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re: 2022 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 5/16/22 at 8:24 pm to PillageUrVillage
Posted on 5/16/22 at 8:24 pm to PillageUrVillage
Looking good! We have squash piling up. Red potatoes have about 2-3 weeks more to go. Bean harvest will commence late this week. And I brushed all the teeth of my tomato blooms.
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Posted on 5/17/22 at 6:19 am to Mr Sausage
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And I brushed all the teeth of my tomato blooms.
I maybe should have done that earlier this year to mine. Oh well.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 9:11 am to PillageUrVillage
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I maybe should have done that earlier this year to mine. Oh well.
I'm having big time blossom drop that i've never had before and i can't figure it out for the life of me. It's very frustrating. I have 2 tomatoes that set and about a hundred blossoms or so that have fallen off. Any idea Pillage? Tons of foliage and flowers but they keep falling off
Posted on 5/17/22 at 9:29 am to WigSplitta22
It’s probably just the heat. Once temps get above 90 tomatoes struggle to set fruit. I don’t know where you live, but that’s been my problem. High humidity can cause pollination problems, and too much nitrogen can also be a factor in blossom drop. But my bet is on the heatwave we’ve been having.
Posted on 5/17/22 at 9:34 am to PillageUrVillage
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But my bet is on the heatwave we’ve been having.
Yea i thought so too but damn never in the past had this problem this bad. I'll keep an eye on it
Posted on 5/17/22 at 10:09 pm to Mr Sausage
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Red potatoes have about 2-3 weeks more to go.
Do you harvest all of your potatoes at the same time? I’m wondering if I can leave some of mine in the ground for a while & harvest as needed.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:07 am to PillageUrVillage
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It’s probably just the heat.
Yeah I'm glad I did some Creole tomatoes this year because most everything else is dropping flowers. I doubt I get anything from my Black Krim. The Cherokee Purples have a lot of tomatoes on them but no more new ones.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:13 am to DarthTiger
last year we dug them all up because it rained so much I didnt want them to rot in the ground. I may try and leave some in the ground and see what happens. but it will take up space for the okra and sweet potato slips I plan to put there.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 5:31 am to WigSplitta22
Late freeze and early heat wave killed me. Had to replant after I lost a bunch of tomatoes in the post Mardi Gras freeze. All of my early girl, big beef, beef steak and Cherokee purple should be setting now. Instead, I have flowers dropping everyday. Meanwhile my sun sugar, sweet 100s and Creoles are setting fruit like it’s mid June.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 10:00 am to TheBoo
so this is that stuff i posted about. I think it is seedlings from a Nandina domestica bush(a buddy identified) i have in that bed.
Anyone know what these bugs are on my corn stalks... weird frickers... the hide from me ont he other side of the stalk.. i doused the stalk with neem oils hoping these are something bad.
and a bonus... my hops are flowering
Anyone know what these bugs are on my corn stalks... weird frickers... the hide from me ont he other side of the stalk.. i doused the stalk with neem oils hoping these are something bad.
and a bonus... my hops are flowering
Posted on 5/19/22 at 10:15 am to CarRamrod
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Anyone know what these bugs are on my corn stalks... weird frickers... the hide from me ont he other side of the stalk.. i doused the stalk with neem oils hoping these are something bad.
Some type of leafhopper. They’re sap suckers. Neem will hopefully deter them. Pyrethrin will kill then.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 10:17 am to PillageUrVillage
quote:is that garden safe? im reading yes.
Pyrethrin will kill then.
This post was edited on 5/19/22 at 10:20 am
Posted on 5/19/22 at 10:21 am to CarRamrod
Yes. It is an organic insecticide with a short residual. Best to spray early morning or evenings when pollinators are inactive.
What is pyrethrin?
ETA: One of the biggest reasons I plant lots of sunflowers nearby is because they are an excellent trap crop for sap sucking bugs. I normally see aphids, leafhoppers, and stink bugs on my sunflowers and far less on other plants in my garden. They can handle the damage a little better and I can treat them there instead of on my edible plants.
What is pyrethrin?
ETA: One of the biggest reasons I plant lots of sunflowers nearby is because they are an excellent trap crop for sap sucking bugs. I normally see aphids, leafhoppers, and stink bugs on my sunflowers and far less on other plants in my garden. They can handle the damage a little better and I can treat them there instead of on my edible plants.
This post was edited on 5/19/22 at 10:42 am
Posted on 5/19/22 at 10:47 am to PillageUrVillage
quote:cool. yea this is the first time im doing corn. i love the idea of sunflowers, ill do those next time too.
ETA: One of the biggest reasons I plant lots of sunflowers nearby is because they are an excellent trap crop for sap sucking bugs. I normally see aphids, leafhoppers, and stink bugs on my sunflowers and far less on other plants in my garden. They can handle the damage a little better and I can treat them there instead of on my edible plants.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 2:12 pm to TheBoo
Does anyone know what this is that keeps showing up on my okra? I’ve taken them off a few times with packing tape and they show back up the next day. I keep the plant sprayed with seven dust every few days and I don’t see bugs on the plant. Are these normal? My other okra plants across the garden don’t have them.
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This post was edited on 5/19/22 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 5/19/22 at 2:53 pm to CarRamrod
I am pretty certain that weed is not nandina.
Those bugs are leaf hoppers.
Those bugs are leaf hoppers.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 2:58 pm to NervousNellie
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Does anyone know what this is that keeps showing up on my okra?
That would be sap produced by the plant. Completely normal.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 3:11 pm to PillageUrVillage
Any cons to pruning the tops of indeterminate tomato plants? I have some that are about 7 ft tall, the new flowers on the top haven't been setting fruit. I don't really feel like cutting more bamboo.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 4:05 pm to Loup
They’ll try to put out more suckers. But you may get some larger fruit. At 7 feet if they aren’t setting any more fruit I’d go ahead and top them.
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