Blog Post #10

We made it to week 10!

The Poly (culture) Pocket team is thrilled to share that our crops are finally starting to fruit! After weeks of patiently watching our plants grow taller, we’re now seeing some exciting progress. While it’s still a bit early to harvest, we’re already seeing early tomatoes, peppers, corn, and beans starting to fully develop.

The team has been eagerly anticipating the results of our hard work, especially with the corn. We couldn’t resist shucking a cob early to sneak a peek at the kernels. Despite some concerns about potential insect or worm damage, we were ecstatic to find the corn untouched! We’ve even included a video of the first taste test from our plot, so you can experience the moment with us.

It’s incredibly rewarding to see everything coming together, and we’re excited to begin harvesting in the next few weeks.

Stay tuned for more updates – things are about to get even more exciting!

Until next time!

Photo captions (left to right, down to up): 

1. A vast amount of green jalapeno peppers that are on the verge of being fully grown and growing into their characteristic yellow color. We grew an abundant amount of different cultivars of peppers, both banana and jalapenos. In this photo, the peppers are still too young, small, and hard, to be harvested

2. Daniel Ohana, Kyle Evans, and Phillip Shaske standing next to the corn. Our corn crops grew quite tall (although not as tall as we would have liked), so much so that the height was comparable to that of many of the group members. Two types of corn were grown and harvested within our garden. In this picture, both the king corn and the Indian corn can be seen. 

3. A single green tomato. Throughout the semester, our tomato crops were the main source of our stress. The leaves were significantly curling and we were not certain they would fruit. However, this week we started to see promising growth including the fruit seen in the image as well as the yellow flowers that surrounded our tomato crops. In this photo, the tomato was still too young, small, and hard to be harvested. 

4 and 5. Beans both in seed and in their protected form. The development of these beans was difficult to see throughout the semester as they wrapped around the corn stalks. We were not positive we would see growth until later in the year, however, they pleasantly surprised us by being one of the first crops to be ready to harvest.