Remember to water at least every other day, if not every day...

If you don't have growth by next Friday, I'd re-hoe the row and replant.

So, with the temps forcasted to be in the lower 40's tonight in DFW, do we cover any plants?

Dang NBC. This morning they said it would be 49 tonight. They can't get anything right.

Rant over.

I would think they'll be alright. You could put some newspaper over the tops of some plants just to be sure.

Unless you just transplanted them in the last 3 days or so, I wouldn't worry about it...

Thats what I am thinking myself siberman. I believe I will have to use some seven . I guess I better start it now while the plants are not in bloom and since I just platted to get a early start with the cheicals and then when everything goes into bloom I will try to stick with organic bug control.

If you do use Sevin, remember to wear latex or plastic gloves. I also wear a mask, rubber boots and socks...I wash off my rubber boots and through away the mask and gloves after every application...

I've spent some time in the garden today and I have volunteer cucumber or squash (not sure which because there are only 2 leaves and the cucumbers I planted last year came up looking like squash) and lots of tomato plants...

I have blooms on some of my cherry tomatoes and one early girl plant.

I remember using this stuff and getting covered in it when I used to put it on my dogs as a kid. I guess that's why I have this weird twitch...

Well, I prefer not to let poisons on me, but then again, I'm weird...

****POSSIBLE FROST TOMORROW MORNING****

CBS 11 is reporting some areas of North Texas might receive a light frost tomorrow morning...If you have plants you've transplanted within the last 3 days or so, you may want to protect them...Milk bottles are great for this...Most plants that have been in the ground longer than that can withstand a light frost...It's always better to be safe than sorry...

Years ago we had fleas invade our carpet. On advice from another I treated the dog and the carpet with Sevin. I don't remember how long we left it on the carpet, but I know it was at least several days, because you had to treat long enough to affect newly hatching fleas. I never thought of it as strong poison, more along the lines of a medicated powder. I guess I lived through it.

WOW

Not my pic.
Look what I through away today. I find out now that they are ladybug eggs.

Doh! That's gotta stink, Tin.

My tomato plants were wilting - I was not watering enough apparently, so I gave them a good drink last night, and will continue doing that until they perk back up. I think since I used that black plastic mulch, it dries out the soil faster than the other beds, so I'll just need to water more.

I removed all the mulch from my corn bed and watered thoroughly last night as well.

The green beans and cucumbers sprouted and are looking great. Also, the lettuce has not looked particularly great all year long (it wasn't planted in enough sun) but after mulching the other day, it started growing like crazy. That's cool, I might just get to eat some yet!

MSR, in the spring, it's best to water in the morning before work...Now it's okay to do it occasionally at night, but it can cause the plants to develop a fungus if they are left wet and cold at night...

I forgot to ask earlier, but since I'll be planting them today, has anyone had any success growing eggplants? My mom has asked me to plant 4 eggplant plants and the last time I tried it, it didn't turn out so well...That was at another house, with clay soil, so I'm hoping that was the issue...Any suggestions or helpful hints are appreciated...

I grew them last year but only did one plant. I turned up about 4 large egg plants (squash). Not a very tall pant or wide either but that could of been something I did wrong. The plant only grew to about less than 2' tall and about 16" wide. I guess they wont get to tall since they wont be able to support the weight.

We have our first tomato!!!!!! My mom was given an Early Girl tomato plant from a friend. I planted it last week and although it already had a few blooms, I didn't know if it would produce. Well, while I was putting out some tomato cages a little while ago, I saw one little tomato starting...Woohoo!!!!

Can't really help you there. My wife grew one in a container on the patio, and it produced, but not well. I told her that the fact our patio is covered and the plant only got 3 or 4 hours of sun might have had something to do with it.

After inspecting the plants today (I really should have been paying more attention over the last few days), I have a myriad of problems. Several plants have holes eaten through the leaves - the potatoes and cowpeas are the worst off. I'm not really sure what to do, but I had heard I can spray with a detergent/water combination. Dang pests.

The tomatoes are still wilting, though I watered them quite a bit last night and this morning. It's not even that hot!? I'll keep giving them lots of water in the mornings before work to help them start perking back up, but so far it's not looking great (it's only been ~24 hours, though).

I have some that are wilting as well. It's because I haven't mulched mine yet...Have you mulched yours? I'll be doing that row tomorrow after I finish planting the peppers and tomato plants I bought today...

I'm almost done planting mine. I can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel...

Don't over water your tomatoes, MSR...They need .5 to 1 inch per week and that's it...

Thank you...I planted mine where they will get some shade, but mostly full sun...