I’ve had a decently successful vegetable garden for the last 3 or so years. Successfully grew zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, and herbs. I’m by no means an expert but I’m at a loss this year.
This winter/early spring I failed 2 different rounds of seed starting so I finally gave in and bought plants from the store: better boy tomato, 2x cherry tomato, 2x bell peppers, jalapeño pepper, zucchini, thyme, and basil.
All are plants I have successfully grown in current garden beds previously.
I added fresh raised bed soil ( Carolina gold) to the beds and planted the store bought plants.
Pictures show the wilting of all but the zucchini and better boy tomato. What happened? Bad batch of soil? Crappy starter plants? Am I doomed to have no garden this year and need to just try again next year?
I’m at a complete loss and my garden is one of the things I love to tend and work on all summer.
A few days after planting my puppy decided to dig out the Thyme and basil from my tiered bed so j know what happened to them. Puppy tax is included.
by Alone-Difference-577
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Just from the pics I’d guess it got a little too cold overnight for them. It would make sense then that the zucchini is the only thing still doing ok. Cute pups though
Hard to say without more information, but it sort of looks like they dried out and wilted. Although the soil looks moist in your photos. Did you harden off your seedlings before planting? Did you have any cold weather or frost after planting? Have you kept them consistently watered?
Don’t stress too much. There’s still plenty of time to figure it out and get new plants going.
Transplant shock. Maybe a cold night?
The peppers look like they’ll likely recover
Is that the same soil you’ve used in past years?
Many times when something like this happens you have to take a look back and see what did you do differently this time over the past times.
Obviously, whatever it was, the tomato did it. It looks so proud and a little guilty.