tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post4928618200979340918..comments2023-11-17T12:32:11.301-05:00Comments on Daphne's Dandelions: Garden Blogger's Death Day July 2009Daphne Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-56276620670202432632009-08-02T00:52:27.765-04:002009-08-02T00:52:27.765-04:00"I feel much better" :D
That was a mis..."I feel much better" :D<br /><br />That was a miserable bunch of pictures to look at! LOL! So much gloom and death in the air. <br /><br />Blights are a pervasive and common problem in our area. Often the plant will produce a reasonable harvest before finally succombing to the disease. I tend to trim away the yellowed and affected leaves and stems and keep the plant going as long as possible to maximize potential harvest. It's important to sterilie the garden scissors after cutting into the diseased tissue. Clorox wipes work really well for that.kitsapFGhttp://www.modernvictorygarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-50107895918796026052009-08-01T15:53:14.130-04:002009-08-01T15:53:14.130-04:00Thanks Daphne, I start collecting my eggshells and...Thanks Daphne, I start collecting my eggshells and making a tea with them.Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251147737253912516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-44743317074350383872009-08-01T15:11:21.653-04:002009-08-01T15:11:21.653-04:00Lzyjo, they are very tall. At least the potted one...Lzyjo, they are very tall. At least the potted ones haven't outgrown their supports yet. The Sungold grew many feet over the tops of their cages then in the first windstorm, blew over onto the peppers. I had to hack them all back. Yeah corn is cursed. I've tried growing it before. I've had limited success, but have eaten some ears out of the garden. Not often. I have to quit trying, but it is so hard. <br /><br />Ribbit, I grew it because it would be one of the few things out of my garden that my husband would eat. That and the potatoes and tomatoes once they are made into sauce. I do like to laugh at all the mistakes. Laughter always takes the pain away.<br /><br />June, sadly I think it is. I had it on my potatoes a month ago. I was doing a good job keeping any part that might grow spores off of the plants but the plants got too thick to get into at some point. I'm sure the spores are multiplying now. I probably ought to cut out the lower potato branches and get some air in there. The potatoes seem to be doing fine with blight though. They are Kennebecs and a little resistant.<br /><br />Keewee, except for the appearance of late blight, I think of the deaths as pretty normal. Something always dies. Something always lives. I just never know which ones before the fact.<br /><br />Toni. BER is caused by the lack of calcium uptake in the tomato. This can be caused by two things. Lack of calcium in the soil or the plant not being able to take it up. It won't take it up if you over or under water your plants. This year the potted tomatoes have had both problems. I've found a good solution to the problem is to feed them eggshell tea (lots crushed eggshells left in water for a day or two). I just water with the tea once a week. I haven't done it this year though. I ought to get my eggshells out again. BTW it is really smelly. I did try DE on the earwigs. It didn't seem to slow them down much. Some died. Others took their place. The place is just swarming with them this year. I've never seen them so bad before.<br /><br />Tyra, it is a black comedy really. Especially with the corn. So many things have gone wrong with it. The earwigs were the last straw.<br /><br />Michelle, I would have taken photos of stumps left in my garden, but I always forget.<br /><br />hembogle, yeah. I'm pretty sure it is. Sigh. I'm just wondering how long it will take before they are all dead. I hope they last a while. I haven't even tried a couple of the varieties.<br /><br />thedroolingvegetable, I try so hard to be a good veggie parent, but my inattentive ways get to the plants sometimes. Just wait I'm leaving for a week soon. I wonder how much will die in my absence. <br /><br />Muum, yeah, too much watering or two little will do it. I'm glad you enjoyed the death ;?<br /><br />Dan, they haven't attacked my potatoes at all. They have gotten the peppers and earlier the squash. <br /><br />Karen, the late blight was not just from the weather, though that exacerbated it a lot. The big box stores were selling infected seedlings from one nursery (in GA I think). So the infection was spread around the whole area very quickly. Between the two we really got hit. My seedlings were all grown from seed, but since the spores can travel miles and miles it doesn't really matter. The whole area is inundated with spores. I've given up on crops before too. Then I forget how terrible they are and try them again. Sometime it works and sometimes not. <br /><br />Kate, lol there is never a month when something doesn't die or at least get bug eaten like that pepper plant. No worries. I have more peppers. At least something always grows. That one sister though, she is really too much of a drama queen, with her long flowing yellow hair (that comes out of her ears, I mean really, how gross). She's been kicked off the show. The other two sisters are better performers.