Trying to find my green thumb: Part 2

Here’s an update of my raised bed garden project in photos.

Week of July 1:

The plants haven’t grown too much since my June 26 post at this point.

 The cucumber plants are starting to go a little wild.

 Week of July 8:

Look how much the cucumber plants have grown now!

All the plants appear to have grown a lot this week. I draped the cucumber plants over the sides of the box so they will stop attaching to the nearby pepper and tomato plants.

The tomato plants (top) are starting to develop buds, and so are
the cucumber (bottom) and pepper plants (not pictured.)

  

Week of July 15 (this week):

The plants are continuing to grow!

Look at that pepper!

So as you can see, my garden is growing. There’s nothing too exciting going on, except for the pepper growth and cucumber plants’ tremendous growth. I should have remembered how much cucumber plants grow, based on my experiences last year.

See how big the cucumber plant grew in the water jug? And that photo was taken early in the growing season.

Now I’m wondering if I should transplant the cucumber plants or if they’ll be OK in the raised bed, but draped over the sides. What do you think?

Also, it seems like the tomato plants grew taller last year. Maybe the heat we’ve experienced this year is stunting their growth? Any thoughts?

If you know the answers to my questions, please respond in the comments section.

How is your garden growing? Feel free to share photos of your gardening adventures on Virginia Farm Bureau Federation’s Facebook page.

Happy gardening! See you in a few weeks with hopefully a more exciting update, and some more fruit on the vine!