Saturday, May 22, 2010

I need help with my vegetable garden. Any answers?

Okay here is the story, I planted a tiny garden for the first time ever. I planted tomatoes raddish celery sweet peas cucumbers banana peppers hot peppers cabbage lettuce and last but not least dill. I planted pretty late in the season actually to be precise it was june 20 . Most was planted from seed. I lost the seed packets and have no clue how to harvest them or when to harvest them. Can anyone give me some tips on where to start ? When can I pick'em? I know pretty much about the tomatoes Except when I pick em will another tomato grow in it's place?

I need help with my vegetable garden. Any answers?
Tomatoes will keep coming and coming and coming...Your eye will tell you when to harvest.
Reply:i agree with the first answer
Reply:when you pick the tomatos none will grow in it's place put others will grow on the plant. Peppers the same. Dill you cut when you need some and it keeps growing. As to time of harvest, you pick when things are ready to eat. Raddish you can see above the ground a bit and tell how big it is. Peas, cabbage and lettuce, I'm not sure.


Good luck.
Reply:Everything should be pretty evident other than the radishes. You more or less have to pull one when it gets good leaves on it to see how big it has grown. Peas will become full in the shell. Cucumbers are best when they are about 6 in. long. Yes tomatoes will keep coming until frost.
Reply:You planted very late, so some of the vegetables might not grow to maturity/ripeness. However, you'll probably get some tomatoes cause once they start producing fruit, they grow like crazy. As long as the conditions are right (heat/sun/water), tomatoes will produce fruit like crazy. You'll pick the tomatoes and more will become ripe shortly thereafter. You pick everything when they look ripe. No secrets to it. Next year, if you're going to plant that late, make sure you get plants that have already started. Seeds are tough. You really have to get those started indoors before it's even warm enough outside.


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