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You may want to check with your community garden(if you have one) too. Mine serves as a collection site for food pantries.

Deeby, that is really thoughtful. I know it will be appreciated!

Please do not hijack the thread. The leaves look dead between the veins . I would think it is K deficient.

Update: the peppers from my original post responded well to warmer weather. Fertilized with 2-3-0. Plant growth appear somewhat stunted but they are now fruiting.

And a third vote for completely normal in Red Russian.

I love this kale. If you leave a few plants to go to seed you will never need to sow it again. To get a new row I cut some old flower stems with the pods on and lay them along newly sown pea rows to keep the cats off the fresh earth. By the time the peas are finished and cut down (NOT pulled) there will be a row of Red Russian seedlings in their place using the nitrogen from the pea roots to get started in life. They just need thinning and there you go.

You guys rock! Floral, I'll have to try that reseeding trick, it sounds very streamlined.

For years I planted a few store bought green onions in the back of a border just for the flowers. The underground parts were frequently different from year to year. Seems produce people sell a variety. The parts below ground are sometimes quite good to eat.

Edible ? Sure 100%.
But when gone to flower, the bulbs will be small wit a core in the middle. Still good for fresh eating but not a keeper.

Gardenweb is good because of the people and they content they create. The layout, search engine, and relationship with the site owners is terrible IMO.

Some of the guys who like tropical fruits started their own forum due to lack or response to feedback from GW regarding this site. Waiting for the day that happens with vegetables :)

All right, I hate to do this but I do have a complaint (my previous comment wasn't meant as a complaint, it was a solution to an issue). My complaint is that entire threads are gone/missing. None of the other stuff that has been mentioned bothers me but the missing pages are frustrating. I was just reading a thread from 2002 on the Garden Experiments Forum about preventing fungus issues with corn meal. In that thread there were links to other GardenWeb discussions relevant to the topic and when I clicked those links it goes to a missing files page that says "Oops! Sorry, this page isn't available."

Rodney

Concur. With those varieties, the worst scenario is that the Silver Queen will cross pollinate with the Incredible and end up a bi-color. As lazy gardens stated field corn cross pollination will adversely affect sweet. Even worse are super sweets (SH2) which will have the consistency of rubber when cross pollinated with regular corn.

Thanks. We'll see what happens. Thanks for your input.

What ohiofem said too.

:)

Kevin

Ohhhh goood! thanks everyone.

Technically, it probably is too late but if you have the right mindset that you probably won't get a lot of melons but want to experiment, I say go for it. If not, you could go for another crop that grows faster that you love just as much. I remember seeing a woman, on a garden show, who did plant her garden late because she had recently moved and she had a great garden. She lived in 5a or 5b. I believe she started right before July 1st. You never know, it might be a warmer fall. I planted a few things late last year because I had a similar situation as you did where an extra plot was abandoned. I got lots of zukes but the winter squashes just didn't make it in time. Still, it was a fun learning experience.

If you raise melons, make it a productive exercise. Melons are by far the most disease susceptible plants to raise in the following years. The first year is free.

Nancy, the Redwood Empire Food Bank up in Santa Rosa accepts produce from home gardeners. And it's a tax write off!

nancyjane_gardener - Nice to know you are having a good harvest!

loribee2 - Thanks for the info, that is great to know.

Dave: If the OP is on the coast, there's no problem with lettuce, except maybe a couple times a year when the famed Santa Anas come. And we "shouldn't" see any more until Late Sept/Oct. I say shouldn't because this year we got some in the Spring, which is a rarity.

Kevin

I start mine in flat then I transplant in the garden , spacing about 6-8". When they start touching, I start pulling to leave the room for other ones to get bigger. If you don't want to thin, then you can space them wider, like 10-12".

Is it possible you have moles? They dig tunnels under the soil and it can cause the roots of the beans to be exposed to air, and they die. You can gently press your foot close to the bottom of your plants, and can feel if there's too much give (meaning there's tunnels).
Not too late to plant more beans.

I don't know if there's a product for rabbits, but look at Shake Away. It's in pellet form, and is made from the urine of predators. We've used it successfully to repel Raccoons, and they make one for Deer.

We purchase it at a local Feed store, but it can be found on Amazon and other places.

Here is a link that might be useful: Shake Away

Have you fertilized? How long have they been in the growing? How long were they producing?

Rodney

Good question. I've just harvested a pile of butternut, and wondered if that was it for the patch. The greenery is pretty healthy, and there are occasional (male) flowers still. I have to assume that a huge amount of energy has been going into the fruit, and I'd like to believe the plants would kick back into productivity now that the fruit are harvested. The plants have been in the ground since March. I've done an occasional top-dressing with compost, but otherwise have pretty much left them alone.

I've seen PM on squash late in the season, but never on my okra. Those white spots on the leaves are most likely bug bites... spotted cucumber beetles or flea beetles often do that to mine (and to nearly everything else as well).

The white spots are actually egg shells. I took the pic before I brushed it off of the leaves.