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Anonymous wrote:My garden just started taking off last week and boy did it ever. I am almost ready to pick two zucchini with several small ones growing. My squash got it's first squash on it yesterday. Pepper plant has a tiny pepper on it. Lots of flowers on tomatoes. Beans are several feet tall. Cucumbers are still not doing much though.

Same. I could have written this. I gave in and bought a cucumber plant as two that I seeded failed to get past 4 leaves. My tatoes suck too. My corn and radish are growing by leaps and bounds. My carrots and lettuce are growing soooo slow. I have a question. If I want to add fertilizer, like with crab shells, how do I did it. Do I just spread it over the current soil? Thanks! The weather is partly to blame

yep, we picked two nice zucchini already. delicious. We also dug up a potato plant to see what was going on as this is our first time with potatoes. We got 4 nice (but smaller) red potatoes. Currently we have several more zucchini and squash growing. bean plants are huge with flowers. Tomato plants are huge with flowers. Cucumbers just got flowers yesterday. One of the pepper plants has a pepper a little smaller than a golf ball. But like I said...just about everything just started taking off. Zuchini plant is enormous. squash, cucumbers, and pepper plants quite small yet.

I'm sure it's just transplant shock, OP, and they will eventually take off.

As far as my own experience, I planted my tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants (all grown from seed) a week ago. They have already grown visibly. They were fairly small when I planted them, so not stunted in the pot. I planted the tomatoes as deep as possible.

In terms of amendments, I added greensand, crab and lobster shell, and Espoma Garden Tone before planting. I also mulch with 1 inch of leafgro right after planting every year to prevent leaf diseases, and so that gets dug in the next year before planting.

I will put in cucumber seeds after June 15 in an attempt to beat the cucumber beetles' lifecycle and the bacterial wilt they transmit.

Anonymous wrote:My garden just started taking off last week and boy did it ever. I am almost ready to pick two zucchini with several small ones growing. My squash got it's first squash on it yesterday. Pepper plant has a tiny pepper on it. Lots of flowers on tomatoes. Beans are several feet tall. Cucumbers are still not doing much though.

Same. I could have written this. I gave in and bought a cucumber plant as two that I seeded failed to get past 4 leaves. My tatoes suck too. My corn and radish are growing by leaps and bounds. My carrots and lettuce are growing soooo slow. I have a question. If I want to add fertilizer, like with crab shells, how do I did it. Do I just spread it over the current soil? Thanks! The weather is partly to blame

Planted my tomatoes and peppers last week and they have really shot up, I did add a TON of compost.

I also could have written this post.
My cantaloupe plants haven’t grown an inch since planting (almost a month ago). My one squash plant has yellow leaves and hasn’t grown.

Pumpkin seeds took off nicely and pepper plants have sustained.

Anonymous wrote:Are your plants actually in full sun?

They get full sun from about 10 am to the evening.

Got three strawberries from one plant. The other one has done nothing.

Small potato crop.

Something ate the peas.

Plenty of kale.

Everything else is stunted.

Are your plants actually in full sun?

Anonymous wrote:Question: If you add fertlizer or plant food, are the veggies not considered organic? Thanks.

Organic fertilizer.

Question: If you add fertlizer or plant food, are the veggies not considered organic? Thanks.

My garden just started taking off last week and boy did it ever. I am almost ready to pick two zucchini with several small ones growing. My squash got it's first squash on it yesterday. Pepper plant has a tiny pepper on it. Lots of flowers on tomatoes. Beans are several feet tall. Cucumbers are still not doing much though.

For veggies the crab shell soil amendment from Grey Goose Farm, or the bags of lobster compost (Good Earth had these) are better than all others. For me better performance than leafgro, which I use for my flowers

I grew some from seeds, and some of have taken and re-planted. Cilantro are finally looking bigger, but not yet ready to transplant.

You need better fertilizer or compost. Tomatoes are fairly easy to grow if you have good soil. Mine grow like weeds, but right now, they are not that big, but they have definitely grown. Same for peppers.

I also planted some lettuce, and they are pretty big now. We've eaten several of the leaves.

We have two sections in the garden, and one area is composted and has better soil than the other. The plants on that side definitely grow better than the side without the compost and better soil.

You can test the acidity of your soil and amend it with lime.

https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-test-soil-acidity-alkalinity-without-a-test-kit-1388584

I add the soil conditioner with either crab shells (Grey Goose Farm has it in bulk) or buy the bags that have lobster shells (Good Earth sells these). I find it better for the vegetable garden than any other.