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Posted: 7/23/2015 10:14:01 PM EDT
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Milk works well, I don't mix with water. Daconyl is good also but this year it hit so quick I didn't have time to get it under control. I usually use Dac as soon as the plants start climbing and continue every ten days. This year it hit so quick that even full strength milk couldn't stop it. I just cut the vines and removed them and will plant more cucs next week. Powdery mildew just hit the zucs and squash also. Pretty much irrelevent since the SVB mom's eggs have hatched and they are noe munching on the centers of the vines.........death is immenent. Will replant at the end of August when the last plants are dead and so it the SVB mom that won't lay anymore eggs. REELDOC, what zone are you in? I'm considering just ripping out these cucs and replanting, but I've never done that. Dont' know how successful it will be or if I can even get more seeds at this point. 
Learnin' be damned, I tend to garden, in some ways, the way I grew up gardening. We never did a fall garden, so if the plants fail, I feel like I"m a newbie who doesn't have a clue. |
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Posted: 7/24/2015 8:38:58 PM EDT
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I'm in zone 7, Triad area of NC. Don't let the zone thing fool you though. There are big weather differences in most zones and especially in zone 7.
Squash and zucs are now going down with the SVB larvae which is a losing battle to combat. In two weeks I'll tear all them out and replant. Once the momma SVB lays her first batch of eggs she won't lay another batch. Go ahead and plant a second planting and you will probably get more by the end of sept. I'll replant cucs next week and spray the crap out of them with Dac as soon as they come up. Cucs are iffy but I have had moderate success in getting a second crop if they make it through the first week of sept heat. They need a lot of water. I'll replant beans the second week of August for a mid Oct harvest. We find that these are the best beans of the year for canning. The cooler weather helps keep them crisp and green. I'll pick the last batch before the first frost which is near halloween. Again water is the key early to keep them from heat stroke. I'll plant brocoli, cabbage and brussel sprouts near the end of August. Can also put in more lettuce. Soaker hoses come in real handy with these summer to fall plantings. They put the water exactly where its needed without wetting the leaves. You can still get seeds online. Try Johnny's Seeds. If you really like cucs, order some 'Jade' seeds from Johnnys. Also, some of the online vendors will start putting this years leftover seeds on sale and you can really get good buys. |
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Posted: 7/30/2015 10:24:54 PM EDT
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I tore out the cucumbers today. It just about killed me. I knew my little garden brought me a lot of joy, but funny that I didn't realize how much of that joy I took in watching those vines climb the strings and try to grab onto my tomatoes. It's hard for me to watch the vines die at the end of the season, but at least there is a rightness to that, in that it fits with the life cycle of the seasons. This? This just felt so damn wrong. My garden is swimming in ornamental gourds and pumpkins that I planted from decorations I bought last fall. If I replant cucumbers, it will be in the same spot and they will be overcome with Downy again, I'm guessing. With all those cucurbits vining everywhere I doubt I can avoid it. I suppose it's stupid, since the cucs I buy in the store have been drowned in fungicide from day one, that I don't want to replant and have to plan on treating. Mine taste better (They are the old fashioned Straight 8s--no resistance at all--but damn they taste like a cucumber should. ) and if I'm going to eat fungicide, it might as well be mine, right?
I just hate doing that to my soil and the soil microbes. So not sure what to do. Kitties.....Pondering, and wondering if she has the heart for gardening in this resistant diseases environment. |
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Posted: 8/1/2015 12:31:52 PM EDT
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Replanted pole beans and cucs Sunday and they are up today.
 If you don't want to use fungicide trying spraying them with milk every 4 or 5 days. Better than nothing.
I would never make it as an organic gardener. I don't want to spend all year watching my hard work go to the bad because I didn't want to use insect or disease killers. Everything in moderation........ But I'm old enought to remember riding bikes behind the skeeter spraying truck at night............ 
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Posted: 8/1/2015 10:38:30 PM EDT
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Replanted pole beans and cucs Sunday and they are up today. If you don't want to use fungicide trying spraying them with milk every 4 or 5 days. Better than nothing.
