Bought more blackberries after hubby took his new torch to them last year.
The tomatoes have some sort of disease and hoping it’s not rust. They were happy happy in their tiny little cups out on the porch but immediately went ick three days after I planted them in the garden.
The beans are slow to come up as are the cukes and no sign of any lettuce. Haven’t gotten around to putting out the other seedlings since hubby’s fall. Had to buy a lift chair for him and I’m exhausted waiting on him hand and foot.
Praying for you and him. I do understand the fatigue-had to do that for my Dad a lot after his strokes.
If they all went 'ick' pretty much at the same time , I think that there is something in the soil, either bugs ,bacteria, fungus, or virus.
The most simple explanation is sunburn due to not being 'hardened off' enough, but rarely is it that simple .
I would suggest Johnny's (JRandomFreeper) method of soil sterilization with soil aeration , then cover with 6 mill plastic, for about 6 weeks + to 3months.
This is especially true if you haven't rotated crops, or have planted other crops of the same family (ie: tomatoes, potatoes, pepper,eggplant, etc).
That is why it is always helpful to maintain a copy of your garden each year, and date it , so as to assist in that crop rotation.
When in doubt, rotate to another plant family with different soil demands , or identify the culprit , and plant virus , or fungi resistant varieties.
When dealing with "Heirloom" varieties seed propagation , they rarely have both virus or fungal resistance - that is why we also now have " Hybrids" .