Uncle_Bob

Well my mint is going OK. Originally planted as a transplant.
This weekend we had some lamb chops from Costco cooked with our own grown rosmary. I made my own mint sauce using sarsons malt vinegar

Also used the mint in a del boy style pimms drink which I never had before.

Uncle_Bob

my 4x4 planter is doing OK. The cherry tomatoes taste like nothing in the store, they are really flavorful. I have one green bell pepper that's about 2 inches long. No sign of anything from the cucumber. And the watermelons are causing doubts as to whether or not they are actually watermelons (see photo)

SalopianFunk

I don't have green space a my apartment, but I am a memeber of a club called Farm at my university. We take care of the planters at our campus, which involves growing raspberries, artichoke, cucumbers, and other things. We tried doing spuds, and they were successful, but the soil we were growing them in had too high a lead content, so we had to toss them all.

Southy_SWFC

I've planted lettuce, cucumber, strawberries and spuds so far. Only the lettuce is coming up but then again they've only been in a week or 2. We're moving to a new place in 2 weeks so when we're in I'll finally get chance to plant the rest. Whether or not it grows is another matter

Bob

Our lettuce seems to be doing well. The tomato plants are doing okay.

We've got some unknown things growning, but can't tell if they're what I planted or just some weeds.

All the herbs seemed to have died gone away though, which is a shame as the basil was doing fantastically, till we buggered off for our hols and there was a frost. Probably didn't help that we got another frost last week too.

Bob

So how is everyone doing?

Our tomatoes are still doing well and we've got 4 random bean/pea things going.

Possibly a couple of cucumbers or squash. The mint is doing okay and some basil seems to have appeared again.

Then we've got what looks like some random flowers, either that or they're epic weeds, but not sure yet.

Oh and lettuce, the random types of are doing really well.

Our neighbours seem to be doing well with peppers, corn and pumpkin type plants.

GeoffM

We've got... stuff... growing. Looks like spring onions and a few other things. But no sign of the pumpkins. I'm surprised anything has grown as our sprinklers seem rather temperamental. I need to have them on late night so I can check if they're working (ideally should be middle of the night apparently - too early and you risk mould/fungus stuff; too late and it evaporates).

Uncle_Bob

My herbs are going great. I'm loving a slice of English mint in a drink of water with lemon and orange slices.

My 4x4 raised bed has produced bowls full of cherry tomatoes that taste great. I never realized they could taste so good, much better than the bland ones from the store. Apart from that i've had 3 huge cucumbers (America ones). I've also had a couple dozen or so full sized tomatoes which also tasted great. We have been giving away tomatoes to neighbours and friends as we won't get around to consuming them, and you can't really freeze them.

I'm not sure how long it going be producing, temps are nearing 110 and some of the plants are look stressed despite regular watering. I'm not sure how long the plants are supposed to last anyway?

I've had no problem with pests or weeds at all. The biggest disappointment is the bell pepper plant, its got one pepper growing that has reached the the size of a pool ball and just stopped. I think my garden is too overcrowded and some plants are constantly in the shade.
I may consider a second 4x4 raised bed next year and planting earlier, after we see what we can grow in an Arizona winter.

Hope everyone else has had some luck.

Holliver

Parsley is all but dead.

My tomato leaves have got brown spotches on them and have turned yellow. Just investigated a bit more and found a load of white flies and what looks like eggs on the underside of them What should I do?

Oh, and some little critters have been eating all my basil

Holliver

I found some mini mushroom type things growing in with my tomatoes. What's going on there?

Bob

Oh yes, it also looks like we have a few onion type things growing too, not that I remember planting any.

We did have 3 sunflower plants growing, two of them were doing great but one of them has disappeared, so we only have one growing away.

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Bink

That's an awesome pic!

Bink

I never struggled with rosemary or chives in the UK - they were the two things I always managed to grow successfully. In the case of rosemary it always took to well and was hard to keep under control. I have never been able to grow Basil or coriander (cilantro). I hear they grow well here so I need to try. Mint too. I love mojito's but mint doesn't last much more than a day or so if I buy it from the store (most herbs don't to be honest) so it would be great to have a ready supply in the garden!

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The best way to grow potatoes is to lay the sets on level ground and put about three inches of straw over them. It keeps the light off them and makes them easy to take one or two from a plant without digging the whole thing up.