r/NYCGardeners

This is my second year growing tomatoes in zone 7b. I’ve made some improvements based on radial cracking I had in almost all of my beefsteaks last year. No signs of cracking so far, and my plants are exceeding 5ft tall which is where they capped out during late summer last year. 🤞🏻

- upping from 10g to 15g pots
- moving from light airy potting mix that dried out quickly to a 50:50 potting mix garden soil blend
- feeding more intentionally: weekly balanced liquid fertilizer for first 6 weeks of outdoor growth then switching to higher P and K fertilizer after blossoms form

Varieties: all seeds purchased from Botanical Interests
- bumblebee cherries (pink, yellow or purple)
- beefy purple bush
- black krim

I am extremely new to gardening. i have three 15 gallon grow bags with basil, tomato and dying parsley lol. the other day i noticed that there were parts of my basil leaves that were missing. i live in nyc in a balcony. when i noticed part of the leaf missing, i cut it off the plant. i haven’t seen any eggs or anything. i haven’t seen my tomato plant getting eaten at all. is there anything i can do to prevent this? is it fine if like two or three leaves from my basil plant are eaten by mysterious entities? what can i do to not have my plants die? lol i appreciate any type of advice as this is the first garden i’ve done.