Corn and Zucchini are two things I don't grow. There's a farm market near me that grows the absolute best sweet corn and we only have it 3 or 4 times a summer. Their strawberries and peaches are also the finest around. They have a huge operation and employ a couple dozen high school kids every summer. A nice family owned business that's been around for as long as I can remember. Zucchini is everywhere almost for free.I have a dozen tomato plants that were planted over about 6 weeks. Should stagger the harvest nicely. The last to be planted were 4 SAN Marzano sauce tomatoes. I'm hoping to make some nice sauce and salsa this fall. Fortunately, no signs of the blight that wiped out my tomato crop last year.As far as the cost of a garden is concerned....home grown vegetables are priceless!Rg
Cost effective, Prob not but depends on how much you can grow, and especially if you start from seeds yourself. I’m new to this gardening myself, but use to growing things like corals, aquarium plants, and use to have a nice closet grow going. Now that was more cost effective seeing how expensive corals and the closet greens were lol.
Indeterminate tomatoes..... I prune off the suckers. That's about all. Others do way more with success.Rg
And it looks like some of your zip ties are a little tight..... I like to use bailer twine tied loose....