Pulled up a couple dozen onions that I planted in January. All baseball size and planted purple hulls today, I'm still fighting blossom rot on my squash.. will treat again next week with calcium nitrate, They're looking better but it's been disappointing to loose a lot of young squash. Hopefully they 'll do better. The warmer weather is helping my peppers.

I mostly do a 50/50 of milk and water. I use a gallon pump up sprayer and spray a fine mist on the top and bottom of the leaves the best I can.

Anyone spray their plants with coffee? I put my old grounds in my compost pile but my coffee I dump out has to be good for something. Maybe mix that with the milk?

Coffee grounds in the compost pile is fine. I wouldn't use liquid coffee as a spray in ground drench. It has a pretty low Ph. Like 4.5-5 I would be concerned about it lowering the soil Ph. It would probably be good to use if you live in E. TX to water Azaleas with.

So I might have a plant purchasing addiction. Yesterday we bought a yellow squash, a zucchini, and a honeydew. We have all of those seeds in the ground but were not getting the action we wanted so they are back ups.
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I have small peppers and a few small tomatoes. The broccoli is growing like crazy but has not put on any heads yet, hopefully it will before it gets too hot.

Looks good twin


I want to plant 2 peach trees , is now a good time of year to buy and plant them?

No do those in fall. Worse time of year too do it now. Put them in sep/October remove grass in 3' radius around them and them, apply fertilizer and then mulch heavily.

You can plant them anytime if they are in the 3/5 gallon plastic pots from Walmart,Lowes etc. The trick is to carefully remove them from the pots without disturbing the roots...DO NOT BREAK UP OR LOSE ANY SOIL FROM THAT ROOTBALL! You're trying to "fool" the tree into thinking it is still in the pot. Keep well watered and if possible provide some afternoon shade.If the soil you are planting them in is decent the roots will eventually straighten themselves out and be fine.

DO NOT plant trees this time of the year. Follow the advise above and plant after first good cold front in the fall.

You must be thinking of bare root,mail order trees.Sure it's best to wait until cool weather to plant those.But trees in containers can be planted any time of year,I've done it many times with no problems.Do you really think all the millions of trees sold this time of year are being held until cool weather returns?

I'm waiting thanks , I planted okra seed almost 2 weeks ago , nothing is up yet. Should I re sow?

Nope not thinking of bare root trees. I have been in the landscape business for almost 40 years so I do know a little. In this early heat which will only get worse they won't stand a chance. Plant away and watch them die.

Are they fruit trees? I would guess not. Also this is an inexperienced homeowner and I am sure you know what your doing. Gator bags and irrigation I assume? Planting at correct depth and staking I assume? Knowing how much to water without drowning them. I just didn't want the guy to fail when fall will be a much easier time for him to succeed. That's all I was saying.

So you're telling me every single fruit tree bought right now and put in the ground right now will die? That's silly. He also probably wont be able to find any fruit trees being sold in the fall.

Can someone please tell me what this bug is and if it is bad? The are on my okra and peppers but not my tomatoes. Also if they are bod how do I kill them?