Crop Harvest Tally (Stats and Data Page)



Crop Type and Variety

Potting Setup
Yield (does not include any fruits lost to disease or damage)
Notes
Peppers
Bell Pepper (Carnival Mix and California Wonder)


4 plants per square 6.5 gallon container
33
Good yield, seems to take to crowding well, 20% crop loss due to blossom end rot
Banana Sweet Pepper
7 plants in a long 7 gallon window planter
54
Very high yielding plants… these just keep producing!

Tomatoes





















Tomatoes
Sweet 100 Cherry Tomato
2 plants in a 7 gallon container
185
Excellent flavor, continuous production right up to frost
Jellybean Grape Tomato
2 plants in a 6 gallon container
58
Good flavor, moderate yield in this growing condition, 20% loss due to high winds knocking immature fruit from plant
Yellow Pear Tomato





3 plants in a 12 gallon flexible plastic tub
255
Extremely high yield, mediocre flavor with mealy texture
Green Zebra Tomato
2 plants in a 12 gallon flexible plastic tub
61
High yielding plants with large clusters of fruit, amazing flavor when picked yellow, 25-30% loss due to blossom end rot early in season
Black Krim
2 plants in a 12 gallon flexible plastic tub
43
Great flavor and texture, good yield, 20% loss due to blossom end rot
Brandywine
1 plant in a 12 gallon flexible plastic tub (with one Evergreen tomato plant)
7
Incredible flavor (best of the garden this year) but not high yielding. Could have been crowded.
Evergreen Tomato
1 plant in a 12 gallon flexible plastic tub (with one Brandywine tomato plant)




5
Great flavor (sweeter than Green Zebra), low yield
Tomatillos (Giant)
2 plants in a square 6.5 gallon container
39
Healthy plants, good yield, but I will stick to the smaller tomatillos for container gardens
Eggplant
Round White Eggplant
2 plants in a square 6.5 gallon container
18
Very good yield in likely crowded plants, excellent flavor and texture, last batch of fruits in early fall turned yellow when ripe and were inedible due to bitterness
Black Beauty Eggplant










1 plant in a square 6.5 gallon container with 1 round white and 1 long eggplant)
4
Amazing that we got anything from this highly crowded plant.  Yielded 4 very large (approx. 1.5 pound) eggplants! Great flavor and texture.



Long Purple Eggplant






1 plant in a square 6.5 gallon container with 1 round white and 1 long Black Beauty)
14
Good yield, also very crowded. Seems perfect for a container. Very pretty plant.
Okra
Red Okra (Burgundy)
4 plants in one 6.5 gallon square container
37 pods
Attractive plants, very large and healthy, but not high yielding enough at any one time.
Green Okra (Clemson Spineless)
4 plants in one 6.5 gallon square container
21 pods
Attractive plants, very large and healthy, but not high yielding enough at any one time.
Cucumber
Straight 8 Cucumber




7 plants in one 12 gallon flexible tub (w/ 3 Lemon Cucumber plants)
11
Delicious and  high yielding, but plant with dozens of immature fruits was killed by powdery mildew in late July
Lemon Cucumber
3 plants in one 12 gallon flexible tub (w/ 7 straight 8 plants)
14
Another very high yielding plant, good flavor, pick before they turn too dark yellow or they will be tough. Also killed by powdery mildew in late July.
Miscellaneous Crops
Rainbow Swiss Chard
5 plants in one 6.5 gallon square container
5 large meals
Delicious, highly productive cooking green well suited to containers. Leave the center leaves when you cut and it will continue to grow back until it bolts in late summer. Then, plant again in same container for a fall crop, as it likes the cool weather.
Red Potatoes
3 plants in 7 gallon nursery pot
About 2 pounds
A fun experiment, and delicious flavor, but they take up a lot of room for the yield.
Detroit Red Beets
Various small planters
6 medium sized beets
These were planted in very small containers as they became available, good flavor, would be well suited to dedicated containers for a better yield.
Zucchini
1 plant in a 6.5 gallon square container
1
Delicious fruit, enormous plant (so plan on it needing some space) but killed by powdery mildew soon after it bloomed.
Broccoli (major hybrid)
3 plants in a 6.5 gallon square container
3 large crowns
Delicate, sweet, and tender flavor. Not a great yield to space invested ratio, as the crowns don’t grow back (you do get smaller side shoots though)


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