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What critter eats cat poop??

Last post by Growing Coastal « Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:51 am
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by peebee » Sun Aug 30, 2020 12:21 pm

My friend in N. Ca is beside herself. She is sort of a newbie so she often seeks my advice when problems arise. Some critter or critters have been eating all the newly formed...

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Last post by Growing Coastal
Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:51 am
Is this Septoria Leaf Spot?

Last post by jbrukardt « Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:25 pm
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by jbrukardt » Mon Aug 31, 2020 4:38 pm

I've always assumed it was, but its hard to differentiate for me between SLS, Early Blight, and Anthracnose. I know i have Anthracnose from my fruit once they turn red, but...

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Last post by jbrukardt
Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:25 pm
Eeek! Hornworms!

Last post by Labradors « Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:00 am
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by Labradors » Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:01 pm

Just spotted a half inch hornworm dead on the black plastic mulch in the tomato garden. What a shock! As I looked for frass on the ground, I found some, and another dead...

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Last post by Labradors
Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:00 am
Dead and dying cucumber plants

Last post by EdieJ « Wed Aug 05, 2020 3:20 pm
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by EdieJ » Wed Aug 05, 2020 12:15 pm

In the space of a week, one right after another of my cucumber plants (grown in a 10 tall X 12' long planter box) wilted and died. The last one is on its last legs. :cry: It...

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Last post by EdieJ
Wed Aug 05, 2020 3:20 pm
Deer Deterrent

Last post by brownrexx « Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:14 am
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by MissS » Tue Aug 04, 2020 4:32 pm

For those of you experiencing deer pressure, I have found this to be a very good remedy and cheap too.

1 Tablespoon Red Pepper flakes
3-4 garlic cloves mashed
1 teaspoon...

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Last post by brownrexx
Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:14 am
How's Your Insect Pressure?

Last post by ponyexpress « Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:38 pm
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by GoDawgs » Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:09 pm
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I'd like to pose a question. Are any of you out there experiencing a lot lower insect pressure this year? I really hate to ask the question for fear of jinxing a good thing....
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Last post by ponyexpress
Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:38 pm
Asiatic Garden Beetle

Last post by pepperhead212 « Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:04 am
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by ponyexpress » Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:23 am

I noticed my strawberry plants were getting decimated by something. Same for a few of my pepper plants.
No sign of the pest during the day time. So I went outside with bug...

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Last post by pepperhead212
Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:04 am
The Dastardly Pickleworm

Last post by GoDawgs « Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:15 pm
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by GoDawgs » Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:58 pm

Dang, I had almost thought we had been passed by this year. Last year the first ones appeared June 7. This morning I picked the first cuke and first yellow squash that had...

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Last post by GoDawgs
Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:15 pm
Stem rot from jute

Last post by Shule « Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:07 pm
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by bower » Sun Jul 26, 2020 8:07 pm

I'm wondering if anyone can identify the type of disease here, which evidently came from the jute I used to tie my plants. Does anyone know if this is bacterial or fungal?...

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Last post by Shule
Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:07 pm
Copper Fungicide

Last post by Ginger2778 « Sat Jul 25, 2020 12:11 pm
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by Gardadore » Tue Jul 21, 2020 7:32 am

I am having a problem with excessive yellowing of leaves on some tomatoes. I keep removing them but soon there will be nothing to cover the tomatoes on the lower part. Other...

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Last post by Ginger2778
Sat Jul 25, 2020 12:11 pm
Friend or Foe

Last post by roper2008 « Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:35 pm
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by asaump » Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:17 am

Found this guy on my small sunflowers here in Maine. Is he a friend or foe?
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Last post by roper2008
Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:35 pm
Hollow Tomato

Last post by GoDawgs « Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:56 am

by GoDawgs » Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:56 am

Sister Pickles just cut open a tomato and it was hollow, the inside wall covered in small bumps. Neither of us has ever seen anything like this.

Some of you most likely...

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Last post by GoDawgs
Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:56 am
Is This Some Sort of Leaf Spot Blight?

Last post by Setec Astronomy « Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:48 am
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by Setec Astronomy » Thu Jun 25, 2020 1:27 pm
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This is on a Sweet Aperitif cherry tomato:

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Last post by Setec Astronomy
Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:48 am
What's your favorite cure/treatment for flea beetles?

