2020 Garden thread

**Buck154** · July 20, 2020

On 7/19/2020 at 10:46 AM, Bonefreak said:

came back from cape cod vacation n had an eggplant n cuke harvest!

what happen to your eggplant? Looks like the mated with your tomato plants .

**Buck154** · July 20, 2020

My garden is doing just ok and not great

**Buck154** · July 20, 2020

**Bonefreak** · July 21, 2020

3 hours ago, Buck154 said:

what happen to your eggplant? Looks like the mated with your tomato plants .

Lol Johnny!! Not sure....maybe I got the double D variety!!

**A&N_Hunter** · July 21, 2020

I have about 10 tomato plants with a pretty decent yield. At this point, just waiting for them to turn and fully ripen. Four of my Roma plants each have one or two tomatoes that seem to have fully ripened with the bottoms rotted out. The rest of Roma yield are solid and green. Is this typical or the start of something worse to come?

**Greybeard** · July 21, 2020

1 hour ago, A&N_Hunter said:

I have about 10 tomato plants with a pretty decent yield. At this point, just waiting for them to turn and fully ripen. Four of my Roma plants each have one or two tomatoes that seem to have fully ripened with the bottoms rotted out. The rest of Roma yield are solid and green. Is this typical or the start of something worse to come?

Calcium. Read this

https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/blossom_end_rot_tip_sheet

I clip my plants when they reach the top of the cage @ 5' and remove the suckers as they grow so the tomatoes get more of the calcium and other nutrients. By that time the plants have more tomatoes than I can eat, anyway.

Edited July 21, 2020 by Greybeard

**A&N_Hunter** · July 22, 2020

19 minutes ago, Greybeard said:

Calcium. Read this

https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/blossom_end_rot_tip_sheet

I clip my plants when they reach the top of the cage @ 5' and remove the suckers as they grow so the tomatoes get more of the calcium and other nutrients. By that time the plants have more tomatoes than I can eat, anyway.

Outstanding.

thanks 👍

**KBfishing** · July 22, 2020

I found a good solution for powdery mildew on zucchini and cukes. Sprayed my tomatoes with it too because I was seeing some signs of blight. It is 3 tbsp of baking soda, 1 tbsp of vegetable oil and a couple drops of dish soap mixed with 1 gallon of water. It works to raise the pH on the leaf and make it unsuitable to grow the mildew. Seems to be working. Spray it once a week. Coat all the leaves.

Edited July 22, 2020 by KBfishing

**Jerzguy2** · July 22, 2020

12 hours ago, KBfishing said:

I found a good solution for powdery mildew on zucchini and cukes. Sprayed my tomatoes with it too because I was seeing some signs of blight. It is 3 tbsp of baking soda, 1 tbsp of vegetable oil and a couple drops of dish soap mixed with 1 gallon of water. It works to raise the pH on the leaf and make it unsuitable to grow the mildew. Seems to be working. Spray it once a week. Coat all the leaves.

Sounds like a worthwhile remedy.

**Greybeard** · July 22, 2020

Pick 1 bush of beans and got half of another before the sweat was running down my back. looks like thunderstorms coming now. Still have a dozen more plants to pick. They really did well this year.