The plant exchange runs on an amazing team of volunteers. One of them is G, half of the G&L couple I occasionally blog about. Today, G sent me a list of what he plans to bring. You’ll notice, G is an avid okra and tomato fan: we often have incredible varieties to select from at the plant exchange. This time though, he’s also bringing a carton of those famed X77 Waimanalo papayas: the solo papayas that bear sweet fruit on shorter trees.
| Plants for Plant Exchange Aug 8, 2023 | ||||||
| Type | Name | Days | Height | Notes | Swap | |
| Cucumber | Shintokiwa | 62 | 72″ | Op | Japanese style cucumber said to have better flavor & higher disease resistance than Suhyo. | 1 |
| Cucumber | Unagi (japanese type) | 55 | 6-12″? | Hy | Unique Beit Alpha x Long Asian cross.-Parthenocarpic | 2 |
| Cucumber | Suhyo Long | 61 | 48-72″ | Op | Long fruited Asian cucumber grows up to 15″ long & still retains it’s sweet & mild taste. | 1 |
| Eggplant | Florida Market | 78-90 | 30-36″ | Op | 9 to 10″ dark purple teardrop-shaped. It does well in hot & humid regions. | 3 |
| Okra | Burmese | 53 | 48-60″ | Op | Slender pods are curved & virtually spineless, light green to creamy yellow-green. | 9 |
| Okra | Clemson Spineless | 55 | 48″ | Op | Best 3-4″ long. Great in soups, stews, canning, frying, roasting, pickling & boiling. | 4 |
| Okra | Heavy Hitter | 56 | 6-7ft | Op | Very prolific-as much as 250 pods per plant in a season | 4 |
| Okra | Red Burgandy | 55-65 | 48-60″ | Op | Pods should be harvested at 3 to 4″ in length, but remain tender to about 6″. | 6 |
| Papaya | Waimanalo-X77 | 9-12 mo | 6-10 ft | Op | Orange, sweet fruit & high yielding. Resists many diseases. Lo-bearing | 55 |
| Squash | Black Beauty Zucchini | 48 | 24″ | Op | 1957 All-America Winner. Hard to imagine a more delicious or attractive zucchini. | 1 |
| Squash | Jaune Et Veete | 50 | 36-48″ | Op | Slightly earlier and higher yielding than Benning’s Green Tint. | 1 |
| Squash | Raven (Zucchini) | 45-50 | 24-36″ | Hy | 6-8″ long. Consistently delicious flavor. | 1 |
| Tomato | Adelaide Festival (DF) | 75-80 | 2.5-3′ | Op | 6-10oz Loads of beautiful purple fruit with green-stripes. Very good flavor, tangy and sweet. | 2 |
| Tomato | Amana Orange (I) | 80 | 5-7′ | Op | 2 lb Skin is glossy & bright orange, w/sweet orange flesh, great for summer eating | 3 |
| Tomato | Better Boy (I) | 70-75 | 5-8ft | Hy | 12-16 oz Characteristically juicy, crisp, and exploding with classic tomato taste. | 3 |
| Tomato | Bradley (D) | 80 | 48-72 | Op | For Hot Humid, 7-8oz Pink – Southern favorite | 4 |
| Tomato | Carbon (I) | 80 | 60-84″ | Op | 8oz heavy crops of thick walled, for hot climents | 4 |
| Tomato | Caribe (D) | 85 | 48-60″ | Op | 8 oz Compact plants make this a good choice for containers. Easy to grow! | 4 |
| Tomato | Celebrity Plus (D) | 78 | 36-48″ | Hy | 7-9oz Enhanced disease resistance. TSWV resistance will help Southern growers | 1 |
| Tomato | Cherokee Purple (I) | 80-90 | 72″ | Op | 12-16 oz purplish-red | 5 |
| Tomato | Dwarf Beauty King (DF) | 75 | 3-5′ | Op | 6-10 oz. beefsteak. beautiful fruit, very good balance of sweet and tangy. Good production. | 4 |
| Tomato | Golden Jubilee (I) | 80 | 5-6′ | Op | 6-8 oz. Slicing tomato, gold tomato won AAS in 1943 | 1 |
| Tomato | Granny Cantrells (I) | 80-85 | 6ft | Op | Very meaty with few seeds. Vines tend to be a little ‘wispy’ with average production. | 6 |
| Tomato | Japanese Black Trifele (I) | 74 | 48-84″ | Op | 4-6 oz fruits with deep flavor, harvest when shoulders are still green for the best flavor. | 2 |
| Tomato | Jubilee (I) | 70 | 60-72″ | Op | Large 3-4″, meaty, golden-orange tomatoes. Heavy-yields | 3 |
| Tomato | Legend (D) | 68 | 48″ | Op | Good yields of 6-9 oz. Does well in hotter than normal weather. Perfect for container gardening | 4 |
| Tomato | Marion (I) | 78 | 4-6ft | Op | Strong vines, medium-large, smooth, 6 oz, high yields. Especially adapted to the Southeast. | 6 |
| Tomato | Moskvich (I) | 60 | 2-5ft | Op | early, deep red. Rich flavor. Smooth and globe-shaped. 4-6 oz. with a small stem scar. | 2 |
| Tomato | Mountain Princess (D) | 55-68 | 3-4ft | Op | Very productive! 8 Oz mildly flavored. suitable for growing in containers | 3 |
| Tomato | Rose (I) | 78 | 5-6ft | Op | good yields of 10 oz beefsteak. They are very sweet, meaty, juicy, and very flavorful | 2 |
| Tomato | Tasmanian Chocolate (DF) | 70-75 | 3-4.5′ | Op | 8-12 oz Combination of high production, good flavor, and strong growth. | 3 |
| Tomato | Thornburn’s Terra Cotta (I) | 70-80 | 48-72″ | Op | An incredible rich, sweet flavor. (copper brown skin, pink flesh, & green innards) | 4 |
| Tomato | Trophy (I) | 80 | 4-5ft | Op | 5-7oz Sweet flavor Very sturdy plant required less staking/support | 4 |
This month’s exchange takes place on August 8, 2023 (2nd Tuesday) from 4-6 pm in the Kaiser High School (Hawaii Kai) parking lot. It’s a monthly event at the Friends of Kaiser PTSA weekly farmer’s market. Come by, bring your extra plants, seeds, and cuttings while swapping and socializing with community plant lovers.