Finally found my tobasco plants... Had to drive to the Walmart in Grapevine. They only had 2 trays.

I noticed some bubblegum lookin stuff in the garden today. After some research I think it is pink slime mold. From what I can tell, it's harmless, right?

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This may be one of the few times when the OT's standard answer of 'pee on it' might actually work...?







Okay, I have no idea. I've never seen that stuff...

better cover em up. it's gonna frost.

looks to me like something took a [censored] in the garden

Well we ended the weekend with right at 7" of rain in 48 hours. I was late getting my garden in this year as my tractor got stuck twice while plowing. Finally got it plowed and some things in. Now I still have okra to go. How much longer do I have to get okra, squash and pepper seeds in the ground. It will probable be a week before it is dry enough to get into the garden.

I have a small strawberry patch that is growing good in my backyard... I didn't plant it.. it just started growing. The problem is the ants get to the strawberries before they get big enough to pick. What can I do to keep the ants off without making the strawberries harmful to eat?

I think coffee grounds deter ants.

Okra and pepper plants love the heat, so you're fine there...The squash is the only thing that's iffy...You'll probably be okay, just don't expect a heavy crop...If you can keep them shaded during the hottest parts of the day, you'll be good to go...

I just put a picture of you in the garden and no more pests...

creepy...but probably accurate.


I've got to put up my trellises either today or tomorrow. The Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans (Green Beans) are growing extremely well and are getting ready to start climbing. Problem is, I need to make sure they're bolted down well - don't want all that falling over in one of our sporadic storms.

I sure wish it would quit hovering around 56* at night...I'm ready to plant my Charantais melons.

I tried to grow those once and I think I got one bean...I'm still not sure what the problem was with those...I do well with peas and such, but those beans just didn't do squat for me...

I don't know if they eat other pests. They destroy squash crops, therefore I have made it my mission to destroy them (at least on my own property)...You can keep better control of them if you remove the eggs from the underside of the leaves...They are brown and make a pattern on the bottom of leaves...If you cut that part of the leaf out and kill the bugs, it's easier to not use pesticides to control them...

New pics of the pink stuff


and now this is here. Wasn't there the other day. Different area

Taste it!!!













Just kidding, are you sure some one is not messing with you? Take it out of there and keep a close eye out. What is your area like? wooded, water, open plains? Thats weird for sure, I have never seen anything like that. Take it out and see if it poops up again.

It looks like a fungus of some sort...Where did you get your mulch from? When I got some mulch from the recycling center about 5 years ago, I had a BOAT load of mushrooms pop up...My guess is that wherever that mulch came from had some sort of fungus and now you're getting to enjoy it...

Either that or you have gnomes flipping boogers in your garden...

Did those 2 days of rain cause you any trouble? I was panicking because all my plants started to yellow , then I go out today and everything is greening up again. I guess with all the water the plants were not getting any nutes just rain water. Like I said though with nothing different added the garden is greening up again.

The only mulch I've added to the garden is the straw. I did mix and match a good amount of different composts from Lowes and I remember a bag had a good amount of mulchy woody parts in it so that's probably the stuff...

We needed the rain here...I've got extraordinarily good drainage thanks to a number of things...The main being the yard has a gentle slope to it. The garden sets on the edge of a hill, NO clay, and there is some pea gravel mixed in with the soil...Okay, there are some shells, very little true gravel and lots of tiny limestone pebbles, but you get the idea...I could get 7 inches of rain and in 2 days it will be dry enough to walk on without getting mud on my shoes...I wish my garden in Joshua was like this. It would have made my garden a lot more manageable...

That would be my guess...

That reminds me , earlier in the thread some one mentioned black plastic. I read the black plastic was good to use in dec,jan. Cover the garden with it for a few weeks and the heat from the sunshine would kill everything in the garden soil to start the season off with "clean" soil. I will do this next year.

I have not noticed any negative efects as of yet. But, I planted peppers and squash 3 days prior and they still have not come up. My garden is on a slope and I fear my seed may have washed out.

I doctored my corn, peas, bell peppers and tomatoe plants the day before the rain with Miracle Gro plant food and everything doubled in size in just a few days. That stuff is amazing.

I finally got a third of my box filled, bigger than I thought when I built it, but easy to manage, I have 50 yellow onions, 35 pruplr, three Rutgers tomatoes, twelve sugar cherry tom. , a large yellow cherry tom. and 6 Celebrity bigger tom. I also have spinach, blackeyed peas , six Broccoli plants , and I threw in two types of Sunflowers for the birds....should keep me busy, will be setting out Zuccini and Yellow squashes next week , I just got them hardened up good and it rained three inches in one afternoon. I have a couple rows of Radishes and Garlic chives also started. Adding in a sweet Italian pepper plant and some Cilantro....should keep me busy for a while...