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Agree with Kevin. Bell peppers are very susceptible to sunscald and even if it was BER it wouldn't necessarily be lack of calcium but more the inconsistent distribution of the calcium throughout the fruit - that is usually due to watering problems.
Have you successfully grown colored bell peppers in the past? It can be difficult to do in the home garden since once peppers are left on the plant to turn colors the plant tends to slow or shut down further production. many find that to actually get colored bells they need far more plants simply because of the decreased production one gets from each plant. But some varieties work better than others.
Dave
I don't know if this is what you're referring to, but last year I grew sweet yellow and green/red peppers. They initially produced a ton of peppers, then it took forever for a second wave to be produced and there weren't that many in the 2nd round. Maybe that's what you're experiencing? I'm not sure why, maybe I didn't fertilize enough....or maybe that's just normal.
This year, I am doing foliar feedings of diluted epsom salt/H2Oto help with BER, (but only during the evening or early in the AM on a cloudy day). I have already had some sunscald, also.
Guess it depends on what you like to eat. Personally I can find lots of uses for them fresh and dried. Salads, steamed as a side dish, lightly fried as a side dish, grilled, diced on top of fresh tomatoes, on baked potatoes, great on a hamburger either fresh or grilled, any thing you would use chives in, scallion pesto, in scrambled eggs, in spaghetti sauce, diced into meatloaf, as a taco burrito topping, etc.
Check out all the posts about them over on the Alliums Forum here. The search there pulls up lots of discussions on growing and using them. And you can find cooking recipes for them over on the Cooking forums here not to mention Google using 'scallion recipes'.
Dave
Looks like a japanese beetle. Best control is to hand pick. They will play dead and drop when they know you're after them, so hold a jar of soapy water under them and shake them into it. If you have zillions of them, you can shake into a tarp and dump the tarp into a bucket of water.
I would not recommend the Japanese beetle traps -- they only seems to draw more to your garden. (That's what the Rodale people found in research, and once my neighbor who had traps moved, I've had many fewer beetles.)
They're not terrible as long as you keep up with them. Check your beans, too.
My potatoe plants leaves are turning yellow as well. I have very sandy soil so to moist doesn't seem to be the problem. You mentioned fertilizing them from underneath does that mean I should work fertilizer into the ground around the base of each plan? Also is milorganite a good fertilizer for this?
Cantaloupes slip from the vine when ripe. Some varieties have longer shelf life than others, but if you want a week shelf life pick at half slip. That means that in stead of falling off the vine (full slip) you pull on the melon abit to get to release from the vine.
This gentleman has absolutely the right idea about what is eating his plants...This little bugger has eaten approximately 3/4 of my broad-leafed plants this season. I took a picture of it, but my pic is not as clear. This is definitely the fly doing the damage...I've watched them doing it. They start at the bottom of the plant and work their way up, first eating large holes, and eventually the complete leaf of the plant...Soon all that is left is a stalk...My neighbors have complained of the same thing. Pesticides are not effective.
these are asian or japanese beetles, very terrible pest, search plant eating japanese beetles for info... very destructive they come from grubs, only out late at night, see them eat with flashlight, knock into pan of soapy water to kill, best to kill there larva now to august or they will return with a vengeance. these are a little known pest eating all trees and vegetation all over the US. They LOVE mint, peppers, thyme, most herbs, spices, sunflowers...dont eat tomatos for some reason...if you see little green "grasshoppers"? DONT KILL THEM, they are baby praying mantises there to eat your beetles, they are your best friends... best of luck, Steve
Buttoning happens when stunted plants. your plant appears to be normal. Those heads develop fast so keep an eye on them. They can be full heads in three to five days. I would also tie the leaves together over the head. In the hot hot sun, exposed heads will discolor and have a strong taste. Be sure to cut them before the curd starts to seperate.
No, they never open. I go out there 6am every day. They tips of the flowers turn brown. Then if you remove the petals the ovum is brown and mushy. I can try removing the flower earlier to fertilize it, but it may not be ready. Hopefully we get a break in the weather. Almost all of the fireworks in the area were canceled because of it. And it's been like this for weeks.
With greens it's best to go with the seasonal swings. Spring salad greens come and go quickly due to lengthening days. I pulled my last lettuce this week, and the spinach and mustard bolted two weeks ago. Now it's up to the chard to hold us until I get new lettuce seedlings up in August under a cloth shade cover. Then fall will bring more greens than we can eat and freeze.
Thanks Dave -- great info.
Elisa
yep if spuds are healthy then use them, we do.
len
Here is a link that might be useful: lens instant potato patch