CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Headstall]

3 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

Hey, Albert.    

[Albert1434]

Aloha Gary

[Headstall]

2 hours ago, Marty said:

And it looks like you need to study the instructions as to how to wear your Personal Protective Equipment correctly.

(It's not meant to be used a face mask, you know?)  

Hey, Marty.  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Albert1434 said:

So Marty how is your garden doing we just got our first Zucchini

That should get Clo all worked up

My zucchini are doing terrible... leaves and fruit dying off... the same is happening to my daughter's plants.  

[Marty]

1 minute ago, Headstall said:

Hey, Marty.  

Hi, bro.

All good in Garyland?

[Albert1434]

Check for Beatles if you them get insectile soap it will kill them and its not poison

Edited July 13, 2020 by Albert1434

[Headstall]

2 hours ago, dughlas said:

G'day y'all. It's warm. When the pup and I got out of bed at 5am it was 81/27° with 94% humidity making it feel like 92/33°. The sun wasn't even up. Needless to say it's forecast to get hotter with possible t'storms.

A little cooler here today, but still feels like 30 degrees. Hey, bro and Mum.  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, clochette said:

Depends how big it is

Tsk tsk. Hey, Tink.  

[Headstall]

8 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Check for Beatles if you them get insectile soap it will kill them and its not poison

No beetles... my research says it's from not being pollinated properly... not enough grains of pollen... and it's common with zucchini.  

[Albert1434]

That shouldn't kill leaf's

[Albert1434]

We could ship you some Gary we have picked 4 in the last four days

[dughlas]

2 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

HUGE

I prefer them at 6-7 inches and about the size of a ... uhm, well you know ☺️

[dughlas]

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

A little cooler here today, but still feels like 30 degrees. Hey, bro and Mum.  

Hi. Well the sun came up and at 1pm it's 88/31° with 82% humidity making it feel 108/42° and it's expected to get a couple degrees hotter. I have never been in air with a dewpoint of 82°. It's oppressive. 

[dughlas]

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

My zucchini are doing terrible... leaves and fruit dying off... the same is happening to my daughter's plants.  

Are the vines wilting too? If so you probably have vine borers.  I hate to say it but if so your zucchini are doomed. The larva eat out the inside of the major stems killing the plants. I've never had zucchini survive beyond mid-season because of them. Next year put a net cover over the vines to keep the moths from laying their eggs on your plants. I don't bother because fresh produce is readily available at the local farm markets and roadside stands.

Edited July 13, 2020 by dughlas

[Headstall]

6 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Hi. Well the sun came up and at 1pm it's 88/31° with 82% humidity making it feel 108/42° and it's expected to get a couple degrees hotter. I have never been in air with a dewpoint of 82°. It's oppressive. 

Just came in and it's oppressive here too.  

[dughlas]

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

No beetles... my research says it's from not being pollinated properly... not enough grains of pollen... and it's common with zucchini.  

As you might recall Clo had that issue last year and forced her gay zucchini to mate ...

[dughlas]

1 hour ago, Albert1434 said:

That shouldn't kill leaf's

Wilted leaves sounds like borers. Check the base of the mainstem for a hole.

[Headstall]

1 minute ago, dughlas said:

Are the vines wilting too? If so you probably have vine borers.  I hate to say it but if so your zucchini are doomed. The larva eat out the inside of the major stems killing the plants. I've never had zucchini survive beyond mid-season because of them. Next year put a net cover over the vines to keep the moths from laying their eggs on your plants. I don't bother because fresh produce is readily available at the local fram markets and roadside stands.

Thanks, dugh. The vines aren't wilting, and I'm getting healthy new leaves, but the fruit keeps turning yellow from the end before shriveling up. I've about given up on them. Apparently, bees are down this year... my daughter did some research too. My peppers aren't showing fruit yet, but two of my tomatoes have fruit, and another one has one beginning.

[dughlas]

We're having a brief rain shower. Apparently one of the numerous passing clouds leaks like a sieve. Blue sky all around it. 

[Valkyrie]

2 hours ago, clochette said:

Depends how big it is

Size queen  

[Headstall]

1 minute ago, dughlas said:

We're having a brief rain shower. Apparently one of the numerous passing clouds leaks like a sieve. Blue sky all around it. 

It can't make up its mind here... a few drops and then sun... rinse and repeat....

[dughlas]

Just now, Headstall said:

Thanks, dugh. The vines aren't wilting, and I'm getting healthy new leaves, but the fruit keeps turning yellow from the end before shriveling up. I've about given up on them. Apparently, bees are down this year... my daughter did some research too. My peppers aren't showing fruit yet, but two of my tomatoes have fruit, and another one has one beginning.

That's better news. Maybe you could hand pollinate.

I know tomatoes will not set new fruit if the nights don't drop below about 70 degrees even if properly pollinated. Once the heat wave passes they'll begin fruiting again. Maybe peppers are the same. I do know if peppers don't get enough water they will not fruit. They take alot of water, I've had to water up to a gallon a day during hot dry weather. Try watering them daily and see if that makes a difference.

[dughlas]

4 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

Size queen  

Did you teach her that too?

[Marty]

30 minutes ago, dughlas said:

I prefer them at 6-7 inches and about the size of a ... uhm, well you know ☺️

Banana?

 

[Headstall]

1 minute ago, dughlas said:

That's better news. Maybe you could hand pollinate.

I know tomatoes will not set new fruit if the nights don't drop below about 70 degrees even if properly pollinated. Once the heat wave passes they'll begin fruiting again. Maybe peppers are the same. I do know if peppers don't get enough water they will not fruit. They take alot of water, I've had to water up to a gallon a day during hot dry weather. Try watering them daily and see if that makes a difference.

I do water the peppers daily because they are in buckets. I water all them daily... if I don't the tomatoes droop. The peppers look healthy... my daughter says they take longer in her experience. I thought I might have been overwatering the zucchini, but letting them dry out completely, seemed to make matters worse. I at least got one good zucchini (big enough to make clo happy ) , but I think I'm done with them after this experience.