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As it stands, there are 5 tomato plants, 8 pepper plants, 2 Zucchinis, 1 eggplant and 1 cucumber now in the raised beds. There is also a pony pack of green onions waiting to be put in the ground.
I may have to tap into the third raised bed.
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Lots of concerns right now, so I went for a stroll among the tomatoes and peppers.
It's really something how the fragrance of tomato plants in a garden can be therapeutic.
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Our garden is coming along, but already having an issue with cut worms. Everything is dusted and smells of Sevin dust at the moment.
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I put in green onions this morning.
It is amazing how fast the tomato plants are growing!
I gave them a dusting of diatomaceous earth.
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Hovannes wrote: 23 Apr 2024, 18:37 I put in green onions this morning.
It is amazing how fast the tomato plants are growing!
I gave them a dusting of diatomaceous earth.
Do the diatoms work better than Sevin? So far I've lost a cucumber plant, the top from 1 tomato, 1 watermelon vine, and 1 snap bean plant.
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sweetandsour wrote: 24 Apr 2024, 05:53
Hovannes wrote: 23 Apr 2024, 18:37 I put in green onions this morning.
It is amazing how fast the tomato plants are growing!
I gave them a dusting of diatomaceous earth.
Do the diatoms work better than Sevin? So far I've lost a cucumber plant, the top from 1 tomato, 1 watermelon vine, and 1 snap bean plant.
I can't tell. I dusted the peppers with Sevin today just to hedge my bets.
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I thought I was done planting tomatoes this year (5 plants!) But I've got a hankering for Sweet 100s.
They're probably the easiest tomato there is to grow.
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My tomato plants are stressed, and I'm not yet sure what's going on. It could be fungus wilt, in which case I don't know what to do about it.
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First cucumber, and a small pumpkin from a stray "wild" vine in the compost pile.
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sweetandsour wrote: 16 May 2024, 11:28 First cucumber, and a small pumpkin from a stray "wild" vine in the compost pile.

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I wonder if pumpkins have stalk envy.
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