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Be aware...spinosad kills a lot of beneficial soil creatures.

Thanks for the responses. I think I will use it for the leafminers on my citrus trees,. I will alternate with Neem oil application every 15 to 30 days or so. Hopefully it should keep them in check!

Here is a link that might be useful: How to use Spinosad

Thanks Theforgottenone

suspect rats. About harvesting: you can do it at any stage. Cukes and squash need not to mature. Maturing result in hardening the seeds inside and less desirable.

When it's too much work, takes up too much space, isn't yielding enough, is plagued continually by pests/disease, gives me no pleasure.

There are so many plants to choose from, I don't bother with trouble.

Deleted duplicate post. Why does this always happen??

This post was edited by susanzone5 on Wed, Jul 10, 13 at 19:00

SVB! SVB! ALERT ALERT!

I'm pretty darn sure it's a squash vine borer moth. Check your plants.

You'll have to get a much closer photo of the bug itself to even begin to ID it. Could it be an SVB moth? Possibly. It could also be 150 other things. So rather than panic just look up a pic of the SVB and compare it.

Multiple pics - just C&P the URLS in the post double spaced one after another.

Dave

lots of reasons why raised beds?

saves doing any tilling or digging so saves teh back, alos depending on height saves bending our latest beds make gardening so much easier.

good for moisture control, no weeds, and these new ones up out of teh reach of any creature that digs,

len

Here is a link that might be useful: lens bale garden

I have a tiny yard of gravel over sand. Love my raised beds.

I recently discovered that bell peppers freeze really well.

as new 'taters they will taste a treat steamed in their jackets, with ot without a dollop of butter.

if you want put them in the fridge and if they chit(bud) for next season plant them, planting size is no mater as spuds will grow fro peelings.

flowering has nothing to do with harvesting, that occurs when plants die off. we hardly see flowers, just 'taters.

len

Here is a link that might be useful: lens instant potato patch

slime mold? well eww.

i have never had slime mold before.

Maybe this will help. It, evidently, is not harmful to the plant at all. No fungicide is needed based on this article.

Here is a link that might be useful: MSU Newsletter on Slime Mold & Plants

Yes if you skip a few days it is amazing what changes you see in your garden. Mine is at my ranch and I am only there on the weekends. I have to have a neighbor come by a couple times a week to pick the garden because it gets out of hand otherwise.

I'm going have to try the trip to Washington gardening method, sounds like a winner.

When only one plant is affected like this, I suspect either physical injury to the roots by a tunneling critter or a virus. If you had herbicide drift it would not be just one plant. If you had a root disease you would see leaf discoloration. Viral infection is a possibility because the growth pattern has gone wonky. I have often seen viruses infect a few plants and leave others nearby unaffected. If it were mine I would compost it.

Thank you everyone. I did consider curly top as it does look consistent with the symptoms of such, I also considered that maybe this one got planted over a gopher tunnel, which I have many of, although no active gopher residing in them since early spring when I trapped the one I had. I think I will pull it. sniffles. ;)

Once they mature you will have more than you can eat.

Throughout tomato season I keep at least one broad bowl on the table for collecting ripening fruits. The little tomatoes I wash as soon as I bring in, so that if anyone wants to eat them, they are ready.

I dry the cherries and plums, so I often must save up for a few days to get a full deydrator batch. The important thing is to keep them at warm room temps and never chill them.

I'm not a pepper grower but I was thinking about it.
Are the peppers in the photos spaced out sufficiently?
Looks a little tight.

The peppers look nice & green, but a little small to be fruiting. One thing to keep in mind when you're planting is the watering needs for the vegetables, Cucumbers need a lot more water than peppers, so it's going to be tricky to keep the cukes well-watered without over-watering the peppers.