2020 Garden Thread.

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, ness said:

On a few visits to the garden lately a leetle rabbit surprised us and ran away. Now worries-the fencing we put up seemed to be working fine.

Tonight we were searching the bush beans and noticed a hollowed out section where they were eaten off. Checked the fencing around the bed and found this:

darn it!

 

             Dagnabbitrabbit. 

    Get him Elmer Fudd.        Cannot use a gun its socially unacceptable anymore. Well in cartoon world it is. 

[jdmidwest]

23 hours ago, ness said:

On a few visits to the garden lately a leetle rabbit surprised us and ran away. Now worries-the fencing we put up seemed to be working fine.

Tonight we were searching the bush beans and noticed a hollowed out section where they were eaten off. Checked the fencing around the bed and found this:

darn it!

 

There is some plastic turds around somewhere.  Track him down and stomp on him.

[Fish24/7]

Same watermelon from last picture. Doing good! Only been about a week since it was a tiny little baby. Now almost the size of a football

[Terrierman]

What's wrong with my zucchini?  Plant looks great, huge leaves and lots of blooms.  But the fruit is just not developing right.  Stays about the size of my index finger? 
One of them is already turning yellow like over ripe ones do.  Plenty of moisture, but not flooded.  I do not get it.  Normally by now it's time to start hiding them in neighbor's cars.

[ness]

Never grow zucchini so no experience but lots of foliage and not much fruit happens if you over do it with nitrogen fertilizer. 

[jdmidwest]

Too much moisture.

[Fish24/7]

Tomato pruning time again. This time I removed everything within about 18" of the ground. Insects will attack the lowest leaves and branches, and that's where damage can lead to other issues.  Had a wheel barrow half full of tomato leaves when I was done. The plants I grow tend to have huge leaves that grow downward and one leaf can be 16-18"+ long so they can really hang low around the bottom of the plant and attract bugs.

 

Had to water again today. With as hot as it's been in our area,and very little rain, like an inch in a month, it's a good idea to keep the ground saturated regularly to prevent  calcium lockout. Also a good idea to spray some Bonide 544 and 166 early before sunrise while the dew is still on the plants for additional preventative maintenance. I use 544 one day, then 166  the next, then  Neem another time and repeat as directed on the labels. Blooms really drop and won't set as easily if not taken care of when there is a 100° heat index and practically no rain. 

Counted close to 200 green Belgium pink . Some are already nearing a pound plus.

Cocktail tomatoes there must be  at least a  thousand,maybe more, green ones.  A few hundred on each plant.

All I have is tomatoes and watermelons this year. So there's not much else to report on. 

 

[Fish24/7]

So far so good with the twins, about 30-35+ on each plant, couldnt get them all in the photo the 2 plants are close to 10' wide

still a long way to go, they will get bigger

[nomolites]

On 7/3/2020 at 2:40 PM, Terrierman said:

What's wrong with my zucchini?  Plant looks great, huge leaves and lots of blooms.  But the fruit is just not developing right.  Stays about the size of my index finger? 
One of them is already turning yellow like over ripe ones do.  Plenty of moisture, but not flooded.  I do not get it.  Normally by now it's time to start hiding them in neighbor's cars.

If they don’t get pollinated, squash will just shrivel and fall off - insecticides/dusting can kill pollinators.   One other possible cause could be lack of calcium - I have seen both give squash the problem you describe.

Mike

[Fish24/7]

Can't recall ever seeing a turtle lay eggs. Pretty cool.

I'm going to put a cage over the nest to try and help protect the eggs.