Plants taking too long to grow

[KallieLashay]

The weather is GA is just perfect and I cant remember the last time it was cold. So I have already planted my entire garden in the ground. The plants were all in my greenhouse which did great with helping them grow and the seeds germinate.

Now that I have moved them into the ground it seems they are taking longer than they did before to grow. I checked the soil for each type of plant and there are no problems. The soil is light and drains well, also I have pine straw down to help keep the moisture in and weeds away.

The tomatoes and peas have flowers already even though they are about 4-7 inches tall (which surprised me to be producing flowers so early). But it seems that they are not getting any taller than they already were.

I admit the okra may be a little small to be in the ground so soon. About 1 inch tall approx. So I thought about putting plastic clear cups around the little okra plants to help them grow better. Since, sad to say, they do not have their true leaves. The rest of the plants do, however.

I am thinking that it will just take time for all of the roots to be established once again? Maybe a good rain (which we havent had since I laid my plants in a few weeks ago) might also do the trick?

I would really hate to come this far to have my plants ruined!

 

[Mainegal]

It might be a little too chilly for them to be in the ground already.

 

[KallieLashay]

Day temp is 80 or above and night time is 70 or above. I might try some plastic cover and the plastic cups for the okra.

 

[RonsGarden]

80 during the day and 70 at night is perfect for your veggie garden.
They are setting up a good root system first, before they start growing!
Be patient and try not to molly coddle them!
Too much TLC is not a good thing!

 

[Randy]

We got up to 50 degrees today, but the night temperatures are still in the 30's, so our soil temperature isn't anywhere near where it needs to be for planting.

 

[KallieLashay]

Sorry Randy.. I guess I am very lucky to be able to get a headstart. And today the bean plants and cukes have true leaves! The tomatoes are mostly limp for some reason, even though it gets good sun and water. We will see. I once abandoned a tomato plant and it grew out of nowhere!

 

[Gloria]

Okra requires very warm soil for growth. I'm your neighbor..in SC and find that planting okra around May works best for good growth. Still a little cool here for most plants although, we have transplanted a few tomato plants and so far they're doing good.

 

[KallieLashay]

Thanks for that Gloria. I am going to place some plastic cups around the little plants to create a greenhouse effect so maybe that will help them, who knows.

 

[Crabbergirl]

Even my okra is slow and I think the ground just has not warmed enough yet. In the shade my lettuces and cilantro are doing well so that tells me the ground is still cold. And I am in Florida