Looks like we’re having another great plant potluck coming up. Santa G can’t make it, but is bringing us some starters. I’ll be there with some caladium and canna lilies. Ed says he might be able to make it too. He’s the guy with the giant bromeliads and incredible airplants. I’m guessing our YouTube stars from 808.ladybugs will be there also. Here’s what Santa G sent as a likely list for tomorrow (Tuesday). Looking forward to seeing everyone.
| Type | Name | # | Comments |
| Banana | Dwarf Nam Wah Plants | 3 | Bunches of desert fruit in about a year. (AKA Musa) |
| Basil | Corsican | 2 | Deep purple with green highlights. Aromatic with classic basil taste |
| Bean | Long | 11 | AKA long-podded cowpea, asparagus bean, snake bean, or Chinese long bean. |
| Cosmos | Rubenza | 3 | Deep cranberry to rose. Blooms for several weeks if cut or deadheaded. |
| Cucumber | Marketmore 76 | 1 | Parthenocarpic-Dark green even in hot weather, sweet mild flavor |
| Cucumber | Sweet Success Hybrid | 10 | Parthenocarpic-Burpless-tast good-CMV, S, TLS |
| Dragon Fruit | Red | 8 | CUTTINGS The more rare red and this variety is extra sweet. |
| Dragon Fruit | Red | 2 | PLANT The more rare red and this variety is extra sweet. |
| Dragon Fruit | Yellow | 15 | CUTTINGS This variety is very sweet. |
| Lilikoi | Yellow Passion Fruit CUTTING STARTS | 10 | Provide a trellis for vines to climb. Harvest March to September. |
| Pepper | Yellow Monster | 6 | 8×4″-Green>Yellow – Did Best in 21 |
| Tomato | Abe Lincoln (I) | 4 | 16oz – excellent disease-resistance for an heirloom |
| Tomato | Amish Paste (I) | 5 | Best 4 Dehydrating-OP-8-12oz |
| Tomato | Arkansas Traveler (I) | 2 | Sweetest Tomatoes per Epic Tomatoes Heat Tollerent |
| Tomato | Azoychka (I) | 6 | 10-16 oz – lemon yellow with sweet, citrusy, and complex flavors |
| Tomato | Bisignano Paste (I) | 7 | 4 to 8 oz-buttery smooth w/ balance of sweetness, tartness |
| Tomato | Brads Atomic Grape (I) | 6 | Elongated cherries in clusters. olive-green, red, & brown/blue stripes when fully ripe. |
| Tomato | Brandywine (I) | 1 | One of the sweetest large tomatoes. |
| Tomato | Bush Champion II (D) | 1 | Good yields of 8-12 oz very meaty & flavorful. Widely adaptable |
| Tomato | Campari (I) | 7 | Noted for juiciness, high sugar level, low acidity, and lack of mealiness. |
| Tomato | Flavor Bomb Red Cherry (I) | 18 | A hybrid from France. Very little info. |
| Tomato | Giant Belgium Pink (I) | 4 | Beefsteak sweet, mild flavor and meaty flesh, low in acid. 1-5 lbs! |
| Tomato | Golden Jubilee (I) | 2 | 6-8 oz. Slicing tomato, gold tomato won AAS in 1943 |
| Tomato | Kellogg’s Breakfast (I) | 5 | 16-32oz – spectacularly flavored beefsteak tomato |
| Tomato | Opalka Paste (I) | 1 | Best 4 Dehydrating-OP-4-8oz 3-6″ |
| Tomato | Owen’s Purple (I) | 11 | 6-16z. Most 10-14oz. very nice tasting, black variety. |
| Tomato | Peron Sprayless (I) | 7 | Good crack & disease resistance. Deep-red 10oz. Outperforms many hybrids. |
| Tomato | Sudduth’s Pink Brandywine (I) | 6 | Good in HI high temp & humidity. Excellent, rich & delightfully intense, upto 2 lbs |
| Tomato | Sweetie (I) | 1 | Red 1-1.5″ – ASC |
| Tomato | Thornburn’s Terra Cotta (I) | 8 | An incredible rich, sweet flavor. (copper brown skin, pink flesh, & green inside) |
| Tomato | Unicorn Hybrid Cherry (I) | 2 | Red Cherry FNT |
| Tomato | Wisconsin 55 (I) | 4 | Juicy, vigorous, crack-resistant, high-yielding, stores well. Disease resistant |