re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread

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Buried fish heads under one row, they are struggling.

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I can't speak at a phD level but from my experience that kind of thing takes so much energy to decompose that it takes away from the plants.

It's best to thoroughly compost it in a separate pile and add to your garden afterwards

Here’s where I’m at. I planted and sowed everything on 3/24, so 3 weeks. I’m a little disappointed with the progress. Should they be further along?

Peppers (transplant from store) haven’t done hardly anything


This is the furthest along watermelon


Squash and Zucchini are doing ok


Eggplant hasn’t taken off yet, holding steady


Cantaloupe on the right. Pumpkin transplants (meh why not) on the left.


Butternut not doing much


Cucumbers doing ok, not climbing yet


Beans always seem to do the best for me


Strawberries


Tomatoes

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Peppers (transplant from store) haven’t done hardly anything

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Mine are still small also. Cooler nights like Darth said. The leaves on yours look a little pale. Maybe slightly chlorotic. I dunno if it’s just the lighting in the picture, but I’d say as long as it doesn’t get any worse just wait it out until warmer nights come.

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Pumpkin transplants (meh why not) on the left.

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What kind of pumpkins? They seem to be a little chlorotic as well. Might just be a little transplant shock plus cooler nights.

Everything else looks pretty good. Give them some time. Once they establish some good roots they should take off with warmer weather. If not then it might be time to look into other potential issues or imbalances.

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I just looked this up and it is caused by a high ph, is that correct?

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Could be that or a number of other things. Insects, disease, nutrient imbalance, root rot, not enough sunlight, transplant shock, inconsistent temps, or anything else that could stress the plant. I definitely don’t want to alarm you because it’s very minimal from what I can tell. See what your soil test says and give it time. It may outgrow it.

I usually only water every couple days. Every day only if it’s been dry. Last year I couldn’t water enough and everything died though.

I agree with the others. I have my automatic timer set to water every 3 days and automatic rain delays. As it gets hotter I may move it to every 2 days. I’d cut back on the watering some.

I have at least 5 different varieties of peppers growing, and it seems they are all moving along at a different pace. My bells are doing the worst. Jalapenos look fantastic and the Cubanelles look like they are going to make a million peppers.

Not me.