While on the spray topic. My watermelon germination rate was beyond poor this year. I had three come up out of probably 30 seeds. Lost one of them to cut worms last night/today. I sprayed around all of the plants in the garden this evening.
I've lost a bunch this season as well. I spray and I've started placing solo cups over them every night. Cut worms and slugs are really putting the hurting on my stuff.While on the spray topic. My watermelon germination rate was beyond poor this year. I had three come up out of probably 30 seeds. Lost one of them to cut worms last night/today. I sprayed around all of the plants in the garden this evening.
Question for the experts, can you spray Bifen on a vegetable garden. Specifically on the plants themselves. I have maters, peppers, squash, egg plant, cucs, and watermelon planted. I have heard yes and no. I haven't seen any pests yet but do have ants starting to try and mound in it. Only my 4th year planting in the ground and so far so good. Just don't want to kill myself or the plants with pesticides. I have used it around the yard and house forever and just thought of using it in the garden.
I've lost a bunch this season as well. I spray and I've started placing solo cups over them every night. Cut worms and slugs are really putting the hurting on my stuff.
Yep, got some of that to. Was afraid that it would leach into the plants. The ants I saw was around the base of the plant.I use bifen sparingly but do not pick anything for a few days.
For your ants, spread Amdro fire ant bait. It kills the mound from the bottom up. Not quick, but takes em all out.
As usual I skipped right over it, thanks, found it.Scroll down to table of contents, choose Insect Control, then Insect control for home vegetable garden. There is lots of there information in the manual. Also has harvest interval after treatment. You won't see brand names, but Google the insecticide, or ask here if you need.
I'm not sure it would be enough to cause any issues as it doesn't take a lot. You do not have to put the bait on the ants as they travel for food. Sprinkle it nearby and they will find it, take it down in the mound and start the eradication from the bottom up. Gotta kill the queen or they will just move a few feet and start over.Yep, got some of that to. Was afraid that it would leach into the plants. The ants I saw was around the base of the plant.
I know you're ticked off!! Put a couple of cage traps out and maybe a camera and see what's going on.I just watered what's left of the garden. Something, I suppose it was a coon, dug up my peppers, newly sprouted purple hulls, okra and dug all around the potatoes. He went down the rows digging plants up like it was his job.
I guess he was looking for grubs or maybe the old egg shells still had some scent.
It could have been a skunk I guess but the holes didn't seem cone shaped.
Oh well, guess I'll be replanting.
Planted 21 peppers and 16 tomatoes today. Still got 33 tomato plants left in trays
Yes! It started all of a sudden. One day you have beautiful water melons and the next day the row is a disaster. It used to get them all in a couple nights. They would bust all of them.Not related to your problem...we pretty much quit growing watermelons maybe 4/5 years ago due to what I think were yotes. You could see the punchers from the canine teeth in the melons. We found melon skins 10 to 40 rows away from the garden. Even small unripe would have teeth marks. Trying them this year. Anyone else had this problem?
My sweet potatoe slips showed up today. I won't have time to plant them until Friday. Hopefully they will be fine in the jars till then.
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Quick question for everyone:
I have some blossom end rot on my San Marzano tomatoes. They are in containers under shade cloth. I also see some on my zucchini that are in the earth. The other tomatoes in the earth are rot free. The earth garden is on drip irrigation. 30 minutes at 6am and 6pm. The containers have reservoirs that I keep full. Possibly the rain coming through the shade cloth on the san Marzano?
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Where did he get the orange netting?From left to right:
2 rows of tomatoes, 2 rows of half runners, 3 rows of onions, 2 more rows of half runners.
Dads garden, not mine.
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I think lowes sells it. Ill have to ask where he got the lates batch. We can use it for a couple of years but uv degrades it and we have to replace it every other yea or so.Where did he get the orange netting?