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My tomato plants are huge and lots of fruit coming but I see some green tomatoes have the black bottom. Other larger toms still look good.  
 
The carrots are still small  
 
How's everyone else's produce doing?

The black bottom on the tomatoes is called 'blossom end rot'. It is caused from lack of calcium. Put a couple of extra strength Tums at the base of your plants each week so that they dissolve when you water them, it will remedy the problem! This happened to me two years ago, and now I put a couple of Tums in the hole when I plant the tomatoes, and again on the surface every few weeks.

curlysister said "The black bottom on the tomatoes is called 'blossom end rot'. It is caused from lack of calcium. Put a couple of extra strength Tums at the base of your plants each week so that they dissolve when you water them, it will remedy the problem! This happened to me two years ago, and now I put a couple of Tums in the hole when I plant the tomatoes, and again on the surface every few weeks. "

of blossom end rot too but the tomatoes are small and green as grass! Usually the rot comes as they ripen doesn't it?

No, it can definitely happen to them while they are still green!

Johnbisonbear said "My tomato plants are huge and lots of fruit coming but I see some green tomatoes have the black bottom. Other larger toms still look good.     The carrots are still small     How's everyone else's produce doing? "

I didn't plant anything and I won't be harvesting anything.

Peas this year are huge. Standing about 3 ft tall. Lettuce was poor this year. Tried to plant it twice. Carrots are still small and very thin.  
 
Been a pretty good year for the garden tho.

All of my peppers are doing awesome & we're gunna have lots of zucchinis & raspberries too! Everything else is doing decent... except we never seem to be able to grow lettuce, lol

My tomatoes are huge lots of fruit and blossoms. Not ripening as quick as previous years. My lettuce did and is doing really well. Strawberries are doing good. And potatoes are doing pretty good as well.

Most things seem to have successful, the rodents stealing all my strawberries notwithstanding. Grrr....  
 
First crop greens (lettuces, spinach, etc) did great. Second crop is slow to mature in this hot weather. Trying some new things to encourage them to keep growing, including growing them in mostly shade (seems to be working). We eat A LOT of greens, so that's a big crop for us.  
 
Peas did well, they're mostly done now and I'm letting them go to seed. They're starting to die back already.  
 
Beans are in progress, we've had a few good pickings already with tons still on the plants. The pole beans are just starting to set fruit, so they will be next.  
 
Many small zucchinis, just waiting for them to get bigger. Same with cukes. Pumpkin looks like it will produce a couple of fruit too.  
 
The rhubarb was threatening to take over the garden at one point, but now that it's hotter it seems to have calmed down, LOL.  
 
Raspberries are booming, lots of them on the cane, trying to keep the dog out of them as he loves raspberries too. Fortunately he's too short to reach the majority of them.  
 
Tomatoes are tall and healthy, and just starting to set fruit. It was my first year starting the plants myself indoors, so I'm pleased with how well they're doing. No sign of rot, but our compost always has lots of eggshells in it, which helps with the calcium component. Just was out yesterday pulling suckers off the plants to keep them under control.  
 
Potatoes seem to be doing well, at least above-ground. They look like they're about the bloom. It's my first year growing potatoes, so I'm learning as I go. I have them planted in barrels that I kept adding dirt to as they grew.  
 
Carrots are doing well, actually. They're a dwarf variety so they naturally don't get very big. They were very slow to start, but are now big enough that I'm having trouble keeping the kids out of them (now that they've discovered how tasty they are).  
 
Lots of herbs, etc. Everything is growing good. Almost time to prune the oregano again (and dry it).  
 
Both my apple trees look like they will have bumper crops. I've been culling apples like crazy, or else I'll end up with thousands of itty-bitty apples. But even with my culling, there are TONS of them on there. I should have 150-200 lbs of apples easily as long as the wind stays away (I usually get about 100lbs).  
 
Lots of issues with the wild buckwheat (bindweed) growing. Don't know why there's so much of it this year, but you gotta keep on top of it or it will choke up your plants. I had issues with it getting into the peas, making it nearly impossible to extract with damaging the good plants.  
 
Also slugs this year, especially in my greens (which get watered often). I hate picking those suckers out, but such in the nature of gardening. I also noticed those white moths/butterflies are out now, and I have the holes in my kale to prove it.  
 
It's amazing what you can grow in ~200 sq feet of garden.

Potatoes are good this year. Peas are finally filling out and my corn is still growing. My carrots didn't take, my cucumbers and watermelon were taken over by weeds. I may need to hire someone to come next year to help me weed when I work for days and days straight.

Peas are huge, lots as usual, never seem to have trouble with peas. Carrots are growing well, and my second planting of green beans is doing well. The first ones did not come up. Tomatoes are so so, not producing as much as I'd hoped. Had a few off one plant already, but I also have one plant that seems to have the blossom end rot as well. Trying to remedy that. There is some new fruit on there now, so I'll wait and see if it looks any better. I never seem to be any good with tomatoes or cucumbers either.  
Looks like we will have a ton of potatoes again this year as well!