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Phewwww!!!! Thanks both :)

SVB will have the "saw-dust" frass added to the split. Hard to miss.

yeah, I hadn't seen those posts, and went by what I found in many other places that simply said "liquid soap" without defining it. I'll see what it's like when I get home after work and hopefully it's perked up.

The posts I were referring to are kind of old plus they were on the Organic Gardening forum. And the discussions are about how the soap kills bugs, not about it's surfactant properties. So I don't know if the same rules apply for what type of soap to use or if it matters.

Rodney

Here is a link that might be useful: Insecticidal Soap Discussions

The Ashley cucumber is a smooth slicer. I grew them tis year along with Munchers (prickly pickling) and County Fair (prickly pickling). Cutting cuke off vine with sheers is best.

I have some round, fat, bottleneck anomalies and I suspect it is the rain and cooler than usual temperatures. This kind of behavior is usually at the end of the season but
our whole summer has been anything but a typical South Carolina summer.

Target leaf spot is ravaging my plants (so much heavy rain EVERY day for weeks) but still producing fruit and new growth, so I am happy. Still managed to get some pickles put up and make some Tzadiki.

So are the fat ones going to grow longer or are they ready to pick off? (See pic above!)

Is there anything we can do?

If it is bacterial wilt from the cucumber beetle there isn't much you can do. Pull the plant and dispose in the garbage can away from your garden and/or compost.

Go to the link below and search other possibilities.

Your other plants look wonderful - mine are full of Angular Leaf Spot due to the constant heavy rains.

Your tomato looks like it might have Early Blight. Remove the leaves and spray with a fungicide is the recommended action.

Here is a link that might be useful: Cucurbit Problem Solver

I have problems with rabbits. Without a fence I would never get broccoli.. I transplanted 30 a few years ago and woke up to having half the plants eaten to the ground. I decided to get some fencing when I came home from work that day but when I arrived home that night there were only 2 1/2 left standing.
I now use 3' chicken wire with the bottom 8" bent at a 90 degree angle at the ground. I then use garden staples to secure the wire to the ground then mulch over top to try and keep the weeds from growing. It's a giant waste of space but has to be done until I can eliminate the rabbits from the neighborhood. The fence is hideously ugly and an embarrassment but at this point it is only way I can grow certain crops.
I probably average 5-6 rabbits per year with the bb gun but after what I've seen this year - I'm not sure I'm making a dent with those rodents. 1-2 blackbirds with the bb gun usually gets them to move on however. Smart creatures.

We have TONS of rabbits that sit right next to the garden looking longingly at the vegetation (the adults - the babies get eaten by our cats).

As Dave said, buried rabbit fencing. We have never had a problem.

I can't tell you by the bite marks but I have a hunch it might be racoons. Squirrrels are not nocturnal so I don't think it could be that. Maybe rats but racoons are pretty dexterous and wiley... You might want to cover your bed with some deer netting and stake it into the ground well to keep the rascals out.

Nocturnal with reaching/grabbing ability-->raccoons.
Rabbits don't climb or reach - they sit and nibble.

Agree with lolear - try netting and/or capture the raccoon and relocate.

Wow, look at that soil like concrete!

Agree. That soil needs amendments, work and care. Badly!
Mulching if nothing else.

Dave

i rake it every week and weed whenever i can. this picture was taken 2 days after a very heavy rain. most of my tomatoes and bean plants were tilted, so had to spend my time in making them straight again.

I agree with what you say, but I am concerned if I will do more damage than actually improving the soil while trying to amend it.

kevin.. i love okra. i saw 3 little pods yesterday. i am so excited.

Silk does not look that dry. Some varieties have long slim ears. If the kernals fill out , no problem.

They'll fill out more. When the ear feels plump test the biggest by checking the kernel color and size.

My guess is that it shouldn't be here and that the servers might be compromised.

I had my antivirus the other day warn me of an attack from gardenweb and another user posted the same.

I just figured out the source of the music. Doesn't seem to be a virus, just some sort of advertisement to a site or game called howlingmonkey.com. Here's the link to the other thread:

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/decor/msg071633082565.html

This post was edited by iandw on Fri, Jul 12, 13 at 20:49

Where can I get some beneficial nematodes?

There are many suppliers of them online. Google is your friend.

Locally? All depends on what you have available in Ag supplies/feed stores/etc.

Dave

Here is a link that might be useful: BNNM suppliers

Well, I just went outside to see what the shape of the spots are.....and they're GONE!
No signs of eggs or bugs of any sort (except for a little spider)
I'll keep checking every day, though.
Thanks all. Nancy

Per the reference below, the watermelon contaminating fungus is specific to watermelon.

Here is a link that might be useful: Fusarium Wilt on Watermelon

This post was edited by grandad on Fri, Jul 12, 13 at 16:12

My sugar baby just up and died last year without any warning. I wonder if it was fusarium. Had two softball size fruits at the time, too, which were tiny but ended up being completely edible (and delicious).