Did you know you can cook whole beets in their skins? The skins will then slip off after cooking!
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Did you know there is a difference in types of tomato plants? There are “determinate” varieties (bush tomatoes) and indeterminate varieties (more vine like)? The difference is that determinate tomatoes tend to produce one fruit set that ripens all at once while indeterminates produce all year long until the first frost. If you have not seen the Eco Garden Systems late-tomato ripening hack, you can see the video here).
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Did you know there are Spring and Winter radish varieties? Spring radishes tend to be the red, round radish that are common in product departments. Winter radishes tend to be larger, more oval and can grow to be eight or nine inches long. For Winter radishes, make sure to work the soil a bit to fight any summertime compaction that may have occurred.
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Did you know there are more than 100 varieties of potato? The fall into four major categories: long whites, round whites, russets and round reds.
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Did you know there are dozens of cucumber varieties? From slicing varieties to pickling varieties to novelty varieties (many are smaller and perfect for container gardens), there is a variety for almost every home gardener. Cucumbers are also prolific – often one plant can take over an area of the garden making them perfect for trellis growing (away from other plants).
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Did you know that Okra has a short growing cycle that makes it perfect for any warmer climate? Yield decreases when temperatures fall below 70 degrees.
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Did you know there are almost too many varieties of peppers you can grow to count? Wikipedia estimates there could be as many as 50,000 varieties. There are 22 levels of the Scoville Scale for measuring heat in peppers. The top “heat” generator is pure Capsaicin. Third is Pepper Spray (Standard US Grade).
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Did you know the Italian word Pomodoro actually means Golden Apple? This is what tomatoes were originally called in Italy.
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Did you know the best cooking method for broccoli is to submerge the stems in water and boil – this boils the stem and steams the top making sure that both parts of the broccoli are cooked properly!
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Did you know that, if you live in a cooler climate, that picking off the terminal bud (top of plant) will encourage all of the sprouts to mature at once? Also, keeping lower leaves to a minimum can help also assist in sprout development.
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