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Jim Kingdon wrote:

How did they die, well, they never really grew, nothing much happened
at all. Ihad some plants, but no veg on them.

Not enough sun? (most vegetables want full sun).

The other first guess, if the plants were small, is not enough soil
fertility (especially if your soil looks more like clay, sand, etc,
than rich dark soil). One approach is liberal doses of compost,
composted manure, etc. If using more concentrated fertilizers
(chemical fertilizers, organic but more-concentrated ones like fish
emulsion, etc), be careful not to overfertilize. My instinct would be
to amend the soil this fall rather than next spring, to give some
extra composting time.

If the plants were large, but no fruit, that usually means too much
nitrogen. Or not enough sun (but I'm starting to repeat myself).

I'm in full agreement with Jim.

Good garden soil is 30%-40% sand, 30%-40% silt, and 20%-30% clay. To
check your soil, dig a hole 1 ft deep (not including any organic
material that may be on top of it, use a trowel) and put the dirt in a
glass jar (lg. mason or 1 gal. wine jug). Shake up dirt with water to
make a slurry. Sand will settle out in 2-3 min., silt in 20 min., and
clay within 24 hours. The thickness of each layer divided by the overall
depth of the sediment will give the percentage composition of each
component. You can then amend the soil appropriately. Read up on green
fertilizers (mix of plants that fix nitrogen and produce organic
matter). Some garden centers will already have a mix of seeds for this
purpose. Come late winter - early spring I would cover garden area with
newsprint (no color sections) and cover that with mulch. After 6 weeks
or more, I'd start planting through the mulch. Use organic fertilizers
to encourage the microscopic flora and fauna in the soil. Chemical
fertilizers can kill the ecology of the soil.
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