Crop Report - end of July

Here is a quick crop report for those who are interested in all things GFF.

The cooler weather has been nice to work in, but it also slows down many of the warm weather crops.  It doesn't really hurt them, but it doesn't help us produce things at the level we would like or as soon as we would like.  Again, it isn't terribly concerning for most things.  It should work out fine - just in its own time.

Tomatoes - we're getting 'scouts' ripening at this time.  A 'scout' is an early set tomato that usually ripens 2 to 3 weeks before peak production.  So there may be a few tomatoes for large shares coming up soon.  Our peak for tomatoes is usually August 15-September 15.  Cooler weather will likely move it back a week.  We still have about 50 tomatoes to cage.  Oy... it always takes so long to do.

Peppers - just getting started.  There may be some in the Thursday shares this week.  Plants are looking pretty good, it a little small.  But, we've seen this before.  A little rain with some lightning and thunder will make these guys really take off.

Onions - we've got 600 row feet of onions that look really good.  They are starting to bulb out.  The guess is late August for them to start getting harvested.  Another 300 feet of onions are weedy and need of help.  We'll see if we can get to them.

Broccoli - we just found our first quarter size head of broccoli.  It's good temps for broccoli, so here's hoping!

Melons - on target for late August and early September

Winter squash - very mixed results.  We'll see.

Cucumbers - slow to start and in need of some real weeding.

Carrots - the new succession is sprouting for one variety and not at all for the other.  We should get something out of this batch.  We need to talk to Jeff about his current batch to see how they are going.

Lettuce - one batch is a week out.  More are going in today and Wednesday. 

Green beans - haven't even hit their stride yet.  This could be a great green bean year for us.  If we can only keep them picked.  Anyone like to do that?

Potatoes - this may sound like a broken record.  We need to get them weeded, so we can run irrigation.  The time is now.  If we get irrigation to them, they should be good.  Prime 'bulking' time is coming up.

Basil - just starting to hit a growth spurt, which shows they took to the transplant fine.

Garlic -due to be dug out this week or next.  We think they should be fine, but a little smaller than some years.