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It is both temperatures and day length. My Bok Choys bolted weeks ago and our night temps were in 40s and days in low 60s then. So there was no temperature issue.
I prefer chards over spinach because of two reasons: one, easy to grow ;;two , there is more texture to it. Now I have discovered a third reason, they don not bolt as easily.
thanks for the replies... Sadly, I don't have any shade at the moment... The peas are booming up their trellis, but it is not in a place that provides much shade in the bed... At any rate, the forecast is calling for excessive heat (for here) in a couple of days and I suspect the rest of my spinach and lettuce is going to be a goner... At least the tomatoes and eggplant and beans will pick up, though.
Rich_manure: I know!!! I thought I really figured it out with the tulle netting. However, I think I had it too tight against the leaves. If I had it to do over again, I would get a larger piece (I think you can get it 108" wide) and float it higher using poles or sticks to keep it above the leaves. This was my setup about a month ago:
I just skewered one!
This year I am growing Romanesco Zucchini which is supposed to be more resistant. The stems seem to be a bit thicker skinned. Still this one got through. It's not on the main branch and if I lose that one part, I will be ok. I am going to try the injectable BT since I'm also growing Butternut Squash and I don't want those to get ruined.
You can clearly see that the first creature has the back legs of a member of the grasshopper family, as katydids are. The beetle is clearly just that, with the legs and hard exoskeleton of the beetle family. No relation.
Dave: I am amazed at your knowledge of insects. There are scores of different kinds of katydids, and you named the specific one. I really appreciate your contributions to this forum.
Have you considered raising something less than a giant variety? Also, have you had success in the past with other varieties in other years?
Again, I ask how thick the corn is....that might hinder a giant variety from earing up.
This post was edited by wayne_5 on Wed, Jun 26, 13 at 17:17
I much prefer the older varieties of sweet corn that have retained the 'corn' flavor ... actually on the farm we ate field corn while it was young & that is what I liked! The newer varieties are sweet.. but to me lack the 'corn' flavor so I tried these two varieties to see. I have always grown corn so this & last year are the only problems I have had! E-mailed our County Extension Agent to see what may be the problem...
Once PM develops it remains active as long as the conditions (humidity and air temps) for its growth persist. When those conditions change it begins to slow and appears to die off but the fungus remains dormant on the plant. So it is still there even if you can't see it and eventually it will kill the plant. In the meantime you can harvest from it.
Fungicides only slow it, control it somewhat, they do not cure it. It can be prevented by spraying with fungicides before the fungus attaches to the leaves (so from the day of plant out or seedling emergence), but it can't be cured once it develops.
Leaf removal is no problem as it doesn't stress the plant anymore than it already is stressed by the PM.
Dave
Ah, that makes sense. Hopefully the rain will leave us alone for a while.
I'd never considered eating radish greens, somehow the texture seems off-putting. But, I'm willing to try anything. Googling it, it seems they are used a lot in Indan cooking, which I love. Silver lining!
You may be surprised at how good radish greens are. I especially like them as an ingredient in soups such as Portuguese kale soup. They are tastier than many other greens. Cooked, texture is a non-issue. I have even found their texture to be fine raw in a salad of mixed greens.
Jim
This post was edited by jimster on Wed, Jun 26, 13 at 14:01
Chances are it's the rain situation here in the northeast. I'm on the island, and I've only hand watered my garden once in the last several weeks and I still had a yellow leaf, drop off issue with my peppers especially. All have rebound to normalcy, but we're do for a few more days involving rain for the rest of the week. Let your beds dry out, if you can, for a while and see the response. Under watering is many times less harmful than too much moisture. And when you do water, try to just water the soil, not the plants themselves.
AAAAAAAAAnd, a picture is always the best way to transmit your gardening issues to the forum.
Best of luck and be well..................elliot
Thank you for the quick and thorough response!! Do you think it would be worth the trouble of getting a different mix, and transplanting these plants, or should I just leave them be for this season, and water less often, and use something different next year? They seem to be growing well, and I just noticed small buds on them yesterday.
Very much so. Triple digits is normal for June. I don't use nitrogen on peas. so vines are small but productive. I do not grow varieties that I have to trellis. Too much work for me. On the other hands the vines get about the height advertised. Alaska is normally a 2 1/2 - 3 ft pea. Our winters occasional dip into the teens but middle 20's is the norm. Peas planted in late fall handle freezing temps as long as the ground does not freeze in the root zone. Re reading your description, I don't think you have Alaska. It has very small pods and small peas. Never had a pea grow over six ft mostly snap peas, although Tall Telephone will also. Never got any production from Tall Telephone tho. Freezonian, I grew years ago, very productive but got 4 ft tall. I planted double rows and strung a fence between the rows. I was younger and more energetic then.
I grow sugar snap peas because they seem to like this climate (central NC), are highly productive and very tasty, but they get very tall. Like 8 feet tall. Mine always end up falling over on the top because I don't have any trellises or bamboo rods that are high enough for them. I've never had a lot of luck with English peas - the productivity just isn't that great. I'd need to plant tons and tons of plants to have enough so that it's worthwhile.