I've had some success and some failure so far. All but three of my lettuce, planted from seed are gone. The tiny seedlings either died or the slugs got 'em. I ended up with one decent head of romaine, but it is about half the height of last years. I was trying to grow everything from seed this Spring. My radish was a failure. I finally figured out why my yellow squash and zucchini failed last year - lack of pollination. I have been hand pollinating and have a nice yellow squash going and I should have a few zucchini as well. I am trying bell peppers again and I did notice a couple of tiny bells forming, so I think they managed to pollinate on their own.
From 5/29
Today
My first maturing squash! I should have another one - if things went well with my help.
Two of the successful zucchini, there is a third that I hope will take off too.
Now I see the reason for two or more of each... More chance of self pollination and more chances to have male and female flowers open at the same time.
So far, my only tomato. I'm not sure what's going on with this plant. Some leaves are yellow and visible. There are brown, dried ares around the leaf stems and it also knocked out the rest of the flowers next to the tomato. The other plant is fine, just has teeny tomatoes starting.
