Posted on 06/27/2014 12:49:59 PM PDT by greeneyes
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The fibrous matter in the outer flesh of your tomatoes might be due to stink bugs feeding on the fruit. I fight them every year.
My big problem with tomatoes plants is fungus that starts on the lower leaves and moves up the plant. If I don’t use fungicide it kills the plants. I have tried every option from location rotation to not using mulch, to newspaper mulch and the black plastic. Nothing stops the fungus and the spores are everywhere.
***Nothing stops the fungus and the spores are everywhere.***
I bought a pump sprayer for foliar spraying of bonnie plant food, and also for a milk/baking soda mixture to spray for fungus. More info here:
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/baking-soda-spray-tomatoes-71626.html
I really like the sfgatehomeguide gardening stuff, btw.
Zukes, cukes, green and wax beans are getting ready to ka go bonkers. Corn plantings in hills are filling in gaps in corn crop. Winter squash is doing well, tomato and pepper plants looking good, eggplant plants looking feeble for some reason. Lots and lots of greens - chard, three varieties of kale. Even have a nice looking crop of parsnips coming along in a raised bed along with beets and leeks. Watered today, only the second time I needed to so far this season, and then jumped in the cement pond, now to watch the World Cup.
I'm in Bandera. ;)
Hey cowboy! Really enjoy visiting Bandera. I’m just a short hike away in New Braunfels.
Ellendra, are you the FReeper who planted Chia on a hill side to help stop erosion?
Found this interesting article entitled Phytochemical and Pharmacological Review of Lagenaria Sicereria
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3117318/
It worked, but not quite the way I expected. The chia died over the winter, but the dead chia continued to hold the soil in place for 2 more years. The perennial seeds I had mixed in with the chia didn't take hold, but the stuff that was growing naturally both above and below the eroded spot, used the chia as a bridge and colonized it. I now have clovers and wild carrots holding my hillside in place :)
Oh, too cute! Thanks for the flag. I really don’t know anything about them. Will they damage your plantings?
Thanks, my question now is where did you get the chia seed?
I had a little chia left over, so, since the bag I got was being sold as food I decided to see what it tasted like. If you mix it with chocolate milk it becomes like chocolate tapioca :)
Yes, I know. I always give mine a flip with my finger and thumb as I pass by them. Now and then I when I get overly energetic, I do the other just to make sure all flowers get a chance.
Well, I’m late after (another whirlwind trip to SA) We debated leaving the tomatoes (orange, not red) but I think they’ll keep till next Friday. Carrots, green beans, okra all doing fine (It’s been raining all week) I forgot to mention last week (?) that our little hanging basket strawberries did great & need a bigger container now. Who knew they were “drought tolerant” (under the patio cover)? I brought them inside. The grass is the big story. Between the dogs being absent & the rain, our backyard looks better than it ever has- parts that were approaching bare dirt by now are thick.
The sea grape is only half dead, so we mulched it a bunch.
:-/ I forgot to cut the morning glory loose from the bougainvillea.
It’s been raining in SE Houston, too. The skeeters aren’t bad, but the fleas are carrying us off.
Everyone have a great week & God Bless.
I just took some chili powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, apple cider vinegar, lime juice, hot tomato sauce, green chili pepper, jalapeno pepper, salt, soy sauce and mixed it, tasting and adding whatever spice came to mind as being needed.
It was a nice Asian style chili sauce that worked well with the stir fried broccoli.
Went shopping at a neighboring town, and found the Red Rooster, so got several bottles of that sauce from their super Walmart.
That is VERY interesting info!
All that we’ve seen them/her/him eat is weeds and the tips of newly mown grass. My husband believes that there are at least two of them, but I’ve never seen more than one at a time, so I can’t say. They really are cute.
Oh, that’s good. They really are cute little critters.
The HEB had plenty of it. They put out a garlic chili sauce that is pretty good, too.
—The skeeters aren’t bad,—
I think they all moved to N. Conroe. They are awful this year.
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