What's Growing in the Garden

Fencemender said:
Having a hard time seeing from the pics but is the remainder of the tree isolated so that something could prevent them from getting up it? Or would they be able to jump from surrounding trees?
If isolated you could try the hot pepper all around the trunk and not have to spice up your peaches.
What are the red fruit on the bushes in the background? Those look plentiful!
I’ve always had the best luck with the spray when it comes from a pellet gun. But that takes some extra time and waiting I don’t usually have.
I do hope you can salvage some of them, they look like beauties!
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It's an old tree that has forked into two main branches. I'll try to get a pic today. The peaches only get 2-3" in diameter so peeling them for preserves would be difficult. Hence the syrup.

Those bushes in the back are tame Blackberries. Almost ready to pick soon. I started a 16' row of them from two plants from my Dad who no longer wanted them. I get 3-4 gallons a year from them.

I prefer wild ones. I have a 100'? row of naturally grown wild ones which has gotten overgrown with weeds. They would produce 10-15 gallons a berries a year. I'm slowly trying to recover sections of them.
 
I've been here long enough you know I nothing but full of questions. Can Winter squash be grown vertically on a panel? I have Butternut and Zuchetta crawling all over the ground. Hard to spray the undersides of the leaves and stalks.
 
djg said:
I've been here long enough you know I nothing but full of questions. Can Winter squash be grown vertically on a panel? I have Butternut and Zuchetta crawling all over the ground. Hard to spray the undersides of the leaves and stalks.
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I suspect weight of the fruit is a limiter in vertical plantings. Perhaps some type of dome with a screen to support the fruit might be possible. Will be interested to see what the experts say. Chuck
 
djg said:
I've been here long enough you know I nothing but full of questions. Can Winter squash be grown vertically on a panel? I have Butternut and Zuchetta crawling all over the ground. Hard to spray the undersides of the leaves and stalks.
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I once grew long handled dipper gourds on a trellis. Those handles were 3 ft long, nice and straight and some of the body of the gourds were the size of volleyballs. Looked kinda funny with them all hanging down there, was a lot of weight and a strong trellis but they did just fine.
I think it would work, but have a strong trellis.
I think if you used something like a cattle panel and the squash grow and develop touching the wires they may grow into and around those wires some. Just a guess though. I’ve seen it happen a bit to cucumbers.
 
Fencemender said:
I once grew long handled dipper gourds on a trellis. Those handles were 3 ft long, nice and straight and some of the body of the gourds were the size of volleyballs. Looked kinda funny with them all hanging down there, was a lot of weight and a strong trellis but they did just fine.
I think it would work, but have a strong trellis.
I think if you used something like a cattle panel and the squash grow and develop touching the wires they may grow into and around those wires some. Just a guess though. I’ve seen it happen a bit to cucumbers.
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It would be cattle/hog panel for the strength. Might even jury rig some type of support for the squash as they develop. All for next year's garden. I grow cucumbers on a trellis just fine.
 
djg said:
My Alderman peas aren't doing that well. Only a foot or two high. Had to do a second planting so I got them in late. Plus when I ordered the seeds last Winter, the came as "packed for 2022 Season". Don't know if old seed had anything to do with it or my natural bad luck at getting thing to germinate. As I said, the pole beans and Crowder Peas from the same company are doing great.
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They definitely need to be planted early and when there's sufficient moisture. I like to plant mine in April (zone4) this year it was very dry in late April so I held off until May 1, when the weather forecast called for a soaking rain. The germination was probably close to 100% with my saved seed, some of it being 3 years old. Perhaps your climate is not favorable for them, perhaps a variety with a shorter growing season to avoid the summer heat. Another thing you could try is a fall crop. I planted a few sugar snap peas on Aug, 1 last year and was able to get a couple meals from them.
 
trc65 said:
Probably whiteflies. If the Sevin you have has the active ingredient "carbaryl" it won't kill them. While "Sevin" used to always mean you had carbaryl, the brand name Sevin is now used to market many different active ingredients so check the label.

What you need is something with a synthetic pyrethroid such as permethrin, bifenthrin, zeta-cypermethrin, etc. Many different formulations/active ingredients and brands.

You will be better off with a spray than a dust as whiteflies hang around on the underside of the leaves where a dust won't reach. Can get either a ready to spray bottle or some concentrate that you mix in your own sprayer. Before you buy, check the label to make sure vegetables are listed and check the indicated pre harvest interval (days between application and safe harvest).
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Local hardware store has this:

Spectracide® Triazicide® Insect Killer For Lawns & Landscapes Concentrate | Spectracide

Spectracide Triazicide Insect Killer For Lawns & Landscapes Concentrate features a fast-acting formula that kills over 260 listed insects by contact.
www.spectracide.com www.spectracide.com

Active ingredient: Gamma-Cyhalothrin 0.08%

Not familiar with insecticides. Would this be what you're talking about?
 
That is a synthetic pyrethroid, but it is not labeled for use on vegetable crops. Make sure that what you get lists garden/vegetables. Usually says that right in the name and has pictures of veggies on the front.
 
trc65 said:
That is a synthetic pyrethroid, but it is not labeled for use on vegetable crops. Make sure that what you get lists garden/vegetables. Usually says that right in the name and has pictures of veggies on the front.
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I just assumed they meant veggies. If you open up the link it reads like this: Spray.webp
 
Here is one I found at Lowes. I has zeta-cypermethrin as the active ingredient.

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Also, found Malathion (under the Spectracide label with a black bottle) which will also kill whiteflies. I don't like using it because of the smell, but it is an effective insecticide.
 
Thanks, I'll take a look at those two. Didn't know if the one I mentioned was for ground spray only around vegetables.
 
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Just got back in town after a week at the lake with my in-laws. Came home to a nice bit of harvest.

About 2 gallons of green beans (and a few dragon's tongue beans). More will be ready to pick in a few days. And our oldest discovered that he likes eating raw green beans.

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Also picked our first summer squash. Trying Burpee's new Rise and Shine summer squash. Seems to be growing well so far, with plenty on each plant. Got a few raspberries from our plants - still trying to get the patch reestablished. And a few strawberries - we had to start over with new plants this year and these are the first ones.

And the broccoli. I had made a mistake earlier. It was the broccolini that had bolted, and which I had pulled, not the broccoli. The broccoli I left to see what would happen. Harvested our first broccoli today! Looks like several more might be had with the plants we have left.

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Nice harvest! Are those bush beans or climbers?

We've been getting more secondary broccoli heads than we can eat. Already frozen all that we need for the year, so everyone we know is now getting broccoli.
 
Bush beans - specifically Provider. Provider is our favorite green bean. The few climbing beans we planted are nowhere near producing beans yet - I got those in the ground a bit late.
 
trc65 said:
Nice harvest! Are those bush beans or climbers?

We've been getting more secondary broccoli heads than we can eat. Already frozen all that we need for the year, so everyone we know is now getting broccoli.
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You know me...no broccoli yet. Beans just starting to blossom as are the tomatoes. That June 6th frost set us back a good bit. Lettuce and swiss-chard are doing fine and zuchs are nearing size.
 
Don't feel bad, my baby bush Lima beans are just now emerging! The climbers are in full bloom. It's been a crazy year for everybody, all with different extremes.
 
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