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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)

Yep. Normal. You will find it on pepper plants too.

Dave

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greglong5309

thank you all

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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)

Ok then it is a water soluble powder as opposed to a granular (used dry) or a liquid (already dissolved). Each form has different uses and application rates.

Water soluble powders have the advantage of dilution so you can cut its strength as needed. 15-30-15 is normally considered quite a strong fertilizer and so easy to over-dose with. So if you mix it 1/2 T per gallon you'd have 7-15-7 (still quite strong). Ferts like this are often used/mixed at quarter strength to avoid overdosing and soil salt build-up.

Like Dan said soil testing services in Canada are broken down by province and each AG ministry has their own facilities. For starters see: Soil & Water testing Services in Canada

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gartleyideas

Thanks for the link, I just literally 5 min ago emailed one on that list that is down Island from me, waiting to hear back. Tracked a company down in Ontario that does it for $25 but I gotta mail 1 1/2c of soil 2/3 of the way across the continent!!! Federal AG department was no help other than recommended to talk to the Provincial AG department. Left a message there with their "soil specialist" lol. Will keep trying...

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sharonjenkins6

I have a celery plant that has a black bug with yellow stripes on it. I would like to know if it is friend or fiend

Thanks

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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7

Two-lined Spittlebug, adult.

Next time, start your very own new thread rather than hitchhiking on one that is 6 years old and of a different subject. You'll get more attention to your question PLUS we love to see new posts and new people.

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farmerdill

Definitely not Little Marvel. There are many commercial varieties, no way of telling which one a processor is using. These varieties are developed for machine harvesting and shelling. Determinate vines with high pod set. Afila types are popular.

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ilodato(6b)

Thanks! That's the answer I was looking for.

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bcomplx(z6VA)

Nope, I don't think that's her. However, in my area the wild chicory is just starting to bloom, which usually coincides with adult moth emergence. The best time to spot them is dusk, armed with a badminton racquet.

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emily52138(6b)

Thanks for replying, I was hoping I was right and didn't need to worry about them quite yet. I just started seeing squash bugs and eggs and I have been seeing crazy numbers of cucumber beetles. I had a little bit of a panic attack thinking about the infestation starting just as I am going on vacation in the next couple of weeks.

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Jason Byrne

Sorry to keep replying to my own post, but I think it's a pickleworm.

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farmerdill

Concur

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nickjoseph(5 Milwaukee, WI)

Molex, I just looked out our window today after a complete day of raining to glimpse our garden. We have twice over raked out & blown out the needles. Lo and behold, what do I see, an entire garden filled with little green seedlings from our neighbor's other tree. It does look like the Tree of Heaven leaves & seedlings. In all our 22 years of living here and having a garden, I do not ever remember the trees dropping seeds & needles like this quantity....ever. Tomorrow we will try to pick up, rake off as many as we can. Do you know if these hurt the tomatoes & cucumbers? Thanks. Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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Molex 7a NYC

old thread, but needles and seeds are fine, just an annoyance. In fact I tend to let some weeds be for a few weeks on end, something is eating them and not "my" actual plants, so I've got that going for me.

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mimipadv

Another question- any home remedies/sprays before I go out and buy a commercial spray?

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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)

<any home remedies>

Yeah, your fingers. Rather than spraying it with anything since ANY spray can damage the plants - why not just use your fingers to squish and wipe it all off. Works for 100's of pests. If you are squeamish just put on gloves.

Dave

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raspistill

No entomologist here, but best I can guess via web is some type of Cicadellidae. Looks very leafhopper like. They come in such a large range of colors I was only able to find 1 image that looked similar to yours. A search for "Leafhopper eggplant" does return results, so I assume they do like to feed on them. They are on the pest side of the spectrum.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2238/2205463292_8b04e3bede_m.jpg

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Jason Byrne

Thanks. I think you're right. Looks like something in the leafhopper category. I got rid of him.

