How Does Your Garden Grow??????

xtsho

xtsho

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
i'm jealous, don't know if it was slugs or birds, but something fucked up all of my strawberries, got one before w/e got to it. would just be one spot like someone stuck their finger in it.
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Birds or slugs. For birds you can use netting. I got busy on the slugs early on this year removing their hiding spots and an application of iron phosphate pellets. The ones that don't have any EDTA. I don't like using them but we have so many slugs in the Pacific Northwest that something has to be done. I have snails as well. I'm going to wrap the sides of my raised beds with some copper foil to keep the slugs out instead of using iron phosphate in the future.
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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i think it was slugs, too. we had an abnormally wet spring, and for a while they were freakin everywhere. it's finally started to dry up, and i don't see nearly as many, and they haven't killed any of my new stuff
 
xtsho

xtsho

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These onion scapes are going with some beet greens, young horseradish greens, and kale. The onions are going to be grilled along with a Rib Eye steak. The beets from the greens are going to be roasted and then drizzled with Spanish olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Fresh peas are going to be added to yellow squash sauteed in butter with some onion and celery. Once onions start to flower it's best to pull them and enjoy them while they're still good. On the way out to scrounge some potatoes.

Happy Growing! :bigjoint:


 
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Beachwalker

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Couldn't find this anywhere online so I don't think it's a common cannabis pests, so I'm thinking who better to ask then farmers?!20180620_053921.jpg

I picked up a cannabis plant this morning and this was on the drip tray underneath it, I think it's a cockroach but I couldn't find it anywhere online, thanks for any info!
 
xtsho

xtsho

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Beachwalker said:
Couldn't find this anywhere online so I don't think it's a common cannabis pests, so I'm thinking who better to ask then farmers?!View attachment 4153504

I picked up a cannabis plant this morning and this was on the drip tray underneath it, I think it's a cockroach but I couldn't find it anywhere online, thanks for any info!
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Doesn't look like a cockroach. Looks like a beetle of some sort. Maybe a carpet beetle.
 
DCcan

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Lightning bug, maybe..

Looks similar, but head is a bit different, maybe not a lightning bug.
Scale would help, any reference?
 
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Beachwalker

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Yes that's an average sized piece of perlite next to it, so half inch Maybe

I guess my main concern is that it's not any type of a cannabis bug, I killed one late last year at some point as well so I'm thinking it's some kind of a of a roach

Not trying to spam This Thread I kind of thought it would be an easy question or I would have put it somewhere else but where it wasn't a standard cannabis bug I figured all The Gardener's here would know best
 
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757growin

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xtsho said:
Got a few potatoes. Not the best specimens. A little scab but nothing the peeler can't take care of. I didn't even plant these intentionally. They grew from potato peels I tossed in the garden over the winter. Potato's are some tough plants to come back from just the skin.

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Harvested some red and purple ones my self. The rabbits are slowly eating the green leafs. But otherwise super easy to grow. I have another type of purple ones I'll be harvesting this week. Purple mashed potatoes!
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Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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Beachwalker said:
Yes that's an average sized piece of perlite next to it, so half inch Maybe

I guess my main concern is that it's not any type of a cannabis bug, I killed one late last year at some point as well so I'm thinking it's some kind of a of a roach

Not trying to spam This Thread I kind of thought it would be an easy question or I would have put it somewhere else but where it wasn't a standard cannabis bug I figured all The Gardener's here would know best
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it's just a beetle, i wouldn't worry about it eating my weed. it might eat the backing of your carpet, it might eat the inserts out of your shoes, it might eat your books, but i doubt it'll eat your weed
 
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Beachwalker

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Not exactly sure what bud end rot is but I'm going to look it up thanks for the input

I use Miracle Grow (tomato) at recommended dose per gallon every Sunday and Wednesday

They grow in reclaimed Fox Farm ocean Forest it's very lite and they seem to really like it, this is third year doing it this way

Has anyone ever tried tomato spikes ? I'm almost out of my first box of MG, & was thinking of buying them but I've never used them and don't know much about them
I think the name of the company is like Jobe?
 
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Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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i've seen jobes plant spikes forever, but never used them. you'd think if they really sucked, they wouldn't have lasted since i was a kid, but i have no experience with them, myself.

bud end rot is mostly from not having enough calcium, the spot where the flower drops off the tomato turns black, sometimes it stops there, and sometimes it spreads all over the tomato and they get mushy. looks like your soil is pretty good, but a little extra calcium never hurts tomatoes
 
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Beachwalker

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
i've seen jobes plant spikes forever, but never used them. you'd think if they really sucked, they wouldn't have lasted since i was a kid, but i have no experience with them, myself.

bud end rot is mostly from not having enough calcium, the spot where the flower drops off the tomato turns black, sometimes it stops there, and sometimes it spreads all over the tomato and they get mushy. looks like your soil is pretty good, but a little extra calcium never hurts tomatoes
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Thanks for the input I think I'm going to grab a box just for experiment. Will also continue to water with MG, but will cut feeding to once a week initially and adjust depending how the spikes work?
 
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757growin

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
i've always heard the green part of potatoes will kill you, as they're part of the nightshade family....but i guess rabbits aren't people
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They grew stong for 2.5/3 months. But between that or cactus i guess is there choice. I tb6ought it was deadly also. I was going to use is as a protection plant and companion plant it. But i see it wont stop them bunnies.
 
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