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maybe next season try just sticking them on top of the soil with good application of gypsum, that's all we do never had much success growing them in containers.

len

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

Thank You all for your advice. I have a couple of options this year. Next year I try and set up an area to grow outside the container.

Success!!!! Two sprayings, 3 days apart and the white flies are history. Of the 5 plants impacted only one did not make it. The others are recovering and sending up blossoms.

I doubt that you're done from my experiences. keep up with the spraying once a week for another 2-3 weeks and then see where you're at. Anybody that says they got rid of whiteflies with just TWO sprayings and that's it didn't have whiteflies in the first place IMO. They are one of the toughest to deal with.

Congrats so far.

kevin

Considering other possibilities - New, do you have yellow&black striped beetles in your cukes? The fact that one plant is wilting and the others aren't, which were presumably sprayed with the same solution, is suggestive of bacterial wilt.

Here, it would be early for that, but your plant sure looks like it. If you cut off a leaf, hold your finger to the cut place then pull it slowly away, the sap from a plant afflicted with bw will pull away like a thin strand of gum.

Well, it demolished one entire plant and only affected 1/3 of the bigger more established plants.

And no beetles of any kind. I check very often for pests.

Our fence is only 4' high, but I think what keeps the deer out of ours is the fact that the whole thing (about 20x30') is filled with trellises and wire cages.
The wires on top are a good idea Kali. And like you said, just make sure you put something on them (some sort of tape, etc.) so the deer can see them.........or you might end up with a deer stuck in your fence! :(

I've been lucky the deer have left my garden alone. They get in and go to the back where I don't have anything planted and bed down. They seem to feel safe back there and they haven't bothered any of my plants. They seem to prefer the coastal grass I have growing around the garden.

Unless your fence is very good, I'll guess it's a rabbit (young ones can squeeze through a very small hole, and they look long and hard to find one).

LOL The only fence I have is... a 16-ft cedar hedge, but we do live across the street from a large wooded area and I HAVE seen deer, but they've not crossed the street because the neighbour's garden is bigger than mine and it's right next to the river so...

I HAVE gone out at night w/flashlight, as I sometimes do to check on my hostas, but have not seen any slugs. The beds are raised beds as well.

So I'll go with your bunny theory, although I and my neighbours have never seen any, and there are plenty of cats out at night. Thanks so much for your input.
I'm glad to hear the plants will survive despite the early chomping from da monstah from da black lagoon... :D
Happy gardening!

Get some hardware cloth with 1/4" holes, attach it to a 2x4 frame, and dig and screen the carrot section of your bed to 14", adding fine organic matter to loosen clay soil. Once I did that, my carrots looked perfect (but only tasted just a little bit better).

I add some sand, too. Keeps the bed from settling quite so much.

"Do you happen to know how or if these could be cooked on the bbq?"

Slice them and coat them with olive oil and grill them.

Hundreds of ways to use them available on the web. Just Google summer squash recipes. And yes, they can be cut in half length-wise, brushed with butter and garlic and lightly grilled just until fork tender.

Dave

This post was edited by digdirt on Tue, Jul 2, 13 at 11:51

I am by no means one of the experienced voices on this forum, so please take everything with a hefty dose of salt, but this sounds similar to my situation. I rent, and the landlord wouldn't be happy with a yard dug up for an inground garden, but is ok with me planting in between the established landscaping and containers. So in between the bushes (2 large ugly things, and 1 rose bush with a good amount of room between them), I put down top soil and compost, and then dug into my new layers of soil to plant. I've grown zucchini which were perfectly happy, and vining squash (butternut, acorn, spaghetti). Last year, the spaghetti squash managed to climb one of the bushes before I caught it, and everything still seemed to happily coexist. I also let the vines go out on the bit of lawn, and put some soil over the vines in places, so that might help. I also managed to train peas up the bushes this spring, but they got knocked down in the really nasty storm a week or so ago. Hope this helps, and good luck!

Every single message is helpful. Wow, I love GardenWeb! I read in depth online, but honestly, more often than not, my questions are better answered here than in all the articles I can find on a given subject.

My bushes won't grow any larger, because I won't let them. But yes, we do have to clip a few times a season. Personally, I'd be happy to get rid of them, but they do look nice in the yard. And my pseudo-husband is wild about them.

Anything I do will be by hand. It's truly a small area.

My grateful thanks to all, and I welcome any further ideas.

Hi, this happened to me with my Sungolds. However, only the first few blossoms fell off. Now they are setting fruit by the gazillions. Hot night temps will cause blossoms to drop. It also helps if your tomato plants are in a breezy, windy location. Bees also certainly help. I have a few sunflowers growing nearby that keep the bees coming in droves. They are all over my tomato plants all day long. That's why I have gazillions and gazillions of tomatoes and will be feeding the neighborhood. Oh and they are great for breakfast sauteed in bacon grease alongside ham and eggs. yum!

To the OP,
I am in the same zone and state. My romas have baby tomatoes but the beefsteaks only have flowers. I have seen at least one bumblebee around the flowers, so I know pollination is happening. I'm just thinking that beefsteaks are a bit more finicky than romas.

Could be the same with your cherry tomatoes. You could check with your county extension office. I finally figured out to reach the office for Bergen county. They even have a walk-in office in Hackensack which is available M to F from 10 am to 2 pm for help.

stuffradio, "Are you more in Hope, Prince George, Kamloops, on the Island? Which part of BC are you in?"

I'm two mountain chains west of the Rockies, between Trail (or Castlegar) and Nakusp - not too far up from the U.S. border.

I guess that means you're pretty much right beside the border of BC and Alberta. I do know SE BC was getting hammered with rain. That's why I wanted to know.