2022 Gardening Thread

[eradicator]

Lady bugs are for aphid control and in fact are a very good solution for an aphid infestation, but... IF you do not have aphids in your garden, the lady bugs won't stick around...

Yep, and be sure you 'turn them loose' right before dark or they will scatter to the wind

[Buckhorn]

Got out yesterday with the bug-o-salt in one hand and the electric fly swatter in the other. Killed as many cucumber beetles as I could, and then we put out seven dust. Only saw a couple beetles this afternoon. Tilled all of the rows that I could today, this has been neglected. We replanted a few of the okra that didn't survive, with a different variety. May have to replant some of the peas for the third time.

Wife has fun with the Bug-o-Salt, it will blow a mater worm in half. Otherwise I need to pick it off for her.

[SaltwaterSlick]

DANG!! Hadn't thought a Bug-a-Salt!! Got both grandsons one for Christmas last year... I'll tell 'em to bring them out this weekend for some "hunting"!!

[rocky]

Lady bugs are for aphid control and in fact are a very good solution for an aphid infestation, but... IF you do not have aphids in your garden, the lady bugs won't stick around...

Had my first encounter with an aphid infestation this year. Lost 50 tomato plants, 2 rows of peas, and 2 rows of beans before I was able to get in the garden and recognize what was going on, due to muddy conditions. Never even heard of aphids doing that kind of damage. Have to replant.

[Pedernal]

Had my first encounter with an aphid infestation this year. Lost 50 tomato plants, 2 rows of peas, and 2 rows of beans before I was able to get in the garden and recognize what was going on, due to muddy conditions. Never even heard of aphids doing that kind of damage. Have to replant.

Any pics of damage? It would be educational at least for me to see what an aphid infestation looks like…

[Buckhorn]

Try to direct the salt away from the leaves, but the mater worms will do more damage.

[Blood Trail]

Try to direct the salt away from the leaves, but the mater worms will do more damage.

He can use Epsom salt instead.


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[eradicator]

Well, the battle begins.....saw my first squash vine borer moth today on my cocozelle. Sprayed all the zuchinni plants with BT this evening. First time using it for these little devils so hopefully it works. Haven't had success with anything else in the past.

[Blood Trail]

2022 Gardening Thread

Well, the battle begins.....saw my first squash vine borer moth today on my cocozelle. Sprayed all the zuchinni plants with BT this evening. First time using it for these little devils so hopefully it works. Haven't had success with anything else in the past.

Same here, except my enemy is aphids and mealy worms. Sprayed plants with soapy water tonight. Headed in today to buy an insecticide.



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[SaltwaterSlick]

Well, the battle begins.....saw my first squash vine borer moth today on my cocozelle. Sprayed all the zuchinni plants with BT this evening. First time using it for these little devils so hopefully it works. Haven't had success with anything else in the past.

If you don't get that borer before it enters the plant's stem, that BT won't do anything for you... Watch your plants for signs of "sawdust" and sap... If you see it, take a syringe and inject the BT above the entry site (where the sawdust/sap is oozing out). Better yet, get you some Spinosad (it's organic too). spray with that and it is a better, more potent caterpillar killer than BT.

Saw my first borer fly a couple days ago... found 2 or 3 eggs and scraped them off... sprayed the heck out of my squash, zuccs, and cukes... They seem to have started their assault earlier this year than in year's past.

[eradicator]

If you don't get that borer before it enters the plant's stem, that BT won't do anything for you... Watch your plants for signs of "sawdust" and sap... If you see it, take a syringe and inject the BT above the entry site (where the sawdust/sap is oozing out). Better yet, get you some Spinosad (it's organic too). spray with that and it is a better, more potent caterpillar killer than BT.

Saw my first borer fly a couple days ago... found 2 or 3 eggs and scraped them off... sprayed the heck out of my squash, zuccs, and cukes... They seem to have started their assault earlier this year than in year's past.

Thanks. I've been on high alert since I planted and fortunately get a chance to check my plants daily(I only have a handful of zuchinni). I haven't found any eggs yet and no damage/sawdust to this point. I've been spraying with a 3 in 1 or neem oil weekly. Merely going all preventative at this point. I've dug many out of the stems over the years but really tired of performing surgery and fighting that battle. I'll definitely try the syringe trick when and if they get infested.

[Geezy Rider]

So yesterday I got my trellises put up and everything was looking good. This morning I check on my garden and dang, my zucchini have these tiny black bugs on them (aphids?). When I look under the leaves they are covered in these dang bugs. I mean they are black with these blasted things. I don’t have any insecticide on hand so rather than wait till I get some I mixed up some white vinegar, garlic juice, water and soap in a sprayer. I sprayed the leaves on both sides pretty liberally. I did notice, while I was spraying that there was a lady bug in one of the leaves. I hope I didn’t screw up by spraying my plants. These zucchini are just starting to get their flowers.
On a positive note, potatoes are starting to flower and beans are producing.

[eradicator]

Theres one less vine borer moth in the world today....he succumbed to the Bug-a-Salt

[SaltwaterSlick]

Theres one less vine borer moth in the world today....he succumbed to the Bug-a-Salt

[eradicator]

It was an incredible hunt. 10 minutes of cat and mouse as he hovered around the zuchinni plants. Never seemed to want to land(not sure if the treatments had anything to do with that or not). He eventually landed on a main stem long enough for me to touch one off, and poof he went into oblivion