What did you do in the garden today?

[jerryse]

Adara plum grafted onto wild plum. Success.

 

[Smokerbill]

I've been doing a lot of reading on a reddit thread dedicated to fruit bagging. It seems this is a common struggle with stone fruit. Lots of people trying different things but nothing seems bulletproof yet. So far the best suggestions I've seen are Clemson peach bags and making bags from heavy duty frost protection material. I ordered the Clemson bags to try. Lots of people say they are difficult to use... I may try to make some bags with the frost protection materials too... The problem is 2-fold.... Getting it tight enough that bugs can't squeeze through (or eat through) and it not blow off in high winds... The other problem is rot/fungus because you can't spray through the bags. People also complain about squirrels, rodents, and birds removing the bags to eat the fruit... So far that hasn't been my problem. Bugs are my biggest battle.

Have you heard of kaolin clay? Using it might be enough to protect the fruit.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/pesticides/kaolin-clay-insect-control.htm

 

[WthrLady]

Fed to potatoes, grapes and blackberries.
Nothing else much to do at the moment.
I need to find a massive peony ring for the Lovage plant.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Have you heard of kaolin clay? Using it might be enough to protect the fruit.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/pesticides/kaolin-clay-insect-control.htm

Yes, I have 50 lb bag of kaolin clay but it's never worked for me... Maybe I'm using it incorrectly...

 

[cj2024]

I've been doing a lot of reading on a reddit thread dedicated to fruit bagging. It seems this is a common struggle with stone fruit. Lots of people trying different things but nothing seems bulletproof yet. So far the best suggestions I've seen are Clemson peach bags and making bags from heavy duty frost protection material. I ordered the Clemson bags to try. Lots of people say they are difficult to use... I may try to make some bags with the frost protection materials too... The problem is 2-fold.... Getting it tight enough that bugs can't squeeze through (or eat through) and it not blow off in high winds... The other problem is rot/fungus because you can't spray through the bags. People also complain about squirrels, rodents, and birds removing the bags to eat the fruit... So far that hasn't been my problem. Bugs are my biggest battle.

I bought them to use on tomatoes and will try them on some golf ball size mangoes next year to see if it can keep the Mango seed weevil worm out of my mango seeds. It does keep the fruit flies off my tomatoes and keeps the birds from pecking them.

 

[cj2024]

Adara plum grafted onto wild plum. Success.View attachment 4112090

Yay.........

 

[TJAnonymous]

Did some weeding tonight since they exploded after yesterday's rain. Going to rain overnight again so I fertilized everything to wash in. Going to be beautiful this weekend and in the low 70s. I've got the Paw Paw trees to get in the ground, along with a small Witch Hazel. This will be the perfect weekend to do it.

 

[chickengr]

still cold at night here. seedlings are outside but a bit stunted. 3-4 geese entered my garden but luckily I was near so little damage.

 

[PopoMyers]

Voles

We have those too, and they usually chew on my finishing potatoes, so I can't leave them to store underground.

 

[PopoMyers]

The same thing happened to me. I think I over watered them, and my potting mix need to be adjusted. Plus, it's been raining daily. However, my sweet potatoes are thriving and love the rain.

I have a hard time growing regular potatoes in my area. This year I am experimenting with different varieties to see which one does better, Yukon Gold, Blue A, Viking, and Irish potatoes.

I emptied some pots and found that the blue variety had a lot of mushy potatoes, I think it had something to do with the wicking pot because the ones in grow bags were all solid.

I don't think we ever tried to grow regular potatoes in Hawaii. I hope you succeed. Sweet potatoes love it there. Check with UH agriculture Dept. They might be able to advise.