Grrrr, Gophers.
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Comments (14)Like I mentioned above - root damage as from rodents, voles, mice, etc. digging around the base (it is the armadillos that get me here), root maggots, RKN (root knot nematodes), broken or injured main stem, herbicides, Bacterial Wilt, various other viruses. I should qualify my "no it can't be from the squash bugs" comment above. If you flip the leaves over and find hundreds of little gray squash bug nymphs at work on them and in the mulch then that is another possibility. Cornell's Vegetable MD Online has a whole list and photos of common squash disease and pest problems and it is only one of the many great diagnostic websites for squash issues. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: CVMD Online...See MoreGazillions of Tree Seedlings! HELP!
Comments (10)'ve had to do that to try to rid my property of the Paper Mulberry trees that were here when I bought the place. Still, they keep popping up many yards from where I found the last one Paper Mulberries are the MOST invasive and fastest growing tree I have ever seen, personally! They send out orange coloured roots that seek out all other trees and shrubs. These orange roots wrap around and around a tree and literally choked them to death. I even found them wrapped around and around my fish pond when I dug it to replace the liner. The roots can grow as far as they need to grow to find a new place to pop up. They pull out easily, but you have to spray them and keep after them to get rid of each one. One tiny threadlike piece of that orange root is enough to keep the process going again. DRAT! I have seen them pop up over 100 feet from another tree. Even very tiny ones will send out roots seeking the next victim. Some sent roots from my property, down the road-front bank and then under the county road out front and began growing new trees on the other side - over a hundred feet away. Un-Freaking-REAL! Killing the parent tree was not the solution - the roots are still under the ground and they will quickly just change directions and go elsewhere..And they grow tall fast! At least these invasive trees don't make seeds - not that I've ever seen anyway. I've been trying to eradicate these Paper Mulberries for over 18 years! In the past few weeks, I've found a dozen or so new small trees that grew in the shrubs last year, hiding from view until everything went dormant for winter. Drought is no deterrent for them. They are not seeking a water source - they are after the other trees! I have very little hope left of ever completely eradicating them from my property, but I have to keep after them else they will choke out and kill all the other shrubs and trees. They already have. It killed my big Corkscrew Willow and a large male fruiting mulberry that shaded my Koi pond and Japanese garden. It was a huge old tree, and the paper mulberry killed it in two years. (grrrr) Good luck with your tree problem. Just stay after it. ~Annie...See MoreToo late to start from seed?
Comments (20)I have to go one of these days! I should sign up to get the email as it's my only hope of remembering... I live in northern San Diego county, in a little pocket of the "mountains" where we have a very temperate microclimate - 10 miles in either direction can be 10-15 degrees warmer or colder than where we are - perfect for my gardening habit. Normally, though, I wouldn't plant out this early either, but last year we had an abnormally warm February, and as soon as I saw that this year seemed to be going the way last year did, I got in high gear. I like it when I can get things in early (especially tomatoes) as we always seem to get heavy insect pressure when it really starts to warm up. The bigger the head start I can get on those dang spider and russet mites, the better....See MoreVOLES!!!
Comments (25)After losing Playboy, Hot Cocoa and Escapade and seeing others reduced to half their size I treated the entire back yard by sections with a castor oil based repellant (pellets). Will probably use the castor oil spray next time. I believe I'll need to set traps too, as soon as I can figure out a system that's golden-retriver proof! Meanwhile I dug up a bunch of roses and gave them to a friend. Many of them didn't look like much but she was thrilled! She's a lover of modern roses and the ones I gave her also need to be sprayed. So I am moving closer to a no-spray garden when I finally get ahead of the voles. So now I have beautiful neatly mulched borders empty except for the ones that are too big to move-- Golden Celebration, Night Owl, Lavender Dream etc. Will fill in with annuals while the battle rages. I ordered new roses this spring-- just 6-- so I will have a pot garden for awhile. This is as close as I have ever come to considering giving up roses....See MoreRelated Professionals
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