Great read, with some amusing asides.

Shots fired!

Thanks for sharing! First time growing zucchini? Some of them can get massive if they get away from you. We were gone for 10 weeks in July a few years ago and came back to one that was nearly as long as out toddler was tall.

I am a die hard laptop/desktop person but the majority of my outside of work ‘computer’ time is on my phone these days :(

Not trying to plant-shame in the slightest, but under optimal conditions, your plant would be well over the 6’ mark at this point in the season.

This really depends on where you live. I’m in Zone 6a and a 1’ tall tomato plant is doing pretty well right now. We have some posters who are up in Canada and I don’t think they’re even passed their last frost date.

They look happy, so yay!

I’ve had mine going for three years and they seem to be holding up as well as the cheap poly grow pots, so woo. I keep my starts in a tray to keep the extra water and keep the bottoms moist if I miss a watering.

Solo cup (or generic equivalent) starts! I do the same thing. Way cheaper than buying “gardening pots”, but you do have to put holes in them.

I have a very cobbled together grow light getup for my starts, but have thought about trying to make an enclosure around one of my raised beds to get the temp up earlier and push the season out.

As long as they’re not wilty life is good!

Indeed, congratulations! Just make sure you’re getting them enough water.

I am not sure if the upper right plant in the first picture is the dill you were talking about, but it looks like it might be fennel. I say this based on what looks to be a bulb forming. I have not grown dill, but I have grown fennel.

As in… a bit invasive? I have a raspberry and I’m a bit wary of it getting away from me. I just dug up the runners that escape my raised bed and they’re amazingly long.

TIL cinnamon is good for plants and cuttings.

We’re fairly critter free with the deer/rabbit fence, but birds were stealing some berries last year. I hadn’t considered them dropping seeds, but that’s obviously going to happen. Bird netting around this one bed will be somewhat annoying to set up, but might be worthwhile.

I will be, this season at least. If I can’t easily keep them in the bed I’ll probably dig them out.

From what I’ve read, raspberries can be pretty invasive and hard to get rid of. I’m a little wary of them getting out of control, but will keep a tight eye on them. Thankfully there’s a pretty wide mulch boarder around the bed so it will be easy to see them trying to escape.

I am going to try pulling runners this season and see how it goes. I think the mother plant kept creeping across the raised bed all of last season, but maybe it will stop being as vigorous in the summer.

I didn’t mean to single out roundup, but I was trying to say that I’m not against going the chemical route if it’s more effective. It seems like it won’t be, so I’ll try shoot management this season.

You can even pot them up and give them to friends.

That’s what I’m planning on doing, but based on some of the responses here perhaps I won’t limit myself to only friends if you catch my drift ;)

Unironic thanks. I saw the field pop up in Jerboa, but didn’t put two and two together. Is this a new add by Lemmy? I don’t recall seeing it before.

If they’re up against something they’ll surely get less wind - right?

That’s sad to hear, but thanks for the information. It sounds like I’ll be digging up the pathway around this bed annually.

I have 4 foot wide mulch paths between my raised beds. If I were to rake the mulch over and put a tarp down under it, would that stop them? I know some plants effectively give up after they go a certain distance.