How's your garden doing?
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catocom
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well, the 2 spots where I am going to plant the peas and some beans is still
too wet to lay rows, or plant.
There's not a lot of sand there.
My other 2 spot are good to go for planting though.
I already got that little patch of corn planted, and I'm going to put some
okra, cucumber, and cantaloupe in there with them today, and leave a little
room for some of my tomato plants.
I haven't picked up my tomato plants yet, but the local hardware has them in.
I also got in some heirloom Rutger tomato seeds I'm going to plant in a different
spot to start expanding my seed stock on them, but not today on them.
I have some walla walla onion heirloom seeds too, but I'm not sure if it's too late for seed planting on them???
too wet to lay rows, or plant.
There's not a lot of sand there.
My other 2 spot are good to go for planting though.
I already got that little patch of corn planted, and I'm going to put some
okra, cucumber, and cantaloupe in there with them today, and leave a little
room for some of my tomato plants.
I haven't picked up my tomato plants yet, but the local hardware has them in.
I also got in some heirloom Rutger tomato seeds I'm going to plant in a different
spot to start expanding my seed stock on them, but not today on them.
I have some walla walla onion heirloom seeds too, but I'm not sure if it's too late for seed planting on them???
catocom
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Well, the wind is blowing 20-30 mph, but I got some deterrents, and insecticide out.
I spread a 3lb bag of 'Bondi Dog, and rabbit' deterrent, and sprayed
a peach tree, and some area with 'LiquidFence Deer and rabbit' repellent.
Then sprayed some Malathion on the garden where I've already planted to
kill beetle eggs, and maybe help with deterring the crows.
and last but not least I sprayed about 1/2 Gal of 'Roundup' on the poison oak, and poison ivy I saw.
I got most of it killed last year. Just a few spots left to clean up.
......................
I've still got 2 plum trees and 2 peach trees to treat with the LiquidFence,
and one 1/3 acre field with the peas planted in it.
I spread a 3lb bag of 'Bondi Dog, and rabbit' deterrent, and sprayed
a peach tree, and some area with 'LiquidFence Deer and rabbit' repellent.
Then sprayed some Malathion on the garden where I've already planted to
kill beetle eggs, and maybe help with deterring the crows.
and last but not least I sprayed about 1/2 Gal of 'Roundup' on the poison oak, and poison ivy I saw.
I got most of it killed last year. Just a few spots left to clean up.
......................
I've still got 2 plum trees and 2 peach trees to treat with the LiquidFence,
and one 1/3 acre field with the peas planted in it.
catocom
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meh, it'll produce better if it will 'mend'.
Maders are kinda strange. If you break one over, and there's still a flap
of skin holding it, and you just prop it back up with the break stuck back together,
it'll just scare over and keep going many times.
Last time I tried just sticking it in the dirt anew from the break, it lived, but
grew slow and never got to the producing point before the season ended.
I do have some rooting hormone, but I've still got 6 more plants to set out,
but of a different variety.
The one that broke was one of 12 'better boys', and these other six I'm
putting in a different spot are 'rutgers'.
Either way there will be plenty I think.
Maders are kinda strange. If you break one over, and there's still a flap
of skin holding it, and you just prop it back up with the break stuck back together,
it'll just scare over and keep going many times.
Last time I tried just sticking it in the dirt anew from the break, it lived, but
grew slow and never got to the producing point before the season ended.
I do have some rooting hormone, but I've still got 6 more plants to set out,
but of a different variety.
The one that broke was one of 12 'better boys', and these other six I'm
putting in a different spot are 'rutgers'.
Either way there will be plenty I think.
catocom
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Crows already got 10 of my corn plants that popped up.
I just back from Lowes to get some netting.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_119610-2313...netting&pl=1¤tURL=/pl__0__s?Ntt=netting
I just back from Lowes to get some netting.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_119610-2313...netting&pl=1¤tURL=/pl__0__s?Ntt=netting
catocom
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need rain.
the cabbage and lettuce are doing really good though.
I didn't figure any of the lettuce would do good, so it's like an early Christmas present...
if a rabbit doesn't sneak in and wipe um out.
If it wasn't for malathion (which they are stopping marketing on now),
the black ground beetles would be wiping out my corn again, but I've killed
probably in the thousands now. Only lost about 10 plants from damage, before the bug died.
I hope the new stuff they are going to, works as well.
the cabbage and lettuce are doing really good though.
I didn't figure any of the lettuce would do good, so it's like an early Christmas present...
if a rabbit doesn't sneak in and wipe um out.
If it wasn't for malathion (which they are stopping marketing on now),
the black ground beetles would be wiping out my corn again, but I've killed
probably in the thousands now. Only lost about 10 plants from damage, before the bug died.
I hope the new stuff they are going to, works as well.
ResearchMonkey
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Do you mean 'stink bugs'?
You seems to passing on an opportunity to be ecopositive, eat those grubs.
catocom
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no, stink bugs don't eat the roots and really don't do near the damage...
here's the monsters I'm battling...
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/common_black_ground_beetle.htm
here's the monsters I'm battling...
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/common_black_ground_beetle.htm
catocom
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actually, it may be this sugar cane beetle, or some kind of cross.
It's hitting my silver queen corn, but not really me goldem orb corn.
The silver queen has a really high sugar content, so that's why I'm guessing the sugar cane beetle now.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/O&T/lawn/note148/note148.html
It's hitting my silver queen corn, but not really me goldem orb corn.
The silver queen has a really high sugar content, so that's why I'm guessing the sugar cane beetle now.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/O&T/lawn/note148/note148.html