Has anyone successfully made regular leeks perennial? I have Tadorna leeks in my garden now overwintering and I'm wondering if I delay harvest, trim the scape, and leave them in ground if they will form new cloves at the base like garlic or perennial leeks.

Purple basil, eggplant, ajvarski peppers (seeds haven't come in yet but prepared pot for when they arrive), poblano peppers, and catnip! I baked some leftover potting soil in the oven for an hour at 200F, mixed in some vermiculite and sprinkled another layer of vermiculite on top. Got a new plant light just for these babies and put em near my space heater. Misted the tops thoroughly. Is that about how starting seeds inside works?

I winded up picking up some leek seeds while picking up a few other things at the store, in part since my normal onion seeds are 2 years old and probably won't sprout well. I know they're more similar to green onions than normal onions, but are they basically the same, but bigger?

Hey! I'm trying to grow some patty pan squash. I only want one for now, but I have a question. Can it self-pollinate (not will the flowers do it without a pollinator, but rather does it need a second plant)?

Also, if I grow cucumbers nearby, I know I can't reuse the seeds, but will that cause the fruit itself to be dangerous in the first year?

Split them like that or will I mess the roots up? These are broccolis but I have several planted like this I was trying to make them into 4s but some didn’t work out like that. Thanks for any help. I was trying to save space for starting them indoors.

Seed Starting mix or potting soil?

Hello! I have bought seed starting mix in the past for my vegetable garden starters and usually it does okay but I am lax about fertilizing the starters. For that reason I would like to buy actual potting soil for this year's seed starts. I shop in US at Lowes, Ace Hardware and Walmart. Does anyone have good recommendation for potting soil they have used to start their vegetable seeds with? Thanks!

Hi all, thoughts on this plan for my spring/summer garden? I plan to also plant cantaloupes and will do that in the grow bags. I’m open to any and all advice.

Hi everyone! I'm looking for some advice on how to choose crops and map out my garden. I've grown some tomatoes, squash, and peppers in a raised bed before but this is the first year I'm looking to grow a "Survival Garden". I attached an image of my rough plan. After some of my own research I tried to employ the use of companion plants and square foot gardening. I'd appreciate any advice you can offer regarding, spacing, plant varieties, etc.

Thanks in advance!

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Hello, I’m just looking for some help with regards to my soil. We have several rays garden beds that we grow vegetables in every year. And the last year nothing really grew and I suspect it’s because it’s been the same soil for multiple summers and it has no nutrients in it. The soil is straight mushroom soil and it lasted a couple years but admittedly, I’m still sort of new to this thing so is there something I should be doing every year to make sure the soil has the proper nutrients for our food to grow?

I am growing some Radish indoors using a red blue led light. Using seed starting mix from jiffy. These are about 4 days old. Is the cured coloring normal at this stage?

The space between these is approx 2 feet. All sides have at least 4 feet of space. How would you place cattle panels/trellises for maximum efficiency? The chair and pots can easily be relocated. Thx. Growing mostly indeterminate tomatoes Cucumbers peppers beans etc. Thx.

Most of my plants are aspabroc and they tend to make long narrow stems with a burst of broccoli buds at the end.

Today I started working on a 5×4m square metre raised planter which was already here when I moved into my home. I've discovered today it has about a foot of good, rich soil but if you dig down you hit a layer of decorative pebbles and then what I think is builders sand. I can sieve a small amount of the top soil but I can't dig everything out as I'm disabled it's too much work for me. I had a whole load of seeds I wanted to grow in this patch; aubergine, courgette, corn, squash and brassicas. Will it be possible with the stones?

I bought these from the store as "spring onions". These are all attached at the base above the root in a clump. They have flower buds forming that looks similar to onions. I want to try and grow them by sticking them in a pot. Could these be Welsh onions? Or bunching onions? Also, are they perennial?

Hey y’all! I’ve dreamed of being able to grow my own food and be self sustainable for years so now’s a good a time start as any. Only problem is I have zero experience lol. So anybody got any advice for just starting out? What should I plant?

Any recommendations for a water pump to get water from my rain barrel to my garden via my soaker house setup? I've got about 100' of soaker hose. I prefer a solar powered pump but am close enough to a power outlet that I could run an extension cord

I'm setting up six new raised beds today. Which way should I orient them? I drew up two options here but am open to other suggestions. In the pic, West is at top, North on right.

Getting ready to do some planting and was wondering this.

I was wondering if anyone has ever managed to keep 1 plant alive for multiple years. And are these plants capable of growing a wooden stem? (when you bring them indoors during the winter of course)

My first vegetable l've ever grown. When should I harvest the tomato? Its been growing for over a month now but, it is winter. Also advice for helping the leaves stand up? Do I need more support or am I lacking something for my plant? Its plotted in local made soil nothing else and it gets watered when the top layer looks dry

I pulled up a few yesterday and am pleased with how they're looking. I may give them another month or so. This is my first time growing carrots and am looking forward to using them in a delicious pot roast!

Hello! 🌱

I’m hoping to start a vegetable/medicinal plant garden this spring with my dad. I thought it would be a nice project for us both to work on together since we both love being outside and in the dirt. During COVID I got really into indoor plants. My dad is a Typical Lawn Dad TM.

Quite literally, how do we start? We want to do one raised bed. Thinking of using a narrow livestock trough as the base. Would like to use natural methods for pest control where possible.

Any insight on our set up, what to grow and when, and also some tips and tricks for beginners would be so very welcomed.

Thanks in advance! 😊

We are six adults looking how to start a garden properly. My grandpa had a massive garden growing up, a few hundred plants in a roughly 50ft x 80ft area. Literally bigger than the pole barn and house combined.

Our big thing is feeding everyone, and I can't really ask my grandpa plus nobody else in my family tried to grow a garden. We're looking at Potatoes, Onions, Swiss Chard, Peppers, Lettuce, Asparagus (if we can skip the seeds), Radishes, Broccoli, Carrots, Bush Beans, Brambles & Blueberries, and whatever else.

We have minimal experience. I worked at a cannabis factory a few towns over, and three of us have medical cards. Only myself (as a kid helping out + work) and another one have actually grown plants but we've all been extremely interested for years. Last year I succesfully grew Sweet Peppers and Swiss Chars but we could not get anything else to grow and a big part was the neighborhood animals pulling the plants up + my health issues, but with 3x the people living here it should be better plus we have a dog now that has kept most wild animals away since then.

My full question is, is this viable? What should we get? We have basically just a hoe, a spade, and a few food-safe buckets we've collected. We want to be able to get more food out than we spend money in based on grocery prices and we're getting a free canning set up from one person's mom but canning makes us all nervous. Our budget is flexible but as close to $300 as possible although spending $500+ if needed isn't completely out of the question. Can we even do this?

What's a good variety of pole beans for zone 5b? I plan to grow them on a chain link fence for easy picking. TIA