I would never make it as an organic gardener. I don't want to spend all year watching my hard work go to the bad because I didn't want to use insect or disease killers. Everything in moderation........ But I'm old enought to remember riding bikes behind the skeeter spraying truck at night............ I'm old enough to ALMOST remember my dad spraying his tobacco with DDT. And yes...moderation. Common sense. That is the way. Sometimes we have to. But we should not rely on it if there are other ways, I think. In this case, I'm not sure there IS another way. So you're saying start with the milk as soon as they're up? I could probably do that. But it sounds like they'd have Downy. It would just be sort of "bound" |
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Posted: 8/6/2015 4:38:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/6/2015 5:05:09 PM EDT
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I can't tell, and I don't know your pests, but it LOOKS like a click beetle.
Have you picked one up? If so, did it "click" to try to get away from you? click beetle |
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Posted: 8/6/2015 5:17:59 PM EDT
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4 stripe potato bugs ( I think)....chewing on my pepper leaves.
Something eating into my Jalapenos. Good news is no blossom end rot on the early girl tomatoes. Bad news is I barely planted any tomato this year. |
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Posted: 8/6/2015 5:19:45 PM EDT
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I can't tell, and I don't know your pests, but it LOOKS like a click beetle. Have you picked one up? If so, did it "click" to try to get away from you? click beetle That was my guess too. Around here they're a solid brown color and they congregated on the corn. The adults didn't appear to cause any damage but their larvae, the wire worm, can cause damage to the root system. |
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Posted: 8/6/2015 5:21:42 PM EDT
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^^^That was my guess too. Around here they're a solid brown color and they congregated on the corn. The adults didn't appear to cause any damage but their larvae, the wire worm, can cause damage to the root system. Yes, solid brown here, too. In most places neither beetles nor larvae are serious ag threats, but apparently the wireworms of some species do cause trouble. Around here, they've never been considered a serious pest. Texas may be a different matter. |
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Posted: 8/6/2015 5:23:12 PM EDT
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But I'm old enought to remember riding bikes behind the skeeter spraying truck at night............ Ohh, those were good times
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Posted: 8/6/2015 5:30:39 PM EDT
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Yes, solid brown here, too. In most places neither beetles nor larvae are serious ag threats, but apparently the wireworms of some species do cause trouble. Around here, they've never been considered a serious pest. Texas may be a different matter. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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^^^That was my guess too. Around here they're a solid brown color and they congregated on the corn. The adults didn't appear to cause any damage but their larvae, the wire worm, can cause damage to the root system. Yes, solid brown here, too. In most places neither beetles nor larvae are serious ag threats, but apparently the wireworms of some species do cause trouble. Around here, they've never been considered a serious pest. Texas may be a different matter. That's good to hear. Despite a lot of reading I never did find out conclusively if the brown click bug larvae was trouble.. I should take the time to call the local extension service. |
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Posted: 8/6/2015 5:33:24 PM EDT
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That's good to hear. Despite a lot of reading I never did find out conclusively if the brown click bug larvae was trouble.. I should take the time to call the local extension service. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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^^^That was my guess too. Around here they're a solid brown color and they congregated on the corn. The adults didn't appear to cause any damage but their larvae, the wire worm, can cause damage to the root system. Yes, solid brown here, too. In most places neither beetles nor larvae are serious ag threats, but apparently the wireworms of some species do cause trouble. Around here, they've never been considered a serious pest. Texas may be a different matter. That's good to hear. Despite a lot of reading I never did find out conclusively if the brown click bug larvae was trouble.. I should take the time to call the local extension service. Yep, though I bet there's a list online from your extension university of the bug threats for your area. Your extension agent for hort or ag may be more responsive than ours. We had a great one but lost her a few years back to a damn doctoral fellowship in Iowa.
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Posted: 9/21/2015 9:15:13 PM EDT
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Anyone have any idea what is eating my bellpepper plants?
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Posted: 9/22/2015 8:50:07 PM EDT
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Anyone have any idea what is eating my bellpepper plants? http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w453/jmalone19/Mobile%20Uploads/20150921_174822_zpslcwskzdv.jpg Bump anyone??? Should I make a thread for this? |
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Posted: 9/22/2015 9:20:00 PM EDT
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Bump anyone??? Should I make a thread for this? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Anyone have any idea what is eating my bellpepper plants? http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/w453/jmalone19/Mobile%20Uploads/20150921_174822_zpslcwskzdv.jpg Bump anyone??? Should I make a thread for this? You might get more visibility if you made a thread. A lot of folks aren't paying attention to the disease thread now since gardens are winding down in much of the country. |
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