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That site didn’t mention the squish method, which is my favorite.
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May 27, 2022 18:37
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Ahhh thank you! I’ve never dealt with them before. Sprayed everything with neem this morning.
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May 27, 2022 22:02
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PokeJoe posted:I'm gonna get one and presumably kill it I love to hear it.
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May 28, 2022 19:50
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I've got a net, I've got shiny things, and the owl that doesn't work. I've lost 2 tomatoes, 4 broccolis, and something ate all of the leaves off my peppers. I hope a crow gets stuck in the net and chokes.
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May 29, 2022 21:15
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My fake dead crow is working, so you could try that. I doubt they believe it’s a real crow but they’ve stayed away so that’s a win!
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May 30, 2022 02:39
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you need to kill and eat a crow in front of them op it’s the only way now
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May 30, 2022 02:43
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There’s probably a more appropriate thread for this but since I saw it in the garden I’m asking here. Can anyone identify this moth? Closest I can find is a underwing moth but this one seems to lack the brown top wings I see in all the pictures of those. But maybe they’re just folded? This is in northern New Jersey.
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I am nervous and excited. I finally went back to a gardener/landscaper I'd talked to last fall, and he had people ready to go. So I had a talk with him, and he pretty much removed all the vegetation in the back yard. The back yard was set up for a vacation house: plants that would look reasonably pretty year-round without much care. Unfortunately, many of them are extremely flammable, and all of them are dull. I hate rockroses (aka Cistus sp.)There were also enormous flammable hedges of something flowering and yellow, an enormous flammable hedge of rosemary, two trees without virtues, and something whose name I forget that had been protected by hoops of cattle wire, through which it put out branches for the deer to nibble. (I had been cutting out the cattle wire with boltcutters, but it was slow and painful going.) Down to the ground and out to the chipper. That was phase 1. Phase 2 is going to be the designer coming over, looking at the roots, deciding how far he can dig them down, and starting to plan out what the actual beds are. I was unhappy that he was driving the bus more than I wanted. I said desperately that I wanted to choose my own plants, then I wrote him a long email saying "Look, I know that it's safer to grow what other people in the area grow, but I love rare and unusual plants and I'm willing to take the risk of their not thriving." He wrote back saying "Oh, I didn't realize this was a passion for you. I feel the same way, but most of my customers don't want to spend money on plants and then have to replace them." So I think we have a meeting of minds. I don't have the knees or the stamina to do this myself any more, and neither does my husband. With beds laid out and the big plants put in, I'll be free to noodle around and put in plants that appeal. Much of the space in the back yard is taken up by the leach field for the septic tank, and I need to keep things shallow-rooted there. I'm planning for a mix of creeping herbs. Roman chamomile, Corsican mint (to be babied), a variety of creeping thymes, and other plants that smell nice when you walk on them. It's going to be a low-traffic area, and I also plan to put in a small breeze block path with thymes growing through it. On the side will be the raised beds and a couple of rose pillars in front of the water tank. Where one of the trees went I'm putting in a plum (variety to be determined), which thrive here. In a relatively sheltered place -- the wind blows straight off the sea onto my garden -- a self-fertile Cox's Orange Pippin apple. Other plants TBD; if it's in my garden, it's at least one of white, blue, silver, scented, or edible. This is going to be fun. The trickiest part will be protecting the things that need to go in now from the deer until August, when the fence guy will be available. My plan is on caging the trees and any shrubs, and planting mostly annuals.
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Jun 1, 2022 22:58
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z0331 posted:There’s probably a more appropriate thread for this but since I saw it in the garden I’m asking here. Can anyone identify this moth? That looks like a type of skipper butterfly to me. Zabulon skipper maybe?
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Jun 2, 2022 04:57
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My poor tomato has some malformed leaves up high, but I lower leaves are looking a bit diseased. Ideas?
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Jun 2, 2022 12:20
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sexy tiger boobs posted:That looks like a type of skipper butterfly to me. Zabulon skipper maybe? It’s definitely a skipper. Thanks! Somehow my scientific googling for “orange and brown moth” wasn’t coming up with that.
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Jun 2, 2022 13:35
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Aphids make me feel like I have a murderer inside of me somewhere. I actually get happy when I turn over a leaf and there's a whole little aphid family there, not even flinching as I crush a whole generation under my thumb. This is what I do for tomatoes.
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Jun 2, 2022 15:06
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Crappy cellphone photos ahead. Before.  After.  I am both terrified by the current look and overjoyed to have the scope to improve. All those shrubs are full of deadwood and a very bad choice for fire country. I'm going to put in varied-height plantings all over the place (yes, even in fire country, I admit the fault), a mix of edibles*, fragrant plants, some natives, and a lot of blue and white flowers. First, though, grind all those stumps, bring in good soil, add appropriate mycorrhizae, and lay out beds appropriate to the steep slope of the property. * no, not that kind
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Jun 2, 2022 18:42
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Chad Sexington posted:Aphids make me feel like I have a murderer inside of me somewhere. I actually get happy when I turn over a leaf and there's a whole little aphid family there, not even flinching as I crush a whole generation under my thumb. It's what they deserve.
