What's Cooking - Late August
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many oaks turning brown...and have been since late August
Comments (5)Thanks, beng. Red/black oaks as a group do seem far more prone to various pests, diseases, and just general asthetic problems than white oaks do, at least to me. Which works out well since I generally like the white oaks better anyway (Q. alba and Q. bicolor are my 2 faves). Still, it's a bit disappointing, since some of the affected ones are scarlet oaks that typically have great color around early-mid Nov. after most trees are bare. Won't see that as much this year. Interesting point about the sugar maples, too. The sugars around here are almost all planted (a few scattered wild ones west and north of here), and a few are showing some early coloration, but appears that they'll have a good strong orange this fall. I think the switch from wet to very dry almost in one fell swoop in mid summer caused a bit of stress, although the sugars look far less stressed than the red maples this fall so far. It seems like it has been a generally bad year for pests and disease - I think the cool spring and the very wet early summer was a breeding ground for bugs and fungi - the anthracnose was bad this spring esp. on sycamores (but they recovered quite nicely, better than in 2012), and the fall webworms have all but completely defoliated most of the mulberry and walnut trees already. I've seen some oaks iwth some type of caterpillar on them, but not to the point of defoliation. That's what I was wondering, if the browning on the oaks could be due to feeding from insects or skeletonization to some degree....See MoreAugust Reblooms and the Late Late Show
Comments (8)Lillian is a lovely pink. There are so many pretty pinks rather similar, I don't think I have any light pink like it. And I really like the look. I take it back, I have Ed Brown. The blooms always look good, but it doesn't bloom that long & it hasn't multiplied much at all since I've had it. Wonder of it All seems to do so well for everyone, & a beautiful daylily, I've always admired it. And Jay Farquar, AND We are the Champions. And....well, you can tell I don't have many blooms left, I love every one of them. If I pick an absolute favorite though, would have to be Spacecoast Francil Busby....See MoreIndoors late season & winter peppers in 4b : August
Comments (2)I do something similar here. I germinate several hot peppers in September and then bring them inside when the temp requires. They continue to grow a decent amount, but then when the spring comes and it is time to plant, I have a good size one ready to go from the get go. I am doing it with a scorpion, ghost, hab, and golden cayennes this year....See MoreLate August garden photos - photo heavy
Comments (16)Your garden is looking terrific, especially for this time of year. You must have had great growing conditions. Hard to tell from photos, but it looks like even the white parts of the leaves are fine. We had a lot of rain this year, but also had hot weather. Lots of fungal disease, a bit of southern blight, nematodes, slugs, and hail have taken their toll. Next year I'm going to forget about being organic and put on fungicide, Nemakill, Bayer three-in-one, and a systematic insecticide for the Japanese beetles and hickory borers. Hate to do it, but the garden is losing the war....See Moremartinca_gw sunset zone 24
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