Last post by Gardadore « Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:29 am
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by MissS » Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:35 pm
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Flea beetles are making doilies out of my eggplants. I used powdered DE and am very pleased to see that the damage has ceased. What is your favorite cure for flea beetles?
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Last post by Gardadore
Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:29 am
Very Odd Eggplant Plant leaves

Last post by MissS « Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:49 am
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by SQWIB » Mon Jul 06, 2020 7:54 am

This is a Rosita and An Rosa Bianca, the plants look healthy but the leaves are very odd.
Any idea whats going on? Spider Mites?

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Last post by MissS
Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:49 am
Something that looks like spider mites, but isn't

Last post by Shule « Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:31 pm
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by Labradors » Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:26 am

One of my micro RL container plants has something other than the usual Septoria/Early Blight on its leaves. They started off with yellow spots all over the plant and I...

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Last post by Shule
Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:31 pm
Brown Stem on Tomato

Last post by Shule « Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:01 pm
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by brownrexx » Mon Jun 08, 2020 7:23 pm
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I have never had a problem like this before with my tomatoes. I grew them all from seed and everything looked nice and healthy when I planted them in the garden about 3 weeks...
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Last post by Shule
Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:01 pm
Floppy leaves

Last post by arnorrian « Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:48 am
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by arnorrian » Sat Jun 27, 2020 2:05 pm

One of my Atomic Grape plants has two floppy leaves mid high, on opposite sides. They look like they were cut off an hours ago. There is no physical damage, or any...

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Last post by arnorrian
Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:48 am
Magnesium deficiency: foliar treatment or root drench?

Last post by MissS « Mon Jun 22, 2020 11:49 am
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by heirl00m » Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:37 am

Hi folks,

Despite using TTF, my straw bale plants are showing signs of Mg deficit. What's the optimal treatment? Foliar Epsom salt spray? 20200620_190201.jpg

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Last post by MissS
Mon Jun 22, 2020 11:49 am
Stem cankers?

Last post by MissS « Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:59 pm
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by mgret05 » Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:31 pm

The stems of most of my young tomato plants appear to have developed cankers - it almost looks like collar rot - just above the soil level. The plants themselves are still...

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Last post by MissS
Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:59 pm
Little Black Bugs (soil)

Last post by Nan6b « Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:55 am
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by Setec Astronomy » Sat Jun 20, 2020 7:24 am

Sorry I have no pictures. Long story short, I noticed a bunch of little black bugs swarming all over the potting mix at the base of my midget melon seedlings. First I thought...

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Last post by Nan6b
Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:55 am
Please check out my Friend or Foe page

Last post by EdieJ « Sat Jun 20, 2020 8:33 am
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by SQWIB » Fri Jun 19, 2020 8:19 am

I would truly appreciate folks checking out my Friend or Foe page and add some comments, suggestions, corrections.

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Last post by EdieJ
Sat Jun 20, 2020 8:33 am
Surround was finally delivered today

Last post by EdieJ « Fri Jun 12, 2020 8:48 am
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by EdieJ » Wed Jun 10, 2020 8:06 pm

50 pound bag of powder. I don't have a sprayer so I will have to mix it in a bucket and dip and pour over the plants. I think the aphids are about gone but by the time we cut...

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Last post by EdieJ
Fri Jun 12, 2020 8:48 am
Those Wascally Wabbits

Last post by stone « Thu Jun 11, 2020 10:42 am
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by friedgreen51 » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:29 pm
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I planted my Choppee Okra about 2 weeks ago and then we had 5.5 inches of rain. Fortunately my row are hilled up and the okra did fine. I had probably 80 percent germination....
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Last post by stone
Thu Jun 11, 2020 10:42 am
Something's Munching A Tomato Stem

Last post by slugworth « Tue Jun 09, 2020 8:09 pm
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by GoDawgs » Mon Jun 08, 2020 7:38 pm

I look at the tomatoes every morning and every late afternoon. Something is chewing on the bottom 10-12 of the Rosella's main stem and about 2 out on the first branch and it...

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Last post by slugworth
Tue Jun 09, 2020 8:09 pm

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