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.

The south side of your house will have the most sun - especially if you’re somewhat far north. I would go for either the east or west side instead. Before I had the trampoline realization, I used our east facing porch to limit sunlight without having to bring the plants in/out for a few hours a day.

I hadn’t considered spot weeding. I guess I don’t have a lot to lose and will give it a shot before trying something more drastic.

If you’re able to pull them in and out for a few hours a day initially, go that route. Starting on a weekend might be easier.

And yes, sheltered spots are the way to go. It’s generally not that windy here, so under the trampoline works well. The north side of your house is probably a good spot as well.

Tomato sauce! Since they’re San marzano tomatoes!

I’m a bit jealous. I tried San Marzanos a few years ago and they didn’t produce very well for me :(

As for light, there’s no real good place to get them more light.

Don’t worry about that too much, just bury them deeper than they’re currently planted and they’ll be fine.

The week before they go out in planning on putting them outside in the container to…harden them or something?

Hardening gets your indoor seedlings used to three things:

1. Direct sunlight. Even if you have grow lights at your disposal, direct sun is very bright. Your plants will get something equivalent to sunburn if you bring them into direct sunlight right off the bat and leave them there
2. Changes in temperature. This is part of the reason why some will suggest bringing them indoors at night for their first few nights
3. Wind, which can help encourage thicker stems

Like cooking, hardening can be tailored to your plants/situation but when you’re just starting off following a know recipe might be less frustrating. If your temperature is going to not be too crazy, and it’s not going to be that windy, you can park your plants in a somewhat sunny spot for a week or so. Putting our seedlings under our kid’s trampoline has worked really well in years past.

Very cool! That’s a lot of tomatos. Any plans for the payoff?

When plants get tall/thin like that they’re called leggy. If you can, see if you can get them some more light. As another poster said, you can burry tomatoes pretty deep so even if you can’t get more light it won’t be the end of the world.

I did the same today! It looks like this Friday might just kiss frost temps. We’re nearly out of the weather (2-3 weeks left), but it’s hard to pass up a warm weekend.

I literally just put some starts in the ground today. Rolling the dice that we won’t get a late frost since we’re not out of our window yet.

Or the metal gear series. For better or worse, I’ve never played the walking simulator.