Vegetable Demonstration Garden
This week’s harvest includes:
Okra—4.36 pounds
Sweet peppers—3.02 pounds
Hot peppers— 3.39 pounds
Eggplant—24.45 pounds
Bok Choy—21.3 pounds
Tomatoes—2.14 pounds
Lima beans—5.26 pounds
A total of 63.92 pounds of produce was harvested this week. These vegetables were donated to the Caring Place and the Assembly of God Food Bank in Georgetown. To date, Williamson county master gardeners have donated a total of 3,557.805 pounds of demonstration garden produce to local charities.
Weekly rainfall: 2.5 inches of rainfall were measured the week ending 11/13/2016.
Summary of garden activities
Harvesting, clearing spent plants, irrigation maintenance, and pest management were key activities in the garden this week. Spent okra plants in row 2 and cucumber plants in row 5 were cleared. Okra trunks were removed from row 2 and trial beds. The lima bean trellis in the raised bed area was reshaped and cleared of old lima bean vines. A few remaining lima bean plants were cleared from raised beds on Friday. Asparagus plants were tied up. Broccoli was planted in raised beds. Rabbit fencing was installed installed in rows 4 and 5. Two irrigation repairs were made to an emitter and sprayer heads. An irrigation hole in the herb trial bed was bailed out. Trenching was also completed for irrigation in the herb bed. To control cabbage loopers, BT was applied to all the brassicas in the row, keyhole and raised bed gardens. Multiple holes in cabbage leaves are the hallmark of a looper!
Root knot nematodes were discovered in beets from the raised bed gardens. Pathways between rows 3&4, 4&5, and 5&6 were mulched. The decomposed granite pathway was weeded. On Friday, the compost temperatures were 100 and 80 degrees F in the two piles. Additional green garden material was added.
Fall tomatoes are still abundant in the garden! Master gardeners harvest tomatoes (left pic) and the BHN602 tomato variety is loaded with fruit (right pic).
We had a bumper crop of bok choy harvested this week. Master gardener Teresa holds two Texas-sized bok choy plants. WOW!!!
Butterflies nectar on the African blue basil in the garden. Looks like monarchs in the center of the plant!
November Gardening in Central Texas
The Texas A&M Agrilife Extension vegetable garden planting guide suggests the following vegetables for fall planting:
Artichoke transplants
Asian greens (seeds or transplants)
Beets
Collards (seeds or transplants)
Carrots
Cool season greens
Garlic
Swiss Chard (seeds or transplants)
Kale (seeds or transplants)
Lettuce (seeds or transplants)
Mustard (seeds or transplants)
Spinach (seeds or transplants)
Shallots
Radish
Turnip
Come and visit us!
Our demonstration garden is located beside the Williamson County Extension Office driveway at 3151 SE Inner Loop Road, Georgetown, Texas. Master gardeners are usually at work in the vegetable garden on Tuesday and Friday mornings from 8:30 AM to noon, weather permitting. Anyone is welcome to stop by to see the garden or to ask questions of the master gardeners!
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