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CobGuy
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Looking great!
I've 18 plants (3 varieties) going this year from the seed you sent for last year's grow ... thanks again!
I've 18 plants (3 varieties) going this year from the seed you sent for last year's grow ... thanks again!
Good looking soil. Plants look great. Best of luck.
Yes. They stated to yellow right after transplant. Then when the roots got into the garden soil...whoosh.
ChinaVoodoo
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Lol. Auto correct suctions.
Actually I did type “carp”. Didn’t want to offend anyone with my “potty mouth”.
Oldfella
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You gotta be really pleased with those plants. They're looking great. Good luck
Cheers Oldfella
This morning's view as of 6/12/20.
From left hand corner to right:
Cherry Red
Costello Negro
Silver River
Japan 8
Mixed and extras
I used homande compost, and steer manure and chook pellets before I tilled. I am not applying any additional ferts; just water. A couple of years ago we did a Timberline soil test and the results came back that the soil had an excess of phos and somehow it was blocking nitrogen from being utilized by the plants. They suggested that we overwinter with vetch, fava beans and mustard and that the rainwater would help rinse out the phos.
So far, the pest damage has been low. although the local grasshoppers have chewed a few gaping holes in a few of the Cherry Red.They seem to like it in particular. I don't usually mulch as it seems to encourage the earwhigs.![20200612_110629[1].jpg](https://fairtradetobacco.com/data/attachments/26/26995-10a1a0c1399ab00296811be20baed255.jpg "20200612_110629[1].jpg")
ally mulch as it seems to encourage the earwhigs.
From left hand corner to right:
Cherry Red
Costello Negro
Silver River
Japan 8
Mixed and extras
I used homande compost, and steer manure and chook pellets before I tilled. I am not applying any additional ferts; just water. A couple of years ago we did a Timberline soil test and the results came back that the soil had an excess of phos and somehow it was blocking nitrogen from being utilized by the plants. They suggested that we overwinter with vetch, fava beans and mustard and that the rainwater would help rinse out the phos.
So far, the pest damage has been low. although the local grasshoppers have chewed a few gaping holes in a few of the Cherry Red.They seem to like it in particular. I don't usually mulch as it seems to encourage the earwhigs.
ally mulch as it seems to encourage the earwhigs.
Your plants look awesome!
You are obviously seeing grasshoppers but are you looking under the leaves for hornworms? I just have a funny feeling that I’ve seen those bite marks somewhere before... oh, yeah, my patch!
You are obviously seeing grasshoppers but are you looking under the leaves for hornworms? I just have a funny feeling that I’ve seen those bite marks somewhere before... oh, yeah, my patch!
Thanks buddy.
It could very well be grasshoppers. Let us know what you find.
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CobGuy
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Great looking grow!
~Darin
~Darin
MRM
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Looking really nice
MadFarmer
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I didn't mulch the vegetable patch for the first time this year and the flea beetles have not been the nuisance of years' past.
That is interesting. I recently transplanted some eggplant seedlings into a bed with ample dead debris, and a lazy, no-till approach. Flea beetles from hell devoured all four eggplant seedlings within 4 days. No indication that there are earwigs in this bed. (Earwigs eat dead vegetation, whereas flea beetles munch on roots and leaves, especially of solanaceous plants.)
With my tobacco, I add imidacloprid to the transplant water, so the flea beetles are out of luck there, but imidacloprid with the eggplant makes dead honeybees. So all these flea beetles have been just waiting for a susceptible plant.
Bob
With my tobacco, I add imidacloprid to the transplant water, so the flea beetles are out of luck there, but imidacloprid with the eggplant makes dead honeybees. So all these flea beetles have been just waiting for a susceptible plant.
Bob
MadFarmer
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I'll point out I still have flea beetles, just not as many, and my eggplant will not go out until July/August. I get the idea from gardening forums that eggplant are the favorite of flea beetles.
Eggplant needs 70-85 days from transplant to harvest. My first frost date is formally 15 October. So that would mean transplanting for me by mid July. But then I get no eggplant to eat during the summer. And a well-picked eggplant produces continually, until first frost. Bummer. That would really take the Ping out of my Tung.
At least with tobacco, I expect to not be able to enjoy it for at least a year after I've grown it.
Bob
At least with tobacco, I expect to not be able to enjoy it for at least a year after I've grown it.
Bob
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