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| My message is good news and also a question. For the first time in many years, the Borers have not wiped out my Zucchini, cucumber and squash plants. They have enjoyed a long summer flourishing without a single borer showing up. Do you think it was the fact that we had several days of minus 23 degrees last winter? We haven't had a frost yet so the zucchini and squash are still producing, however the cucumbers are finished. |
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| I believe you're right. We had colder than usual weather last winter and this season was relatively pest-free, including the SVBs |
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| I picked a cucumber this evening and several summer squash. I had a huge bounty due to the severe winter killing the SVB, cucumber beetles, and squash beetles. For many weeks I dropped on many excess zucchini on people's doorsteps this summer. However, I am sad that the brutal winter killed a couple of my trees and reduced the size of the peach crop. |
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- Posted by happyhelper 6a (My Page) on Mon, Oct 20, 14 at 10:15
| The winter also killed a couple of my young fruit trees. None of my fruit trees really flowered this Spring, so no fruit on them this year. Even the older trees had no fruit. I picked zucchini and green beans yesterday. I have lots of peppers but they are not turning colors, most are still green. The tomatoes were not very successful this year due to the excessive rain we had in the spring. Guess I'll have to plant them on a hill if I want to get tomatoes in the future. This was the second year with too much rain for the tomatoes - they drowned. Weeds did fine! Usually we have a frost by now and it looks as if it will continue to be above freezing for another week.
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| What the weather takes with one hand, it gives with the other. I had almost no fruit from my trees either, because of the cold, but also a remarkable shortage of many pests and diseases. |
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