Vine ID for Jessica in Nebraska -we aren’t ignoring you
NHBabs z4b-5a NH
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Comments (7)How far out is the pumpkin? Competitive growers look for a pumpkin 10 ft out on the main vine. But since you aren't going for size i'd just let them all grow. Maximas (like the AG) in my experience are very prone to squash vine borers, and as you've noted burying the vine is almost essential. But if you have the vine anchored where the pumpkin grows you risk losing the fruit. If you are growing AGs there is another forum specifically for them that can supplement the knowlegde of people here, bigpumpkins.com And for future females what you do is take 5 or 6 feet (with the female in the middle of that) of vine and instead of letting it grow straight, give it some slack like a semi circle so that as the pumpkin grows the vine can move. Some people actually terminate the vine past the fruit but since you aren't going for size I see no reason to do that....See Moresweet potato vine
Comments (5)Mealy bugs aren't flies, but look like little puffs of cotton, often located at the branch angles. They don't make holes, either. If you see holes on your plants, and they were purchased with holes in the leaves, and you don't see an insect on your plant, then I wouldn't be too concerned, either. The majority of insects are not 'pests'....btw. It's a natural event to insects around a plant outside. Use your keen powers of observation down the road to watch for changes of appearance in your plantings. It's OK to really look at your plants close up and personal. It's called scouting and most gardeners don't and they should. You catch things early that way, but don't get too caught up in the insect thing that it makes you paranoid. ;-)...See MorePlease Help Identifying This Worm Or Caterpillar Infestation
Comments (5)That's one of the many leaf-roller caterpillars. Messy, aren't they? And yes, the dark pellets are frass (insect poop). The adults will be a rather plain moth...and that's when the egg laying comes in. Those teeny babies nicely pictured in that one image hatched from eggs laid on that leaf. If you learn to look for the small eggs and remove them, you'll not have the caterpillars. Bt can be used to control this caterpillar pest, though it is not particularly effective when they are at the large stage. It's most helpful on the little guys. Bt is relatively safe to use (some people have allergic reaction), and is easily washed off. These (and other) caterpillars have a very wide array of natural predators and parasites to help you keep them under control. Rather than cutting away branches and tons of leaves, just remove the caterpillars. They don't sting or bite. And do an egg search. Attached is a fact sheet about the specific leaf-roller I believe yours to be. Florida is one of the many states in which it is found. The squiggly lines pictured in a couple of your images are from leaf miners, very commonly found in tomatoes. Simply remove affected leaves....or just ignore them. They rarely do enough damage to cause problems for the crop. Here is a link that might be useful: Click here...See Morepests!!!
Comments (8)Andrea, I think it depends on how many bad bugs you already have. They recommend you start releasing the lacewings early in the insect war. But I can tell you this, they will certainly put a big dent in your aphid and mite population! You get eggs in a container. Some have already hatched and you see little green specs moving around in the container. These eggs hatch into larva. It's the larva that eat hundreds of mites, aphids, whitefly, etc per day. I'll never forget the first year or two I tried them. A few weeks after I scattered the eggs throughout my garden I paused at a tomato plant and actually saw a larva eating aphids like crazy. I was mesmerised. And I was sold. Since then sucking insects are in very low levels in my gardens. I apply to wet foliage so they stick better and have moisture to drink. It is recommended. Then about two weeks later the larva are eating like crazy. They then transform into adult lacewings. I have plenty of flowers so they hang around drinking the nectar and mating and causing a new generation of bad bug eating larva. And it makes me feel great not to be spraying willy nilly. These bugs worked for me better than any of the sprays I used to use in my chem days and all you have top do is release bugs each year. It takes a couple minutes to wet the plants and another minute to scatter the eggs and your good to go all season. Natural and fast! Erin, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a naturally occurring bacterial disease of insects. These bacteria are the active ingredient in some insecticides. Bt insecticides are most commonly used against some leaf- and needle-feeding caterpillars. Recently, strains have been produced that affect certain fly larvae, such as mosquitoes, and larvae of leaf beetles. Bt is considered safe to people and nontarget species, such as wildlife. Some formulations can be used on essentially all food Crops....See More
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