Veggie plants dead

[Don Perry]

I have dead or dying plants. Crimson sweet , and Sugar babies watermelons, Bush cucumbers, Black magic eggplants and Jalapeños. All were plants from store, not from my seed. They are in raised beds with native soil.
Tomatoes , straight neck squash and bell peppers are doing okay, but did struggle until last week. Potatoes and onions are doing great!
Do you think I might have a deficient soil? Calcium?

 

[Chuck]

I have dead or dying plants. Crimson sweet , and Sugar babies watermelons, Bush cucumbers, Black magic eggplants and Jalapeños. All were plants from store, not from my seed. They are in raised beds with native soil.
Tomatoes , straight neck squash and bell peppers are doing okay, but did struggle until last week. Potatoes and onions are doing great!
Do you think I might have a deficient soil? Calcium?

Got to have pictures of the plants

 

[Meadowlark]

Until this week here, it has been too cold for watermelon, cucumbers, eggplants and jalapenos. Potatoes and onions thrive in cool temps. You are well north of me in zone 7 so no doubt those plants you listed are struggling.

The local stores are in business to make money and they make it selling plants whether or not it is too cold or too hot for individual types to survive. It has been a cool spring, probably the coolest I can remember and those plants that died all do NOT tolerate cool temps well.

The good news is spring is about over and temps are going up. The warm weather crops will takeoff now.

 

[Twigs]

Until this week here, it has been too cold for watermelon, cucumbers, eggplants and jalapenos. Potatoes and onions thrive in cool temps. You are well north of me in zone 7 so no doubt those plants you listed are struggling.

The local stores are in business to make money and they make it selling plants whether or not it is too cold or too hot for individual types to survive. It has been a cool spring, probably the coolest I can remember and those plants that died all do NOT tolerate cool temps well.

The good news is spring is about over and temps are going up. The warm weather crops will takeoff now.

Same here—NW Florida, the cucumber and peppers were slow to grow from seed...depending on temperature next week, I may plant my watermelons. The temperature hasn’t stayed in 70s yet. Even this morning it was 51 degrees.

 

[DirtMechanic]

I lost a speculative cantaloupe to the cold. Pulled it this very morning. Everything has come up but had basically stalled.

 

[Don Perry]

Thanks to all of you gardeners. I get anxious every spring. Why can I never learn? Thanks again,.