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Newbie -- all newbies are a bit stupid and we were all newbies once! ;-) Are you planning a garden for next year? I would suggest if you would like to have better results you could try a raised bed on top of your rocky soil and ask a lot of questions as you go along with your growing efforts. If you need to keep growing in containers, the container forum is usually pretty helpful and some people there grow amazingly well in containers.
The plastic around the base of your plant would be fine if it were in the ground, although I don't use it at all. In a small pot, it would not offer a good result. Might make the soil too hot and traps moisture which can lead to disease.
Ken, I stopped growing cukes too, and tried them again this year and had a great year. I tried a new seed from FEDCO - Ministro - and it worked out really well. I have a glut of cucumbers all ripening around the same time right now. I didn't really see a cucumber beetle this year either, which surprised me. I imagine I got lucky and they will find me next year though. lol
Thankyou for the advice, I'm going to do a raised bed where the stoney ground is and have a try at lasagne gardening in another part of the garden. I only got my garden in June, already learnt a few things from my mistakes. There is so much to learn though so thankyou for your help
That's strange stuff. I guess before I put that on my plants, I might like to think about what that tree died from. For example, fungal blight detritus is not something I'd want to spread around on my veggies.
You might want to let it "age" for a year or two, maybe in a real compost pile.
Bean rust.
Here is a link that might be useful: https://extension.umass.edu/vegetable/diseases/bean-rust
I don't think anyone has suggested earwigs. They usually eat decaying matter, but will eat young plant leaves. I think I solved my green bean leaf eating problem.
Earwigs! I was told to use the damp rolled up newspaper method to irradicate earwigs (on a different site and different problem. I personally used 7 dust. (no patience)
Hey Kevin, it's only after 10AM and it's so hot I feel sick. You must be boiling out there. How do your toms do in heat like this? Guess what I'm doing-after I use up a gallon of spring water I fill it with tap water and have quite a collection now. It's for if we get told we can't water our plants. I'm going to keep doing this until I have about half a garage full of gallons.
In part, yes, it is just that it is a determinate variety. Unlike indeterminates, once the terminal (top) bloom sets fruit the plant slowly begins to die.
But you may also have some sort of disease process going. Without seeing the plant or at least a picture of it we can only guess.
You might want to post a photo if possible over on the Tomato growing forum here.
Dave
Here's a pic.. sorry I thought I posted this on the tomato forum. I actually saw some new baby tomatoes so I want to leave him if not contagious. They all have a bit of the early blight but it is only the lower leaves and I have been spraying seemingly successfully. Maybe give some miracle gro?
The tomatoes are all crammed in between marigold plants that have pretty much taken over the garden. I had no idea they could get so big, and thankfully very beautiful!
Hello Mav72 in your post of Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 16:07--- did you finally harvest peanuts? I am experiencing the same thing as PdOxGard and his pictures are just like taken from my own plants. I water them manually as I have not installed irrigation lines. Could that be washing out or hurting the flowers that cause them to wilt? Besides my plants are not getting tall but just running here and there... Having a hard time hilling them... Will appreciate any encouraging comments.......
Steve349, I've never seen those bumps before but I want to hear what it is so I hope someone else chimes in.
James416, your problem is entirely different. Next time please post in a new thread so that people know to respond to your issue and not Steve's. The damage you have pictured is classic leaf miner damage, not too much you can do about it but you can google the pest and come up with more information about it, at least.
catherinet: These are plants from the Spring, correct?
If so, do what I suggested. You have nothing to lose except a bit of time and water. Like nhbabs said, Packman does a pretty good job at side shoots. You probably noticed that when it was flowering. That's the key to the side shoots --- check them daily... if you see any separation at all, it's time to harvest. If you don't, within a few days, the stalk will get woody and they'll start to flower.
Kevin
I get a tiny rash from cucurbits when handling them but my skin overreacts to most things so it doesn't surprise me. Someone told me the little spines are a defensive mechanism to deter birds. My skin freaked out with stinging nettles. I know everyone's skin does but mine lasted for 24 hours. Someone had grown the nettles in the plot I inherited this year and I didn't see them at first but I definitely felt them lol.
I get bad rashes from squash plants and have to go on Prednisone at least once per summer. Recently I forgot my gloves when in the field and thought I might as well just pick anyway. I have a small but very painful rash on my hand where everything touches. I am trying to find something natural to actually heal it. It itched before it blew up but now it just hurts. I have an ointment from the dr but want something to cure it faster.