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missgive
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kim
Blairsville
Georgia
USA
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 Posted - May 16 2010 : 07:38:09 AM
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My garden is all in - tomatoes, arugula, cucumbers, zucchinis and peppers - or should I say pepper.....my 2nd pepper plant (planted next to the first plant) just bit it - leaves all fell off, piled at bottom and look chewed up - a fe hanging on by a thread. We can't figure out what is killing it - everything is the same with the other plants and they are growing fine. My herbs have mostly been great - my bee balm, oregano and greek oregano, thai basil and cives - the lavendar is going great guns and I have sweet basil, ut that one is another confuser - one is going fine, the other half-fine - half the leaves fell off and the others remained 9not blown off) - everything here is very warm and hav built appropriet "shade" barriers to keep the sun from burning it all up....my cilantro died (both tries) and I have to report my mint plants. Any suggestions on the losses? We are stumped.
Kim (aka missgive)
Proud Farmgirl Sister #927
A Farmgirl Sister headed for my mountain home and farm in 2010. |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - May 16 2010 : 3:22:05 PM
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Kim, look for a little worm or catepillar. Or slug. It could be any number of things. I use Diotamaceous Earth. It's a white powdery crushed up shells that I put on my plants when the bad bugs start coming out. It's organic and cuts up the body. It works real good on potato beetles. I hope you save the other one.
Kris
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
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sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - May 16 2010 : 5:22:00 PM
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i agree with kris. i also use DE for worming my cows. you can use it on animal fur for mites. happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1160 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
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Posted - May 17 2010 : 09:57:25 AM
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Does your soil have good drainage? Sounds like it's possibly a case of poor water drainage...do you have pics? As far as 'shade barriers', what do you have put up? With the exception, possibly, of bee balm (am unfamiliar with it, though I know what it is) everything you have listed requires full sun. The sun shouldn't burn up any of that, in fact, those herbs/veggies relish it. The problem comes from the soil drying out too quickly, which can be remedied by a generous application of mulch, such as pine straw or shredded hardwood, in a thick 4" layer. I just wonder if the soil is staying too moist too long. That will surely kill those plants that you have listed, with the possible exception of the Monarda/bee balm.
Just a thought.
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missgive
True Blue Farmgirl
127 Posts
Kim
Blairsville
Georgia
USA
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Posted - May 17 2010 : 5:10:55 PM
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I found my problem - read my warning post.
Kim (aka missgive)
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A Farmgirl Sister headed for my mountain home and farm in 2010. |
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Lost a pepper plant - to what?
