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Post by gardendmpls on Mar 9, 2021 16:44:03 GMT -5
Flies lay eggs on dead animals not potatoes. Rotten potatoes are as attractive as dead rats. Smell as bad, too.
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Post by gardendmpls on Mar 10, 2021 15:32:33 GMT -5
Well, New York flies go after rotten potatoes, and if you don't believe me, come look at the maggot filled rotten potatoes that hide under my fridge any time I have company coming, especially if it's family. Gives them something to talk about behind my back, the people, not the flies. The flies just buzz about it.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Mar 29, 2021 17:30:05 GMT -5
The Gnat Line... Here in the southeast, the Gnat Line has always been a thing --- the area where gnats are everywhere and unavoidable. Until the last 15-20 years or so, it ran from Macon, Georgia southward. But now it's crept northward above Atlanta into my region. As if we didn't have enough mosquitos, ticks, and other pesky buggers. Several local folks have been commenting on it, including the state agriculure folks. Excuse me while I swat.
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Post by claude on Apr 5, 2021 8:31:13 GMT -5
We call them no see’ems and they usually start hatching about this time..I wear a 4” wide brim hat and that helps until one of the buggers gets underneath the brim and bites the be j**** out of my forehead swelling it up like the Henry Munsters’ forehead ..ice packs are necessary. That pest is a real pia. Swatting is now called the “newmilford wave” every parent watching early spring practices does it.
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Post by reuben on May 3, 2021 15:15:20 GMT -5
What the heck is this already? Various tomatos, in Promix, started indoors. I don't want to win The Worst Gardener in America two years in a row. If I do, heavy drinking will be involved.
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Post by datgirl on May 3, 2021 18:39:26 GMT -5
Sorry reuben,I thought my tomatoes looked sad. Unfortunately, I don't have an answer.
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Post by desertwoman on May 3, 2021 19:34:45 GMT -5
reuben,I don't know either but I can spill some tears for you and those plants and if you win Worst Gardener for the second time that leaves me out (so far) and for that I thank you.
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Post by binnylou on May 3, 2021 19:44:43 GMT -5
reuben, I have some that look bad. I think they are all the same variety. I’m blaming the plant touching the light, which should be outgrown. I hope.
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on May 3, 2021 19:57:09 GMT -5
reuben, I assume this also happened last year? Were new leaves produced after the sacrificial ones died? Do you have an agricultural extension service in your area? I did a quick image search but most of the photos were of grasshoppers. I suspect Google interpreted the curled up leaf as an insect.
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Post by emmsmommy on May 3, 2021 20:42:58 GMT -5
I don't know either but I've had a few that have grown less than two inches tall while others of the same variety are on par considering when I planted them. I attributed some of my bad-looking leaves on the lights and the trays drooping on the plastic shelf I had them on, causing the water to pool in the middle and not to the edges.
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Post by claude on May 10, 2021 8:51:31 GMT -5
I was putting my plants out to harden them off and winds beat themup. They looked like that.
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Post by Wheelgarden on May 26, 2021 17:38:54 GMT -5
The "brood X" cicadas are out and about. I see them, but thanks to tinnitus, I can't hear them. Everybody else hears them, but they're right in that frequency range to pass my ol' deef ears. Silver lining.
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Post by Mumsey on Jun 7, 2021 4:31:43 GMT -5
Saw the first white butterflies today. Time to keep an eye out for the little cabbage worms.
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Post by binnylou on Jun 15, 2021 14:51:29 GMT -5
Lesson of the day: If an earwig should find his/her way in to your underwear, they come out fighting and pinching. Expect pain.
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Post by gardendmpls on Jun 15, 2021 15:20:44 GMT -5
If an earwig should find his/her way in to your underwear, they come out fighting and pinching. Or, depending on your laundry frequency, they might come out gasping and stumbling.
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