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Thought I was growing a green onion, now I'm not so sure. What is this?
06/15/2026

Thought I was growing a green onion, now I'm not so sure. What is this?

Are they ready to move into a garden???(Heads up! All the names and types at bottom)The place I wanna move em is My gard...
06/15/2026

Are they ready to move into a garden???
(Heads up! All the names and types at bottom)
The place I wanna move em is My garden bed which has shade for like three or four hours of the daylight suntime but it gets really hot now that it’s summer I live in Seattle Washington so I don’t know what zone that is. It’s like a very wet hot and then some days it can be a really dry hot. I don’t water these plants every day. I just bottom water them through their trays for like 30 minutes like I give them a lot of water for 30 minutes and let them drink up as much as possible and if they empty theirs then I just add more water and if it’s not, I dump out the rest of the water the pumpkin looks the most ready, but I do not know how pumpkins are supposed to look so that’s why I haven’t just said oh digit. The corn in the big pot is also looking great so far . I think its roots are doing good because it’s kind of purple at the bottom. I don’t know what that means but it’s probably strong and I do have manure in my garden bed so I know it will be a good like a nutrient dense garden.

In big pots :
-Biggest is Sweet pumpkin 4 weeks old (bad start but it went well after I moved it into a big pot)
-Next is Corn (the eating kind) same timing as pumpkin
-Smallest big pot is water melon same timing

In medium compost pots:
-2 corns in one
-2 watermelons next to eachother
-sweet pumpkin

In small egg thing:
-2 okra
-2 cherry tomatoes
-2 Roma tomatoes
-4 big circle tomatoes I don’t know name of(it’s the tomatoes you see on cartoon built like this 🍅)

I just wanna know which ones are ready to put in my garden right now. Thanks so much for any advice given!!!😁😁

Proud of my little pepperProud of my little pepper.
06/15/2026

Proud of my little pepper
Proud of my little pepper.

Enemy of mine?Hi gang these have started popping up on me courgettes. Do I wipe them off the face of the earth? If so ho...
06/15/2026

Enemy of mine?
Hi gang these have started popping up on me courgettes. Do I wipe them off the face of the earth? If so how?

First squash 😅How long do I wait to harvest lol
06/15/2026

First squash 😅
How long do I wait to harvest lol

Kid Approved ✅First harvest from our newly planted Albion strawberry patch. 60 more berries in various stages of ripenin...
06/15/2026

Kid Approved ✅
First harvest from our newly planted Albion strawberry patch. 60 more berries in various stages of ripening 😊 I’m not sure any will make it inside this year.

What is doing this to my eggplant?My eggplant was looking perfectly happy but I just today noticed some of the leaves on...
06/15/2026

What is doing this to my eggplant?
My eggplant was looking perfectly happy but I just today noticed some of the leaves on my plants are looking a bit sad. What's the issue here?

Strawberry Questions w/ PicturesHello. I'm new to gardening, and had some questions regarding certain features.Spot 1 - ...
06/15/2026

Strawberry Questions w/ Pictures
Hello. I'm new to gardening, and had some questions regarding certain features.

Spot 1 - Does this seem like more of a very small bite mark, or more of a natural rupture of the skin?

Spot 2 - Is this darkness an indicator that the strawberry may be getting over-ripe?

Spot 3 - This seemed like an odd but small brown patch, and saw some kinds of fungus that look like brown circles. I believe it is called Anthracnose. Does anyone think that may be the beginnings of what we have here?

Spot 4 - This strawberry almost grew out away from the stem it came from. Is that a common thing people have seen?

First timer (be gentle)Tomatoes in the back row, different types of peppers in front, edamame on the far left. I transpl...
06/14/2026

First timer (be gentle)
Tomatoes in the back row, different types of peppers in front, edamame on the far left. I transplanted them 3 weeks ago and they are doing well, but I am worried I am going to have a space issue as they start growing. I think I tried putting too much in. Do I need to panic? Any tips? Thanks!

Onion plants blew overWe have had bad storms the last 2 days and a lot of my onion plants have blown over to where I wou...
06/14/2026

Onion plants blew over
We have had bad storms the last 2 days and a lot of my onion plants have blown over to where I would have to dig them up and replant if I wanted them upright. Are they fine the way they are or should I replant them? Don't mind the weeds. I haven't had a chance to get in there and pull them in the last week due to rain

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