Misc Official 2011 Gardening Thread - Page 52

MOhillbilly · 11:11 AM

The times gettin close for indoor seeders & planning for early varaties.

tips, tricks, varaties you like. Where to buy. What to buy. Does & donts.

Your personal picks.

All things gardening.

What you got?

MOhillbilly · 08-27-2011, 09:50 AM

Like my farm page in post 763. If ya dont ya wont get any perks at tailgates.

Just Passin' By · 08-27-2011, 02:16 PM

I have a question looking forward to next year.

A lot of my summer squash and zucchini plants ended up fraying and splitting at the base, with the result that parts, or all, of some of the plants have been dying. How can I avoid that in the future? Do I need to put them all in planters until they are all large and have grown upwards for a foot and a half (I did that with my two most successful plants) or is there some other way to do it?

MOhillbilly · 08-27-2011, 02:21 PM

Sounds like cutwork. Did you spray malithion? Or companion plant?

MOhillbilly · 08-27-2011, 02:31 PM

Oak leaf mulch next year. Cardboard collars or match sticks against the base of plants. Cut worms hate oak mulch.

Just Passin' By · 08-27-2011, 02:39 PM

I didn't see any bugs at all this year, so I didn't spray any pesticide at all, and the yield had been great without it until the splitting began. I'll try something like the collars next year, though, and I'll go with the oak mulch too, so thanks very much for those suggestions.

MOhillbilly · 08-27-2011, 02:43 PM

Gotta be cutworms.

Just Passin' By · 08-27-2011, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by MOhillbilly

Gotta be cutworms.

I didn't see any, but it's possible. I'll check the soil after the weather clears.

Groves · 08-27-2011, 04:32 PM

I've got a right fine crop of tomato worms.

I feed them to my eager chickens, and then I laugh at the worms when I eat the chickens egg. Cycle of life.

The worms will have their day with my body, but my soul won't be there. My next body will be impervious to worms, heh.

MOhillbilly · 08-27-2011, 05:29 PM

Free class is always at your ready, hoss.

Groves · 08-27-2011, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MOhillbilly

Free class is always at your ready, hoss.

I hope I didn't miss my chance to meet Farmer Wayne.

MOhillbilly · 08-27-2011, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Groves

I hope I didn't miss my chance to meet Farmer Wayne.

Ya didnt. Less ya give up the ghost before 2012.

**Buehler445** · 08-27-2011, 09:26 PM

Wife's tomatoes are every bit of 5'6" tall and just as wide, but don't produce a hell of a lot of tomatoes. There are a few, but not nearly as many as the infrastructure would suggest.

I shook the hell out of them a few weeks ago, didn't help much.

Is it just the goddamned heat (who's ready for fall BTW?)

What did I do wrong?

HonestChieffan · 08-27-2011, 09:34 PM

Now have 16 cubic yards of Horse poop in compost pile, spread 3 in garden this week and will do 3 or 4 more before I fall fertilize, lime and till.

Comeon fall

**Buehler445** · 08-27-2011, 09:37 PM

16 Cubic yards? Wow. That's a lot of shit.

HonestChieffan · 08-27-2011, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buehler445

16 Cubic yards? Wow. That's a lot of shit.

No shit its a lot of shit.
Its war. Me, some shit, my tiller vs Clay.

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08-27-2011, 09:50 AM	#766
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08-27-2011, 02:16 PM	#767
Just Passin' By In Search of a Life Join Date: Feb 2009 Casino cash: $5460524	I have a question looking forward to next year. A lot of my summer squash and zucchini plants ended up fraying and splitting at the base, with the result that parts, or all, of some of the plants have been dying. How can I avoid that in the future? Do I need to put them all in planters until they are all large and have grown upwards for a foot and a half (I did that with my two most successful plants) or is there some other way to do it?
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08-27-2011, 02:21 PM	#768
MOhillbilly Mama Tried Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Missouri Casino cash: $9949903	Sounds like cutwork. Did you spray malithion? Or companion plant? __________________ True Son of Liberty
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08-27-2011, 02:31 PM	#769
MOhillbilly Mama Tried Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Missouri Casino cash: $9949903	Oak leaf mulch next year. Cardboard collars or match sticks against the base of plants. Cut worms hate oak mulch. __________________ True Son of Liberty
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08-27-2011, 02:39 PM	#770
Just Passin' By In Search of a Life Join Date: Feb 2009 Casino cash: $5460524	I didn't see any bugs at all this year, so I didn't spray any pesticide at all, and the yield had been great without it until the splitting began. I'll try something like the collars next year, though, and I'll go with the oak mulch too, so thanks very much for those suggestions.
Posts: 69,748

08-27-2011, 02:43 PM	#771
MOhillbilly Mama Tried Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Missouri Casino cash: $9949903	Gotta be cutworms. __________________ True Son of Liberty
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08-27-2011, 04:32 PM	#773
Groves Turning the Corner Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Springfield, Missouri Casino cash: $2038541	I've got a right fine crop of tomato worms. I feed them to my eager chickens, and then I laugh at the worms when I eat the chickens egg. Cycle of life. The worms will have their day with my body, but my soul won't be there. My next body will be impervious to worms, heh.
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08-27-2011, 05:29 PM	#774
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08-27-2011, 09:26 PM	#777
Buehler445 Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scott City KS Casino cash: $1934734	Wife's tomatoes are every bit of 5'6" tall and just as wide, but don't produce a hell of a lot of tomatoes. There are a few, but not nearly as many as the infrastructure would suggest. I shook the hell out of them a few weeks ago, didn't help much. Is it just the goddamned heat (who's ready for fall BTW?) What did I do wrong?
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08-27-2011, 09:34 PM	#778
HonestChieffan Seeking the Truth daily Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the Country in MO Casino cash: $1844309	Now have 16 cubic yards of Horse poop in compost pile, spread 3 in garden this week and will do 3 or 4 more before I fall fertilize, lime and till. Comeon fall __________________ “Make no mistake. If you try anything to raise the cost of vishessavatubs, I will veto it.” - Joe Biden, SOTU 2023
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08-27-2011, 09:37 PM	#779
Buehler445 Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scott City KS Casino cash: $1934734	16 Cubic yards? Wow. That's a lot of shit.
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