They will bounce back no problem. A lot of times if peppers get leaf or stem damage it puts then into growth overdrive and they start putting out lots of new shoots. Peppers are very tough.

What is this you have growing?

Growing

Brandywine Tomatoes
Roma Tomatoes
Cherry Tomatoes
Jubilee Tomatoes (orange cherry tomatoes)
Green, Red, and Orange Bell Peppers
Cilantro
Will be buying some started Jalapenos and planting them as well, none of mine sprouted inside.

But yea a lot of tomatoes LOL. I need to do some weed picking for sure, but hurt my ankle really bad last weekend so haven't really be able to get around very well.

I'm about to setup a hydroponics system for my lettuce and strawberries.

Nice! That reminds me I need to plant some Cilantro seeds. I was a Tractor Supply a couple days ago. Picked up a couple Dill plants just for the heck of it. Freaking Bonnie plants are $5.50 a pop this year.

Ouch! Thankfully I only need 3-4 of them LOL.

What I really need is a BUNCH of the tomato cages.

I've actually already harvested both my cilantro plants once for tacos and they've already grown back.

You need to mix a bunch of rabbit poop in around your tomato plants. JMHO

Derek you know about dill and tomatoes right?


What is attacking my grape vine?

PMK sorry to learn you lost that Sam Houston peach tree. Mine did not put out many blooms then it lost all of them. Tractor supply may have the tree in stock.

Not sure what that is. Not seeing much that matches on quick google search. Is it doing any damage? Most beetles aren't good beetles.

Tomatoes and cukes are rocking along pretty well

Yeah, it's eating the leaves. I looked through my books and tamu's site and found nothing.

You might try Spinosad. You can get it at TSC, Captain Jacks. Similar to Bt but has a longer residual and controls a few species of beetles.

I think it's in the Clytrini family. BT took them out.

Mine is doing pretty good so far. First time I've ever tried growing Tomatillos, Chives and acorn squash

a little funny / not funny story from the weekend ... our kids/spouses and grandkids came in this past weekend since we couldn't get together at Easter due to conflicts. Had a great time all around... the grandkids (ages 4, 5, 7, 7) were out in our yard playing when it seemed to get quiet. One of the adults went out to check on them. Found some of the older ones climbing in our established plum tree, picking all the green grapes they could reach ...

Man, all of yall's gardens are so far ahead of mine. How often do you guys liquid fertilize?

Wallace, will those hog panels keep your tomatoes growing up right? Same as the tomato grow cage would?

Thanks

Planted peas and string beans twice not very good

Yep I just use garden twine to attach them to the panels once they get big enough. The panels are alot more sturdy than the regular old school tomato cages.

Thanks, I think I’m going to try the Florida weave on mine with stakes and twine but might give the hog panel a go.

About every 2-3 weeks on liquid/soluble fertilizer. I mix up a 5 gallon bucket and give each plant a coffee can full. My garden is pretty small so it's not that big of a pain. I have a Chapin hose end that I'm going to mess around with and dial in to use on my flowerbeds. Once I have it down I'll switch to using it on my garden.

I also do a foliar spray with the same fert. No real schedule but about once a month. If you're going to spray a fungicide add some fert to that tank mix. Fungicides and ferts are very tank friendly.

Thanks, I've been doing every 7-14 days on the 20-20-20 you suggested. Actually just did more this morning. I only mixed up 1 gallon though and pour directly at the roots of all the plants. Judging by how much you're putting on each plant maybe I'm not doing near enough LOL.

Project this weekend is soaker hose setup to water each row of the garden on a timer every morning. Going to have to test to see what the flow rate is so I can fine tune how long the water stays on. Then some more compost and mulch it. Gardening is getting expensive but in the long run I'll be much happier eating my own grown veggies just like with my own chicken eggs.

Dalee, how much sun does your garden get? It looks real shady like mine, which was why I thought maybe mine wasn't growing very well, but yours looks great.

KR, mostly morning and late evening sun. I do water with miracle grow about every 7 to 10 days.

You might look into a fertigation system. Like the EZ Flo 3/4. You can get it online for about $70. Read the spec sheet and do some calculations and you'll know how much fert to use. You can use and soluble fert in them. I have one but haven't used it in years. I need to get it back out and setup a drip system in my flower beds. EZ Flo

Thanks, that looks very cool and can just be ran in line with the soaker setup. I'll need to get me one of those.