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They got a little stunted from some mid June frost and some heatwaves, but mid July they finally started to get moving. I honestly thought they were goners, but they just needed the right weather.
Looks like you've lost your gourd.
Yeah I think it happened when I was picking the marbles up, oh well.
This picture was July 20.
I'm not sure about you... but it seems like ALL of my vining plants were suuuuuper slow starters this year, and still haven't done much.
About 50 miles from Nashville, the heat put a damper on things but everything took off for me here this year. First my strawberries I planted last year fruited like crazy, then I got a good amount of tomatoes (4,5 different kinds). My garden is a mess as I flew for work out to Arizona for a few weeks right after planting, but even without maintenance during that time, I have had great luck with my squash.
When it got really hot the cherry tomatoes and pear tomatoes all started to split, but I have 5 young hens that are almost at laying age.. so I may have just been using those as treats (likely also a bad idea, as they will probably learn to eat everything from the garden haha 🤷
Speaking of tomatoes, a trick I've found to keep them running through the hottest parts of summer is to get a 70% or 80% sunshade and cover them. At least in zone 6, it's enough to lower the temp and get them to keep on fruiting.
Edit: by 70-80%, it means that 30-20% of shade gets blocked respectively...kind of like car window tint if you're familiar with that.
Random assortment of things over and under ripened.
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"Have taken", right?