I have never planted parsnips before. I was surprised that the seeds were a good size and easy to see. Not like those tenny weeny kolrabi and rutabaga seeds.

So last year I planted Armenian cucumbers (really a melon). They came down with powdery mildew, I pulled them up and trashed them. Tried again this year. Again with the mildrew, again I pulled them up and trashed them. So too late now but now I was thinking I should have treated treating them with the Neem Oil Garden stuff that I have. It saiz it cures Powdery mildew. Anyone try it for powery mildew and goes it work?

Newyorkrita said:I have never planted parsnips before. I was surprised that the seeds were a good size and easy to see. Not like those tenny weeny kolrabi and rutabaga seeds.

I have used Neem oil, but not for powdery mildew. Sorry.

Thanks anyway Arlene. No problem.

Seems to me that diluted milk helps with powdery mildew, or maybe baking soda, water and a dribble of liquid soap. I give my tomatoes the old milk every time I buy a new jug. No blossom end rod that way.

I don't think the milk works well enough. It really had mildew badly.

Hmmm, well then you probably did the best thing by taking it out. It can spread, can't it?

Astia.
I picked six fruits from this plant this morning. Had it for dinner and it was okay...not the best I've tasted, but not bad for an early zucchini.


Pretty. And all of this was very, very tasty!

Chelle, what variety of beets?

These are Early Wonder and Golden.

Your tomatoes look wonderful. I am worried about mine. It is one of the expensive grafted ones, but has leaf curl. I think it is just from the wierd weather we had earlier in the year and I read where the fruit production should not be hurt, but it sure isn't pretty and I don't see any tomatoes.

Susan, there's quite a few things that might be happening here. Can you post an image of your plant, including the soil/mulch or whatever is around the base?



I did the Florida weave on some of my tomato plants today, and now I can see why it's so helpful! Always before I couldn't get the gist of why, but now that I've continued past the main branches I understand!

Rita, your pictures helped so much!

Newyorkrita said:I don't think the milk works well enough. It really had mildew badly.

I wanted to add that last year I got a tomato plant that got mildew kept spreading and I tried the milk every single day. Finially just pulled that plant. So I have no confidence in the milk for mildew cure.

Chelle, I don't know much about the different flavors of zucchini. I guess I will find out as my different varieties produce fruit. Your beets look great, yumm, yumm.

On the Frlorida weave it supports the tomato plants and keeps them off the ground without the need for tying each plant to a stake. I have always thought tying to a stake was way too much work. And it is surprising how well it holds them.

Susan. I have never tried any of those grafted ones. On the leaf curl all I know is that I have read that the plants grow out of it.

Here is a picture of that root veggie area after I planted my seeds yesterday. I used the bamboo steaks run accross so that I know where to put my rows.

Looks good, Rita. All your stuff is so neat and tidy.

I was going to weed or mulch after market today but we got a downpour so everything is soaking wet, AGAIN...maybe I'll take a nap.

Arlene, you deserve a break!

I had to mark my rows somewhow or I would end up going in circles ha-ha!

It's a great idea!

I was just out there straying my squash plants and especially the stems with a Neem Garden Product. Saw my first ever Squash Vine Borer Moth today. Unfortunately it got away before I could kill it. I didn't know what it was so had to come inside and Google it. But I just knew that any moth landing and paying that much attention to the stems of my squash was not good. I knew I had to ID it. It came around while I was out there watering which was good because that means I saw it. And it didn't get a chance to lay eggs but who knows when it might come back? Nope. Sprayed with the Neem.

Let's all jump over to a new thread for July-
The thread "What's going on in our July Vegetable Gardens?" in Vegetables and Fruit forum