Thanks Siberman!

Look at my zucchini dump cake recipe on the food forum. It's better than I thought it would be.

I'll be eating BLTs next week.

Tried tomatoe sandwiches for the first time last year. Plain white bread, lots of mayo, thick sliced tomatoes, salt & fresh cracked black pepper. Could not believe how good it was. I'm country plain and simple, how I missed out on this for 40+ years is an injustice! Had to have a long talk with my momma!

Well, everything in my garden was looking good until I got 5" of rain Saturday. Now my green beans are looking bad, along with several other plants. Will they be ok once they dry out some, or was it just too much rain in one day and I'm going to lose them?

Looks like we will be doing some pickling by this coming weekend, the cucumbers are going crazy. But, my Mom's pickle recipes call for 10% vinegar but all I can find at the grovery store is 5%. Does anyone else have problems finding the higher proof vinegar or how do you get around it?

I've always used 5 % when canning peppers. Can you boil 5% down until it's 10 % ?

There isn't any standing water, it all drained that afternoon. The plants just don't look good now, I guess from too much water. Maybe they will perk back up in a few days?????

They probably had the nutrients washed away...I'd hoe up the dirt around the plants and fertilize them with some Miracle Gro in a few days (if you're not going organic)...

I'm looking for some green Tomatoes? Anybody have any they would sell?

That is so Lousiana. You gonna have some crawfish and pie with that?

We need to go to Texoma later in the year.

My squash, zuchini and potatoes started looking bad last week with lots of foilage damage. After reading your post - I was concerned.

A few days ago I found several of the spotted beetles. There were also small flea-like insects moving up and down the stalks of my squash and zuchini.


Ove the past few days, I've tried all the organic tricks from neem oil to a home brew of garlic/onions/pepper and soap - each morning, there were more insects than the night before...
Tonight I gave in and bought a large can of sevin dust and it just went on all the squash/zuchini and potatoes. My peppers have also had some minor damage so it went on them as well. The directions say to reapply after a rain or in 6 days. I plan to fertilize on sunday and give them another dusting...

Any thoughts on if this will work? I wonder if I already have the bacterial blight....

It should work...I rarely have to reapply unless the rains wash the Sevin Dust off within a couple of days...

You need to read the directions on when to harvest after applying Sevin Dust...I believe you can not harvest for 3 days after you have applied Sevin Dust...You'll still need to wash the veggies after you do harvest...

I use the store brand, and still delute it with 2 parts water.

Sevin dust did the trick.... Applied it last night, as of this morning, no critter activity at all!

Do you think the lack of nutrients would be evident in just two days ?
Not questioning your experience , LoneStar-San , but this sounds more like a case of overwatering than nutrient deprivation.

Thanks Siberman.

As I said, this is my first garden. I didn't realize how far out the watermelon and cantoloupe(sp?) would spread out. Would it hurt the growth or the melons to trim the vines of these or should I just let them take over??? Thanks for all of the advice.

Depends on the nutrient balance at the time of the water log...Yes, I've seen it happen very, very quickly...June 2004, I lost about half my tomatoes because of a flood that washed all the nutrients out...Not to mention having plants start in odd places because of the seeds being moved...Soil make up also plays a huge part in how well a plant can absorb nutrients and whether nutrients can be wiped out quickly...It's a very delicate balance...

Just let them take over...You can move them around until they start producing fruit...

Thanks. I went online and found other recipes for comparison and some even mentioned the acidity %. My Mom found some 9% at HEB in Temple where she lives and another place out in the country near my aunt that sells 10%. We were just going to adjust our recipe for the 5% but it looks like I won't have to now. Thanks

Status report:

Blue potatoes , green tomatoes, small cayennes and the habaneros are flowering.