r/vegetablegardening

This was my first year gardening, so I stuck with containers just to even see if I liked doing all this. I am beyond thrilled about my very first green bean. 5 inches long and had a fantastic "snap". My husband and I split it with our breakfast and it was the best, freshest flavor. Needless to say - I am HOOKED! And I cannot wait to harvest more as they all grow in. I can't even imagine how that first tomato or bell pepper will taste!

Now catch me looking into some raised beds for the fall szn 👀😂

This is my first time attempting a garden. Maybe 8 weeks ago, I planted some spinach seeds in this bed, but nothing happened until maybe a week ago, when I noticed this sprout coming up. The plant behind it is a young tomato plant. Is this possibly a seed I planted, or is it a weed? My backyard aside from the garden beds is pretty much sandy dirt and weeds. Zone 8b
Thanks 🙂

Sleepy brown anoles on my cucumbers and tomatoes

All of my outdoor cucumber stems (full sun) look like this. there don’t appear to be any bite marks out of any parts of the plants, but the stems are all twisty and one has died. Is this a pest? I live in Richmond VA, USA. We also have tomatoes and peppers in the same area that are doing great. The plants are watered in the early morning before it gets too hot and sunny.

Please help 😭 What am I doing wrong? I planted these late March and another round early April, and those also haven't budged an inch...

I'm in Zone 6b.

Our weather has been consistently in the high 50s-low 70s during the day, 30s/40s at night since early April.

These are sugarlace snap peas (Ed Hume), supposedly stringless and don't need support but I added these ropes a week ago to see if I could entice them.

I had been watering every couple of days but with the yellow tint, I added some 3-5-6 fertilizer and have waited till the top inch feels dry before watering.

And if so how do I harvest them?

I have little tomatoes growing already on four of the seven varieties that I am growing. Orange Banana paste, Black Prince, Cherokee Purple and Rose de Berne all have little tomatoes growing. I am really hoping this is a good omen and that we have a great harvest in our garden.

I planted this nursery plant 3 days ago in Southern Ontario, this is my first year planting out doors i added some dry fertilizer yesterday and looking for recommendations

Ive got basil planted with it and habenero, dill and strawberry elsewhere

I have planted some tomatoes recently on my rooftop terrace but they don't seem to be too healthy. There are some weird spots and they curl together.

The weather was not great the last week and the soil is quite moist. Only now it is improving. On a sunny day, they get full sun.

I want to make sure it is not pests or fungi. Last year, I had some problems with both, so wanting to make sure I react more quickly.

Hoping to find at least one torch

This is my first drip line (2nd year gardening) and I’m having trouble with water pressure. Too much pressure at the start of the line and no output at the end. Any suggestions?

Looking for better options this year for my balcony garden. I have some MG mulch left over from last year, but considering pine shavings or straw. I'm on a balcony and concerned about wind, but I think the flake and straw mulches stay put when wet.

What do you guys suggest for a city balcony that gets a fair share of wind.

Bought a bag of compost from Amazon and planted up two tomato plants and two courgette plants both tomatoes tomatoes and courgettes have these mottled leaves.

I also planted a couple of indoor plants both of which are now covered in fungus gnats; a problem which I have never had before, so I’m assuming the compost was a bad batch which really annoying as there is loads left. I’m assuming I should just throw it away but what to do about the veggie Plants - does anybody recognise what this is? Is it okay - Should I leave it or repot into Fresh compost?

Moved into a rental with a neglected garden. March 5th to today (May 20th). Feeling proud of my hard work! Reno’d by hand and shovel 🥰 half of it still needs to be finished but it’s been a huge project for me!

I am completely new to artichoking!! When do you know they ready to harvest? I believe we are located in zone 8b. These things are so massive!! At least 7ft tall! Otherwise I’d get better pictures of the buds.

Hello! I live in Zone 4b.

I had a small veggie garden last year, then due to some unforeseen, but positive circumstances, I have been able to expand my garden quite a bit this year!
I have not done any seed starters because I have 4 cats and need to invest in an indoor greenhouse.

SO - I am looking to get feedback on what you would plant in these garden beds in zone 4b as direct-sow. I don't want to spend too much on starters because I've got a whole binder of seeds 😄 I've attached an image of the garden for reference, but here's what I've got:

Two 4'x8'x12" beds

Two 4'x4'x12" beds

Two 2'x2'x6" beds

Two 10' hugelkulture mounds

Eight 5-gallon buckets

Two large storage containers

Two small storage containers

(not pictured) Two 6-tier (4 spots per tier) grow towers

One herb spiral (mostly sorted out which herbs I'm growing here)