Strawberries Ocean View Hawaii

Strawberries are one of my favorite fruit. We always grew strawberries growing up in the Pacific northwest. I have been trying to research varieties that would do well here in Ocean View. My search lead me to try two varieties. Quinalt ( the bottom row in my box) and Eversweet (the top two rows). So far both varieties seem to be doing very well. All of them tried to flower the second week after being planted. I picked off those buds so they can focus on root structure. I did over fertilize them shortly after planting I think so many of the plants died off. I got my plants from Direct gardening an online retailer. They have some bad reviews (a lot) but these strawberries came in good condition. Many of my plants didn't look great on arrival but I will keep you updated on how they do down the road.

10/8/2017 Quinalt Runners and new plants. Happy to see them recovering!

10/8/2017 Eversweet are making berries!

10/8/2017 Eversweet berries

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September 2017 Ocean View Hawaii

Everything is a bit wilted since I took the pictures mid day but you can see how well everything is doing!

Birdhouse gourd and zucchini

Watermelon

Pie Pumpkins (no olla) no pumpkins yet

Pie Pumpkin (small Olla) one small pumpkin

Pie Pumpkin (med Olla) this one really looks the best in a few hours it will be happy again you can kind of see the 4 pumpkins on here. One of them is already turning orange!

Cucumber there are a few babies on here. These are pickling cucumbers hopefully they do well!

Carrots and whats left of my radishes

Red raspberry going to need to build a support soon!

Red raspberry (center) I lost one plant likely due to over fertilizing

Black Raspberry these are absolutely flourishing!

Onion bed, You might be able to see a few bulbs starting to form! the leeks are doing really well though. 

Strawberries, not looking so good I think I over fertilized them a few weeks ago or maybe its just been too hot but the ones that are left look healthy!

Tomatoes! I have gotten more tomatoes than I expected off these 4 plants and they are still going strong! I have started 4 more more towards the center. hopefully I will be able to have a constant supply for all our tomato needs! You can also see my cinnamon basil there in the middle its pretty happy there! its about to flower it looks like. We tried it and it doesn't really taste like cinnamon at all to us. 

Finally got in all my greens from the Ka'u farm school several weeks ago. They are much happier in this shady bed then the little cups I had them in!

My cabbage is finally starting to come to a head it looks like! can't wait for more homemade eggrolls!

Ginger still trucking along making more shoots every week!

Ginger is getting ready to bloom! I'm excited to see what it will look like! I wasn't expecting blooms on my edible ginger!

Bananas still growing no buds yet though