I don't believe I've really given an update since starting this thread. I started a little later than you Houston folks being out in Midland. My garden's looking pretty good right now, everything's coming together nicely. This is my first year to have a garden, so this is how it started back on March 1st with newly laid drip lines and onion sets and carrot seeds planted.


My dad has his garden at home (Houston area) and bought too many beefsteak tomatoes. It was still early for me, but I chanced it and brought them home with me (otherwise he would've thrown them out). Had an empty wine barrel I threw them in. Luckily March had pretty mild weather this year. I tied into the irrigation and ran drip line to the wine barrel. Have quite a few baby tomatoes on there now, and a ton of blooms.



Main garden is really starting to take off. I've got 6 tomatoes ( 2 each of Cherokee Purple, Brandywine, and Sunrise Bumblebee Cherry) going on the left side. Most of them are getting their first blooms. Some marketmore 76 and Boston Pickling Cukes next to them. All of this will be trellised on the cattle panels shown. Along the bottom of the photo left to right are Cocozella squash, black beauty zucchini, and yellow straightneck squash. Along the right side of the picture are some eggplants, brown jalapenos, grande jalapenos and Clemson spineless okra. In the middle row is burgundy okra, eagle pass okra, bell peppers and banana peppers. Only 1 bell pepper has sprouted so far and I've got one banana pepper, so I bought some additional ones from the nursery that will be planted next week once I harden them off. Everything else I've grown from seed. All the cucumbers, peppers and okra are behind other plants in growth right now. You can see all the onions and carrots on the second and fourth rows of garden.


I left town today and won't return until Sunday, and we are about to get 4 straight days over 100*+ temps. I put up a shade cover while I'm gone to help protect the seedlings.

Our jungle is blowing up right now. Getting squash, cucumbers and a couple of peppers so far. Other plants have set some veggies but need to mature. Tomatoes are about half grown at this point. Should have 10 to 12ft vines in 30-40 days.

AggieOO said:

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Boat Shoes said:

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Streetfighter 02 said:

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Could still be poor pollination. You can try hand pollinating them with a paintbrush your your fingers.

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Save the bees!!!

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crazy thing is, i've seen bees on the plants. maybe my plants are gay?

might have to resort to paintbrush sex for them.

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Ive found a swirling motion works well.