re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread

Black and blue salvia is blooming.


Already cutting dying leaves off of squash. Damn vine borers are early this year.

Not much going on over by me. Just been picking squash, zucchini, and cucumbers waiting on everything else to turn. That probably means it's all going to happen at once . Here are some photos:

Gypsy peppers. These are so much bigger than the Gypsy peppers I've grown in the past.


Pretty big Fred's Tie Dye:



Big beefs:



Dingus squash. Side note - those that have grown these before? When do you pick them? I was thinking about just letting them continue to grow because of the novelty of the whole situation.



Sugar baby watermelons. No cantaloupes on the vine yet. Maybe a pollination issue, but I've had good bee activity.


Pickling cucumbers and sweet success cucumbers:





Trellis starting to look like a tunnel:

Yes. Anaheims are normally pretty heavy producers. Is the pepper that each has produced at the first crotch of the plant?

Not to be juvenile but the look on your dogs face with you holding that phallus is the funniest thing ever

Sometimes if the plants have some type of shock event like that but have set fruits, the fruits will continue to grow, but the plants struggle. I've had this happen to me before and my theory is that the shock event zaps the plant's energy so it only has enough energy to put into one thing (i.e. growing the fruit). If you pick the peppers, the plant may be able to put more energy into new growth.

Lots of green tomatoes, and lots of rain today. When should I be concerned about splitting and what to do?

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What do yall think on above grove vs. in ground planter boxes?

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I have has to go mostly above due to rabbits.

Your cucumbers are doing way better than mine. They're not setting much fruit. Tons of flowers and they're taller than 6' though.

I don't know about y'all, but my garden has had enough of this rain and wind.