I haven’t even done any starts yet because it’s been too cold.
I threw a couple san marzano tomato plants and some squash and cucumber plants in last month. I planted bush peas
and green beans.
Something ate the cucumbers.
Peas sprouted almost overnight but still too cold for green beans or have seeds that are too old.
Trying to keep things alive with sevin dust and slug food.
It’s alive but not thriving due to the cold.
I hope the prolonged cold isn’t going to cause any food shortages.
SF Bay Area here too. Ordered cucumber, melon, tomato seeds. Have NOT started tomatoes yet but will do so soon.
In my neighborhood there’s a nasty blight that kills a healthy potted tomato plant, just as if you’d cut the stem open with a scissors. Don’t know if what varieties I have are disease resistant. Last plant to so succumb was a Picardy. Taking my chances and will try to let hope triumph over experience.
A plant with a healthy root system (volunteer potted or transplanted in-ground) has a better chance of survival. Potted transplants don’t do as well, I think.