We've noticed that because of the strange and extra wet weather this year backyard gardens (and our farm!) aren't doing as well as they should be... Rain can affect mediterranean crops like zucchini, cucumber and tomatoes by allowing fungal infections to proliferate on the plants leaves and stems. Blossom end rot, powdery mildew, and tomato blight all love moist conditions, as do pests like snails and slugs which eat tender leaves close to the ground. When it comes to lettuce, frisee, arugula, mustard and other tender leaves, hard rainfall can damage them physically, by pulverizing the leaves and waying them down causing breakage and rotting.
If your garden has some holes and needs a little pick me up come see what we've got growing at our Mid Season Seedling Sale, this sunday at the nursery. Alongside our staple seedlings like kales, arugula, peppers, eggplants, edible flowers, and herbs, we will also have our LAST crop of tomatoes for the season (we dont recommend planting them after January) and our FIRST crop of lettuces, spinach, and watermelons. We only recommend growing lettuce during this "coolest" part of our season, so we have propogated tons of beautiful colored and textured lettuces for your garden. Many of them are "cut and come again" varieties, so you can harvest the whole head above the crown a few times before the plant has to be replaced.
We also have some fun stuff that would make great gifts for the plant nerd in your life... calamondine trees, keylime trees, mature pineapples already in a pot (no need to repot into something larger we've planted these cuties in reclaimed feta tins), bundles of seeds ready for stuffing stockings, secateurs, garden tools, and strawberries in hanging baskets!! Come shop for the holidays with us!
Sunday, September 13th, 10am - 2pm
115 NE 76th Street
Little Haiti, Miami 33138
Here is a list of plants we will have available:
New:
Salanova Lettuces (red oakleaf, red butter, green oakleaf, green butter)
Red Cherokee Summer Lettuce
Bloomsdale Spinach
Sugar Baby Watermelon
Shungiku Chrysanthemum Greens
Bronze Fennel
Greens:
dinosaur kale
curly kale
collards
perpetual spinach
swiss chard
bloomsdale spinach
mizuna mustard
scarlet frill mustard
southern giant curled mustard
napa cabbage
traditional cabbage
broccoli
shungiku chrysanthemum greens
arugula
lettuces!
frisee
escarole
Herbs:
peppermint
spearmint
chocolate mint
orange mint
genovese basil
thai basil
lemon basil
rosemary
oregano
sage
bunching onions
bronze fennel
marigolds
nasturtiums
celosia amaranth
purslane
french sorrel
calendula
cilantro
papalo
Sweet peppers:
shishito
pepperoncini
biscayne
lipstick
lunchbox yellow, red and orange varieties
Spicy peppers:
bhut jolokia
fish variegated
long red cayenne
habanero
mustard habanero
datil
lemon drop
jalapeño
yellow thai chili
hot paper lantern
Eggplants:
black beauty
florida market
listada de gandia
orient express
calliope
Tomatoes:
everglades
sungold
blueberry
green zebra
costoluto genovese
yellow pear
black cherry
indigo apple
homestead 24
cherokee purple
Large Perennials:
moringa
mulberry
aloe vera
allspice tree
carambola tree
bananas
ginger
gotu kola
florida special pineapple
betel leaf vine
brahmi/ water hyssop
strawberries
katuk
calamondine tree
keylime tree