Also waiting on berries. Do you soak them?

I usually don't but it's been really dry this year so I've been watering them at least once a week. I think it's rained once in 2-3 weeks and just for an hour or two. It's easy to tell when plants need water when they start to wilt, but I have no idea how much the berries need. It's supposed to rain tomorrow and Monday, but if not I'm going to have to give then a lot of water.

The point of a greenhouse is to keep the environment warmer than outside

that really doesn't sound like a good idea in Dallas, Tx in the summer with temps over 100

I wouldn't say its the only point either as I am trying to grow stuff that cant survive the heat of the summer and do the opposite in the winter. I've been able to keep basil, green onions & lemon balm year round but thats it so far

dill and thyme are what I really want to grow year round but I cant get dill to grow anywhere so far

Greg,

I'm pretty sure the berries are waiting for you to leave for the day so they can ripen and let the wildlife get first pickings.

Yim,

Idk why but I find dill to be really difficult to grow. It pretty much only works a quarter of the time This of course makes me want to grow it even more. It's like it's read those PUA sites and is screwing with me

glad I'm not alone, I can buy it at the farmers market and it looks fantastic, I gotta figure out how they pull it off.

Hopefully one of us will figure out how to do it soon

I also have never successfully grown dillweed.

Blackberries


Wineberries

garden lettuce earlier in the year:

roasted garden broccoli with carrots(lemon zest, garlic, and some other stuff mmmm):

garden green beans with bacon:

cucumbers, zucchini, peppers, and tomatoes:

total noob garderner here. I started my first garden about 2 1/2 weeks ago (about 4-6 weeks to the planting party). I planted tomatoes, cucumbers, cantaloupe, jalapeno pepper, basil, cilantro and mint. When I planted the tomatoes plants, they were already 8-12 inches in height.

When should I start to see the the tomatoes start to bear fruit? Currently they are between 16-24 inches in height.

How about the cucumbers? They were about 6 inches in height when planted and now they are about 12 inches.

Finally the jalapeno plant, is currently about 24 inches tall. When should I start to see some peppers grow?

Any help/insight would be appreciated. For climate reference, I live in MN

For tomatoes it really depends on the variety and the amount of sun (should be getting minimum 6 hours a day). Early Girl are the quickest. I planted mine in mid-May so it's been about 8 weeks and they are about 5' high with a ton a fruit but none have ripened yet. Other "slicer" tomatoes take 2-3 weeks longer. I have a couple of varieties of cherry tomatoes also planted mid-May and they are producing some fruit.

Here's my out of control Super Sweet 100 cherry tomato that's about 6' 6" high and keeps growing



Here's my out of control Early Girl. It's in a 4' cage, but it's a foot above the cage and just spreading everywhere and I have to tie up more vines every couple of days.

Bought an appartment with a decent balcony and i m starting to grow some stuff. Subscribing to this thread should help.

I ll try to post some pictures to get some advices as i am a huge noob.
Next step will be growing indoor

Tomatoes finally starting to ripen

We just had 4 chilli plants this year. We took the seeds from the best fruits from last year and sowed them. They grew so good, that we have to put them in the freezer, because we can't eat them fast enough. The pic is from what we have in the freezer now. We probably ate twice that amount the last ~4 weeks, and there's still more than that left on the plants now, that's still green.

Second bloom of the season here

Didn’t have much luck with veg this year but then again I did absolutely nothing except for plant some seeds and turn the water on.

Cherry's and big boy's

live in Minneapolis, and was finally able to get my garden planted today (tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and herbs). The vegetables I planted, the plants are about 2-3 inches. We are expected to get pretty heavy rains this weekend (2-3 inches). Will the plants hold up in all that rain?

I'll jump in with a couple of pics of this year's veggie garden.







first time growing garlic so very much looking forward to the harvest. it's looking very healthy at this point.

everything is started by bulbs or seed. first time trying asparagus.

I developed a product to help people get plants/to from the nursery by buckling them in, keeping your car floorboards clean and free of dirt, or if you are just a plant fanatic and want to keep one in your car for the fresh air/zen-like benefits. It's yourplantbuddy.com. Just recently went live and could use any feedback, as it's very much a work in progress. Hope someone likes it!

At first when I saw the picture and you said protect your buds thought you where promoting growing weed in your car. I was like wow things have gotten very progressive.

Is the intention just to transport plants in your car or to actually keep and grow plants in your car? I admit transporting plants in a car is a huge hassle, they tend to tip over. However how many people transport plants often enough in there car that they would need this product?

You will get to eat some asparagus in a few years. Then every year after that for approximately forever.

First time giving those a try too. If they work out I will definitely plant more next season.

Office garden update (all 3 are various pepper varieties)

Wow, all your gardens look great. I tried to grow some veggies at my backyard but had no luck. Eventually, it all ended like this

At least the backyard looks fine. My friend advised me to get a fertilizer spreader like this* next time. Maybe next year I'll try to grow vegetables again.