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Of course it's healthier to grow your own and you have more options but is it really worth it? I'll admit I've not done nearly enough research but most places seem insanely expensive. From what I have read you don't get a massive amount. Seems a lot cheaper just to buy from a grocery. We own property in a good foraging spot but I don't think I'd ever be confident enough to actually pick wild.mushrooms.

I have the hardest time with them. Melons too. I asked advice last year from my FB garden group. All they said was test your soil. Had 16 watermelon plants last year and didn't harvest anything. Anyone have any tips? For instance do you water.each place it takes root along the vine? I've searched online for the answer and can't find out.

Hi everyone,

I currently have a single T5 grow light (florescent), but my seedling starts never did well under it (too much or too little light?). I'm seeing that Amazon has a sale on Barrina lights, and wanted to switch to a wire rack setup for growing both microgreens year round, and my seedling starts in the spring for my outdoor garden.

The question I have, is what kind of lighting might work for both? Or would it make more sense to use the 6500k shop lights (like this) for most my shelves, and use a specific grow light (like this ) for a shelf or two of plants as they grow past that early microgreen/seedling start stage? Also, can someone explain the biggest difference between T5 and T8? Do you need more space above the plants with one over the other?

Looking for good plants to grow on my three cattle panel trellis's. I want to try tomatoes but that seems like more work than growing in cages. I've tried cucumbers but they seem to only grow horizontal.

Hi all😁

I’m going to start a vegetable garden (salad, tomato, etc…) from a piece of land with grass, 100m2.
What do you recommend for a first treatment of the soil (tillage, spading, rototiller,…)? Should I keep the grass or remove it?

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why is my garlic doing this

I bought seed garlic from a lady in town with a garlic farm. It was kind of yellow looking on the skin but I didn’t think anything of it. She charged me an arm and a leg for it and I am wondering if it was diseased?? Half of my storage garlic is doing this :(

Hello, I am growing parsnips for the second time and I am unsure about harvesting because the tops are not dying off.

As I understand it, it's best to wait until a frost or freeze kills off the tops so that the parsnip itself will go through all its starchy changes and become more delicious. With my previous attempt, this happened in October. This year, the autumn was unusually warm (we had tomatoes and peppers until late November) so the parsnips were, understandably, going strong for much longer. We've since had several days below freezing in December, followed by a prolonged bitter cold in January that came with several inches of snow.

And the parsnips won't die. They looked like they were about done when the snow melted, but instead of turning brown, there is new growth coming up from the center.

Does anyone have any thoughts about this? Should I go ahead and harvest or leave them be? I really don't care either way. I'm just puzzled.

Thanks!

Hi everyone, first post here! I volunteer at a community farm and we are having major issues with our greenhouse/hoophouse. What is a typical misting schedule for starting vegetable seeds? We are in northern CA, so winter is mild (low 40s, high 70s outside). Our greenhouse is currently set to mist for 3 minutes every other day at 7am. But our seed trays are really damp, seeds aren't always starting and we have algae issues :(

I'm trying to figure out if the more likely culprit is: -watering/mist quantity, ie we should water less or less often, OR -something else (lack of ventilation, too shady/dark, too hot or too cold, etc.)

Open to any advice but mainly I'd like to know what a typical amount/frequency of watering would be. Thanks so much!

I want to do this this year but not sure how to go about it. I wouldn't have it in my garden because it would take over the whole thing. I also don't think my husband would be ok with me tilling and ripping up grass in another large section of our yard. I have an extra flower bed that could definitely support one plant, but definitely not a patch. Wondering what others do.

Second question, has anyone grown the black bear pumpkin from Johnny's? Is the taste any good or is it strictly ornamental?

Aside from the vegetables that require cooler months is it true I can grow anything at any time in zone 10B? For example, corn. I've read you should plant in the spring when soil temps are above 50°F. Im not even sure the soil ever reaches below that temperature here and we dont get frost. Im just confused if I should follow the recommended growing months or plant whatever, whenever.

My family and I moved to a new house in late spring of 2023 that has a great place in the back yard for setting up a vegetable garden. It is on a retaining wall that is about 4-5' tall from the rest of my back yard as the entire housing development is situated on a hill. On top of the retaining wall I have 3 spots that are about 10x10 that I want to start my garden in. I tried going in last year and hand tilling up one of the sections and threw my back out in my effort. I was able to get some things planted, but by the end of July the entire plot was a mess of weeds and grass that despite my best efforts just took over. This year I am motivated to try again using a no till method for this space in addition to some grow bags I nabbed for cheap. Has anyone here done a no-till without making it a full on raised bed? The last raised bed I used was fine, but I am not as interested in making another one as I am just plopping some cardboard or newspaper down on the ground and adding compost and mulch on top to grow in.

Does anyone have any recommendations for fertilizers I can use indoors on my pepper seedlings that doesn’t absolutely REEK! I’m starting peppers in a couple weeks and I can’t transport outside until May.

When do Baumärkte start selling seed potatoes? I went to Bauhaus just now, there isn't any yet.. It seems in the UK they are chitting at this time already.

I would also love to hear if you have specific cultivar names to recommend that is available in germany :) a couple years ago I roasted some self grown potatoes of a gardener friend and found them sooo tasty, i felt like it's the first time I've truly tasted a potato. Skin was red. Unfortunately that gardener friend doesn't know what cultivar he planted anymore 😅

Looking to grow vegetables that can tolerate heat well, also since it's a first year garden in unimproved soil I'm looking for plants that can tolerate poor soil or improve the soil

I’ve been “urban” vegetable gardening for 2 years now. It’s mostly been a hobby, but I’m looking to get more serious this year, so that it has a serious impact on my grocery bill. I have 4 raised beds in my front yard, which gets a ton of sun (west facing). I’m in VA, zone 7b.

I’ve grow tomatoes, carrots, onions, bell peppers, jalapeños, & melons (cantaloupe & watermelon). I didn’t get the size I wanted out of my tomatoes last year & I attempted brassicas (broccoli & cauliflower) but my yard had too much sun.

I’m looking to spend ~$500 this year to get my garden revamped this year. Another bed in a more shaded area? A compost bin? Not sure what I want, so if it were you, what would you get? I am not including the cost of seedlings in this $500!