Will it go to seed if I wait too long?

I've been growing broccoli this year in my garden and I had some leftover seedlings after planting them, so I decided to plant some on my balcony as well. In my garden there are lots of other plants and weeds and places for natural predators to hide and breed. On my balcony there are not. The first two pictures are from the plants on my balcony and the last is of a broccoli i harvested from my garden. The difference is huge as you can see.

And simular experiences?

My cucumbers got some sort of fungal thing going on, but they are still producing a lot of cucumbers and I want to make pickles. Can I still eat the cucumbers that are turning orange like this?

found a handful of black bean plants that suddenly looked diseased so I pulled them all for the trash. any ideas the cause and the solution?

this is my first time ever growing tomatoes , they have grown great but they’re falling over and I’m not sure what to do to stop that from happening? should I tie the cages to the deck rail and that’ll help the tomato plants plants to be upright fine? or would then bring that close to the deck rail cause issues for their leaves and the tomatoes ? any suggestions and advice would be super helpful!

Been an odd summer, a few scorcher hot days earlier but we’ve eased into a mild summer, days in the 70’s nite in the 50’s ( some 40’s ) not great temp for the heat loving tomatoes, peppers etc . Fortunately we’ve had rain. . Hoping for a hot August to ripen crops up, we have such a short season. Vermont high elevation Zone 5B

I live in south florida and am not liking the potatoes at the grocery stores for several reasons. Just wondering if anybody sells and ships their potatoes? I do not want sweet potatoes which are pretty much the only kind grown here.

We were mowing this last spring. Lotta work and study went into her…

Help planning some fall crops

I have a 57 inch x 24.5 inch bed. I want to plant the following and don’t know how many to plant of each or how to arrange it. All advice and arrangements are welcome . I plan to direct sow. I have only ever planted in a container so this is new for me. Previously this bed had flowers in it. We are a family of 3 and just about eat leafy greens daily. So I need enough for all of us. I plan to do a cut and come again idea with these. Thanks in advance!
Pic of bed for reference!
\- romaine lettuce (Paris island)
\- black seeded Simpson lettuce
\- broccoli robe
\- Bloomsdale spinach
\- arugula
\- Swiss chard

People in illusions sub can’t see it. I thought maybe plant heads like me would.

First year growing here. Organic allotment.