I've already gotten several good ones off, they are cucumbers. Not over ripe, they have started to grow yellow from the start. It's 100 degrees here right now and dry, I don't think I could over water if I tried. One thing that I have read is it might be possible to get some weird cross pollination from squash. I do have some squash, but they are several feet away and they aren't even getting pollinated well.
I had to throw probably 1/4 of those in the compost bin as they were over ripe / falling apart (I hadn't picked in a couple weeks). I'll probably go finish picking the jalepeanos & cajun belle's later today and start the canning process. I have no idea how much this will produce, but I know my eyes are going to be burning tonight.
We've been getting 2-4 zucchini a day for the last 2 weeks. No end in sight right now. Just started getting green beans last night with about 50. Have 3-4 baseball sized cantaloupe with a bunch of small ones growing. Also started getting blueberries and blackberries. Also one of my bees on a zucchini flower.
pretty big hail/wind storm. ive contemplated replanting but i started from seed and it sucks using starters plants.
honestly to me its a better product. tastes better, better yields, just all around better. oh well on to the god damn farmers market i go
If it's not over watering or ripeness then it is likely nutrient deficiency or disease. Disease is easy to spot as the leaves and runners should also be affected. They should turn yellow and dry up or get yellow/brown spots. Fusarium wilt has been a reoccurring problem for my cucumbers to the point I doubt I will grow them again. Fusarium spores stay in the soil and are incredibly difficult, if not impossible to get rid of. If you don't think it is disease, it could just be nutrient deficiency, usually calcium or magnesium. This can happen frequently with squash, cucumbers, and tomatoes and usually results in blossom end rot ( the ends of the fruit turn yellow to brown to black before reaching maturity. There is an easy fix though. Dilute 2tbsp Epsom salt per gallon of water and spray all over the leaves and runners/branches of your plant. Also work 1tbsp epsom salt into the soil around the plant. Reapply every 2 weeks and next year work in some bone meal or composted egg shells into the soil.
Now that I think about it I have had some leaves brown pretty badly lately, I thought it might just be the heat, we are in the middle of a really bad heat wave. I'll take some pictures when I get home to post.
I'm having a hard time getting "peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" out of my mind after the last few posts
Ha, was about to post the same thing. And yes, i'm with kslim in that i can't think of any problems the salt shower would cause but I have only ever heard it used for squash, tomatoes, and cucumber for treating blossom end rot.
So you had the wife explain to the GARDEN all the reasons she is too busy to cook, clean, etc while she spends 23 hours a day on her damn iPhone? Brilliant!
Some of our haul from the garden. The last 2-3 days we've gotten 3 lbs of green beans and 15 zucchini. Also checked on my hives today. I've been having some problems with my queens disappearing so it's been a little discouraging this year. But, I've got 2-3 supers that I can extract from soon.
how can I kill Japanese Beatles on roses? I use contact killer on the flowers, but those fuckers are always eating the rose before it can bloom.
Most people use Seven dust. I don't because it kills honey bees. So I've been just going around and drowning all of them that I see with a half filled mason jar. There's still a ton around, so it's a losing battle. I just accept that I'll lose some leaves to them and go for overwhelming quantity.
they have destroyed my roses. I go out every afternoon and nuke them with contact killer, next day the same. I hate those shits.
There are also traps designed for them that seems to work. But some people say it just lures more to your garden than what you kill.
Don't get me started on those fuckers. They're thick as thieves on our rose bushes and their grubs are tearing up our lawn. I did a bunch of research on different websites and I've come to the conclusion that it's a losing battle if you insist on keeping your roses. Here is what I know: -They fucking love rose bushes. The more roses you have, the more of those little fuckers you're going to have. Once one comes, they sound the bell and all of them come running. -Once their done pissing you off by creeping on your flowers all day, they lay their fucking eggs in your perfectly manicured lawn. When those eggs hatch, those creepy fucking grubs start eating the roots and leave big brown spots. Grubs turn to bugs and eat your fucking roses again and attract more of the fucking fuckers. Wash, rinse, repeat. -Treating for grubs is tricky at best and requires the right kind of poison at the exact right time. You're best leaving it to a professional and even then the timing may not be right. -Contact killer works. I love to spray those fuckers and watch them struggle to gasp their final breath. You can get stuff that you pour into the ground and it goes into the leaves, but if they're feeding on the flowers, you're shit out of luck. -Neem oil works, but needs to be reapplied every 3-4 days. -Some people create a soap/water solution and walk out there and knock the fuckers into it. It sounds like fun watching them die a horrible death and it's less toxic than the contact killer, but doing it every fucking day seems a bit bothersome. -The traps you get emit rose scent and Jap beetle pheromones. This attracts even more than would normally be attracted. Put one up in your neighbor's yard, but don't do it in your own. The only surefire way to get rid of these hideous satanic cocksuckers is to get rid of your roses. Once of prevention, pound of cure and all that. I laid it down straight to my wife and I think that we're going to have to say sayonara to our rose bushes.
