My Red Noreland potato plants are all but dead. I haven't posted it up here, but it started a couple weeks ago. A few leaves started turning yellow, then brown, then dead, then they just kept dying. They've been in the ground for ~65 days.

The weird part is, it's only the Red Noreland that are dying. The Yukon Gold, which are between the Red potatoes, are perfectly fine.

Any idea why?

Stop peeing on them? I have no idea. I've never grown potatoes...

I think you should do a little diggin around in there to see if the Red Norelands have produced. I dug around in mine a week ago and found a perfect potato about the size of a large egg. I would guess the container is crammed full of em. Also, just so you know, my Red Norelands are also turning brown and my Yukon Golds are just fine. If my Reds keep turning brown, I'm gonna harvest, maybe it's that time....

Also, I just read that sometimes the Reds don't bloom and they mature early. Dig one up. It's probably time to harvest.

Alright, will do DH. It can't hurt, because if they didn't grow then I can plant some more stuff there

Something to note. When I dug in to get my Red, the skin peeled off very easily so if you aren't going to eat them immediately, be gentle.

Did they already flower? It's probably good to go ahead and dig 'em up . Red taters are usually early. I've got Yukons and a blue tater that are just starting to flower. I dug down and found a nice-sized blue near the plant base. I'll probably be digging them all up pretty soon.

This year I hilled up a row to about 1' ,laid the sets on top of the dirt then covered them with oak leaves and hardwood mulch. Don't know yet how the fruit has done but the plants have thrived.

i just got a rear tine tiller "THEY ROCK" so as i am tilling 15x25 more of my back yard i am saying to myself ...SELF what am i going to plant... i assume water melon is too late yes or no maybe squash..i have never had any luck with squash any help would be great..i now have tomato,onion,okra and peppers

Watermelon may be a bit late, but probably worth a shot...I'd try the bush sugar baby melons...Squash is late...I'd be leaning more towards peppers and okra...Then get ready for things you'd like to plant for your fall garden...

Where do you people live that it is too late for squash and watermelon?????

Well squash takes 56 days on average to produce...It can burn up before that time if there's not enough shaded area...Watermelons really depend on the variety...Some are more heat tolerant than others...Thus the reason I suggested the Sugar Baby...

I'm curious to know if you got any taters

I have zucchini squash doing well in the beds, but a couple I planted in 3-gallon pots are barely surviving. I used miracle-gro potting soil, put it in partial shade (gets afternoon sun) and water it daily. Any ideas for successful container gardening?

Second problem is the tomatoes are growing up really nicely but have no fruit! I see lots of flowers but they never grow into fruit. What should I do?

LSS is going to tell you to spank your 'maters

Very good advice in this post...


Still laughing about that which is in bold...

Darn tooting...I spank mine every other day whether they need it or not...

3 gallons might be okay with regular squash, but Zucchini plants are going to need something much larger...

I guess best would be to spank in the morning. All though you can spank all day but the blooms are mostly open in the morning. Happy spanking.

I've actually had better luck spanking in the evening in the earlier part of spring. Mornings, the hotter it gets...

*thinking about making a call to TPS (Tomato Protective Services)*

Here's my update

First the bad news. The lower leaves of my yellow squash and butternut are starting to turn brown. Thoughts?

Also, I found a dern itty bitty green worm on the underside of my cuke leaves. I pinched him and I'm considering the Sevin dust....

Cantaloupe seems to be stuck in the two leaf phase.

On the positive side... The peas are producing like mad but for some reason they don't ever seem to make it all the way inside the house Ill be sure to plant more this fall and next year.

Roma II bush beans are about a foot tall and are flowering like mad.

Tomatoes and peppers are nice and green

I water by hand from a watering can using rain water. I suppose the leaves get splashed but so does everything else. Are squashes particularly sensitive to wet leaves?