Sorry for the brag, but I am riding a wave of satisfaction right now. I knew that cuke beetles were hanging around, so I set up a trap that I have had great success with in the past. I've seen a lot of posts lately about beetles and nobody mentioned this method so I thought it was time to repost it as a PST. Just slather on tanglefoot or similar onto the yellow cups (they seem to be drawn to the colour) and hang it near the infestation, boom , within hours I caught 4. Then, walking back to the house, I saw 4 more all having a buffet inside my zuke bloom. I happened to have milk in a spray bottle in hand, so I blasted them with a bunch of milk and simply drowned them. When I checked on them a while later, I found a 5th one had fallen in, kind of like a pitcher plant I guess.

near Ottawa, Ontario

edit- one big disclaimer: I accidentally killed a tiny bird last year, who got caught in the sticky trap. I have learned to keep it suspended (not firmly anchored), makes it less likely for a bird to try to perch on it. Or better yet wrap it with chicken wire.

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I recently discovered holes in the bottom of my first heirloom tomato… what could this be from and how do I prevent it in the future?

Hello all, I have a bunch of recovered wood that I got from my neighbor when he tore down his privacy fence. It appears to have that old redwood colored wood protective stain on it. I am presuming it is pretty old and maybe oil-based? I'm not sure I feel safe using it in my garden but I had considered using some possibly to build raised beds or a compost pile so I was wondering if you guys could share your thoughts on this.

Thanks so much for thoughts, opinions, wisdom insight etc. 😀 JG

I have a LOT of plants .I used to use neem with soap, but i noticed a bird is eating some of the bugs now, and I don't want to poison a bird. So I have seen aphids, scale bugs, mealy, thirps and spider mites. What bug/predatory mite will take care of most (ideally all) of these?

Aphids are the new addition, for 5 y I managed to avoid ir remove them, but this year they are back with a vengance and I hate them. It was my last straw.

Does anyone know how to get rid of/prevent them? They keep coming up on my patio and basically drying out and dying. The bad part is that if I don’t get them cleaned up in time or miss one, my toddler wants to pick them up. There are so many of them too. I put salt on the live ones that come up while we’re out there but I would like to prevent them if possible. Thanks for any advice!

Had way too many cutworm/owlet moth caterpillar in the greenhouse so I've been pulling a handful everyday, plus some slugs. It's big greenhouse so it adds up. I figured might as well cycle them back into the garden. So I toss them all in a giant bucket of water. I also occasionally put in brassica if it has cabbage white damage (figure it probably has eggs on it). I wait a day or two until it has an slight odour and clearly everything is dead. Then I've been using that for spot watering.

Just thought I'd share because a) I'm curious if anyone thinks this has any downsides, just want to make sure I'm not missing anything and b) it seems like a cool idea! I'm very into whole ecosystem farming so I figure this is just one more way to keep the cycle going.

Also the cutworm are under control! Annoying to deal with but damage is minimal because they have plenty of trap crops to catch them.

I have a tomato that has sprung up in my flower bed. It looks quite healthy and is about 2 feet high. Lots of flowers but no fruit yet. What are the chances it will survive transplanting to my veg garden?

Edit: here it is after I moved it! I watered the hell out of the garden before I moved it and watered it again after . The experiment begins...

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My lime tree was going strong and then it feels like it’s sorta stalled out a bit , getting a bunch of flowers starting but seems like the limes have stalled. I noticed this on the outside of my grow bag. Any ideas? It’s my only bag that has it! Sorry first year gardening!!

Looking for an all around preventive for corn (inecticide). Last year something ate the tops off corn. 2nd year growing it.

Spuds will be ready in 2 to3 weeks

These bugs are I believe epicauta atomaria , and holy cow they have taken over in a hourde there’s thousands am I to late to get rid of them I’ll thinking of moving my birdhouses to the garden area and maybe spray with neem just need some help ?

Why do my plants take longer to mature than the seed packets say they should? For example, my kale was supposed to mature in 60 days, but it took about 90. It seems like a lot of plants look pathetic for a few weeks before they take off. Any ideas?

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Plant started growing from my compost pile and I’m not sure what plant this is? Can somebody please help identify? Is it a pumpkin or zucchini squash?

Thanks in advance.

https://youtu.be/YE17Mrc9ld4?si=-KI1TmXIhOl6fcxP

Everyone says squash and zucchini are the easiest crops to grow and you always harvest more than you can eat but I'm getting destroyed by bugs. I'm sure the heat isn't helping either.