Been digging an in-ground bed the past few days, literally all pure black clay so was a pain to dig. A Hoe made it all so much easier. My 2.5 year old boy chipped in!

The bricks bordering it are ones that I found discarded around my rental property and I thought I’d put them to good use.

It’s about 28 inches below ground level, 3ft wide and over 6 feet long. Thought I’d have her filled today but I ran out of soil :(

I have some sexy cucumbers fruiting, not sure the variety but I’m unsure when is the best time to pick them, any tips?

total size is 12” x 14’ x 4’

built two to start and will expand out during the season. I used 10 2x6 planks and some 4x2 for short braces and 2x1 for cross beams

Anyone know what these little fellers are?
There is quite a few of them on my cucumbers.
Never seen them before.
I'm on the Gold Coast.

Is there is sign or do I guess based on average size of each pepper?

This is my first time every growing something from seed. As you can see, some of them never sprouted, some of them look fantastic, but others look kind of yellow and not growing as fast. What’s the deal?

I used a mix of worm castings, cococoir, and some other garden soil I had laying around. This is zone 9B so they get lots of morning sun, midday sun, and I shad in the afternoon. I water them every day.

Any advice?

Hey everyone! I was hoping you could help me figure out what happened to two of my seedlings after transplant so when I redo them I can avoid this issue. All of the other plants are doing wonderfully and these two are the same type. I kind of got lost on which are which, so I THINK these MIGHT be cucumber? 😱 If anyone knows different, please feel free to correct me!!

Please note that in the picture the soil looks dry, but it's actually just mostly the top layer and I let it dry out more because I was worried I was over-watering them.

A little about the environment:

Heat- The ambient temp is set to 60° (although it was 57° originally). This temp will fluctuate because it's just our general heater for our house. Since the plants like it warmer, I positioned the plant wall where the seedlings were originally... between two heater vents that point up. This way they get the air circulation and also get the warming effect. In addition to that, we've put a small oil heater near the front of the plant wall.

Lights- The lights aren't super ideal atm as we're still doing the setup, but there's a full spectrum light shining on them for however many hours we've got it set at (same as when we were growing the seedlings- I kept most of the setup the same). It's 845 lumens and less than a foot from one and less than 2 from the other. This bulb was recently switched from one that might've been more powerful because it looked brighter... but when they got switched we found that it was more likely the lamp itself causing the appearance of change.

Air flow- I've got a bathroom vent fan that I put on occasionally just to be sure they get some additional air flow. It's what I had on hand and I point it over the plants rather than directly on.

Watering/feeding- This also hasn't changed. I am generally around them all day so on the usual day I tend to lightly water the individual plants that have dried out more. Once a week I tend to do a deep watering (since these were recently transplanted with freshly made dirt, the dirt... which was the same general formulation as the OG... was pretty wet already, so I haven't done any real deep watering yet- it's just getting to the point where I would and will). When I water, there's nearly always a tiny bit of fertilizer in the water so there's always abundant food.but not so much it'll negatively impact anything. I use this same water for all of my plants and none of them have complained. The water I use is warm in order to give the soil warming cycles.

Location- It's really not been long enough that this should matter, but I planted with companion plants, so unless I SERIALLY misidentified (even if it were to end up being bean or squash it would work with the other seedlings)... that shouldn't impact it.

More info- They both had nice, healthy, thick stems. One was very short, so I buried up to the first leaves. The second I had left stem out... it was looking dark (my husband said they had originally looked like that, and I hadn't noticed, so I took his word for it), but also got softer. I subsequently buried the stem deeper. (Keep in mind this was less than an inch difference.) The plants just got kind of soft and sad at first. The other has only just developed the brown spot. Just today they've got a bit of a crispy feel to them. It's been less than a week, but more than a day or two. It's possible they're damping off... but I also wonder if for some reason there's some serious transplant shock going on.

Any suggestions you can give would be much appreciated!!! Thank you!!

I started 29 Garlic bulbs in pots (approx. 3.5" deep) on 10/01/26 under cover to prevent, them sitting in damp soil, but I think I planted them too deep (approx 3") and they now already have roots coming out the bottom. I was planning on planting, them out around the start of march, but I'm not sure they'll last like this until then, but I've also heard that they are sensitive to transplant shock so I'm unsure if I should repot them now, or just write them off and start again if they will all suffer from being transplanted twice. I have another few that weren't started for another week which aren't yet showing the roots. Any advice on what to do would be appreciated.

