Arcticdude
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I had to cut the chickens wings the other night to keep them out of the garden. Its kinda funny to watch them trying to fly over the fence with only one wing. The ducks are fine, they don't do any damage like chickens do.
I put a whole sweet potato half buried in some soil to make slip. I picked it up and ants were all over it and had eaten the entire end.The sweet potatoes are starting to attract bugs. Only a few leaves have been cut, but I need to get some more diatomaceous earth. I only had enough left for one application and the rain washed it off. I'll have to keep applying it daily if these afternoon showers keep up.
I would guess a grasshopper type bug.Does anyone know what kind of sweet potato bug does this?
Mine have never flown over. My fence is about 6 ft high.I had to cut the chickens wings the other night to keep them out of the garden. Its kinda funny to watch them trying to fly over the fence with only one wing. The ducks are fine, they don't do any damage like chickens do.
The fence around the run is 6 ft, and 3 hens will fly over that, they did until they lost their wings. The fence around the garden is a little under 5 ft. Today there were no chickens in the garden eating the duck food. We dont feed the hens in the summer so they were trying to get a free meal from the ducks.Mine have never flown over. My fence is about 6 ft high.
@DrHenley, maybe leaf cutter ants? Leaf Cutter Ant ControlDoes anyone know what kind of sweet potato bug does this?
Whichever is handy. Tonight it was yellowOooo, that sounds really good, @Robinjopo1 . I do an okra, tomato, onion, garlic stew over rice. I call it seafoodless gumbo. LOL Will have to try the squash in it sometime. Yellow or zucchini?
I've been seeing that too. Frequently enough that I noticed it.My tomatoes are burning up. It's real Hot! Wth is going on? I see rain clouds forming, then they disapate and no rain.
Which 4 seed catalogs do you order from, that I can get in the mail too?I have hope for the new year. I got 4 seed catalogs in the mail yesterday.
I don't need many seeds, but I'm going to branch out in some areas so I'm going to order early. Going to get extra herbs to put in my cinder blocks like Dani does. Going to get seeds for bee friendly plants too.
There was a seed shortage last year.
That's what I'm doing in my city grow-bag garden, Robin. Just today planted out some yellow squash, zucchini, Black Beauty eggplant, white eggplant, bush beans, okra, edible pod peas and a few herbs. Also should have some sweet potato slips ready to plant next week. If any of it makes..great; if not, hasn't cost me much to try again.I was talking to my neighbor and he said he did not know anyone who has had a productive harvest this year. Many have just pulled their dead plants and given up.
I, on the other hand, started over and am hoping for a late garden.
I was talking to my neighbor and he said he did not know anyone who has had a productive harvest this year. Many have just pulled their dead plants and given up.
I, on the other hand, started over and am hoping for a late garden.
Because you showed us the white sweet potatoes I planted some. They are growing like crazy. Their vines are intertwining. Did not plant any orange sweet potatoes. Will be trying out the leaves soon! The chickens and rabbits like them! LOL.The sweet potatoes in the raised beds are doing so well (growing like crazy) that I went and got some more raised bed soil and will try to get two more raised beds going. I have one raised bed with white sweet potatoes and one with orange sweet potatoes. The orange sweet potatoes are just for eating the leaves, and even though I planted those a few weeks after planting the white sweet potatoes, they are catching up with the white sweet potatoes. I noticed that the orange sweet potato leaves are slightly smaller and more delicate than the white sweet potato leaves, and the vines are thinner and are intertwining. The white sweet potato vines, being thicker, are more upright.
I've got several white sweet potatoes in water trying to get some shoots going, but only two are showing signs of life. One is putting out roots all over the place, but no shoots, and the other one is putting out both shoots and roots. The slips from that one should be ready to plant within the week.
It may be too late in the season to start, but if we don't get potatoes from them it's not a disaster since we can eat the leaves.
It's the right summer for them, LOL. They love the heat! And we've been getting daily showers which doesn't hurt.Because you showed us the white sweet potatoes I planted some. They are growing like crazy. Their vines are intertwining. Did not plant any orange sweet potatoes. Will be trying out the leaves soon! The chickens and rabbits like them! LOL.
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