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re: 2026 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 4/1/26 at 8:30 am to PillageUrVillage
Posted on 4/1/26 at 8:30 am to PillageUrVillage
I read about a clay product you mix with water (and a little Bt or spectracide) and spray all over the plants that seems to work up to a point.
The other thing I plan to do is select seeds from the plants that do produce thru the invasion and try to develop a locally resistant crop I can plant each year.
Worth a try. Commercial squashes are grown indoors for a reason LOL. The delicata I planted last year was from an indoor garden and it had zero defenses, instant death as soon as the moths found it.
The other thing I plan to do is select seeds from the plants that do produce thru the invasion and try to develop a locally resistant crop I can plant each year.
Worth a try. Commercial squashes are grown indoors for a reason LOL. The delicata I planted last year was from an indoor garden and it had zero defenses, instant death as soon as the moths found it.
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Posted on 4/1/26 at 9:03 am to cgrand
Kaolin clay? I was going to try growing grapes but there is a disease carried by leafhoppers that kills grapevines. Kaolin clay was highly recommended for the grapevines to protect them against leafhoppers. I never did follow through with it. I’d definitely be interested to learn if it’s effective against vine borers.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 10:51 am to PillageUrVillage
Yes…surround WP
Posted on 4/1/26 at 11:03 am to cgrand
My zucchini has caught up with the blue Hubbard. This is not how I wanted this to go. Might try the aluminum foil wrap trick soon.
Posted on 4/1/26 at 11:04 am to PillageUrVillage
quote:my family raised squash out the wazoo, never heard of a borer. I suspect my Dad must have nuked everything. I refuse to plant them any longer. Just a losing battle with minimal early season picking.
and heavy pesticide application,
Posted on 4/1/26 at 2:41 pm to tigerfoot
Plant tromboncinos. They're a winter squash variety (c. moschata), which are much more resistant to borers, but are just like summer squash if you pick them early while still tender.
This post was edited on 4/1/26 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 4/2/26 at 7:50 am to LSUJuice
I'll trade you squash borers for whatever critter is coming in and eating the bottoms off 2 onions a night right now.
Posted on 4/4/26 at 8:36 am to Mr Sausage
Really odd Spring thus far in the Ozarks.
We had a quick hard freeze with single digit wind chills in mid March, followed by record highs. I had plants with freeze damage and heat stress in the same 8 days.
Then, we had a full week of constant strong winds to close out March. Bad enough that I had to bring my hardened off 3in pots back inside for a full week.
Peas will flower any day now and are doing ok with the chaotic weather.
Lettuce is looking great.
Tomatoes and Peppers are about 3wks from starting hardening off.
Cucumber trellis going up this weekend and seeds will go in ground 4/15 along with beans.
I have TONS of flower starts ready for mild weather (globe amaranth, marigolds, rock cress, violas). Zinnia direct seed next week.
A long term project of mine is converting my backyard to mostly yarrow and black eyed Susan, I have plenty already in place and a constant rotation of seedlings.
We had a quick hard freeze with single digit wind chills in mid March, followed by record highs. I had plants with freeze damage and heat stress in the same 8 days.
Then, we had a full week of constant strong winds to close out March. Bad enough that I had to bring my hardened off 3in pots back inside for a full week.
Peas will flower any day now and are doing ok with the chaotic weather.
Lettuce is looking great.
Tomatoes and Peppers are about 3wks from starting hardening off.
Cucumber trellis going up this weekend and seeds will go in ground 4/15 along with beans.
I have TONS of flower starts ready for mild weather (globe amaranth, marigolds, rock cress, violas). Zinnia direct seed next week.
A long term project of mine is converting my backyard to mostly yarrow and black eyed Susan, I have plenty already in place and a constant rotation of seedlings.
This post was edited on 4/4/26 at 8:37 am
Posted on 4/5/26 at 6:18 am to LSUfan20005
My wife will be taking her tomato plants out into the sun a little at a time starting tomorrow. She is hoping to plant them on 4/15 in her raised beds.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 6:33 am to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
Also recommend putting an oscillating fan on your seedlings to help prep for wind stress
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:03 am to LSUfan20005
Thanks, I just did it.
Posted on 4/6/26 at 11:37 am to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
We put my wife's tomato and pepper plants outside in the sun this morning for about a hour. We will do this daily until she plants them on 4/15.
Posted on 4/6/26 at 1:51 pm to RetiredSaintsLsuFan
My cucumber leaves look terrible and have no idea why. Plenty of water/sun/nutrients.
Posted on 4/6/26 at 8:07 pm to AlxTgr
Some reds and whites are falling over. I planted Thanksgiving week so I’m past 110 days and don’t want to keep feeding the pocket gophers.
Posted on 4/6/26 at 8:52 pm to Mr Sausage
Do you have to cure the red onions?
Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:08 pm to cgrand
I put all the onions upside down on a wire rack with a fan blowing on them until the tops all shrivel up. Then I cut the tops, the roots, and scrub the dirt off.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 8:59 am to AlxTgr
quote:
My cucumber leaves look terrible and have no idea why. Plenty of water/sun/nutrients.
Probably just the cooler weather. My leaves look fine, but they haven't grown much. Once this current round of cool gets out of here they should take off.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 9:43 am to bluemoons
Looking like I have a decent shot at going 0% on two different packs of Jimmy Nardello peppers. I have never had this much trouble getting seeds to germinate.
Posted on 4/7/26 at 11:04 am to AlxTgr
back in town after a week at the beach and everything looks great, thanks to the rain
Squash sproutage
Peppers
Tomatoes cucumbers sunflowers
And my first successful magnolia sprout
Squash sproutage
Peppers
Tomatoes cucumbers sunflowers
And my first successful magnolia sprout
Posted on 4/7/26 at 2:00 pm to cgrand
My leggy zucchini was flopped over from the storm Saturday. That got me thinking about a plan. I rounded up some small stick and used them as a support with aluminum foil as a wrapper. Come at me moths!
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