How Does Your Garden Grow??????
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waterproof808
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Sad morning...had to pull out my cucumber vines cuz they got hit with pickleworms and some of the vines were wilting. So frustrating.
MICHI-CAN
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I meant A sad emoji. Try using bio balls. Nematodes have almost eraticated almost all grubs and larvae here. Still have fireflies though. Came out last night. Better luck and information I wish upon you. And If A pickle worm is A cutworm. Your issues will go away. Drop one in the spring and again in the fall.
waterproof808
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Are you talking about the bio balls that are used in aquariums? Thats all I could find on google. I think I need to just start spraying more in the evening to keep the damn moths at bay. I got some nice size Otome melons growing near by and I will be devastated if they get to those.
MICHI-CAN
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BioBalls is A brand name for A lawn and garden grub control product. You want Nematodes. Antique tablet ATM. will find A link when I get inside If needed.
FresnoFarmer
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Good morning y’all!
FresnoFarmer
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Harvested couple handfuls of cherry toms this week.
Pumpkin vine all over the place
Watermelon growing quick.
Armenian Cuke
honey rock
eggplant flowering(bottom right)
Pumpkin vine all over the place
Watermelon growing quick.
Armenian Cuke
honey rock
eggplant flowering(bottom right)
waterproof808
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todays haul plus a bunch of freshly harvested kabocha squash seeds from a store bought.
too larry
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My cukes are going south in a hurry too. Black spot. The ones in the raised bed at the river house is almost ready, so I'll yank the ones in the garden out as soon as I can.
too larry
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I'm getting a few tomatoes, peppers and cukes everyday. Picked (cooked and ate) the first two acorn squash this past weekend. One plant of my acorn squash have yellow fruit. (I swear I'll try to take a picture next time) I picked one, but haven't cooked it yet. Melons, corn and the rest of it is still a ways off.
xtsho
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It's interesting to see different gardeners in different climate zones growing different crops. Some of you guys are already harvesting peppers and tomatoes while I've just gotten my starts in the ground in the last couple weeks. But I've been harvesting other vegetables like turnips, radishes, greens, I had some early overwintered beets, etc... And now the peas which are delicious. We decided to just eat what was left after shelling raw. But this first batch we basically ate as we shelled. It's been raining here and these peas are really tasty and swelling up good. They like this weather.
I didn't do any cucumber starts but instead seeded directly in the ground. They're all coming up as are the beans. The peppers are doing better than past years but we're still in the low 50f's and peppers don't like the cold. Eggplant as well but it's going to warm up here soon so 3 weeks from now and it will likely be a different story.
I didn't do any cucumber starts but instead seeded directly in the ground. They're all coming up as are the beans. The peppers are doing better than past years but we're still in the low 50f's and peppers don't like the cold. Eggplant as well but it's going to warm up here soon so 3 weeks from now and it will likely be a different story.
xtsho
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From some garlic cloves that sprouted last fall that I just stuck into the garden. They would have gotten bigger but I needed to dig them up for other plants. Just from some Chinese garlic I got at the Asian market. 4 bulbs for a $1. I think I'm going to get a pack and plant them after they sprout this fall in a location I can let them grow until they're done. But these are still good. It's just a hassle peeling the small cloves. I smash the entire bulb and shake out the good stuff. It's a pretty strong flavored variety for sure.
I don't have room in the backyard to devote to garlic but I'm thinking of using it in the front yard landscape. It has nice foliage if it's kept healthy.
I don't have room in the backyard to devote to garlic but I'm thinking of using it in the front yard landscape. It has nice foliage if it's kept healthy.
radrolley
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From my experience I never had trouble transplanting smaller sunflowers plants from cups. I have also done this with many other plants through the years including beans, cucumbers, pumpkins, watermelons, zuccini, carrots, radish, chives, peppers, any many others including flowers. I also try my best not to damage the root structure though. I always read and hear of people cutting roots and such when transplanting. I NEVER do this with any plant. They will fix themselves. I have not done it however for many larger/mature plants.
I have started corn the same way years ago. It transplanted nice also.
I like to make use of unused space indoors. These plants are much further from the light than everything else so a lot of light demanding plants will stretch. Still works as an excellent way for starting plants for outdoors. I donate most of these plants to my local community and keep a few for myself. Cups can be reused many times for gardening to help reduce waste.
FresnoFarmer
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Looks like we’re going to have some nice pumpkins 
too larry
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I used to baby cuke, pumpkin and squash sprouts. I would put newspaper in the cup before I put in the dirt, so that when it was time to transplant, none of the roots would be entwined with roots from other plants. These days I plant the seeds in an open tray and dig the plants out with a spatula. Once in a while one will die, but most do fine.
FresnoFarmer
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Bells
Thai. Still picking flowers.
