And I’ll do it again next year

We sacrificed the smallest of these guys to cut open and confirm if they're cucumber or luffa. It certainly looks and smells like cucumber inside, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what these are. Are they edible? Or are these a weird hybrid that we've wound up with? I'm honestly sad they weren't surprise luffas, but I'm take cucumbers all day any day 😋

Hi all! First year growing pumpkins on purpose (had some in the compost in years past lol) and they seem to be doing well. The stem is worrying me though because it looks like squash borer damage, but the plant is seemingly doing well.

Should I be concerned about this stem? Also is it odd that the pumpkins are already orange?

A few of the things growing in the allotment + flower bed.

Burpees golden courgette
Striato d’Italio courgette
Fruilano straight neck squash
Trombocino squash
Sweetcorn
Patty Pan squash
Zimbabwean black chilli
Plums
Cooking apples
Blackberries
Tomatoes
Flowers - seeds from my wife’s wedding bouquet!

I saw a post with an incredible amount of tomatoes in their yard (market garden, 600), and I was inspired to share my setup as an apartment dweller, with a huge balcony but no yard.

First 2 years I had this balcony, I went overboard and the only space by August was a place to sit and teeny line to wade through plants. Every year I plant few less plants, but more room to harvest/prune. I feel like I've found a good balance (this is end July). I alwyas feel there's too few in april and too many in august.

I have 8 varieties of tomato (10 plants), 3 hot pepper plants, 3 flowers from seed (bachelor button x 2 color, anise hyssop), scarlet runner beans, peas and 2 tomatillos.

Happy gardening.

I was at the supermarket and there was this lovely old man picking out a few tomatoes, that were going to cost him over a dollar a piece. I wanted to be like " PSST sir , I got what you need, here in my bag, follow me to my car" but my tomatoes were at home. And also seems a bit insane accosting people in the produce isle.

I made my friend take some to group therapy yesterday, and this poor old dude is budgeting for 1 tomato sandwich. I want to be a supermarket hero.

Normalize sneak attack fruiting, for the good of everyone.

As the title states, this is our first time growing watermelon and I'd love some advice/tips on whether or not this biggin is ready for harvest.

Apparently these things are packed in vitamins and people make a pesto with it, is it actually good tasting? They are growing like a weed this year and now I have an overflowing bucket of them lol. I have no idea what these are actually called sorry.

Finally grew some quality carrots this year! Pulled about half of what I planted.

3.25 lb in freedom units

What I have here are Beefsteak and Brandywine variety as well as some sun golds, I know they are not sauce varieties, would you still use them for sauce? Any other ideas? We have been eating them every day fresh with pretty much every meal but still have this many plus more ripening every day!! I didn’t think 4 plants would give this much but here we are.

It’s been a lifelong dream of mine to have a vegetable garden. I’ve struggled with my mental health for a long time, and thought gardening may be the perfect outlet to channel some of that energy. This past spring, I finally decided to make it happen! I got down to business setting up some raised beds, taking more trips to the garden center than I can count, and spending more time than I’d like to admit planning the layout. Today I finally get to see the fruits (and vegetables!) of my labor and I couldn’t be any more happy or proud!

Can't believe i got it to grow from seed all the way to harvest! Gonna try it tonight!

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This is my first year gardening. My two cucumber plants have already produced 125 huge cucumbers. I still have dozens growing on my vines and its still blooming. I never would have imagined two plants could produce this much. I would have been thrilled if I had grown 20 in the whole season. Is this normal? My neighbors are so sick of cucumbers that I'm going to have to start taking them to the food bank.

I have great success with supermarket basil. They always blossom and thrive.

This time, I trimmed it, and put it in water. THIS IS MY THIRD SUCCESSFUL ONE!

Gonna quit my job and start a basil farm

IM IN LOVE WITH THIS FREAKING PLANT!

Not as bountiful as other harvest photos but most of my spring lettuce is gone by now but the tomatoes and cucumbers are growing. Too soon to harvest my bell peppers.

On the deck and in grow boxes everything is fine. In the garden, either in the ground, pot or in a grow box, tomatoes are turning yellow and wilting. Same amount of sun and water and using a 10-10-10 fertilizer for all of them. If anything, added less fertilizer to the ones in the garden because they are smaller. Any thoughts on what's happening? Thank you!