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Fri, Dec 2, 11 at 22:44
| What did you learn this year that other people might like to know, too?
I learned not to plant eggplant near tatsoi and brassicas. The flea beetles jump from one to the other. Better to have a buffer crop between them. It was dinner and dessert apparently. ;)
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| Good one...what I learned is...plant cucumber seeds in early spring and fall, never in June or later on, sets small cukes which eventually smother in the high heat and humidity. Learned a while ago, it's ok to plant part of ornamental peas along with more edible ...take a chance, there will be more to trade somewhere here. :) Don't allow spanish needle wildflowers to set seeds or you'll have tons of em sticking to your clothes like little needles. Always something to learn. GB |
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- Posted by ricjo22 5 (hughri1@aol.com) on Fri, Dec 9, 11 at 23:28
| I learned that it only takes a few drops of dish soap in a quart of water to kill spider mites. I was using too much and it had to be washed off or it would kill the foliage. Also i found that i could plant a few ornamental(pumpkin tree) eggplants near the potatoes peppers and tomatoes to attract the flea beetles to kill them with pyola spray. |
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