Anyone else have a problem overestimating in April, only to have a Jungle in July?
I love how big everything has gotten, but it’s making it very easy to miss things.
8x tomato, 4x cucumber, carrots, cucamelon and watermelon is definitely too much for one 4×8 bed, but it all looked so small at the start!
It’s my first year and making a mini jungle pathway with whatever I could fit.
cephalophile32
Every year I think I’ll allow more spacing and every year I try to cram more plants in because they look so lonely, and hey, there’s just so much space! Look at the wee lil baby tomato
astoryfromlandandsea
Oh boy, that’s how I like it (crawling underneath the tomato tunnels, and along the edges of my retaining walls overflowing with cucumbers and cantaloupe). 😆
jgisbo007
My pepper bed this year is like a jungle. I can’t even see what’s growing!
National_Reception64
MUST BE NICE (beautiful garden; in 9b and all I’ve gotten is endless heat domes)
sowhatimlucky
The abundance of it all!
pomnabo
HA
Did i ever
Not quite a jungle, because I simply didn’t have the space; but I planted dozens of seeds >_>
At least 150, if not more…I didn’t expect *everything* to germinate so prolifically; or so quickly. It all grew faster than I could get the beds setup 😂🤷🏻♂️
They sat in their starter trays for probably 2 months 😅🙈
I did a hefty pruning a couple weeks ago, to try and control their sizes, but it all just got bushier AND taller.
Low key love it but now I can’t see where all the baby cyuks are; those especially went wild the last few weeks.
Northernstar50220
Your tomato bed looks exactly like mine lol
PensiveObservor
I swear everything grows best when it’s leaning on its neighbors. If I use “correct” spacing, the spindly little plants never do a darn thing, peppers especially. If I overplant thinking some of them will surely not make it… I have black-eyed juncos living in my pole beans.
EveBytes
I love a good jungle garden! It’s like Easter egg hunting to find the veggies.
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Every year for the past 25 years. I never learn.
That’s the fun of it!
I try to use every inch I can… what I plant in April isn’t a problem until July/August… it’s fine…everything is fine…
My 4×12 bed is absolutely bursting right now haha
https://preview.redd.it/vmidco0fwhif1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9d52ac1a94547580b7f676a19cc7181a31a5b93
https://preview.redd.it/g6qlww05yhif1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2af9d7458493d9187fdd45c96a174e94b48df42
It’s my first year and making a mini jungle pathway with whatever I could fit.
Every year I think I’ll allow more spacing and every year I try to cram more plants in because they look so lonely, and hey, there’s just so much space! Look at the wee lil baby tomato
Oh boy, that’s how I like it (crawling underneath the tomato tunnels, and along the edges of my retaining walls overflowing with cucumbers and cantaloupe). 😆
My pepper bed this year is like a jungle. I can’t even see what’s growing!
MUST BE NICE (beautiful garden; in 9b and all I’ve gotten is endless heat domes)
The abundance of it all!
HA
Did i ever
Not quite a jungle, because I simply didn’t have the space; but I planted dozens of seeds >_>
At least 150, if not more…I didn’t expect *everything* to germinate so prolifically; or so quickly. It all grew faster than I could get the beds setup 😂🤷🏻♂️
They sat in their starter trays for probably 2 months 😅🙈
I did a hefty pruning a couple weeks ago, to try and control their sizes, but it all just got bushier AND taller.
Low key love it but now I can’t see where all the baby cyuks are; those especially went wild the last few weeks.
Your tomato bed looks exactly like mine lol
I swear everything grows best when it’s leaning on its neighbors. If I use “correct” spacing, the spindly little plants never do a darn thing, peppers especially. If I overplant thinking some of them will surely not make it… I have black-eyed juncos living in my pole beans.
I love a good jungle garden! It’s like Easter egg hunting to find the veggies.