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Old June 29, 2017   #31
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Tomato fruit doesn't need sunlight.
I use smelly work socks socks.

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Old June 29, 2017   #32
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I do have something to be thankful for... stinky garlic! No socks needed.




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Old July 1, 2017   #33
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Well Bill's Bleach saved my plants, I gave haircuts to the first row yesterday at least a third of the foliage had died on most plants. The only plant I may loose is a Wes which wasn't doing well anyway. The second 100' row of tomatoes was planted about a week and a half later and didn't get the disease near as bad as the first row. Thanks Bill! You're a hero!




If I would have waited any longer to spray with bleach it would have been a disaster.


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Old July 2, 2017   #34
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Cutting out dead leaves yesterday, I noticed quite a few of these bugs on underside of leaves, I'm guessing the pink bugs are aphids...


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Old July 2, 2017   #35
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You are correct. Aphids.
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Old July 2, 2017   #36
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I found a big colony of them on one okra plant today right at the tender top.
Out came the sevin spray just on that top.
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I found a big colony of them on one okra plant today right at the tender top.
Out came the sevin spray just on that top.
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My okra is about 3" tall,it will be awhile for my first harvest. Dug 150 garlic heads today and a bushel basket of carrots though, life is good!
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Old July 2, 2017   #38
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Money is on seed garlic, I'm seeing $15.95 for a half pound. This is for your Best/ Biggest... eat the rest. I'm doing tons of bubils also.
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Old July 4, 2017   #39
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Those pink bugs are called potato aphids and I had them for the first time this year. However they are not plant killers unless you have a very heavy infestation.

I only have 12 plants so I was able to control them by washing them off with a stream of water from the hose several days in a row until they were gone.

I think that Neem works on them.
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