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Re: Help Please....

If you're only getting sun till noon you won't have a lot of luck 
with tomatos. Try lettuce & onions. Potatoes do well in the shade as 
you have noted.

Slugs are a real problem in my garden. There's no good answer. Lately 
I snip them with scissors and leave them in place. The other slugs 
will eat them in preference to your veggies. If the weather dries out 
the slug problem will go dormant for awhile.

Aphids: hmmm... usually not too much of a problem outside. Knock them 
off with a stream of water. Too much nitrogen encourages aphids.

Eric


> 2 Problems from Southern Connecticut (zone 6):
> 
> History - 1st yr. garden - use to be all brush and vines,  raspberries,
> ivy (poison & others), etc.  Soil looks good & rich from plenty of dead
> leaves.  Mostly shaded area (under a huge tulip tree, walnut, pine,
> etc.) - sun till ~ noon. There are other fruit trees but not over the
> garden - (apple) I think they're crab apple cuz they're not doing to
> well.  The soil tilled up good. Part of it had a pool (could tell from
> the sand & cinder blocks). Using well water and trying the organic
> stuff.
> 
> 1.  Slugs, slugs everywhere.  What causes these things??  What can you
> do to get rid of them?  Any natural predators??  I've put boards down in
> the garden and daily go thru picking the little lawyers (about 12 a
> day).  Went down to about 6 a day when I stopped watering at nite. But
> then we had a heavy rain and I picked 24 in the day today so I decided
> to go out tonite (just got back) - picked over 50 slugs.  Can I just
> feed them something?  Can you use slugs for fishing?  Any ideas -
> Please...
> 
> 2.  Tomato plants not bearing fruit yet - transplanted to garden on
> Memorial Day - now 3 1/2 to 4 ft tall , very few blossoms.  No tomatoes
> yet though. Same plants given to my mother - much shorter not as green
> but has 4 good size tomatoes (she planted hers ~2wks after mine).
> Same Plant in another yard (not in the neighborhood, nice & green) - in
> a planter 3 tomatoes. Same Plant in another yard - (in the neighborhood
> , nice & green) in a planter with potting soil - no tomatoes (a few
> blossoms).  Potatoes are growing to beat the band. Cucumbers are slow -
> a few blossoms.  Radishes 2 batches (different kinds of seeds) NO
> radishes.  Now I'M GETTING WORRIED - Could it be something  in the well
> water (minerals, bacteria)?? Could it be something in the soil (bugs)??
> Any ideas??
> 
> all right 3 Problems...
> 3.  Aphids everywhere - in the garden (tomato plants, etc.) NO aphids 2
> house away - tried the dish soap & water spraying the tomatoes (&
> everything else) 3-4 times a day (on wkends) - NO luck.
> Does hosing them off with water kill them??  Where do these things come
> from??
> 
> Any ideas - Any Help would surely be appreciated.
> 
>
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