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Aaron_Wisconsin_(5)

Is it resistant to bacterial wilt?

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hudson___wy(3)

Good Question - having done a search - I find nothing that states that it is - we have not had bacterial wilt in our GH in the 3 years that we have planted Carmen.

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theforgottenone1013(MI zone 5b/6a)

1. You can try to prevent it if you want.

2. Planting two varieties next to each other doesn't cause deformed fruit. Yes, they will cross pollinate but that doesn't affect this year's fruit, only the plants next year (if you save the seeds to plant next year). Deformed fruits goes along with number 3.

3. With planting in containers it can sometimes be difficult to provide adaquate water. Inconsitent watering is one reason for deformed cukes. Another cause is fertilizer related, which can also be a challenge to keep consistent in containers because the nutrients run out every time you water. Yet another is incomplete pollination. If the container is of the proper size and you provide the plants with the necessary water and nutrients then they shouldn't be stunted.

4. No reason to. Just pick them when you want to eat them.

Rodney

This post was edited by theforgottenone1013 on Tue, Aug 19, 14 at 19:01

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farmerdill

The ones sold in grocery stores are commercail green house cucumbers and they are semi parthenocarpic.They develop seeds if pollinated. some varieties are Kalunga', 'Bellissma', 'Millagon', 'Discover', 'Marianna', 'Fitness', 'Aramon', 'Fidelio', 90-0048', 'E1828', 'Futurea',Bella and 'B-1157'. All were developed in Europe and probably descended from the Telegraph.

Here is a link that might be useful: English cucumber

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pennypond USDA 10 Sunset 21 CA

Hi Dimitrig,

I found the following description from Johnny's website, which specifies a variety shrink-wrapped in plastic. It seems matching what you had in mind. Here is the link. I grew something like it one year and really liked it. But the seedling came from a nursery.

Dutch cucumbers such as Tyria are 14"-long, thin, spineless cucumbers usually grown in a greenhouse. Their thin skins contribute to their excellent eating quality, but cause them to dehydrate quickly. They are often found in supermarkets shrink-wrapped in plastic.

Here is a link that might be useful: Shrink-wrapped in plastic

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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)

The reason why is insufficient water and fertilizer and possibly too much competition from weeds.

They didn't self-seed.

Instead, the cloves you planted just plain failed to develop the multi-clove head you wanted because of the above reasons.

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galinas(5B)

If you let your garlic "flower", then you may have self seeded little bulbs that formed in the flower - they produce round bulbs first year.

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Slimy_Okra(2b)

The soil is probably too heavy and/or cloddy. The thin parts may be fibrous - try and see. Otherwise they look fine.

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ruthcatrin(5)

Cross your fingers though, they're saying we might hit 80 this coming weekend!

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fruitnut Z7 4500ft SW TX

We use row covers all summer in west Texas heat and sun. It doesn't get too hot under Agribon 19 single layer, double or triple. The Agribon 70 works as well. My buddy puts the 70 over clear poly when he wants extra heat.

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lkzz(7b)

It looks like an Ambush Bug (Google image it) eating some sort of blue leaf beetle. The Ambush Bug appears to be at the 2 o'clock position relative to the blue beetle in the photo.

Ambush Bug good; blue leaf beetle bad.

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catherinet(5 IN)

Gosh....I didn't even see a second bug! I guess I thought that brown was just something dying on the dill.
May I ask why blue leaf bugs are bad?

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zzackey(8b GA)

We trellis ours so they are easier to find. They still hide behind all of the leaves.

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planterjeff(7b Grant Park Atlanta)

Ill have to take a picture. I don't think it is blight as the plant is very healthy looking. Ill post tonight.

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farmerdill

It is also possible that your seeds were crossed with a white or striped eggplant. There are quite a few striped eggplants in the Black Beauty class and the market is not very diligent in providing pure OP seeds.

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prairiemoon2 z6 MA

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

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Newbie90

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

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garden_gal_fl (z10)

Welcome to the adventure of gardening in Florida. :)

It looks like your tomato may have a virus and your pepper ha fungus or dense bug eggs. You might need to start over with the tomato.

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pnbrown

Right about now is the time to start the fall tomato crop from seed, in flats. Get a good seed-starting (not potting) mix.

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daninthedirt(Cent TX; HZ10, Sunset z30, USDA z8a)

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.

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planterjeff(7b Grant Park Atlanta)

i'd be careful, because there is a good a chance that disease caused that tree to die. I would leave it be.

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CaraRose

Bean rust.

Here is a link that might be useful: https://extension.umass.edu/vegetable/diseases/bean-rust

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killim

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)

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killim

could it be both beetle and earwig? Probably unlikely though. Maybe either/or.

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Deeby

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.

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woohooman San Diego CA zone 10a

Thanks grandad!

Deeby: Yep. It's hot. My maters? They'd be doing excellent if it wasn't for this fricxin Tomato Suck Bug! Actually, I water a bit more(maybe), but I'm still on one good weekly soak. Mulch does wonders!

Kevin

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