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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)

Routinely you begin a weekly spraying program with fungicide of your choice as well as removing all the affected leaves.

But that's when you catch it early. From your description it is already well established so salvaging the plants now may not be possible.

Dave

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farmerdill

Yes that is the way bush dry beans grow. The plant begins to die as the beans mature. Pole types of course keep growing and setting for awhile, but bush types like to set a crop and call it a day.

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fbx22

great thanks

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gumby_ct(CT it says Z5)

Won't pumpkins ripen off the vine just like squash? I think they will. Just cut the stems as long as possible.

While there is still plenty of time unless you have something you want to do with them - then go for it.

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rgreen48(7a)

These pics of the orange pumpkins also tell a tale about the weight issue from earlier in the year...

In the 3rd pic, it seems to clearly show that as long as the vine itself is adequately supported, the stem will hold the weight of these medium size fruits.

However, in the second and 4th pic (they may be the same from different angles) the vine looks like it may have given way if the pumpkin wasn't supported. Looks like gumby's point from earlier in the year about the stem is borne out, and yet, it also seems that when climbing, the vine itself needs to be secured fast to the trellis.

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nicholesraven

Tina John, I am in SE Mich and I have them bad. They were present last year but worse this year. They are getting my herbs, peppers, flowers. It's maddening! I am going to try to set out some sort of light traps. I tried to catch them with the soapy water idea last year but didn't have much luck. I see them a lot in my soil when I am weeding.

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mlocke9

Hi Fellow Asiatic Garden beetle suffers. I've had these guys in my garden forever! So this is what I do: IN the spring, I hand turn my soil and pick out the grubs as I see them. This will help but not solve your problem. Then, as soon as I start to notice damage to the leaves of my flowers and veggies, I get a large oval dish and fill it with soapy water. Then I drape a light over a chair and hang it very close to the water. You turn this on at night and the beetles are attracted to the light and so they fly into it and drop into the soapy water. I also go out at night and hand pick them and drop them into a cup of soapy water. In the morning you will see the results... or not. Sometimes the birds catch on and eat the dead beetles before you get a chance to see them.

This will help a lot. Good luck!

Mimi

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

Tiny zucchini are the result of plant stress. The plant just pumps what it can into the fruit, and then it gives up. I've seen this with plants that are planted to close together or (maybe this pertains to you, if I'm not reading too much into the picture you posted), in pots that are just too small. Zucchini are big plants, and they have big root systems. Nothing to do with calcium.

You might try to repot in a bigger pot, and I'm guessing you'll see a very root-bound plant when you remove it.

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krissy Canto

I only put one plant in the pot andvits pretty big but perhaps not enough dirt. Itsbkind of late in tge season. Next year I dont think i will do zuchini but if I do, I will consider a larger pot.

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ilodato(6b)

I stored mine in the kitchen and they did great. Its about 70 degrees in there (maybe more when we are cooking.) we ate the last one in I think April and it was terrific.

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exocytosis

ilodatao, great to hear that. Guess I don't need to worry about rats now.

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prput68

An old timer once told me to plant turnips on the 25th of July wet or dry and harvest them on the 25th of October drunk or sober. I'm in northern Missouri so I don't know if this works for your area or not.

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laceyvail(6A, WV)

I'll be planting mine in a week or so.

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glib(5.5)

I am also a collard fan. Extremely nutritious, extremely hardy, easy to grow, disease resistant. The stems are used for stock. People here can not believe that I harvest things in January ad February. Most of the time I wait for a thaw to pick them, because it is hard work to saw a bunch of frozen collard trunks while hunkering down in a hoop house. Cleaned and washed, they remain pristine for 2 or 3 weeks in the fridge inside a garbage bag.

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laceyvail(6A, WV)

By far the hardiest vegetable I grow are Savoy cabbages, which winter in the open garden with only a double fold of medium weight row cover. I have harvested them with no damage at all after nighttime temps of 10 below zero.

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glib(5.5)

Yes, the N/P needs vary from about 3/1 (fruiting plants like tomatoes) to 4/1(leafy plants like collards). Dan, I agree that optimum is a fuzzy concept. But why go above optimum? and spend money in doing it? and pollute the environment in the process?

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azdoctor

Healthy plant leaves typically contain roughly from 2.5 to 3.5% nitrogen (on a dry weight basis), 0.2 to 0.35% phosphorus, and 1.5 to 3% potassium. We often don't apply them in these relative quantities, partially because uptake efficiency varies. Nitrogen, particularly, is easily lost from soil, and target plants absorb between 30 to 75% of applied nitrogen.

The ratio of your fertilizer is relatively unimportant. Apply as much nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium as is needed. Find a fertilizer that fits your needs. This applies to organic and synthetic nutrient sources.

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farmerdill

Looks more like a melon than a gourd or squash. You will not know until you taste it if it is palatable. Even the ornamental gourds are edible, some of them just taste bad.

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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)

<I rely on saving seeds each year to plant my selection of ornamental and edible gourds. >

That will create chronic ID problems for you then since they are one of, if not THE, most prone to cross pollination items there is. Saved seeds routinely produce what I call"mutants". So if you want to know what you are getting then like even the most avid seed-savers, don't save seeds from the gourd/squash family. It is nigh onto impossible to get them to breed true.

Dave

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jocoyn

Say my first year with eggplants was so so but this year I planted peppermint as a companion. WOW. They are going gangbusters ....... This ping tung long is AMAZING it is almost 4' high and have produced about 10 good eggplants with as many starting formation. I planted as a plant but will order seeds next year.

http://www.southernexposure.com/ping-tung-long-eggplant-025-g-p-1109.html

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krissy Canto

Only a few inches small, not ideal for stuffi g but luckily I have big ones from the farmers market. Stuffed zuchini soubds good. My grandmother used to stuff eggplant thst way but without riccotta. Riccotta sounds great though and I make fresh riccota I could even try stuffing my eggplant that same way. Those zuchini look very good.

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tcgardener

Not sure how much longer your growing season is but if they don't produce blossoms you can always include the leaves in your salads. They are quite tasty.

Craig

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RedSun (Zone 6, NJ)

My peppers were still producing by mid October. But the frost came on about 10/20/2014. So I figure I have at least two more months to go. Same with tomatoes....

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Larry Welch

My experience with Fortex has been great. I'v had them keep producing up untill insect pressure got very high late in summer.

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springtogarden(6A)

I am thinking of the same kind of freezer too Peter. I have just the spot for it.

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theforgottenone1013(MI zone 5b/6a)

DE wouldn't do anything to voles. I personally haven't had any experience with them (yet) so can't really offer much advice but hardware cloth seems to be the best choice of protection.

Rodney

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nonoyabusiness

A few years ago a similar fate,befell oriental lilies so he put DE in the planting holes when replanting and they have been OK since then. I will send him your suggestions. Thanks!

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