What I mean is, do you get better crop yield in one year and a year later you don’t get much depending on how bad or good the season was?

I’m at zone 7 UK if that helps. We’ve just started to try gardening this year and the summer season has been scorching most of the time and with autumn rolling in it’s still fairly warm but not sunny.

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I would say that’s true, especially for anyone without long experience, and even increasingly for experts with climate change causing unexpected weather fluctuations.

    • Dis32@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Yeah, I guess you could say we’re level 1 noobs here for now 😂 hoping next year’s climate is better if not, just keep trying on our end 👍🏽

      • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        3 days ago

        I’m sure you’ve already learned some things about what works and doesn’t in your microclimate. In Zone 7, could you possibly plant something now for a winter crop? (I’m in Los Angeles so I wouldn’t know what to suggest)

        • Dis32@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          3 days ago

          We started growing some plants a bit late into late spring, early summer seasons, luckily some grew but not to perfect size, the cherry tomatoes we have are growing nicely but I hear the 2nd year is going to be better, also same with the strawberries. But the ones struggling are courgettes and melons and the cucumbers too. I could try planting some garlic and onions but I think I’m too late into the season now, maybe next year perhaps?

          • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            3 days ago

            I cut my cherry tomato plant down to a stump when the crop is done and the vine shrivels up, but I keep giving it a little water and I usually get a whole fresh vine and winter crop.

            I only have pots on a balcony but it’s a very big balcony.

            • Dis32@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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              3 days ago

              I’ve been watching how to overwinter tomato plants for the winter and yeah that’s what they said to do like what you did, basically to cut all of the leaves and leave some of the main stems and water them iirc, I can take the plants indoors right? I also have a small greenhouse too if I can put them in there during winter, or is inside the house better?