I went back through my blog posts of last year (they are certainly useful to me as a running garden diary)....and was surprised to learn that the groundhog pest showed up last year on May 21....and here we are, on June 22 - and no groundhog. I will probably end up jinxing things (some years ago, I boasted to a friend that I had never experienced hail damage. Later that day we had severe thunderstorms with destructive hail. Will I ever learn to not tempt fate?).
In fact, so far this season, there have been no deer attacks (the water scarecrows are repaying the investment handsomely), no ground hogs, no rabbits, no bird issues, no squirrel issues....no hornworms yet, or tomato fruit worms....just a few few aphids, flea beetles, and Japanese Beetles. Disease is occurring, but is not widespread. Blossom End Rot - sure, there is some - and a bit of blossom drop. But in general, so far, so good!
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It is nice to get a bit of rain...haven't needed to water today. Sad to add the following tomatoes to the "2013 disaster due to disease" list - Golden Queen and Abraham Lincoln (both in large pots, bleached, fresh mix...Fusarium Wilt...go figure), Golden Queen growing in the big garden (Fusarium - not as surprised to see it happen in there)....Inglehard's Yellow Cherry and Purple Russian (both part of the extreme prune small grow bag indeterminate set) - not sure about those two, perhaps Bacterial Wilt. A few of the Dwarfs are struggling (the worst two being Deaton's Dwarf and Dwarf Purple Heart), but are still with me.
All peppers and eggplant are thriving - in fact, the first eggplant will be picked within the next few days.
In fact, so far this season, there have been no deer attacks (the water scarecrows are repaying the investment handsomely), no ground hogs, no rabbits, no bird issues, no squirrel issues....no hornworms yet, or tomato fruit worms....just a few few aphids, flea beetles, and Japanese Beetles. Disease is occurring, but is not widespread. Blossom End Rot - sure, there is some - and a bit of blossom drop. But in general, so far, so good!
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It is nice to get a bit of rain...haven't needed to water today. Sad to add the following tomatoes to the "2013 disaster due to disease" list - Golden Queen and Abraham Lincoln (both in large pots, bleached, fresh mix...Fusarium Wilt...go figure), Golden Queen growing in the big garden (Fusarium - not as surprised to see it happen in there)....Inglehard's Yellow Cherry and Purple Russian (both part of the extreme prune small grow bag indeterminate set) - not sure about those two, perhaps Bacterial Wilt. A few of the Dwarfs are struggling (the worst two being Deaton's Dwarf and Dwarf Purple Heart), but are still with me.
All peppers and eggplant are thriving - in fact, the first eggplant will be picked within the next few days.
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