My first tomato & others from a 1st time grower

Hi Everyone,

Its been quite a while since I've dropped in here. It took me much longer to prepare my beds than originally thought, but I finally have everything in the ground or waiting to be transplanted. I have good news, almost everything is growing and I wanted to report that I finally have 1 grape sized Roma Tomato gorwing outside! I only have 6 of 20 plants currently transplanted outside, but this makes me even more excited to get the other ones moved. Any tips on what to do next? I added a slow release fertilizer into the soil before planting, but I've been thinking of fertilizing more once the rest of my seedlings (zuchini, peas, corn, cucumbers, beets, radishes, & beans) grow a bit more.

The only things I haven't seen respond yet are my carrots & green onion. I was assuming since I got such a late start that somethings just wouldn't work, which is why I postponed my lettuce & broccoli a bit (I decided to start them indoors and get them in the ground for fall harvesting).

I'm watering nightly with a hand held spray (30 min) & soaker hose 2 hrs. I also plan to mulch when I get the chance.

I'm growing in a hard to grow climate, big winds & strong sun, so any help or tips are appreciated.

When you say your carrots and green onions aren't responding, what do you mean? Do you mean they haven't sprouted yet? How long ago did you plant them?

Congrats on the tomato!

Kristie

Its been about 10 days, proably too early to worry. I guess they just probably take a little longer to sprout. My beans just barely sprouted on Monday. I guess I just thought since everything else was coming up they would be too.

What do you think about my fertilizing idea? Do you think it would be too much to fertilize more if I already have a slow release one in the soil?

Well, I have carrots and green onions and I just looked back at my calendar, and they sprouted about 9 days after I planted my garden. It was questionable at the time if they were sprouting because they're so small. So, more than likely yours will be sprouted soon, if they haven't already. Carrots almost look like weeds...just very small with two long slender leaves. Green onions come out bent and a lighter green. The tip won't be showing, its actually ben and still in the ground. These are very thin and almost look like grass.

As far as fertilizing, you're probably asking the wrong person. I have killed a few things with the intentions of "helping" them. However, I have been fertilizing with success this year(meaning I haven't killed anything yet). I have fertilized a few flowers that were already planted in fertilized potting soil, and they haven't died yet. I also have fertilized the veggies without killing them...I guess you could try maybe fertilizing at half strength and seeing what that does...and if all goes well, you could try full strength(maybe just on one plant of each kind) and see what happens. Hopefully someone who knows will give you a better idea of if this is a good idea or not.


Kristie