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Jun 2, 2022 20:21
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Impulse bought some seed potatoes earlier in the year and every single one of them that went in the ground is growing like crazy. A bunch are flowering: Also have a shitload of volunteer Japanese sweet potatoes (satsumaimo, the kind used in yakiimo, not the purple Okinawan sweet potatoes) from last year. Word of warning to anyone planting them: they regrow back from tiiiiiiny loving pieces of root. Like mattock'd-up shreds of root thinner than a pencil and less than an inch long producing multiple slips.  That guy grew from a wee scrap of root that I dug out from under the eggplants and transplanted (a couple weeks ago) into the grow bag you see it in now.
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Jun 3, 2022 01:01
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is there an "authoritative" source on tomato plant growing? I'd like to follow the methods of one grower/system instead of mixing and matching techniques from different growers
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Jun 3, 2022 13:21
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I'm trying to grow dill again this summer! I've been trying since April, actually, but the weather has not cooperated, and when it has, something seems to be eating the seeds and sprouts. (We've got multiple bird nests this year and I suspect some of them.) Anyway! After 4 days of sun and 4 days of unrelenting rainfall, I finally got some uneaten sprouts this week. I also got a nice batch of inky cap mushrooms (coprinellus setulosi per an ID website). Makes me think I should try to grow edible mushrooms instead of herbs.  They look so pretty that I don't mind leaving them, but will they impact my dill in a negative way? (I know not to eat the mushrooms.)
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Jun 3, 2022 13:29
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I'm remembering why my tomatoes were a mess last year. I get way too sentimental about pruning well-developed branches and suckers that have already put out flowers. Trying to be ruthless, but I am terrible at that.effika posted:I'm trying to grow dill again this summer! I've been trying since April, actually, but the weather has not cooperated, and when it has, something seems to be eating the seeds and sprouts. (We've got multiple bird nests this year and I suspect some of them.) It's definitely an inkcap but there are a bunch of different varieties. I get pleated ones all the time. Usually they fruit overnight and into the morning and then are gone by the afternoon. Totally harmless and usually a good sign that your organic matter is being broken down. Some people swear that if the black goo they turn into interacts with their plants that it inhibits growth, but I've never found that to be true.
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Jun 3, 2022 15:20
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effika posted:I'm trying to grow dill again this summer! I've been trying since April, actually, but the weather has not cooperated, and when it has, something seems to be eating the seeds and sprouts. (We've got multiple bird nests this year and I suspect some of them.)
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Jun 3, 2022 15:30
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Chad Sexington posted:I'm remembering why my tomatoes were a mess last year. I get way too sentimental about pruning well-developed branches and suckers that have already put out flowers. Trying to be ruthless, but I am terrible at that. I have that problem too. This summer I’ve been pruning off the large suckers and rooting them in water. I figure if I can’t find a spot for them I can give them away to neighbors. Maybe I will keep them in pots and play around with optimal shade locations for the heat of the summer. It’s totally normal to have a huge tomato plant on a cart, right?
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Jun 3, 2022 20:07
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Joburg posted:I have that problem too. This summer I’ve been pruning off the large suckers and rooting them in water. I figure if I can’t find a spot for them I can give them away to neighbors. Maybe I will keep them in pots and play around with optimal shade locations for the heat of the summer. It’s totally normal to have a huge tomato plant on a cart, right? Yes. I hear it’s also totally normal to have a bunch of peppers around them on the cart too.
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Jun 3, 2022 20:13
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I’m going to need a bigger cart.
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Jun 3, 2022 20:30
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bergeoisie posted:And for folks in the PNW, they also carry a bunch of citrus that they've bred to be hardy to zone 8b. They were super helpful picking stuff out in person. Highly recommend stopping by if anyone is ever in the area. I've ordered from them twice now and each time the plants were perfectly packed, shipped very quickly and arrived in great condition. Already have three of these citrus plants, and I'm looking to add 2-3 more.
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Jun 3, 2022 22:58
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I've noticed some clover hitchhikers in both the blueberry bushes I ordered from Home Depot; the ones at the base of the Silver Dollar blueberry bush are starting to flourish. Do I need to purge these Alabama fucks? Or will it be okay since both these bushes came in 2.5 gallon pots?
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Jun 4, 2022 05:44
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What's eating my zucchini plant? We don't really get rabbits or deer around here, could it be squirrels, or even my dog? 
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Jun 4, 2022 16:59
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effika posted:They look so pretty that I don't mind leaving them, but will they impact my dill in a negative way? (I know not to eat the mushrooms.) I can't say for sure, but I will say that if these guys are harmful then I've never noticed. My beds end up absolutely crawling with them on some mornings, to the point that there are probably hundreds in a single 8x4 raised bed. I'm guessing it's the result of the completely raw wood chips that I use in my paths. Anyway my plants always grow super well and I've never noticed any problems in the beds where they sprout up. Sometimes I pull them out because they get in the way of weeding (plus they can go in the compost).
