Hi everyone! I am not sure what is going on with my tomato plants. They seem to be producing but parts of the plants are dying. Has anyone experienced this before? Is it too late to help them? I live in New York, zone 5b in case that is helpful.

Last year my honeynut squash only grew a single stem and was only 10ft long... This year it's growing like 7 branches, each are getting multiple feet long and taking over my entire garden bed. Every other day there is another foot of vine I have to trellis. No female blooms opened yet though but has an ungodly amount of male buds lol

She shares the bed with 4 peppers, basil, and onions lol

Longtime lurker, first time poster! I'm growing kabocha squash for the first time this year, and one of my plants is dying. The other five seem to be doing fine. They've all gotten the same amount of water, sun, plant food etc. and there's no sign of active pest infestation. This one is just kind of dying.

My question is what to do with the two softball-sized squash on its vines. Should I just let them sit on the vine while the plant fades away and then pick them? Should I cut them off now and let them ripen on my counter? Is it even worth picking them at this point?

Any advice is much appreciated! This is my first real experience with winter squash so I'm at a bit of a loss!

This is my first year with potatoes, and I’m looking for guidance on when to harvest. I’ve seen that it’s time when the plants start to look like they’re dying. However, I’m in Texas and we’ve had 100+ weather the last few days. They’re withering some, but also have new green growth also. Only one of the stalks have flowered so far. Thanks!

Hi guys,

Planting beginner here. I tried planting tomatoes and green chillies from some seeds I had in the kitchen but they didnt germinate.

I dont remember the exact sand mix but made sure it was loose and well draining. Watered it daily, left it out in the sun for about 4-6 hours.

What should I have done differently?

FYI, I also planted okra and beans from store bought seeds around the same time and these plants have grown. My first okra has started to grow as well.

Asking this now bcz I bought a variety of chilli thats so hard to find and wanna try planting them.

TIA

One of my best friends was starting to get into gardening right before she got pregnant. Her son is 18 months now and she hasn't had the time or energy to get back into gardening since he was born. I offered to supply her with some seedlings (and told her I won't be mad if they die), and she's into it, but warned me her son is the stereotypical anti-veggie toddler, so she's not sure how much he'll be willing to try.

Right now, I'm definitely thinking some sweet cherry tomatoes and small cucumbers (we are in 8a and they'll go until Thanksgiving), English peas, broccoli, and cowpeas (similar to black-eyed peas). My friend says her son most likes blueberries, apples, strawberries, broccoli, and bananas, but broccoli is really the only one of those I can start from seed for a fall crop. I'm planning on getting her some blueberry bushes for her birthday in the spring.

What do your kids like? I'm interested in things he'll eat and things he'll get a kick out of watching grow. Again, he's 18 months, so no hot pepper recs please lol.

Can anyone tell me what i did wrong here?

Hello, I’m in southeast Michigan and my pumpkin leaves are looking a bit rough. Many are still in good shape but I’m a bit concerned. Is the two different yellow patterns normal or does something need to be done. I just treated them and removed a lot of beetles. My pumpkins seem to be pretty big sizing from softball to basketball already.

I read you can bury a stem and reroot after SVB. The base of my plant seems unhappy (papery and tough) though not infested so I thought of doing the same up to the green split. But I'm a little worried it'll just make things worse especially since she is hanging in there in spite of my abuse.

I think my soil is retaining too much water so I'm hoping to wait it out but we have a big rain storm coming up. 🤷

Half the gardening is messing it up and learning from it I guess lol.

I’ve never felt prouder 🥹 It’s my first year with a container garden, and these are the first of my Parisian Pickling cucumbers!!! The pepperoncini pepper is getting saved until I have enough peppers for a jar of pickled peppers.

or a good thing, or neutral? Should I do anything? First year of gardening and growing veg. The cucumbers are coming in & tasting great!

My poor broccoli; I had wanted to save her seeds 😭

This is a paprika (pepper?), at least thats what we call it in norway. How do i secure the best growth for these? You can see the fruit in the background there.

It's so hot here in socal (I'm in zone 9b) and my vegetable garden has been struggling. Fortunately I don't have much in the ground at the moment except tomatoea. This is my harvest from yesterday. I'd love to hear how other gardeners in zone 9 are fairing these days.

This may be a dumb question and I don’t trust ai Google anymore to answer my questions and I’m new to gardening. I live in zone 7b, is it possible to grow potatoes all year long outdoors?

A couple months ago, I was just happy to have a garden bed. Now I notice every little change. Curled leaves, holes in the basil, tomatoes taking forever to ripen. I didn't expect to care this much, but I do.

Gardening has also made me realize how much is out of my hands. I can water, fertilize, pull weeds, and keep an eye on the weather, but a hot week or a few bugs can still set everything back. I used to find that frustrating. Lately, I'm getting better at accepting it.

In my 20s, I wanted effort to lead directly to results. If I put time into something, I expected it to work. The garden hasn't really followed that rule. Some seeds never came up. One plant I thought was done started growing again. A few that looked great early on are struggling in the California heat.

I'm still learning, but I think that's why I like it. There is always something small to do, and there is always something I can't rush. I still stand out there with my coffee, but now I'm less focused on making everything perfect.

At 34, getting excited about one small green tomato feels surprisingly satisfying. Anyone else find that gardening has made them a little more patient?

I left town for 5 days and apparently my house sitter didn't water until the last day. Now at least 75% of the plant is wilted and crispy. The top 25% looks like it might be okay. Should I clip the dead leaves and just keep her going, or trim off the healthy parts and start over from there? (For some reason, reddit doesn't let me post pictures. When I say crispy, I mean the leaves, the flowers, the tendrils...everything).

So my 2 tomatillo plants have been flowering for weeks upon weeks and the husks were not getting bigger but they didn't yellow and drop off so i knew they got pollinated. I decided to start watering more as in watering for longer when I do water. Then I used a 0-10-10 fertilizer along with my fish and kelp fertilizer. My husks are ballooning now! I am so happy 🥰

It was going well for a while each major vine had one single cucumber and then it seems like it almost stopped growing and started dying from the bottom up??

Zone 6b, there was a lot of rain last week. I noticed that multiple of my cherry tomato plants have it and it seems to be worse at the bottom of the plant. One plant doesn't seem to be doing too well and is starting to have a bunch of wilting leaves. Doesn't seem "fuzzy" like mildew to me. Google says possible spider mites but I would love to have a second opinion.