Green Thumb Up My Nose — November Summary

Garden Report for November 2023

four short items.

1. Finished the last of the bathtub-ripened tomatoes just after Thanksgiving. Some of them were bright green, going in — you don’t have to limit your indoor ripening to those with some color. Lost about 15% of them to mold and such.

2. Finished both of the big winterized tromboncino just after Thanksgiving as well. I left them on the vine too long, and the football part had started to rot. The necks were fine. Tastes like a winter squash. If you wanted to say it tasted like Butternut you could, but only in the way that carob tastes like chocolate.

3. I planted some Amsterdam 2 carrots indoors in October. After three weeks, nothing had sprouted. I planted another set on 9 November, on a heating pad, covered with paper towels and plastic. After a month,  nothing had sprouted. I don’t think I’m going to buy any more seeds from Seed King Express.

4. I’ve been watching YouTube vids on using 4×8 cattle panels as a trellis. Unfortunately, they seem to be not easily available in the Spokane area, so I might have to go with a slightly smaller reinforcing grid for concrete.

Tags: Amsterdam 2 Carrots, cattle panels, indoor-ripened tomatoes, Raised bed garden, Tromboncino