Talk about customer responsiveness...I sent a message to ACN also about the lack of info on their website yesterday, and today they have added info on those 3 peaches to their website. Still, the question remains - anyone with experience with them?

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Since I had already treated several of my problems with various brews, I sent a chunk of Striptease and a piece of September Sun to A&M. They said they needed something that had not been treated. Those were in the early stages. One had the "orangey" stain and the other had the white mold. I sent a big chunk of soil with each as well. Then I drenched everything with that Bayer product that showed any symptoms or had been treated with a different method (I've done bleach baths and hot water on several earlier this summer. What I've noticed that I have not mentioned is the pot. I posted it to the container forum but did not get an answer. I think this is related. I've washed and bleached all the pots as they have been emptied and their contents trashed. I just wish I knew what it is or how it's spread and is it the same thing I had at the first of the season? (Brown dried up roots) The sample I sent to A&M earlier this year was from OBL. It, Francee and Paradigm had the same problem (and maybe several others). A&M said Root knot nematodes. Bill Meyer said root rot, judging from my photos. I was tossing OBL a few weeks after re-potting , as it was continuing to go downhill. I pulled it out of the trash, bagged it up ans sent it to the lab. ( Maybe I washed away most of the fungi when I repottted ir?) Then, Bruce Banyai said what we're seeing is August blight and bleach it. Of course, bleaching a hosta in Texas in August is probably a death sentence. I have no clue if it's being spread by an insect, falling out of the pecan trees, came in the potting soil or is in the mulch in the beds. If I buy new hosta, will they get it, too? Maybe I'll get a better answer this time. bk

No dew?! Oh no! haha. Yeah, it's dry here too. About the canned goods.... We use the brown beans and black beans in casseroles/stews/soups. I do enjoy the brown beans warmed up with brown rice and a bit of pepper sauce. We use the canned diced tomatoes in about the same way as the beans. Tom and I prefer green beans fresh or frozen, but occasionally we'll eat a jar. The soup we made is a good base for a dinner. You can add meat or other veggies and rice/pasta. We don't eat much jelly so I don't make a lot every year. This year I restocked on blackberry, pepper jam, and a new one--sand plum. Tom likes pickles so he eats the canned bread and butter ones. I like my fermented dill ones better. We rarely eat canned corn, so Rick took all of that to his house. The cowpeas are good for a quick meal. Easy to dump a jar in a pan. Especially with some potatoes. I am definitely one who wants to think through how I will use something before spending time on preserving it. (2020 was an exception because we had a lot of extra time on our hands.) We love good food and I need to know how we'll use it. So, we're not making cowboy candy or dilly beans or pickled okra. Next year I'm planning on not canning much. There's at least 2 years worth in the pantry. IF there's a food shortage/supply issue, we'll rethink that, of course. Next year, I want to focus more on some of my projects including the heirloom tomatoes, peppers, herbs, and native plants. I would like to grow a few more things to enjoy fresh in cooking different ethnic types of foods. I like to change up gardening from year to year. There's so many interesting things to try (but only so many hours in the day). I just came in from outside and am still sweating sitting here. Our AC has a hard time with temps over a 100. Spent a couple of hours watering. But, several things look like they won't make it. Not after this hot weather spell. My Persian cukes are amazing, but even they hate 100 degree days. They're toast now. Today did them in. Sweet peppers are struggling too. The Kajari melon is beginning to look rough. And, oddly, the West Indian Gherkins. I'm not impressed with those. I've tried to like them....really tried. But, I'm not going to grow them again. Not that I've started any seed for a couple of years, but they seem to volunteer everywhere. I'm pulling them in the future. Honestly, I'm ready to just pull it all (or most of it) and maybe start fresh with a few fall plants in a couple of weeks. If I can just keep my perennials alive.