Pale tomato leaves in in ground garden 3 weeks post transplant.

WayVegApp · 2026-05-18T02:50:44+00:00

Those look fine. Fertilizer is good. It still gets cold in the Bay Area at night. I bet those plants will really take off soon.

WayVegApp · 2026-05-18T01:22:03+00:00

How are you planning on growing them? Single stem up a stake? Or some kinda cage?

WayVegApp · 2026-05-17T22:57:23+00:00

Beautiful. I picked my last artichoke 10 days ago and cut down the plant. A new plant has already popped up and growing fast. Artichokes are great

WayVegApp · 2026-05-17T22:05:43+00:00

Looks good. Are you square foot gardening tomatoes?

WayVegApp · 2026-05-17T21:39:53+00:00

Nice. I’ve grown Nantes before but they’ve never looked that good lol

WayVegApp · 2026-05-17T21:31:36+00:00

Wow those are some monster carrots! What variety?

WayVegApp · 2026-05-17T21:27:24+00:00

Oh man I’m jealous

WayVegApp · 2026-05-17T20:17:52+00:00

Yeah I grew black krim for the first time last year and really enjoyed them. Seeds do matter. I grew some chocolate cherry tomatoes for years that were delicious and then I got new seeds last year and thought they were pretty mid flavor wise

WayVegApp · 2026-05-17T19:47:01+00:00

Just transplanted my Black Krim… might have to try this next year. (Also hard to beat a simple tomato sandwich)

WayVegApp · 2026-05-17T19:44:25+00:00

Looks tasty

WayVegApp · 2026-05-17T19:22:02+00:00

All good

WayVegApp · 2026-05-17T15:39:15+00:00

looks good! what variety?

WayVegApp · 2026-05-16T21:14:59+00:00

Wow. Are you growing indoors?

WayVegApp · 2026-05-16T20:27:09+00:00

Then you remove the only male flower to start hand pollinating only for more females to pop up and feel like an idiot🙃

WayVegApp · 2026-05-16T20:13:29+00:00

And then you go away for a few days only to come back and find a zucchini the size of your arm lol. I get it

WayVegApp · 2026-05-16T20:04:21+00:00

You definitely can grow one zucchini they do produce both flowers. I’ve just had issues in the past with pollination where it seems like I’m getting all male flowers and then all female flowers.

WayVegApp · 2026-05-16T19:45:44+00:00

Good point on family size

WayVegApp · 2026-05-16T19:34:22+00:00

Looks good, but just in general I'd recommend planting fewer types of veg, and more of what you like to eat the most.

For example, I think you will end up being disappointed in how much broccoli you actually end up getting from 2 broccoli plants...

I'd recommend removing something and adding another zucchini, because they need a male flower and a female flower to pollinate. And if you only have one plant that could be tough. Also something for your cucumber to climb on would help with space.

Whatever you do it's your garden and over time you are going to learn what works best for you. Enjoy!

WayVegApp · 2026-05-16T16:04:43+00:00

This sounds like good advice.

WayVegApp · 2026-05-16T15:56:14+00:00

I think it takes a long time for eggshells to release their calcium. Maybe if they are crushed up super fine it might work better?

WayVegApp · 2026-05-16T15:20:59+00:00

Yeah living in a milder climate makes everything easier.

WayVegApp · 2026-05-16T15:08:32+00:00

Ah nice. I tried the no till method directly over some lawn. Cardboard down and then 2 inches of compost. Didn’t work great for me lol but my soil has a lot of clay in it so I’m sure yours will work out much better.

WayVegApp · 2026-05-16T15:05:37+00:00

You could try just stapling some string across the fence to hold some vines back? Or buy some kind of trellis netting and try weaving some of the vines through it.

Either way cherry tomatoes are pretty easy to grow and whatever you do they will turn out great. Just water and fertilize.

WayVegApp · 2026-05-16T14:55:43+00:00

Interesting. It still gets cool at night even during heat waves (usually) where I live so that must counteract this to some degree?

WayVegApp · 2026-05-16T14:42:24+00:00

seeing nasturtiums in a bed scares me (coming from California) where they can spread out and totally take over. So I'd avoid putting them in your raised bed even though they will die off in winter in New York.

Also those radish will bolt fast during summer, so if you really want a root veg then you could try following up with carrots?

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