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-36326072497020457962009-08-01T07:27:08.971-04:002009-08-01T07:27:08.971-04:00Ohhhhh Daphne. I'm so sorry you were able to p...Ohhhhh Daphne. I'm so sorry you were able to participate again. I dream of a month where every single thing is full of vim and vigor! Sorry about the tomatoes and the BER, but I'm impressed you still have tomatoes in the summer! And the corn - how sad. Although I'll admit to LOLing a bit when you said you'll have a two sisters garden next time. Nothing like a pre-emptive sister bumping! Thanks for participating in GBDD!Kate and Crewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342619603185671644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-63543234104592583012009-08-01T02:20:40.282-04:002009-08-01T02:20:40.282-04:00OH bummer, after all your hard work and good early...OH bummer, after all your hard work and good early harvests! Seems the weather has not been kind to you in the NE this year. We got all your sun! Too much, if you ask me. My mom mentioned reading something about late blight afflicting a lot of NE gardens due to all the rain you've been having, and the cool temps. Can't fight nature too much, sometimes you just have to throw in the towel as you have with the corn. I really limit myself to a few crops that have been successful for me, I get too frustrated with the others. Gave up on peppers, zucchini, beets, carrots, melons, and a few others, and now mostly stick to herbs, snap peas, and string beans plus a few fall crops. Maybe I'll try the others again someday but there's only so much bringing out of the dead I can take! This summer might be a "maybe next year" one for you.Karenhttp://greenwalks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-82893370055826094262009-07-31T19:18:27.322-04:002009-07-31T19:18:27.322-04:00I have lots of four lined plant bugs on my potatoe...I have lots of four lined plant bugs on my potatoes, they are full of holes. They don't seem to bothering the peppers yet. Good to hear the tomato is coming back, poor thing. I keep forgetting to water my window box and it has looked very similar a few times.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743102355360873845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-22926090326297556282009-07-31T18:00:03.717-04:002009-07-31T18:00:03.717-04:00BER is more, I think, from irregular watering than...BER is more, I think, from irregular watering than not enough. I had to actually KILL off some buttercups, which I posted about for GBDD, but have my fair share of fatalities, too. Enjoyed your 'parade' of dead-veg!Muumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181825725581583635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-4807276912834594552009-07-31T16:48:35.367-04:002009-07-31T16:48:35.367-04:00Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
I had some blosso...Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! <br /><br />I had some blossom end rot too. I feel like such a bad vegetable parent!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-27661519191531726652009-07-31T14:08:31.125-04:002009-07-31T14:08:31.125-04:00Oh dear. It looks an awfully lots like late bligh...Oh dear. It looks an awfully lots like late blight to me. Sorry about your potted tom, I hope it recovers fully, and doesn't catch the ick.<br /><br />Good Luck!<br />AliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-61573297143343376492009-07-31T12:26:25.337-04:002009-07-31T12:26:25.337-04:00I do have a number of deaths to report in my garde...I do have a number of deaths to report in my garden, but nothing to show unless I could get ahold of the stomach contents of the offending bugs, birds, bunnies and rats (got one of those). I guess I could show the stumps of the romanesco and bean seedlings. And I still have half of a hollow kohlrabi.Michellehttp://fromseedtotable.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-23956940826209473002009-07-31T11:45:40.075-04:002009-07-31T11:45:40.075-04:00Oh Daphne I can't take that much death, it is ...Oh Daphne I can't take that much death, it is like a horror movie...<br /><br />Have a great weekend - xoxo<br /><br />Greetings from Vaxholm/ TyraTYRA Hallsénius Lindhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04111758517855490413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-62081394679093133062009-07-31T11:03:38.023-04:002009-07-31T11:03:38.023-04:00Hey Daphne, greetings from Wyoming!
I've sadl...Hey Daphne, greetings from Wyoming!<br /><br />I've sadly been plucking off tomatoes with BER. Oh.... it is so sad... What I didn't understand was that BER can be caused from "under watering!"<br /><br />Oh my goodness. I have come to the realization that I have NOT water my garden ENOUGH! I had traditional gardeners (we have clay soil here) telling me... "You're watering too much!"<br /><br />But... in actuality, I have not watered enough...<br /><br />Shoot! <br /><br />Sorry about your corn. What about trying some diatemaceous earth for the earwigs?Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251147737253912516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-17745387515643885452009-07-31T10:51:09.176-04:002009-07-31T10:51:09.176-04:00Oh dear! Daphne you sure have had your troubles in...Oh dear! Daphne you sure have had your troubles in the garden.Jennifer AKA keeweehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16107693230744190952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-17558022923568977202009-07-31T09:53:03.018-04:002009-07-31T09:53:03.018-04:00Oh, Daphne! I hope it's not late blight. And t...Oh, Daphne! I hope it's not late blight. And the poor corn... Gardeners are gluttons for punishment. It's just that the upside is so UP we keep trying.Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04630593290368661236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-7800862474697164482009-07-31T08:12:53.940-04:002009-07-31T08:12:53.940-04:00I'm sobbing for you. Corn isn't up my al...I'm sobbing for you. Corn isn't up my alley either. It's too bad, because it's the only thing the boy requests.<br /><br />Feels good to air our dirty laundry, doesn't it.Ribbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01460673212389110633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-9950391408773818632009-07-31T07:56:04.581-04:002009-07-31T07:56:04.581-04:00Wow, your tomato plants are so tall! I think corn ...Wow, your tomato plants are so tall! I think corn is cursed!! We've been buying it also. For me they were either not pollinated or they were okay looking, but also inhabited by little worms. Grrr. I pretty sure I won't be growing it next year, either. I hope your tomatoes recover. Mine are looking terrible, but there still alive. I hope yours are spared.Lzyjohttp://wormandflowers.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com