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Saw some of that today as I was picking.

Wondered what might have done that kind of damage.

I did see a few insects that looked like red ladybugs but moved faster a week or so ago. Trying to remember if they were on the beans or something else, but I'm sure it was somewhere down in that 3000sf area (or the edamame just across the road from it). Not sure if it was Mexican bean beetle or bean leaf beetle. I haven't seen any eggs or larvae.

http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/fieldcropsipm/insects/bean-leaf-beetle.php

Raining right now, but maybe I can get out to spray this afternoon. Rain expected Sunday too.

Here is a link that might be useful: Mexican bean beetle

Wow not sure if i should be jealous. We have been in the upper nineties to hundreds for the entire month.

It's been hot here EVERY DAY...til today when it was barely 65ðF.

Thank goodness the temps are supposed to be back around 80ðF tomorrow.

@uscjusto nothing strange about it. There's always that one post from the "holier than thou" person.

Yup, bigger and better.

@uscjusto nothing strange about it. There's always that one post from the "holier than thou" person.

I don't see that as "holier than thou". I was wondering about such a quick move myself? Usually you have a minimum of 30 days, and usually you know ahead of that time.
I haven't rented for a long time, but most of those rules are the same, unless you get a 3 day eviction notice. Nancy

My Blue Lake bean plants usually go full tilt until about now. They are slowing down as of late. The Mexican bean beetles set in about now as I noticed a few leaves today that had larvae under them. Grabbing all that I can before the carnage begins.

I yank them all up and put them in a trash bag and then start the 2nd crop before Fall.

My beans have yet to get vigor.

Not quite sure about that. Planted seeds June 1st. Vines are over 10' & look healthy, but are just (barely) starting to flower.

Ash, maybe next year try some pole beans along with your bush beans. That's what I do, & usually it works...just not for me this year.

edie, They start by pecking at the tips and work down. Once some learn that, it is bad unless you sock the ears. If you think earworms are bad for the ears, you ain't seen nuthin yet.

Wayne:

You haven't seen Texas earworms. The ones on the tips are no big deal. When they hit the sides and base of the ear it gets ugly. The real killer is racoons. They take everything.

Thanks, I'll probably hit the whole garden up this weekend with the cooler temps we're having.

Watermelons only flower on new growth. If you don't keep them growing with at least moderate vigor they stop any meaningful flowering. I need to fertilize every 2-4 weeks because my soil is very permeable. That means nitrogen leaches away quickly.

Properly done I can harvest fruit off the same plant late June until October. But two plantings make it easier. About 2 months fruit off each.

Another culprit could be slugs/snails. But normally they are more active earlier in the season when the plants are small seedlings or just sprouting. The thing about s &s is that they are out during the night. To find out you have to inspect at night with a flash light.

The orange-copper nocturnal beetles are asiatic garden beetles, and to me a good reason for you to check for them is that you have the same damage to basil and peppers. This is exactly their feeding pattern at my house. Also mint and sweet potatoes and chard tend to get targeted.

I just looked at Seeds from Italy and if you buy 12 or more packs of seeds you get one pack free. It's automatic instead of using a coupon. Nice!

I have over a dozen cucumber-melon varieties that I grow. They come in all shapes and sizes. The picture I attached is of a round variety I grew called Carosello Tondo Massafra.

The benefits of growing cucumber-melons are that they are burpless (don't cause indigestion), they are bitter-free, and they grow quickly in the heat. They also tend to be rather disease resistant. I often grow these varieties and post pictures of them on my blog, listed below.

Note: Though I am sharing the following picture, I do not give permission for it to be used without prior consent.

Here is a link that might be useful: Scientific Gardener Blog

Hey sorry about your cucumbers not producing. Sounds like you are doing everything right. I hope you uncover the mystery soon. Good Luck

mandolls, I dug back through my garden notes and found this:

"May 28. Cukes are surviving but took transplant hard. Diva looks best, all three seedlings alive. Early Spring has died back to 2 of 4. Both vars. beginning first leaves after seedling leaves."

It seems that we had high wind around then that may have beat them up a little. The Early Spring cukes completely fizzled.

Will recall this thread and file a future report if and when the Divas get to work.

hortster

I loved the Yards long beans so much that I am growing them again this year.

I sowed Red Seeded Asparagus Beans in place and they have popped up already what with the hot weather we have been having lately. I planted them in the middle of a 7 foot square raised veggie bed where I put up green metal fence posts and trellis netting for them. Then the white seeded Asparagus Beans I had started in one of those veggie seedling packs and those I just transplanted out today.

The yard longs are starting to produce.

Yes, pn - the hottest temperature measured this year in the UK has been 92 - on one day in west of London. It's been big news! If I had to emigrate I'd need to go to PNW - anywhere else I'd melt, or freeze, I reckon ;-)

We are zone 8 here, but heat zone 2 I think? Things grow like crazy here (Portland OR) but we battle slugs/clay soil/rainy springs. There is very little that wont grow here at all except for citrus/tropics. Not all of it grows well though :) we are having a good summer this year, sunny and 80 degree days since May.