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Are Tomato plants a pain in the ass out there? Insects, pest and such? No pots?As of today. A couple toms on plant and a few more blooms.
This years tomato bushes-No heirlooms this year, just super sweet 100's and beefsteak tomatoes plus datil, habenero, and a couple Carolina Reaper pepper plants
I'm gonna put a couple knee braces on it maybe this weekend. The bottoms of the posts that are in the ground have rotted off and it's gonna come down if it makes it till the end of the year.Sevin is safer than ice cream. Maters look yummy, but trellis needs a screw or 20. Plumbers toilet always leaks.
we grow it all inside the pool screen enclosure... cuts down on all the bugs, we'll find an inch worm every once in awhile.Well you called it on the worms Auggie, but it wasn't the tomatoes, damned pickle worms struck sometime yesterday and ate holes in the first cuke that was a couple days away from being picked. I pulled it and cut it open and it had about 8 or 10 white worms inside. Damned moth lays the eggs in the bloom buds and the larvae hatch out a couple days later and away they go.
@crosscreekcooter you mentioned using Neem oil for pests. I was looking for something organic to use on the peach trees we have out back and saw Neem recommended. I’ve got some ordered, but having never used it, I was wondering what you could tell me about it’s effectiveness? How good is it on vegetable plants? Sevin is about all I typically use. So far, a few stink bugs is about all the trouble I’ve had, but about June we should be getting a big moth flight and then the larva in all the blooms and fruit. So far, this little cool stretch has been good on our little garden where the pests are concerned.
A helluva lot of it ;)@cover2Men are a lot like an old juniper, no care, living but real scraggly. Blooming plants are a lot like women, if you're looking for flowers or fruit they demand a lot of attention.
I like the square foot concept. That's what the missus wants us to eventually expand to. What are your pros and cons?
In a Florida growing environment those plants would be crowded as hell. :)I like the square foot concept. That's what the missus wants us to eventually expand to. What are your pros and cons?