Garden Log #1

Before planting any vegetables I recorded the amount of sun on my deck over the course of one day.  I watched the sun from 9:00 am - 6:00 pm and made a picture each hour of the location of direct sun, part sun, and shade.  Then I added up the hours of direct sun.  The numbers below list the hours of direct sun for the corresponding location on the deck.

Here is a record of everything I planted:

1. Sungold tomato
2. Brandywine tomato
3. Better Bush tomato
4. Patio tomato
5. Husky Cherry Red tomato
6. Dusky eggplant
7. Japanese Long eggplant
8. Boston Pickling cucumber
9. Yellow Bell sweet pepper
10. Cayenne hot pepper
11. Chili Red hot pepper
12. Little Gem lettuce (Seeds)
13. Buttercrunch lettuce (Seeds)
14. Black Seeded Simpson lettuce (Seeds)
15. Silvia lettuce (Seeds)
16. Mesclun Mix lettuce (Seeds)
17. Baby's Leaf Hyprid spinach (Seeds)
18. Short 'n Sweet carrot (Seeds)
19. Burpee's A#1 Hybrid carrot (Seeds)
20. Petite 'n Sweet carrot (Seeds)
21. Rudolf radish (Seeds)
22. Pink Beauty radish (Seeds)
23. Dark Seeded Early Perfection peas (Seeds)
24. Everbearing strawberry
25. Sweet Basil (6 plants)
26. Greek Basil
27. Basil Siam Queen
28. Kentucky Colonel Spearmint
29. Parsley
30. Apple Mint
31. Nasturtium - Tip Top Mix
32. Lemon Thyme
33. Chives
34. Oregano
35. Rosemary

I measured the amount of potting mix that would fit into each container.  My container types and sizes are as follows:

• One 24 gallon fiberglass container (24" diameter x 22 " tall)
  
• Six 13 gallon fiberglass containers (20" diameter x 17" tall)
  
• Three 8 gallon wood containers (19" diameter x 12.5" tall)
  
• Five 7 gallon terra cotta containers (17.5" diameter x 14" tall)
  
• Three 5 gallon plastic windowbox containers (8" deep  x 35" long  x 7" tall)
  
• One 4 gallon terra cotta container (15" diameter x 12" tall)
  
• One 4 gallon terra cotta strawberry pot (9.5" diameter x 16" tall)
  
• One 2 gallon ceramic container (11.5" diameter x 13.5" tall)

Here is what I planted in each container:

• 24 gallon - peas
  
• 13 gallon - sungold tomato, brandywine tomato, husky cherry red tomato, cucumber, carrots, radish
  
• 8 gallon - sweet basil (6 plants), chili red pepper, herb assortment (rosemary, thyme, siam queen basil, oregano, nasurtium, chives)
• 7 gallon - dusky eggplant, Japanese long eggplant, cayenne pepper, yellow bell pepper, better bush tomato
• 5 gallon - all the lettuce varieties
• 4 gallon - patio tomato
• 2 gallon - mint and parsley

In each pot I used Miracle-Gro Potting Mix which contains the following ingredients:

• Forest products compost
• Canadian sphagnum peat moss
• Perlite
• Wetting Agent
• Slow release fertilizer (Nitrogen .21%, Phosphate .07 %, Potash .14%)

Planting Dates:

• June 6, 2009 - mesclun, spinach (seeds); patio tomato, better bush tomato, brandywine tomato, cayenne pepper, chili red pepper
  
• June 14, 2009 - strawberry
  
• June 15, 2009 -  herbs, yellow bell pepper, dusky eggplant, cucumber, husky cherry red tomato
  
• June 16, 2009 - peas, carrots, radish, all lettuce except mesclun (all seeds); sungold tomato, Japanese eggplant 

Plant Location (Hours of Direct Sun):

• 7 hours - sungold tomato, brandywine tomato, husky cherry tomato, better bush tomato, cayenne pepper, Japanese eggplant, basil, herbs, strawberry
  
• 6.5 hours - cucumber, yellow bell pepper
• 6 hours - patio tomato, peas, parsley, mint
  
• 5.5 hours - chili red pepper
• 5 hours - dusky eggplant, carrots, silvia lettuce, black seeded simpson lettuce
  
• 4 hours - radish
  
• 3.5 hours - buttercrunch lettuce
• 3 hours - little gem lettuce