So ive got 6 different tomato varieties seeming to thrive, and already showing some early fruit budding. 12 jalapeno plants, basil, parsley, and chives. Already seeing a couple of micro jalapenos budding too. Any special tips for their care and abundant production? Ive seen some holes in the pepper leaves.slugs? Caterpillars? Will they do enough damage to limit my yield?
ALl the plants get solid sun for severl hours in the first anid mid part of the day. Good solid watering every other day, less if we get rain. Theyre in normal potting soil mixed with the local turf in the backyard. The parsley seemed to get shocked upon transplanting, but now a flood of young shoots are growing up to replace the yellowing older leaves. Should i have trimmed and used the older leaves right away, and left room for the young vigorous shoots to do their thing? And how about the basil? Seems to be exploding on their own, but do i need to trim their flowering buds as they appear?
Any pro tips? Maybe a special organic mulch or fertilizer
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My garden club thanks you
ALl the plants get solid sun for severl hours in the first anid mid part of the day. Good solid watering every other day, less if we get rain. Theyre in normal potting soil mixed with the local turf in the backyard. The parsley seemed to get shocked upon transplanting, but now a flood of young shoots are growing up to replace the yellowing older leaves. Should i have trimmed and used the older leaves right away, and left room for the young vigorous shoots to do their thing? And how about the basil? Seems to be exploding on their own, but do i need to trim their flowering buds as they appear?
Any pro tips? Maybe a special organic mulch or fertilizer
My garden club thanks you