What did you do in the garden today?

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Gardeners the adult Son that live with us watered the garden last night.
This morning it is damp so guess God watered the garden again......
Let birds out still need to scrape the poop...

 

[adirondak5]

Here's those tomatoes I started a few weeks back , they've grown a bit . They'll go outside around May 1st , 36 all together .

 

[AllenK RGV]

Here's those tomatoes I started a few weeks back , they've grown a bit . They'll go outside around May 1st , 36 all together .

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Nice haul, looking a bit thin and spindly to my eye. I do not know your experience level but were they my starts I would consider supplemental lighting, an oscillating fan, and plan to bury em deep and/or lateral after hardening. They do look perfect in every other way

 

[Kgbao]

They don’t look like they’re dying to me! They’ll be okay. Just need some water and maybe a little bit of plant food and they should perk right up! And pick the yellow/dying leaves off.

Forgot to tell you I stuck my finger in and could only push it down about an inch and it turned into dry hard dirt. Think I found the issue.

 

[adirondak5]

Nice haul, looking a bit thin and spindly to my eye. I do not know your experience level but were they my starts I would consider supplemental lighting, an oscillating fan, and plan to bury em deep and/or lateral after hardening.

These are all Super Sauce and Amish Paste variety and in my experience they do tend to be a bit spindly until they are in the ground for a while .
They are getting supplemental lighting and were deep re-planted once already , I'll start hardening them next week (weather depending) and when I do get em in the garden I'll plant em deep again . My Mom and dad had a nursery/garden center years ago that I pretty much grew up in .

 

[pennyJo1960]

I just received Amish paste seeds may try them inside first

 

[AllenK RGV]

Do you guys @penny1960 @adirondak5 also have to deal with the hornworm menace as well where you live?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Have not seen any here but use my dish soap water mix on everything
would it possibly deter them

 

[ShrekDawg]

Forgot to tell you I stuck my finger in and could only push it down about an inch and it turned into dry hard dirt. Think I found the issue.

That would do it for sure!!

 

[adirondak5]

Do you guys @penny1960 @adirondak5 also have to deal with the hornworm menace as well where you live?

Yep , we called them tobacco worms years ago cause thats what Grandpa called em . I'm gonna try Montery BT on them this year , I have used it on my cabbage and it stops the cabbage worms pretty good , its suppose to work on any caterpillar type leaf eater , makes them feel full so they actually starve and its safe .