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Any time in August when the soil is suffiently cool and moist for germination.

Most likely that ear will not be usable. It is exposed to the elements aswell as every bug you have available. It is not un usual but relatively rare. Might get two or three per acre of corn.

The ground spot is white, not yellow. Let it go longer. It's important to distinguish between the yellow on the bottom caused by its nonexposure to sun, and the yellow of the ground spot indicating ripeness.

Thank you

Aww fingers crossed they will be salvaged. They look healthy.

I went through a series of stakes that ultimately led me to metal t-posts also. You won't regret it! And thanks to the notches, they really are the best for Florida weave.

can't really tell from picture. Most resembles an acorn.Assuming it is not a mongrel, summer squash do not exhibit that shape. Acorns come in both vine and bush varieties. Summer squash are bush except for a few exotic varieties.

That is looking quite consistent with an acorn squash. Stop worrying! It looks like a summer squash cuz a summer squash is simply an immature squash. Most summer squash when left on the vine will eventually get large, seedy and develop a hard shell. The one pictured would probably be a reasonably tasty morsel if harvested now. But wait and your patience will be rewarded.

I have always had to train my cucumbers on a trellis. They've never trellised by themselves.

I get them started at the bottom, then they go on from there pretty much by themselves. Who knows, maybe I got them off to a Southeast start! :)

Is it a pickler or slicer? Googling now and interested since it's resistant to wilt

It's a pickler, but I always use it as a slicer. I'm surprised more people don't use it.............Never, ever a problem with cucumber beetles and wilt. Like I said, I just couldn't grow cucumbers, if it weren't for this variety.

I always prefer any of the various romaine types but you might want to ask over on the Hydroponics forum for recommendation on what varieties work best for them when hydroponically grown.

I don't know but I suspect that with hydroponics you'd want to go with stronger flavored leafy greens like arugula, escarole, mesculun, chicory, etc.

Dave

au contraire. I picked a big chicory salad three nights ago, just before the weekly watering, and it was quite bitter. Last night I watered well again a day before, it was much sweeter. Them bitter greens get mild when their feet are in water all the time. My favorite lettuce is light green oakleaf lettuce. Since various types are designated as oakleaf, I am adding a link below to the specific type (I also grow the one at

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Oak_Leaf_lettuce_J1.jpg

much more tender, and also well liked in my family)

I like it for productivity, holding up in the heat and generally long cropping, and crunch.

Here is a link that might be useful: oakleaf lettuce images

I have used buckwheat as a nurse crop for fall carrots, but planted it ahead of the carrots, so that the carrots were sown in openings made in the buckwheat planting. This worked quite well, since buckwheat is so easy to pull out and compost.

It looks trashy, but I cover my summer-sown carrot bed with a wire fencing arch topped with an old sheet, attached with clothespins. It's fully ventilated but provides enough shade to get the seeds up and growing. After mid-August, the carrots want full sun.

I have hoops taken off the strawberries, have old sheets (have to see if long enough) just thought wet burlap would be better on the hot days instead of hoops and white sheets.

Left the burlap off yesterday AM - hope they haven't burned up today but it's not that hot, did get sunny (but they're in east bed with tall tomatoes to west).

Since this is in tunnel I was looking for cash crop not cover crop.