointy side upward. Garlic does not need a lot of water,.It takes about nine months, and do not be surprised if the Garlic bulb does not look store bought.