re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread

thanks for the replies fellas, yesterday when i was repotting them i had them outside in the 1'oclock sun for about 30 minutes and they perked up really nicely. the whole reason i repotted them was so i could get them into deeper pots and stabilize the stem with more seed mix.
i dont have any windows that get sunlight due to trees. im also hesitant to put them outside all day while im at work so I'll probably start by putting them outside as soon as i get home from work in the evening. hopefully thats enough to harden them off. ill definitely be getting a grow light next season.

All cozy for the night

Mine are hangin out with the guitars tonight.


Going in the ground tomorrow afternoon.

I just put a tarp over my 15'x6' tomato/pepper bed with a space heater inside. Wife is going to be mad at me because she uses that thing every morning in our bathroom. Oh well

Beginner vegetable garden poster here. I am going to be purchasing elevated planter boxes. I intend on growing cucumbers, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Most planter boxes I see are 10” deep. Is this enough soil depth to plant the mentioned vegetables? If not, what is the minimum?

Any other tips for elevated planters would be appreciated. TIA.

One site tells me 15"-18"

Another 18"-24"

I've always thought that 24" planters looked best and might be better for most root systems for bigger things. 10" will easily help you grow herbs and such but you might need something bigger for what you're looking for

It was 36 degrees when I left the house at 430 this morning, no frost. Hopefully I only lost the cucumbers and melons I'd planted. No biggie on those, they grow quickly. Peppers were tented over with moving blankets and citrus trees covered with heat lamps. Probably overkill on the citrus but I didn't have a satsuma crop last year because of the late freeze. I'd read that young peaches don't get damage until 28 degrees so I didn't cover that tree.


I have 3 store bought black krims in the ground that I didn't cover. Hopefully they're fine but no biggie since the seedlings I started recovered from the sunburn I gave them a couple of weeks ago.

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My Meyer Lemon is loaded with flowers and I considered covering it. I've had that tree for 4 years and only got 2 lemons off of it. I'm hoping this year will be different. I got home late last night and didn't cover, so I'm very happy the temps didn't get as low as projected.

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My wife planted the meyer lemon so she takes care of that one. Last year we covered both citrus trees but she put a heat lamp and ended up with a hundred or so lemons. I had to hear "I told you so" all year.


If my tomatoes have been getting an hour or two of evening sun every day for the last week should I be good to go to put them in the ground? They'd get sunlight until about 2 pm right now if I did.

Current temp in Baton Rouge is 40 degrees. It was 42 when I left the house. I didn't plant last weekend due to the rain. All of my plants are back in the grow room enjoying a steamy 76 degrees this morning. I hope to have most of mine in the ground by nightfall.
This weekend begins my hydroponics experiment with patio tomatoes and bush cucumbers.

Phone says 35. There's frost on the exposed vehicles. I was able to cover everything but the salad veggies.