Gardens anyone?

[Raquettedacker]

1000…  
 I only have 1  8x4 foot raised bed to do mine.  You must have 10 long rows or more planted..

[fishinator]

What do you guys use for pesticides? For the 3rd year in a row my gardens has been destroyed by squash bugs. I tried a neem oil solution last year and it helped a little. This year it seems to have had no effect.  My zucchini,  cucumbers, squash and melons are dead.

[rgfixit]

I very rarely use any pesticides. When I absolutely have to I use Malathion. I start with a very weak solution. Usually does the trick. I do use it at a max solution on my ornamentals. My asiatic lilies are prone to red lily leaf Beatles. They’ll strip a plant in a couple days if I don’t catch them.

It wipes them out.

[fishinator]

Trust me, I don't want to use any pesticides but at this point I don't have a choice.  I have tried just about everything.  It's a bummer to spend all the time in the garden just to have bugs wipe it out over night.

[rgfixit]

Been there….didn’t like it either.

Good luck.

[Bartman44]

Some recent visitors to my gardens.
 

[rgfixit]

Your grandson I assume…handsome boy. What a gift.

The others are great , but pale in comparison.

[Raquettedacker]

I haven’t seen a hummingbird mouth in a couple years .., Great pictures.,,
Especially the tomatoe 🍅 picker.. 

[taxid]

This forming ear on one of my 12 1/2 foot corn plants is 15 inches long. Or will the ear itself be normal size once it's husked?

[taxid]

I haven’t seen a hummingbird mouth in a couple years .., Great pictures.,,
Especially the tomatoe 🍅 picker.. 

Saw my first one the other day.

[Pequod1]

Nothing better than having your grandson help in the garden.  Something he will always remember. Nice job Bart.
    Thought I might up date my garden news from last year - a disaster.  After all my hard work with raised beds and fencing, I bought a truck load of garden soil from the local Garden Factory  for close to $300.  Nothing grew in it!  I had the soil tested and the PH was 7.8.  It was like planting in drano.  You can imagine how I felt.  This year I emptied most of the soil from the beds ,added organic acid and filled the beds with coast of Maine raised bed soil.  Expensive, but great. My tomatoes probably cost me $500/ lb!  In the picture, if you look at the soil behind the tomatoes, that’s the original garden factory soil.  Not even weeds grow in it! 
You would think I learned my lesson, but no.  I bought some tomato plants from the garden factory and they developed curly leaf virus. Pulled them out and burned them just in time. 

[Raquettedacker]

Tax are you sure that’s sweet corn and not cow corn???

[Raquettedacker]

Garden looks great PQ..  To bad about the bad soil…

[fishinator]

those squash bugs got me a couple years ago.  read up on them.

I have read all I can stand to read. Most recommend pulling them off by hand. Or using a neem oil and soap mixture. I had some success with the neem. It's not possible to pick them out of a large patch of cucumbers.  After checking out the suggestion of malathion  I think that's my best bet. I just replanted zucchini,  squash and cucumbers.  I know it's late but I'm hoping to attract them so I can kill them.

[rgfixit]

It works systemically as I understand it. They recommend waiting 5 days or so to harvest as I remember. You might try some diatomaceous earth as well. It’s completely harmless ( provided you don’t  suck up a lung full. ( I wear a respirator) Crawling pests don’t like it. It’s my go to for slugs. To them it’s like crawling across a field of broken glass.

Don’t really know if the squash bugs would be affected by it.