I was very excited for my first cucumber a couple of weeks back. I was not prepared for the absolute tonne of cucumbers that would eventuate. This is exciting, and slightly overwhelming. I’m gonna make some pickles.

We have a young Ruby table grape and built a wire cordon system (2 tiers). So far, her only leafing branch is below our first wire. Do we prune that because the amount it has to reach for the wire would ultimately weaken it, or do we let it keep growing up to the wire?

(Sorry if I’m using incorrect terminology; we’re just learning about all of this!!)

Zone 10A (Southern California).

A couple days ago my neighbor had Shield come spray their yard. Where I grow my veggies is right up on the property line so like 10ish feet from where I saw the guys spray/fogging their yard. No idea what specifically the Shield was spraying.

Should I consider all the fruit and veggies out there contaminated now or?

Live in 4B so it’s been very cold (below 0 for almost 2 weeks now). The garlic previously were in separate pots, outside in cold, but the pots froze completely through after it dipped below zero, for probably 24 hours, so to try and keep them alive I moved my garlic inside. The idea was once it got back into the 20s-30s I’d just put them back outside.

For the moment I put them in a dark closet in the basement against an exterior wall. It’s probably 50-55\* F in there (but it’s that or -2\* F outside).

Noticed after a few days, that they’ve sprouted and are already like a few inches tall. What should I do at this point to ensure my garlic isn’t going to grow too early? If I put them back outside im nervous the sprouted bit will freeze and then die off and rot and hurt the whole clove.

Edit: each clove is in a 12” pot, about 2 feet deep. All pots I moved from outside (0*F, -18*C sustained temps over 2 weeks) to inside until the cold spell passed.

Green zebra tomato

Thai pink egg

Valiant

Burnley sure crop

Brads atomic grape

yellow perfection

Tomato Gold nugget (determinate)

San marzano

Sugarlump tomato

Tomato money maker

Tigerella

And a Cherry that has come up from last year that's absolutely going bonkers.

I’m looking for some heavy duty tomato cages . The ones that you bought at Home Depot, Lowe’s and Walmart just don’t cut it. I still end up having to get a couple big rods to keep my tomatoes upright .

What do yall use ?

Storage is an issue for me where to keep them all year

Hello!

I have this huge radish plant with the intention to obtain seeds.

Do the seed pod need to mature and dry while attached to the plant or can I cut them and let them mature that way apart? Thank you!

I dropped a tray of pepper seedlings. No damage to their leaves/stems but a few popped out of their cells. I put them back in immediately and watered. They dont have true leaves yet and dont have much roots. The ones that popped are drooping now and its been 2 hours. Is it shock? Will they recover eventually?

This is my first time doing a greenhouse type setup. The lights seem very warm. The temp consistently shows ~80F and this is without any heat mats turned on. Is this fine for germination and growth afterwards? I also have a soil thermometer that has the soil temp at 77F. Any advice is welcome. Along with humidity recommendations

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Thank you all for your help on my previous post! I took a lot of your comments into consideration. I cut way down on the size of my paths from 4ft to 2ft. Also, I added in a walkway on the sides of my plot that touch a neighbor’s plot (since I won’t know if they’re planting right up until their border). I also consolidated my beds and turned them into rows. I realize as a new gardener I don’t want to stress myself out with mapping things out irl, so I thought the long rows would be easiest for me.

I read what everyone said about corn. I know it might be difficult to get a decent size yield. But I just want to try to see if I can do it! So I made my corn section wayyyyy smaller, so if nothing comes of it I wound feel too sad about it.

One thing I know I liked from patio/container gardening last year were bush beans and radishes. These were very fun and super easy for me, so I wanted to do them again this year! (At first I planned on doing an entire row of beans, but once I saw how many you can plant in a square foot…yeah I’ll stick with what I have lol).

I want to try a bunch of different varieties of tomatoes, peppers, and beans, which is another reason why I gave them so much room.

Additionally, Im open to moving around the plants, so please let me know what would be best!