Typically, I get started with gardening more towards the summer. However, this year I decided to start early to get a kick-start on things.
Unfortunately, it doesn't really seem like anything is kicking. It seems that my varieties of fruits such as peppers, peas, beans are thriving -- yet not really growing at all. Most of my soft-wood fruit seems to be stalled. All of them. Basically the only thing growing are hard-wood trees like my pear tree, grape vines, and blackberry canes.
It's been at least a month! They literally have the same number of leaves.
Is it possible that it is still too cold in zone 8b (Austin, TX) for growing foliage ? Are they kicking back developing roots until it gets warmer or what?
PS: Most are store-bought seedlings -- including the hard-wood trees except the trees are mostly mature already fruiting
.
Unfortunately, it doesn't really seem like anything is kicking. It seems that my varieties of fruits such as peppers, peas, beans are thriving -- yet not really growing at all. Most of my soft-wood fruit seems to be stalled. All of them. Basically the only thing growing are hard-wood trees like my pear tree, grape vines, and blackberry canes.
It's been at least a month! They literally have the same number of leaves.
Is it possible that it is still too cold in zone 8b (Austin, TX) for growing foliage ? Are they kicking back developing roots until it gets warmer or what?
PS: Most are store-bought seedlings -- including the hard-wood trees except the trees are mostly mature already fruiting