Garden is doing great. Just thought I would share!

So I just wanted to share that my garden is doing great this year and it is only mid June! Here are some pictures for everyone. I started everything from seed and am using General Organics "Bio Thrive" fertilizer about once a week.

Here are the two raised beds that I added this year.

Here is the front of my house between my neighbors yard and ours. Peppers, basil, flowers.

Various squash plants and peppers.

Squash plants growing over the edge of raised bed and down the hill just like I hoped would happen :)

A few different varieties of potatoes.

One question I am hoping someone can answer for me..

The fert I am using right now is 4-3-3. When should I switch to something lower in Nitrogen so that I start feeding for the flowering process?

Nice gardens! I see you have critter troubles too. My 3 x 8' raised bed is also surrounded by fencing.

You can keep using the fertilizer you have, just add some seabird or bat guano that has a high middle number - I purchase Fossilized Sea Bird Guano High Phosphorus 1·10·1 from here:

http://homeharvest.com/guano.htm

Tomatoes love this stuff!

Switch to a h igher middle number, when it is time for the plant to flower. Doing this will start the plant to flower.

Thanks all!

Honeybee, it seems the guano says it is best mixed into the soil. I guess I could dig up around the plant a bit and spread some around the top layer of the soil? Or can it be mixed with water and dissolved?

Behillman, the peppers and tomato plants keep putting out flowers. Since it is only mid June, I am unsure if I should keep removing the flowers or if I should just let nature take its course. I suppose if I let nature take it course then I should start introducing the higher P fert now? If I keep removing the flowers the plants will grow bigger and give me a better harvest later correct?

Thanks,
Jake

urbanveggies412 - You can scratch-in the guano around the drip line of each plant, preferably just before it rains. If there's no rain forcast, just water it in with a hose.

You use liquid fertilizer, I presume? You might find a high phosphate liquid fertilizer that you could add to what you usually use.

My fertilizers come in powdered form.

Everything looks great, Urban! I love the peppers and herbs mixed in with flowers between you and your neighbor, clever and pretty.

Mindy

If you keep removing the flowers you won't have a harvest. :) I remove the ones that are on them when I plant then I leave 'em alone.

Awesome garden urban!!!! Great job.

Hey neighbor - I just live north of you in Butler! This is my first year of starting veggies indoors - Just want to wish you luck with everything - it looks like you have everything going the way you want - I love how healthy my tomato plants are and am hoping I'll have cherry tomatoes by the 4th of July - good luck!

Karen

Your garden looks wonderful! I live nearby too - about 60 miles east of you in Indiana County! We did all raised beds this year. Started our plants indoors. Our plants are doing well too! Haven't used much fertilizer her except some Miracle Gro on the tomatoes, so it must be from the generous amounts of rain we had this spring.

Happy harvesting!

Kathy