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Jun 4, 2022 18:01
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Mikey Purp posted:What's eating my zucchini plant? We don't really get rabbits or deer around here, could it be squirrels, or even my dog? Last year groundhogs ate EVERYTHING in one of my beds. 
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Jun 4, 2022 19:03
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Paradoxish posted:I can't say for sure, but I will say that if these guys are harmful then I've never noticed. My beds end up absolutely crawling with them on some mornings, to the point that there are probably hundreds in a single 8x4 raised bed. I'm guessing it's the result of the completely raw wood chips that I use in my paths. looked them up and quote:The flesh is thin and the taste mild. It can be eaten but is poisonous when consumed with alcohol – hence another common name, tippler's bane. cool
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About a month ago we had surprise pea-size hail (surprise as in first time in May in at least 17 years and never like this) and it shredded a bunch of leaves on various semi-recently plants, including tomatoes, cucumber, eggplant, an okra plant, and peppers. The tomatoes laughed it off and the peppers have been 50/50 on recovery, but the rest seem like they're really crapping out early. Is this because I didn't cut off the damaged leaves and the plant is... confused or something? At the time I left the damaged leaves on because there wasn't much else - the recovered ones had sufficient other leaves and kept growing in spite of the damage (and are now somewhat absurd). Some of the plants are in a hydroponic system so I'm used to much more aggressive growth and the stalling out is confusing. Related, do some plants stunt the growth of others if planted within some nearby range of each other? One cucumber is sitting in tomato town.
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Zachack posted:Related, do some plants stunt the growth of others if planted within some nearby range of each other? One cucumber is sitting in tomato town. They can. It’s called “allelopathy”, and the classic example is walnuts. It’s generally considered rare but is understudied.
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Jun 6, 2022 06:51
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Here's our rotating compost, it's not very big, we'll have to see if it suffices
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Drove up to visit my mom for the evening and got to see how my garden is going (she's been taking care of it). The vincas (above the orange zinnias) seem like they were a failed experiment. Maybe not getting enough sunlight? Maybe the cooler than usual spring? Whatever the reason they don't seem to have done well at all.  On the other hand the mystery bulbs and the snapdragons seem to be doing well. I might see if I can get some plants and plant some stuff here at my brother's place. I'll be here at least for the entire summer, so I could remain active with gardening until we get a new house built, since the drive is too far for me to keep up with the one back home.
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Well, hell. I need a place to store my gardening tools that isn't exposed to the salt air. I have no space inside the house. I had, until a week ago, a decade-old Rubbermaid box, about a 2 feet cube, with a hinged lid that clamped down with a bail. It had all my small tools, my seeds, and flotsam. The clasp just broke in a not-repairable way. I cannot find a search term that gives me an air-tight outdoor storage box. The closest I can find is "deck boxes", which tend to have open handles and be too large. The only semi-suitable thing I could find in the hardware store was construction yellow and black. Can anybody suggest the search term I'm missing, or suggest a box?
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Well, hell. I need a place to store my gardening tools that isn't exposed to the salt air. I have no space inside the house. I had, until a week ago, a decade-old Rubbermaid box, about a 2 feet cube, with a hinged lid that clamped down with a bail. It had all my small tools, my seeds, and flotsam. The clasp just broke in a not-repairable way. I cannot find a search term that gives me an air-tight outdoor storage box. The closest I can find is "deck boxes", which tend to have open handles and be too large. The only semi-suitable thing I could find in the hardware store was construction yellow and black. Try searching for a deck box. There’s a bunch out there in greys and browns and less bright colors.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Well, hell. I need a place to store my gardening tools that isn't exposed to the salt air. I have no space inside the house. I had, until a week ago, a decade-old Rubbermaid box, about a 2 feet cube, with a hinged lid that clamped down with a bail. It had all my small tools, my seeds, and flotsam. The clasp just broke in a not-repairable way. I cannot find a search term that gives me an air-tight outdoor storage box. The closest I can find is "deck boxes", which tend to have open handles and be too large. The only semi-suitable thing I could find in the hardware store was construction yellow and black. Those are generic storage totes in various form factors.
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If we are just talking hand tools get a 5 gallon bucket and food storage lid.
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I use an old cooler. It isn't great at UV resistance but it is a nice tight closure.
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SubG posted:There are a couple Rubbermaid product lines that sound kinda like what you had. "Roughneck" is the consumer/home version, and the super rugged commercial version is the "Brute".
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Three sisters setup with sunflowers instead of corn seems to be going well. Pole beans have grabbed the sunflowers and are currently climbing. Seminole pumpkins haven't exploded yet but I'm sure will be giving me ground cover soon. Mostly I'm just pleased with the sunflowers. My biggest mammoth sunflower is 8.5 feet tall and still growing. And this evening sun variety is a show-stopper.  Will deffo be curious what kind of bird action I see though once the flowers put out seeds.
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