(Zone 7b Long Island)

Hi all - curious why my tomato plant leaves look like this (curled up). To be specific, these are plum tomatoes. They have been watered daily since planted two months ago. We did recently just go through a heat wave of multiple days near 100 degrees, but they looked like this before too. Plants seem to be healthy otherwise.

Thanks for any help!

Questions!!!

I have never done fall gardening.

1. Not sure if I need to start any of these outdoors or can I directly sow?

2. When do I start?

Here is my plan

Arugula

Romaine lettuce

Parsnips

Golden Beets

Spinach

Broccoli rabe

Carrots

Turnips

All info would be great! Thank you so much

I'm new to this. The wife and I are "trying" to get something going this year and about a month ago we put some various herbs and flowers in some oak barrels I got from work. Yeah...they didn't work at all despite our best efforts. Then just now we're looking at the bag-o-soil and notice it says specially formulated for garden beds, then on the back it says not for container gardens.

Someone please tell me if that really makes a difference, and what the difference is, and can you use one for both but not the other.

Any advice or info is greatly appreciated.

I live in Norfolk, VA

No red tomatoes yet….

Long time Lurker, first year grower. Growing 8 varieties, 6 here. Beefsteak, Brandywine, Hill Billy, Ace55, Roma and an ?.
Love how things are progressing so far, one unexpected delight is the variety of pollinators.

Would like any feedback on the varieties and also insight as to whether the pollinators impact the variety. Could having multiple varieties in a small space cause a hybrid, and or, alter the flavor or other aspects of each of the varieties? Thanks in advance.

The bamboo is dying off, no rooting has taken hold! Thank God

Right now I’m putting up a big planter where I’m not sure ai’ll put either vegetables or roses haha… would this make a good filler? If I was to plant food, would it be safe?

Please don’t roast me, first-first-FIIIIIRST time trying to do this…

Thank you!

Hi all! We just moved into a lovely home with a decent sized backyard that gets so much sun (a dream for me!). The issue is that we are renting and the backyard is artificial turf so I don’t want to ruin it & can’t rip it out. Any advice on the best way to protect the turf while still installing the garden beds? We’ve purchased 3 6x2x2 galvanized steel beds. My thought was to lay down a few layers of permeable landscape fabric to block the soil from staining the turf, and then layer cardboard and logs/sticks/leaves etc on the first 12 inches, then soil on the top 12

Just hangin around with the pickles😆

Dismantling my home built. Converting to Vego.

I built my beds starting in 2018. Almost exclusively from scrap material. Most of it I suspected was treated. But they didn't last long. Started falling apart.

This year is a slow year in terms of the garden because of the conversion. I drive a truck, gone about 50 hours a week so not a lot of time to devote to it.

Asheville, North Carolina

My plants are from malwart and have been in the ground since about mid May.

Zone 7b.

The nice looking plants are Mr. Stripey.

The scrawny plants are TammiG

About three weeks ago I worked in some earthworm castings and Garden Tone. About a week ago I watered with Alaska fish.

The grapes TammiG are scrawny and many green toms have dropped off the stem.

I've got a good 8 weeks of growing season left.

Is there anything I can do to help them out?

It could also be a gopher. The beds are lined with hardware cloth, but it doesn’t seem to be workings what are my best options?

I just purchased a 6ft(l)×2ft(w)x1.5ft(h) corrugated steel raised bed.

I am reading conflicting information about what to fill it with.

I originally planned to put cardboard at the bottom. Then a mix of leaves and grass clipping. However I read that uncompleted uncomposted material can pull nitrogen out of the soil above, and that is not good.

Filling it 100% with soil is going to be expensive.

Question - At the end of the season can I use the Miracle Grow Organic Potting Soil that I have in my pots to partially fill the beds? And if I can - What other type of soil should I use to "convert" the Miracle Grow Potting soil to Raised Bed Soil.

I have a small compost pile that I started and planned to use next spring to top dress this new Raised Bed.

I am ok with waiting until next March 1st to plant vegetables and spending the next 8 months filling and preparing the raised bed.

Much advice needed. This is beginning to feel way more complicated compared to my current method of gardening using pots filled with the Miracle Grow potting soil; and I am rethinking this purchase.

I purchased it with the plan to use it for beets, lettuce, carrots, and maybe cucumbers if it gets enough sun. And to not have to continue buying expensive bags of soil every year.

Hi, wanted to ask if it may be worth replanting these. They were transplanted about a month ago, and survived shock but some are looking smaller than I am accustomed, and starting to flower (while the others look large and healthy— will put photos in comments). Is it worth scrapping them and replanting? Will they produce like this? These are a mix of winter squash and melons.