I don't garden anymore, and the wife loves roses. So, looks like I'll contact kill everyday. I don't have bees in my yard. Lots of wasps and hornets. May try the powder.
Something is destroying my blueberry bushes that I planted. Can't see any signs of insects so I'm not sure what's going on. My bushes are 1-3 years old and have a few blueberries forming on them. I wasn't expecting a harvest this year. I read where you should pinch the flower buds off when they are this young so they don't make berries and can concentrate on forming new growth. I bought my bushes after that point. Should I just go ahead and knock all the berries off? There is probably only enough for a small containers worth, so it's not a large amount.
I went around this morning with a guy that has 220 bee hives around the SC/GA border. He's in his 70s and learned from his dad, so he's got decades of experience. It was pretty interesting and will probably be doing this on a weekly basis.
So the deer thought it would be a good idea to top my tomato plants last night. Guess they forgot what happened to their friend the last time they ventured onto my property.
Looks good, I've been getting handfuls off of mine too. I also have a bunch of wild blackberries along a stream on my land. I picked over 5 cups worth this weekend with plenty more to get.
I know squirrel issues are a common problem on here. Conibear traps work work well but I'd like to personally vouch for this guy. Has been knocking them out. Basically a conibear spring mechanism inside a tube, and you don't have to worry about any other animals sticking their head in it. Quick, humane, and some of you will appreciate that you don't have to touch the squirrel to remove it. http://www.wildlifecontrolsupplies.com/animal/WCSTUBERR.html I'm basically catching one every time reset it.
Oh I know. Squirrel is delicious. Just refuse to eat something like squirrel culled in this heat. Plus the ants find em before I do.
For one reason or another, squirrels are really hard to skin. Their hide sticks to their body and you have to get in there with a small knife and it takes forever. It's not like a rabbit or a coon that you can just make a few quick cuts and then pull the fur off like an old t-shirt. It's hardly worth the effort to skin them for the small amount of meat you get. Give me a pile of rabbits, a knife, and a 6 pack, and we're talking bidniz.
I've been picking cukes and okra every day as well as my cherry tomatoes. Harvested some Black Cherry, Texas Wild, Sun Gold F1s and Dr. Carolyns last night as well as a Lemon Boy. My Yellow Dragon tomato is a mammoth producer and is loaded. Very excited about trying those. Also, if you don't grow Sikkim or Poona Kheera cucumbers, I suggest you do so in the future.
so as many of you know i lost 90% of my garden to a hail storm, is it too late to start over or should i just early fall garden?
You think there is anywhere else on the Internet were a discussion of squirrel skinning technique is taking place?
I have a yard for the first time in my life and i want to grow delicious things anyone got advice or a link to a good beginner's guide?
So I've gotten five blueberries off one bush yesterday and today. Bountiful feasts are coming! I'm not sure why my plants are ripening at different times, I thought the berries would all ripen simultaneously.
Are yours different types? Different types will ripen at different timess. With mine, even the same types are still tracking several days to weeks apart.
I have one patriot which has one berry starting to ripen. Two pink icings, one I've gotten a few berries from and the other none yet. I was thinking that once berries on a plant started ripening they all would. Like the plant would go from green to blue all at once. Instead it's a few blue spots here and there. I guess I didn't know what to expect since I'm new to gardening.
I've got 2 of Climax, Powderblue, Tifblue, and Premier. Two are early season and two are midseason. So I will get some over the course of June, July and August. But, like I said, even the two that are alike aren't tracking exactly together.