Transplanted Squash, Cucumbers, and Melon Plants

I have been real busy this week trying to get as many plants into the ground as possible before the weekend.  I wanted to get my melons and cucumbers in the ground as soon as possible in order to get them growing faster right away.  They need some time to produce fruit and the quicker they are placed in the ground the sooner the harvest.

We also got some rain this week as well and that was definitely a good help for all my plants that were outside and in the ground especially my onions, lettuce, and spinach.

So far it is too early to tell how my plants are doing and if they are going to survive the transplant to the garden.  The plants that I am keeping an eye on will be the melons.  When they are transplanted they are very sensitive and they can fall ill very easily.

I will have to take some pictures of my melon plants when they show signs of growth.  This will be noticeable when they start producing new leaves.  It will take about a week before I start seeing my melons growing if they survived the transplant.

Squash plants such as pumpkins and zucchini are two of the easiest plants along with tomatoes that can be transplanted.  So far they seem to be doing very well in the garden but another week I should see new leaves.

Cucumbers were also added to the garden as well.  Some of the plants had died, but luckily I had some backup plants that were ready to go into the ground.

I also transplanted some more tomatoes into the ground today.  They were starting to get pot bound and needed some more space to stretch out their roots and continue to grow.  I only have about eight or ten tomato plants left to place in the garden and I will be done with them.

The first set of tomatoes transplanted I have placed wood near them which is what they will be attached to once they start producing fruit.  They need to be staked in order to hold up the fruit otherwise they will be on the ground which could rot the tomatoes and make it easier for insects to get at it.

I will add stakes to my other tomatoes sometime this weekend because I have found putting them in right away will make it easier to tie the plants to them.

I even transplanted two alyssum plants that I grew indoors this year.  They are the ones that were placed in large clear plastic containers that I use every year.

They come out of the container very easily because the roots hold the soil together which makes it incredibly simple to be transplanted.  This is why I plant them every single year.