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Re: End of the season

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Juliana,
Considering you got a late start and you are in one of the warm zones,
timing may have been your problem with curcubits (squash, pumpkin and
cukes).  The fact you got little or no fruit set, and what did develop
shriveled immediately indicates you had no pollinators--bees, wasps,
butterflies, other bugs.  Next year, try planting two or three weeks after
your frost-free date, and plant wildflowers nearby.  Any flower or veggie
that goes to flower will act as a magnet for pollinators.  Your squash
plants will be swarming with bees, I promise!  About powdery mildew.  That
seems to appear later in the season when the dog days of heat and humidity
are upon you.  So...planting earlier will help to avoid the mildew problem.
If it does appear, try spraying plants with 2 teaspoons of baking soda
dissolved in a gallon of warm water.  If that doesn't work, use neem seed
oil spray.  You can find that at garden centers under the name "Vegetable,
Fruit and Nut Spray" by GreenLight.
Doreen Howard
Zone 5b, formerly Zone 9b
-----Original Message-----
From: JJLipe@aol.com <JJLipe@aol.com>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Sunday, September 26, 1999 11:45 PM
Subject: End of the season


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>Hi all,
>
>As the summer gardening season winds down I am very pleased overall with my
>first square foot garden experience, especially since I got a late start in
a
>new raised bed with unimproved soil.  I want to thank all who have
>contributed to the list as it has been a great learning experience for me!
>As most of us could say, I have had some successes and some
disappointments.
>I was totally unsuccessful with my zucchinni, yellow squash, and cucumber
>plants...either no fruit or small shriveled fruit, then leaves that turned
>yellow and died (powdery mildew plus possibly some other problem?).  Even
the
>pumpkin plants which started out so well have already met the same fate.
Any
>thoughts about this, or suggestions about what I can do differently next
>year?
>
>Thanks again,
>Juliana
>Zone 8a NW Louisiana
>
>
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