Yes, a splash of milk might help the Opo situation. I would give it 1/4” cup at the base of the plant, then water that in.
Can’t hurt, might help! When I have an empty 1-gallon milk jug I always fill it up with water right away with any of the little drips of milk still in the bottom. I use that on houseplants and my porch pots in the Summer months. Works really well; it’s a CHEAP fertilizer for all blooming things.
Noted & thanks!
I do the same thing often, BTW. We re-use all 1-gallon milk jugs for something or the other around here, and when I rinse them out I often water plants in or near the house with the 1st round rinse water. The Opo is 150+ ft. away, out in the garden though, so normally milk jug rinse water doesn’t get that far.
“Done” on the Opo. Hopefully it will help! It might take, what, maybe a week to see any effect?
Both cookbooks have arrived!
The casserole cookbook was a library book - no one must have checked it out ... in perfect condition except for a library sticker. I looked at a some of the recipes - fresh herbs & other tasty ingredients! I think I will like the recipes.
The Victory Garden book is fine - one dog-eared page to mark a recipe & the top edges of the pages are slightly worn, but overall, the book is in good condition.
I would highly recommend the Victory Garden book. The veggies are listed alphabetically, there are growing tips & Marion lists various ways to prepare (ex. bake, steam, saute, broil etc.) followed by quite a few recipes featuring that vegetable. The color pictures of each vegetable are very attractive. The book also has some if the less common veggies, too: celeriac, endive, fennel, Jerusalem artichokes, kohlrabi, & salsify.
Why did this article make me think of you? 😄
Triim corn silks after pollination to avoid pests
Save a click. All it shows it someone cutting corn silk from the ear after pollination.
Well, poop. I went out after our heavy rains this morning and early afternoon, and the remaining Opo, in the pot, looks a bit worse than B4. It certainly has stopped growing and the fruits are rotting B4 they barely get started. Up to a week ago this thing was growing a foot or more a day and flowering. There is no obvious external evidence of insect pests. Leaves well up the vine still look ok, but newer small ones are not growing and new leaves are not appearing. The leaves past 6 ft. from the ground look ok (nice and green, not wilting, but I can tell the failure is moving ip the vine. Blooming has stopped.
FWIW, the pot drains well and has new potting soil in it. Nothing fancy, it’s just the Wally World “Expert” brand potting soil, but potted tomatoes and eggplants in same are doing fine to great. It worked fine for the Opo 3 years ago, too.
This sort of thing has happened to most of my plants in this group (melons, gourds, cucumbers, etc.) the last couple years. 3 years ago the Opo was fantastic & produced until frost. Now I can’t get ‘em to make it to July? (Well, ok, last year a couple of the Opo plants were “ok” until the squirrels attacked them.) But other melons, cukes, and squashes failed in late July, similar symptoms. Some sort of vine stem attacker?? :-(
Maybe I should break open stems right when the plant completely dies and look for marauders?
This is depressing. Opo especially is just so ridiculously useful (soups, salads, spaghetti sauce filler, etc.) And “normally” it grows huge fruits.