re: 2023 Spring Garden Thread

I live in Central Alabama and it's definitely hasn't been hot enough to cause blossom drop.

I would guess you have either too much or too little nitrogen since you claim no insect problems.

Are you using the toothbrush when plants are dry and see the pollen fall out of the flowers?

Here are pics of blooms. As you can see they are healthy plants. There were a ton of blooms but still have alot on there but they just wilt away essentially. But some tomatoes are on plants so I'm kinda at a loss

At the bottom of my tomato plant. Got other leaves looking similar on the same plant. Diffent tomato plant just has similar leaf spotting but no yellowing yet

What am I dealing with. Raised garden bed. Watering pretty often

What are those baskets called?

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finally warmed up enough to get my tomato and pepper starts in.

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Not sure about where you are living but the summer heat in South La is too much for tomatoes to do anything. I won't put new starts in until September

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Is that Garlic ?

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Yep. I have elephant and Italian. The Italian didn’t do as good this year. The elephant garlic did very well.

Looks like septoria leaf spot. Spray em with some daconil or copper fungicide.

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How do you know when to harvest it?

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When about 1/2 to 2/3 of the green tops have died back.

About 1/3 of the onions cured and going in the barn fridge. The red and yellow granex cured faster than the 1015s and white onions. The rack is back full and there is another 30 or so in the garden to come out.


Beans are about done. I picked about 1/5th to 1/6th of what I getting 3 weeks ago. Strawberries are still producing surprisingly. The potatoes will be dug up next weekend after the plants completely dry and die on top.

I planted those onions in Late December. They are on a drip irrigation with fertilizer injection. Getting bigger onions is all about growing the green part as much as possible. Onions love nitrogen. The more sets of leaves on top, the more layers of onion you get. I think there is also a sweet spot depth on planting them too. Too deep, and the soil really inhibits bulbing. Once I saw they started to bulb, I went and pulled dirt from around the bulb to give it room to expand. They also dont like competition, so you need to keep their area weed free.

This is my first year to grow them, so I'm stunned at how well they did.