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To: Augie
Augie. It blew through here last night and this morning. I did not think it was that bad, but there were some neighbors without power this morning. (Probably from the lightning.)

I planted Blue Lake pole beans this year and they were all chewed down by sow bugs. I replanted with romano varieties that survived.

Eating fresh food from the garden at the end of the day is pretty close to happiness!

What variety of corn did you plant? I used Hybrid Northern Sweet corn, 67 days to maturity. Incomplete pollination because the corn was not planted in rows or closely together. Ears half full of kernals were delicious in spite of that.

Tomatoes; Try treating with hydrogen peroxide, neem oil, or baking soda. I used a neem oil and some baking soda on mine this year and have not had any real problem so far. (I am using a red plastic mulch this year. I am also planting in an area that has not had tomatoes before so that might help ) Lots of YouTubes on these things.

Good luck!

37 posted on 07/31/2023 1:24:52 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission (6B KS/MO border 86 F partly cloudy. )
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Peaches and Cream sweet corn - 83 days to maturity.

I alway plant at least four rows of sweet corn and I crowd it a bit. Generally get complete pollination when the wind doesn’t flatten the crop. My spring crop got flattened three times after it had started to tassle so I only got about half of what the yield should have been due to incomplete/absent pollination and having to chop it all in one go due to the tangled mess it was in.

With any luck the 2nd crop will have better luck with the weather. I planted in September last year and was about a week away from harvest when we had a hard freeze and it all got killed. Should be safe from that this time.

Two of my beefsteak tomato plants are loaded with fruit but the vines are toast. The other 14 plants look to be headed the same direction. It can’t hurt to try a few things to keep them alive but I think rooting some cuttings is going to be my best chance of having late tomatoes this year.


38 posted on 07/31/2023 2:04:51 PM PDT by Augie
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