Story of my life. my 4x4’s are now in their 9th month of existence. I used the Mel’s Mix formula in one and I took a shot at figuring it out for myself in another.
Carrots, onions, tomatoes you name it went into those gardens. Nothing but beautiful flowers and no fruit.
Finally, a baby tomato, a baby carrot, a baby zucchini, some string beans. Not enough for one lunch. I lost all hope.
Yesterday I went out to the garden with the intent to plow it all under, let it rot and wait for next year. To my suprise hidden under all the flora and fauna was a zucchini, a little smaller then the length of my hand. Or is it a squash? It is green AND yellow.
So after all this work, I ind up with one veggie and it has an identity crisis. But like they say in golf, it only takes one good shot to keep you coming back. I am looking forward to the next planting season.
Sounds like our raised garden. We had to pull both tomato plants due to some sort of fungus. The only thing we got in spades was beans and squash, and a few zucchini. Dumped some rabbit poo/straw/hay mix into the garden for over winter and mixed it thoroughly with a pitchfork, and now have what appears to be grass growing (maybe wheat?) all over the thing.
Did you use any fertilizer on the garden ?
If so , what kind ? What was the ratio of NPK listed ?
I had pretty good luck with Mel’s mix the first season, but I think the peat had added nutrients - enough to feed for 3 months.
The next season’s, I found that I needed quite a bit of added compost to get a good crop. It also takes a year or two for the mix to get all the good stuff it needs - worms and bacteria etc.
I found a real difference in the mix after about 3 years - it really looked like good stuff to grow a garden then.
Try planting a cover crop of rye, clover, and/or vetch. To plow under next spring for additional nutrients.
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