I grow under the canopy of oak and walnut trees, so most of my garden on gets direct sun a couple hours a day, some of it is completely shaded all day however. I found some crops have wild diversity in tolerance to shade, so getting those to naturally select has been incredibly easy.
Here’s just a few photos from a couple weeks ago.
My pole bean trial to find varieties suitable for high density planting and shade tolerance, to breed the perfect companion for my flourcorn.
GTS winter pepo, I planted 5 or 6 seeds but only this guy had vigor despite full shade. Possibly owed to its bush habit, which im a little greatfull for considering the limited space in this bed.
Andy’s green mountain multiplier onions from true seed. Some are bulbing nicely following the solstice.
GTS cantaloupe, I recently seeded a couple Prescott fond blanc in this bed since most of them didn’t thrive in the shade.
GTS sweet corn. Small patches spread throughout the garden succeeding spinach or peas or anything else done for the season. I’m impressed so far, maybe not in size however.
My first year growing okra
I promise there’s potatoes in there, I may need to weed once more before forgetting about them the rest of the season.
GTS carrots and a grex I made. The GTS mix has a high tendency to go to seed in its first year which isn’t ideal, and I’m wondering if someone didnt mix up there plantings and just saved seed from a bolting carrot last year. But most plants seem to do fine clustered together.
GTS eggplants that have survived so far. I didn’t get anything from comercial varieties last year, and I’ll be lucky if I get anything this year.
GTS sweet peppers, they seem to be tolerating the shade so far.
Small patch of my nitrogen fixing flourcorn landrace. It gets the most sun out of anything and thrives with little to no diseases.