u/kikispeaks22

The one thing that has been doing well in my small urban garden was my garlic. But now it looks so sad.

Background: planted in November in Zone 7b. In a very small urban plot. I've kind of just let them do their thing...mostly watered by the rain, haven't fertilized either. Mulched the area recently with wood chips.

I know garlic is supposed to get brown and fall over, but this seems a little early. They haven't even produced garlic scapes yet. Several of them are leaning over and look brown and unwell at the bottom. What has gone wrong? Do they need fertilizer? Was the mulch a bad idea? (though I feel like these issues started prior to the mulch) Is the wacky weather the culprit? Or do they look fine to you?

So I thought it was hard to kill mint, but my plant doesn't seem to be doing well from what I can tell. I first potted it in some older, dryer soil, which it didn't like (obviously 😬)...I'm new to this and learning. I repotted it with some container garden mix from Bumper Crop. I haven't been watering it much because it's been raining and the soil seems moist.

The leaves seem to be shriveling and dying from the bottom of my plant, starting going upward. Any idea what could be going wrong? Or does the plant seem to be recovering? Would love for the mint to take over the pot.

Any thoughts on using wood chip mulch for containers (or for a small area of land)? I've been reading mixed things about the wood chips (especially newly shredded) taking nitrogen from the soil so now I'm trying to decide if I should un-mulch these plants. Or am I overthinking this?

New to container gardening, so feel free to provide feedback on anything else you notice in the pics 😬