Steamed with a little butter, salt and pepper. Raw with ranch. Marinated and grilled. Casserole

Squash.... Why?

Fungus or squash bugs would be my guess...Might be too much water, but I'm leaning towards the other two...If they died faster, I'd say you had a pest boring into the roots, but since they are still alive, I'm going with the fungus or squash bugs...

Check the underside of the remaining leaves for brown spots in a cluster...If that's the cause, it's going to be the squash bugs...

I think it's lack of nutrients in the soil and it's suffering just like the tomatoes did but I'm workn on that. Aren't these plants a little young/small to flower and should I let em go or should I snip the flowers?

What are people doing about weeds in the garden. I have a bunch of weeds. I am tired of pulling them all every year. Any tips?

Mulching or weed cloth will curb the weeds...I hoe the rows I didn't have enough leaves for...

No. They are not too small to flower...They are larger than some of mine that are already producing some squash that should be able to be picked in about a week...

Huh. Ok. I'll leave em. Are they like cucumbers in that they rely on bees to pollinate? Cause I ain't seen a single bee, butterfly or moth.

They do need help to pollinate...If you don't have bees, you can do it yourself...Take a small paintbrush (like you'd use to paint with watercolors) and first spin it in the male flower (the one NOT attached to a squash). Then take it and spin the pollinated brush into the female flower (the one attached to the squash)...

Guys and gals, with the south winds we've endured the last few days, if you haven't watered, you need to. It is very important to keep the plants hydrated, especially with these drying winds...

I noticed this morning that the squash flowers are both males so it's a bit of a sausage fest out there for now. Hopefully some ladies show up to the party soon.

And yes, these winds dried up the beds pretty good. Eventhough I did put some grass clippings and straw down as mulch, the soil was dry.

DHFisher, what were you trying to show on your squash picture above?

Thanks

Well, last week I had pics showing how some of the leaves were browning so I thought it was not doing too well, then yesterday I came out to these two giant flowers. I was just showing that the plant is still pretty small with kinda brown leaves (but I buried a fish under it so we'll see what happens) and is throwin out these huge blooms. I was wondering if I should pinch em or not. You can see more flowers starting to form down there so, eh, I'll just let em go.

Oh, and I have another question. I think my sugar snap peas are about done, or at least they will be in the next couple weeks. The bottom leaves are starting to turn brown and production has slowed a bit. What can I replace the sugar snaps with when they bite the dust? I'm thinkin a southern pea because there is trellis there and tamu suggests planting as late as may 25th. Any suggestions on which southern pea is most productive in the Ft Worth area?

I'm thinking between the cool spring and 3 years of soil amendments is the reason why my garden is doing better earlier this year!

All 20 T plants have flowers and fruit.




Most peppers have bloomed and already harvested a few.


Last year some bugs wiped out my corn and squash so I've been slinging some DE around and seems to make a BIG difference.

GREAT job!!!!!!

Nice! I am also using DE. Appears to be working well

ATX, how did your corn hold up in the winds yesterday? I went outside and many of mine were leaning over, unfortunately

They were just taking notes on how the fence handled the wind...

wait...

Just busting your chops...It's best to laugh because crying can dehydrate you...

Let's just say I've helped the corn along....

Last year I didn't get but a few strawberries and had squash bugs and other killers take over I think because I waited until they got established. This year I've been putting out DE and it got rid of the slugs...doodle bugs and hopefully the rest of them and we harvested a couple hundred strawberries.

I just ordered this

http://www.gardenharvestsupply.com/product/dustin-mizer-garden-duster-with-deflector

Which is supposed to really help with the application and help save how much you have to use.

That's right. Also my wallet feels dehydrated

side note (sorry to get off topic), I dug up one yesterday, out of curiosity, and it wasn't even concreted into the hole. Sorry piece of junk builder!

Bees work cucumbers for the nectar. Which is a trade off for the cucumbers for the bees to pollinate at the same time. Cucumbers produce nectar only a couple hours a day. 1-3 I think. Could vary with the species. Bees will learn the time and only work them during those couple hours. So you may have to check a few times a day to spot them.

I asked because last year with my cukes I had to pollinate them myself. I waited forever before I researched it and started self pollinating. A q-tip worked well for me.

OK guys, I built my wife a garden this year, it is a 16 X 32 plot with a concrete border around it, I put about 20 yards of what they call premium garden fill in it, looked pretty much like mulch, I then put miracle grow down for fertilizer, my okra came up right away but has done nothing in about 3 weeks, the green beans came up really nice and now they are yellow looking, the spinach, carrots and lettuce are pretty weak, the tomatoes have fruit but they look weak, the onions look terrible, the peppers are fair, the potatoes and squash are growing really well and look the best out of all plants, I water when needed and have good drainage, do I need to put some more fertilizer or plant food out ? My plants are setting in 12 inches of prime garden soil, any help for this rookie would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

How often are you watering? Here's the thing about good draining soil, you need to water more often then you'd think...When you dig down, how deep is the moisture?