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.