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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: MattBU]
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05/18/12 09:51 PM
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Shoot, that looks good, Matt. It ain't gonna rot and you can always shade it .
I sectioned off part of the back yard this year for a garden and thinking about doing raised beds in there with 8' posts and cedar planks. I'm going to leave the posts tall so they'll provide a framework for shading / netting / drip irrigation.
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: chickenman]
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05/18/12 09:59 PM
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When the harvest is finished be sure and let the chickens in there. They'll eat any bugs left as well as cultivate and fertilize for next year. 
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/18/12 10:03 PM
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My squash production has really been severely affected by the dang rollie pollies. I have thrown away at least 30 dang squash that were ruined by them...not to mention the bloom damages. I have the squash bugs eliminated, and apparently the rollie pollies decided that meant they could move in. Do you mulch heavily around the squash ? Rollies tend to congregate in there .
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: Mr. Majestic]
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05/18/12 10:17 PM
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Anybody ever grow squash on a fence ? I've done watermelon , cantalope , gourds and cukes. I've tried on a cattle panel. Works pretty good if you can keep the birds/animals away from them. I've never had a problem with anything eating my squash or anything grown on the fence but I was having fits with a virus that makes yellow crook-neck all green and bumpy. I switched to buying an organic variety and I've been mutant-free for a couple of years now.
Btw, Payne, I've got around 600' of chain-link . It may not be the best looking fence but it's great for anything that vines. 
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/19/12 01:09 AM
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My squash production has really been severely affected by the dang rollie pollies. I have thrown away at least 30 dang squash that were ruined by them...not to mention the bloom damages. I have the squash bugs eliminated, and apparently the rollie pollies decided that meant they could move in. Do you mulch heavily around the squash ? Rollies tend to congregate in there . No.
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/19/12 01:11 AM
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My squash production has really been severely affected by the dang rollie pollies. I have thrown away at least 30 dang squash that were ruined by them...not to mention the bloom damages. I have the squash bugs eliminated, and apparently the rollie pollies decided that meant they could move in. What did you do to get rid of the squash bugs? As soon as I water, I look for the mature bugs to pop out. I then grab them, take them to the rock steps and introduce my boot to their body/head. I also go over my plants, by that I mean look under their leaves, for little brown eggs. These will be in a group. I then rip that part of the leaf out and put them in a ziplock bag and smash them before tossing them. I HATE squash bugs. If you can get the first two generations, there won't be a third, or forth, or so on...Takes several weeks, but it will help in the upcoming years.
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/20/12 03:19 PM
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Today's harvest... 
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/20/12 03:54 PM
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Looks as if you have the makings of a good marinated salad, or squash fritters. Are your cucumbers sweet this year. Mine were bitter last year, but fine this year.
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/20/12 05:22 PM
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Yep. My cucumbers are usually very sweet and this year is no exception...thus far.
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/21/12 07:04 PM
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I've got an awesome looking cucumber vine growing. Problem is I just picked 1 great looking cucumber and the others aren't pollinating. There are NO male blooms anywhere on the plant. I went down every single flower this morning... 28 blooms, all female. What's up?
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/21/12 09:04 PM
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I am not sure. I've had that happen with squash before...except they were all male and no females. I have found that allowing cucumber plants to go along the ground instead of climbing increases production.
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/22/12 01:59 PM
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Cukes are looking pretty good so far. I canned 2 qts of pickles last Friday and have about another qt hanging on the vine almost ready for picking. As mentioned above, I am loaded with blooms too. Some seem to be setting, others, not so much. I have mine climbing. I also have a lot of green bean plants, probably 30 plants loaded with blooms and some small (1" long) beans hanging on them. Everything is looking okay right now if the tomatoes will set. The plants are huge with only 15-20 blooms in all right now (4 plants). Bell peppers have blooms as does jalapenos. I've already picked some jalapenos and they were good, not too hot really.
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/22/12 02:15 PM
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My cucumber plants have little dried spots polka dotted on the leafs, anyone know what causes this?
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/22/12 02:57 PM
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Still waiting on the tomatoes to ripen, cherrys are starting to produced daily. My cukes got ate by the peacocks. May have to get another frezzer for the squash: } 
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