What did you do in the garden today?

[chickadoodles]

That's great.

I pulled my few radishes and a bell pepper this morning.

I found some dard spots on one of my young crabapple seedlings could someone please tell me what it is and how to get rid of it.

 

[herfrds]

Got a majority of my garden in the ground. Suppose to rain tomorrow. Put in corn, peas, bush beans, dill, and carrots. Have to start my tomato plants all over. I had asked DD to water them and she forgot. Luckily it is still early so I can get more going.

 

[chickadoodles]

Sounds great herfrds nice variety.

 

[OrganicFarmWife]

I have heard that blueberries do best in acidic soils? I have a large area that has several old pine trees. It would get partial sun to shade. It is currently mostly a weed patch. I would love to get something pleasant established and growing there. Also is there any other plants that would grow well there?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

You need a soil test. Blueberries need about 4.5 - 5 pH. I figured I had an area that would be fairly low in pH but when I tested it, it was over 6.5.
If it isn't low enough, you can do a raised bed and stock it up with amendments like ammonium sulfate, diammonium phosphate and monoammonium phosphate.
Blueberries have a shallow root system so don't make the bed too deep or it could dry out.

 

[herfrds]

Had heirloom tomato's, Roma, Early Girl, Better Boy and a grape tomato. Also had started my bell pepper plants, cucumbers and we are trying lettuce for the first time this year. Going to seed my zucchini shortly too. Cannot forget my khalorobi.

Raining here right now so my garden should be loving it.

 

[Ardj]

That's great.

I pulled my few radishes and a bell pepper this morning.

I found some dard spots on one of my young crabapple seedlings could someone please tell me what it is and how to get rid of it.

They look like aphids. Can you see if they are a little bugs ?

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: I cannot tell. I have fallen so much that it has knocked my artificial lenses out of place. But I will spray the tree for them and hope it works. Thank you so much for your help.

 

[lazy gardener]

I cannot tell. I have fallen so much that it has knocked my artificial lenses out of place. But I will spray the tree for them and hope it works. Thank you so much for your help.

Sorry you're having vision problems. Apparently, I'm headed that way. Laser surgery on both eyes, followed by Vitreous detachment in one eye. The laser helped the pain with my migraines, and has lessened the frequency of the visual disturbances. This is putting a huge crimp in my summer activity. Told not to do any "impact work" No chain saw, no pick axe, no beating on rocks... etc...

It looks to me like the spots on your apple tree are some sort of virus.

 

[MrsMVP]

My Garden is thriving right now. We had some good rain this last week and everything looks happy! Even my peppers that I transplanted very late after they developed nice roots (I accidentally planted on top of beets thinking the beets were simply not going to sprout) have made a successful recovery. We are eating lots of broccoli and have just started getting zucchini. I'm going to weed in the morning

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