The weird thing is everything I read about leafhoppers said they would readily move and were fast... hence the "hopper" part of their name I suppose. This thing... I had to literally push him to move and he'd move over a centimeter. And all night long he didn't move more than a few inches, staying on the eggplant the whole time.

So found him where I left him last night and pushed him around to get him out from under a leaf and just was able to grab him by the wings. Just weird again since that seems uncharacteristic.

Luckily I don't see any damage to the eggplant, but I don't want to take chances after the damage from worms and cucumber beetle I've encountered in my rookie gardening season this summer.

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ekgrows(5 - Northern Illinois)

Last year I tried cups of vegetable / canola oil placed next to plants. Caught quite a few that way.

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bcomplx(z6VA)

This is my first year using oil traps, and they are a huge improvement. The earwigs go out of their way to crawl in. Last night I placed shallow dishes (plastic lid tops from the food truck) with one-half inch veg oil in each, drizzled with 1 teaspoon bacon grease and one-half teaspoon soy sauce. Between three traps on the deck, this morning I had a hundred earwigs. After clearing them from the deck several times during the day, I'm convinced they crawl up the posts at night to feed on my seedlings. In addition to what is here, https://www.growveg.com/growblogpost.aspx?id=408

I read of a guy who uses 8-10 inch lengths of half-inch poly tubing, stuck into the ground at angles. I'm a home wine maker, have tubing and airlocks lying on the dining table in the sun to dry out, and dang if lost earwigs don't go in there at night.

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exmar

You didn't mention it, but most of what you listed grows well vertically as well as horizontally, staking, cages, tying, and "creative" pruning is SOP in intensive gardening schemes.

Good luck,

Ev

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FADiver (7B, eastern Virginia)

Yeah, I think I'm gonna do that, too. The tomatoes have gotten very bushy, as I did not prune any of the early lower growth, though they are staked. The cucumbers are already on a trellis, and I've started physically helping it move higher. The main problem are the gigantic squash and zucchini. I swear one of them took a swipe at me as I walked by yesterday.

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bardamu_gw

I think ants gobble up the fungus. They can't get enough of it. You should see my compost pile. Veritable ant metropolis. I don't think they are to blame... though they can help carry spores.

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daninthedirt(Cent TX; HZ10, Sunset z30, USDA z8a)

I don't think bacterial wilt or fungus root rot is ever going to recover. In the meantime, you're just growing more fungus and bacteria. I mean, you can look at the plant and anticipate the prognosis. If the wilting is serious, and the leaf tips are all pointing downward, you're not going to learn anything by keeping it. It's dead, if not dying. If the leaves are just drooping lightly, sure, why not keep it, but be careful.

I too am skeptical about whether ants are your problem. I guess you could put an aluminum foil collar around the base of the plants if you're worried about them.

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barrie2m

San Marzano is a determinate growth habit plant so you probably want to limit pruning to anything below the graft. I'll only tell you that doing so is almost impossible unless you pay close attention to your plants throughout the season. In reality you will probably notice lots of yellow cherry tomatoes ripening amid your San Marzano tomatoes and those should be cut out.

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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)

It is called Physiological Leaf Roll and is a response of the plant to water issues it is having - usually over watering. Since peppers prefer to dry out between watering you may need to cut back on how often you water. Don't go by the appearance of the soil surface. Rather stick you finger deep into the soil to check of water needs. And mulching the plant helps greatly too.

Dave

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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)

Is it the NJ air? Naw. All of what shows in your pics so far is fairly normal for cukes just about anywhere. All sorts of things can cause holes and little brown spots and damaged or yellowing edges on some leaves and 9 times out of 10 it is no problem. Which is why man don't worry about it. Plus we have learned that trying to "fix" it is usually what does them in, not the original damage.

Dave

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njitgrad(6A/6B)

Dave, I've used that attitude the last three years and it's gotten me nowhere. I need to figure it out. I used to live three miles away from my current house and for the six years I lived there I had so many healthy cucumbers I couldn't even give them away. Now I'm lucky to harvest a dozen puny ones before they succumb to the usual fate.

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