If you're watering in the evening. Stop...At least until it gets above 95...It's like sending the plants to bed wet and they can't dry out, causing fungus...It looks like a lack of nitrogen...

+1

I got my lab report for the soil from the lab today. Pretty quick less than a week to do, probably because most have all ready done this earlier in the season. It was pretty much what I suspected. All the nutrients were high, expect for almost no nitrogen. The PH is high at 8.1 but I need to get it down to 7.-7.5

I hear what you're sayin about watering at night. Usually I water at about 530p because I don't have the time in the morning but I'll see what I can do.

Nitrogen huh... maybe I'll bury some more fish

I picked 14 red potatoes this morning

There is still one more red potato plant I need to pick, but it's still looking pretty strong so I will let it keep growing, and keep on watering it. Hopefully they'll get a little bigger.

Also, both of my squash plants now have a big yellow flower. Neat

You may need to get some paint brushes (like for painting a picture, not a wall) and take the pollen from the flower that's not attached to a squash and put it in the flower attached to a squash...

Congrats on the red potatoes, MSR...I know I was excited when I pulled some of the first onions this past weekend...

About 10 seconds per plant in the morning (early morning, like 5:00 a.m. is okay) will go a long way to sustain it, especially in the heat...

I have no squash yet. To be honest I thought the squash were dead, which is why I was surprised to see the flower. Part of the problem appears to be a lack of nitrogen, which is why I'm going to get some fish emulsion today.

This is my first year to have a garden. Everything seems to be doing good best I can tell. The problem I am having is my some of my tomatoes (still green) have a brown hole. I looked it up on the internet and it says it is possibly a caterpillar, but I haven't found how to treat it. Any suggestions? I haven't actually seen them though, just what I read it might be?

Brown hole in the fruit? You can put out Sevin dust if you're not trying to be organic (just remember to wash the fruit when you pick it before eating)...The tomato will still be good to eat, you'll just need to cut out the brown area (and if you find a worm when slicing it, I'd throw it out...

Now if it's brown on the bottom, that's another problem entirely...

It's brown on the fruit, not on the bottom. It's a brown hole, maybe a 1/4" to 1/2" deep in the fruit, about a 1/4" in diameter. Do I just sprinkle the Sevin Dust around the base of the plant or on the leaves? Thansk for your help.

I just sprinkle it on the leaves and around the plant...I primarily use it for squash bugs, but have used it in the past for tomato pests...

Is it possible that I have to water more than usual because of my raised beds. You talkin 10 seconds per plant every morning?

I'm using something like this...

Congrats on the taters. I'm gonna have to dump my container soon!

I have something similar, it's a 2 gallon watering pot, that I use for my plants in a larger flower bed...It is raised as well, and 10 seconds does seem to be about right...Part of it also depends on how compacted the soil around the plant is. It is VERY important to aerate the ground so the roots can get the water...I hoe my rows at least once per week...

I prefer being lied to...Honesty is overrated...

Well anyways , check out this site for a quick exact report of whats happening in your soil. I got the results in a week and for 15 dollars the soil is tested for PH and macro nutrients and micro nutrients. If the PH is not what your plants are recommended to have you can have all the nutes in the world and the plants wont feed. The PH testers at the local nursery are junk and not accurate.
http://soiltesting.tamu.edu/

Thanks for the link. I've been wondering what some of the procedures are for testing soil. I know I can do pH at work and possibly more.

I'm new to this forum. I just skimmed some of the most recent posts. It'll take your squash awhile to start making reak fruit. I'll pick some tomorrow. The brown on the bottom of the tomatoes could be blossom end rot. Nothing you can do about it this year. Your red potatoes will die out and quit growing around the end of May.

Here's a picture of vegetables from my last years garden;

Get a flash light and go out after dark. You'll find them. When you do, well..... You'll know what to do. Good luck.

I have a very large bush covered in aphids, and it is about fifteen feet from my garden! YIKES>>. What is best to kill them with that wont kill the bush? any ideas?

I tried that soap stuff last year, and it didn't work too good. Liquid Sevin did though.

What do all you guys do with all your yellow squash, and zucchini when it comes in?