Zone 9b, gulf coast of Texas. Planted all of these as transplants from my local nursery at the end of March. I’ve not grown veggies before so I’m super excited to have some thing to show for it! These are all in grow bags (12gal for the squash, 15gal for the peppers and tomatoes). Everyone seems to be doing great despite these being in a spot that doesn’t get totally full sun – maybe 9am-3pm – but I’m hoping the afternoon shade from the fence helps with our ridiculous summers.
Peppers are mariachi (mild spicy) variety, tomatoes are a Roma and a Juliet cherry tomato. Squash is center cut squash. I also have a midnight snack cherry but it seems to be a little slower maturing.
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With love from Zone 5b
I finally got some squash on my plant too! I’m super excited for it since last year caterpillars ate all my squash plants
Also 9B Gulf Coast. My garden is looking great but I feel like this year is way slower than last year (I started around the same time, too).
I just harvested my first squash (ever!) a couple of days ago! They are varieties called Golden Delight Zucchini and Dixie Hybrid and Gentry. I am also growing Trumboncino; I hear good things. Those plants are still little and are just starting to form male flowers.
My cucumbers have been producing reliably for a couple of weeks and I have started the first round of Armenian cucumbers from seed for the hot season. I have not grown those before either but again, I hear good things.
The tomatoes are coming along; I planted out starting in early February (had to protect them from that late freeze we got) and have been harvesting the earliest varieties for about a month. They are finally starting to (mostly) all produce now; in a few more weeks I should be drowning in tomatoes (which makes me happy).
My blackberries have just started ripening; I harvested a handful over the last few days and there are a ton of fruits out there turning red and more green ones getting bigger. I love these Prime Ark Freedom and Travelers varieties (thornless, primocane bearing, huge delicious fruit).
I’ve been harvesting a strawberry or two most mornings, which has been nice.
The green beans (HOSS Green Blaze) are just starting to form beans on a couple of the plants; the rest should start producing soon. I have sowed the first rounds of Thai soldier long beans, which are supposed to be a heat tolerant bush bean that taste like green beans. This one is also new.
I still have a few leeks left from fall (one of the many things I love about leeks is they can hang out in the ground for a long time even after reaching harvest ready maturity) and a bunch more I started this spring are getting to be a good size.
My peppers have been very slow. About half have some baby fruits. Nothing anywhere close to harvest. About a third of the plants were overwintered from last year and the rest are new ones I started from seed. This fall I am going to start them even earlier and maybe keep them in a tent (my house is always cool and maybe that is stunting them; I use a seedling heat mat but that is apparently not enough).
One eggplant put out one single flower this morning.
My parsley is bolting, which makes me very sad. The dill needs to be cut down as it is long gone; I left it for the pollinators but unlike last year they did not have much interest (had a bunch of swallowtail caterpillars last year). My sage put out flowers a while ago and I think the oregano is trying (first time the oregano patch has done that since I planted it several years ago). My thyme is looking great and I am really hoping I can keep it alive through a summer and not have it die for the 3rd time. The rosemary is of course immortal. I am growing papalo but it is still a really tiny seedling on a heat mat.
It’s still freezing overnight where I am and it’s forecast to snow tomorrow. Am I jealous? Yes, yes I am. It all looks great. Good job.
I love mariachi peppers! I have 3 plants this year and the peppers size are almost the same as yours.