Why they call it the Garden state

I purposely kept that fishes name out of my post, but I knew it would find it's way. I have a short window, hoping the winds are in my favor.

 

I wish mine were that low

 

As others have said, until the ground warms to 50F, they will survive, but not grow.
Why bother w/all that walls of water or whatever.
Nature does it in her own time.

I have always buried my tomato stalks like that but never paid attention which way.
I will try the roots south and see what happens.
All of my guys will remain in the basement shop, warm and cozy.
We can have night down to 35F until mid May.
In a week will start the in/out, in/out, making the transition from grow lights
to sun light. Memorial day week is garden planting week.

 

Gardens not in, still in plastic green house starter stage. Frost warning tonight!!

 

Well, you knew it was a bit of a gamble.

Sorry it didn't pan out better.
Don't beat yourself up over it.


I'm gonna get a flat of tomato plants soon, but will be hedging my bet by doing a bunch in buckets. Garden got completely over-run by weeds last year.

I'm not a big fan of herbicides and other poisons, but this multi-flora rose is pushing me there quickly.

Hope they bounce back for you.
Keep em green and hope for the best.

 

Well, I made a big mistake.

My friend who has the mini excavator convinced me to just let him move some soil from one section of property to fill in the raised bed garden I made. Well, his intentions were good, BUT he picked the weediest area to grab the soil from.

I was going to spend the $$ to get potting soil and screened topsoil to mix and fill it in, it would have cost a bit, but I wouldn't have ended up with the problem I have now.

Lots of rocks, and lots of established weed root structures.

I've tilled things under 2 years in a row, and the weeds just love me for it.

Heck, I even tried putting down weedguard with rocks on top last year, the only area they didn't grow through was the rocks. Perhaps I just need to start a rock garden and get all zen-like.

 

Looks like they're dropping the larger older bottom leaves because they are dry. It can be tough to keep trying to water them as if they are still in pots even though they are in the ground trying like crazy to find some water.

 

Hope you don't mind a suggestion. 1. Nerver top water tomatoes. Splash from the ground is often the reason for leaf loss from early blight etc. Use a soaker hose or just water around them. Pick off and discard sick looking leaves. You just don't know if they are diseased or damaged from the weather. 2. I would water them with half strength liquid fertilizer weekly. Weakened plant are very vulnerable to disease. Usually some sort of fungus. If all else fails, just plant new plants and move on with it. Very neat looking garden. Shows a lot of work being done. What variety did you plant?

 

On His time...not yours.
Seems life is much easier after we get that....
too bad it took me 60 some odd years to figure that out.

Cute pup.

 

I top my soil with grass clippings once plants are established. You can add it multiple times until you block all the sunlight and the weeds die off. The grass also acts as a mulch so your plants don't dry out as quickly during heat waves.

 

I've done that in the past, but wound up with cutworms in the garden.

 

Grass clippings make a mess every time you walk in there. MHO.

For your patch, plant a marigold at each corner and a couple of basil plants in between.
No cut worms.

Straw would be better, I think.
I'm going to put down black plastic for half
of mine this year and see how that works.