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This "Weed" is very useful. I've been using Horsetail Tea as a fungicide for years. Believe it works by changing the ph of the plant surface making conditions unfavorable for fungal spores. Stops bean blight in its tracks. Claud

Compact bell pepper well suited for planting in pots or in ground. Fruits are bell shaped up to 8" long and ripen from yellow to orange then red.

When I plant these, I sow them too thick on purpose. The small greens are an excellent addition to fresh salads, much appreciated by friends and neighbors. I initially thin to about 2 inches apart as I harvest the salad greens, then when the rutabaga leaves are about 8 - 10 inches I thin them to 12 inches apart. The greens harvested at this stage have better flavor than turnip greens. These can be cooked and put in the freezer for a quick heat and eat dish. I leave the mature rutabegas in the ground covered with tree leaves and harvest thru the winter as needed.

Excellent Mustard Green cooked by itself or as a flavor enhancer mixed with other greens such as rutabaga greens.

I planted these as a trap crop between rows of lima beans. Worked well in keeping lice from the bean vines, also makes a good eating green, but roots are inedible.

This is a very good tasting early tomato. It grew well and made an early crop before the heat hit, but gave up the ghost when the temp hit 90 degrees. It seems to like wet roots and is not drought tolerant. Most of the fruits were 5 to 8 ounces with some smaller. I use it for salads, slicing, skin slips well for canned tomatoes and sauces.