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Re[2]: Intro RE: raised bed construction

Cousin Ricky wrote:

>Cucumbers often (usually? always?) die of a bacterial wilt spread by
>cucumber beetles. I must rely on the wisdom of others, as i have not solved
>the problem yet.

My cukes also suffer from the wilt, but usually after most of the fruit has
matured and the plants are dying off anyway. But I've never seen
a cucumber beetle on them...

>What cultivar did you use? Some varieties don't get bigger than tennis balls.

I was very happy with my thousands of tennis ball sized tomatoes
last year!


>>The corn did not develop
>>heads with a full amount of kernals, ...

>This is a pollination problem. Were there enough corn plants in close
>proximity to insure pollination? Was site windy enough to spread the pollen?

I had the same problem with a lot of my corn ears last year, but
there was no pollination problem, and there were enough corn
plants in close proximity to insure pollination. I was told that
it was a crowding problem, with not enough nutrients available to
fill out the ears....

Just my two cents.
Shawn
swestaway@smtplink.coh.org
Claremont, Ca USDA9b Sunset19
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