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I realize this is a very old thread, however, it is new to me and I need a question answered I cannot seem to find anywhere.
Kandy Corn is a hybrid, the seeds are terrible at germination, so therefore, what on earth are Kandy Corn's parents? What are two corns I can plant and have the seeds of the two produce Kandy Corn?
The Raspa watermelons in the home garden are huge and nearly ready. The tendrils turned brown maybe nearly 3 weeks ago, but the other indications say wait....still growing!!!!, dullness, thump, bottom color. The bottom spot is more white than cream yet.
This post was edited by wayne_5 on Tue, Aug 12, 14 at 10:59
Kings (pleurotus eryngii) taste different from the others and is my favorite tasting oyster, it is a lot like eating a wild boletus. However it is more fastidious to grow then the other ones and may not produce unless the conditions are just right.
The other oysters are really easy to grow. I have cloned them from supermarket mushrooms with no problems, they also taste pretty good and are one of my favorite mushrooms.
Last have you tried Stropharia? They are extremely easy to grow and make a lot of big mushrooms. The taste of Stropharia was a little bit different at first, kind of like potato, but really grew on me after a season.
looks like a lot of plant in a smallish pot.
Plus reflected heat from the surrounding surface.
Where did you find those balls?
If connected to the plant, post of picture of that, please.
If in the potting mix, perhaps slow-release fertilizer.
Also I noticed these little liquid filled balls dropping from my plant
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do you have any grape vine overhead ?
Drying lower leaves in the dog days of summer is normal.
I agree, the pot is to small. Not for the nutrients but it can get hot, heating the soil, cooking the roots.
Since you water it frequently (right thing to do IMO), are you also fertilizing the plant ?
Tomato plants, are perennial by their nature, tho they are grown mostly as annual in the northern hemisphere.
Therefore, by their genetic program and data, they have no recognition of frost. And so they grow as if they will live perennially. In this case they could have made good use of every sucker/new growth they have. But as far as we, The Gardeners, are concerned and know there is a window of time for tomato plants to produce fruits for us. And that is our concern. In reality we know more about tomatoes than tomatoes know themselves. That is why we grow them our way not letting them to grow their way, as if there wont be a cool fall and a First Frost .
This, in my view, is a proactive gardening; where the gardener takes charge, intervenes. Pruning and keeping the plant size under control is one aspect of proactive gardening.
Not sure where you are, but in HZ10 eight foot cherry vines have a really hard time pumping water in midsummer. I top them at six feet to keep them green. I'm probably losing some fruit that would try to grow at the tips I cut off, but it seems to be beneficial for the whole plant.
I see no reason to cut off branches lower down, even if they don't have fruit or flowers. Useless branches? They're probably pretty useful to the plant, in that they are absorbing sunlight.
Both look too immature to continue ripening off the vine. They will look cute for a week or two and then start to shrivel.
Are these a cooking or decorative variety? You can see how they taste as summer squash, with the rinds removed. Probably bland, like spaghetti squash, but you could sauce it up if it tastes promising.
artichoke is a mediterranean coastal plant. frost tender. cardoon is quite hardy. For cardoon, best to start seedlings in June-July in Zone 8, transplant in July-August, water a lot (fertile soil too), then harvest in November or December the whole plant. You can blanch it in your garage, or cover it with straw and use as needed.
glib,
Thank you for the response. I also found a previous posting regarding cardoons by you with great info. I think I got caught up in my artichoke research and with both plants being in the same family, forgot to treat the cardoons as cardoons. The time line and blanching tip helps a ton. Seems I am a little late, but I think I may still try along with the artichokes and hope for the best.
Eastern Nebraska (zone 5):
Cabbage butterfly/looper - saw plenty of the butterflies this year, my bT may be too old because it didn't seem to be working very well when I sprayed the plants, cabbage had the worst looper damage, kohlrabi the least.
SVB - infested the spaghetti squash, and even bored up into the fruit.
Squash bug - haven't seen any so far this year (knock on wood).
Cucumber beetles - I have seen more on my roses than I have on my cucumbers.
Bean beetles - they've been chewing the pole beans and the fall bush beans, a little pyrethrum dust keeping them under control.
It's been a good year for lack of bugs. Have had the usual suspects: squash bug, colorado potato bug, cucumber beetle and flea beetles but the numbers have been a lot less than previous years. My biggest problem this year is what seems like constant heavy rainfall and lower than normal temperatures.
If you haven't already noticed, green bean leaves will stick to your clothing. Or, if you're out picking on a hot day and start to sweat, they'll stick to your skin. This can be especially enchanting if you're surrounded by pole beans. :-)
While waiting for my pole beans to bear this week, I bought some "locally grown" green beans at the supermarket yesterday. They were perfectly smooth--almost shiny. They were perfect in every other way, too, except for . . .
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I'm not sure a critter would've gotten a taste, it's in between the main house and a garage and is totally fenced in. Unless it was an insect or cat I don't see how an animal got in there to bite it. Although this is also my first time growing it too.
The attached picture is the main vine. It's huge. It sucks down a ton of water and the fruits double in size every 4 days it seems. It's fun to see it try and grow up the side and then watch it fall because it doesn't have anything to grab onto. I don't plan on eating them, but use them for a crafting project. I hope they grow to full size before frost.
Bites could be from voles or mice. Most fencing does not keep them out. Chipmunks and ground squirrels (gophers) are other possibilities since they can burrow and climb. Many insects and slugs cause damage, also, and can get in almost anywhere. However, the damage shown doesn't look like it came from a slug or insect. In my garden, damage like you show is usually only on a few fruits and there are plenty of undamaged ones left so I don't try too hard to get rid of the culprit (s). Some gardeners have reported more damage during very dry weather and have found providing water for wildlife away from the garden keeps critters from nibbling on their produce for moisture.
I let my celery go to seed for the pollinators. It volunteered nicely the next year. I prefer cutting celery since it has lots of flavor for soups. I also grow regular but don't blanch. So much better than store bought, even if my stems aren't fat.
I think I might have found a way. First, I disturbed their nest which was on my raised bed, and then I flooded it. They moved to the oppposite corner and have some satellite ant beds in between. I disturbed those the next day and flooded them again. Then they moved to I wasn't sure where, I couldn't find a nest anymore, but fewer showed up on my okra plants. They still showed up to chew on my okra. One developing okra had been trying to grow long for over a week now, and it's at like 2 inches only, all chewed up and ugly, I think I just may have to cut it off.
Then a friend of mine told me to use coffee grounds, oatmeal, molasses. I went to Starbucks to get coffee grounds, covered the soil with it. They still came. I had kelp+molasses+fish emulsion plant food in liquid form, I got that mixed with water and sprayed all the leaves and stems and buds, stems, everywhere. I also sprayed the coffee grounds so they splattered all over the stalks.
That was like a week long process! Today, I went out, no ants!! Hope they have moved on and don't come back. But some aphids eggs are back. I squished them all. How do they get up to the leaves to lay eggs??
it has been said.. in the garden clinic forum ... that many of the dish products are a detergent.. rather than a soap ... as we define soap in the garden ...
on the other hand.. if it works.. it works ...
i hope i quoted that properly.. if you are interested.. ask in that forum ... ask for kmmer ... lol..
ken