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06-12-2021, 10:44 PM #201Banned
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Bunch of little birds chomping on my greens (nothing too bad like rabbits, aphids, slugs, etc.). I'd rather not put up bird netting. Any suggestions for deterrent?
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06-13-2021, 06:34 AM #202Registered User
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Silly wabbit got some more beans overnight. Gotta see what we can do about that today... Apparently the Repels All spray that I got doesn't. Pellet gun?
I'm working on adding more plants that resist the bad bugs and such around food plants and it seems to be working. As the borage, nasturtium and marigolds I planted around the edges of the beds are coming in there's a noticeable decline in the bad bug population. I'm going to add more basil and mint and have a bunch of stuff planted in pots to put around problem areas as they arise. Ordering praying mantis' today to help and if I can find native ladybugs rather than the invasive Chinese ones I'll get those too. I really would like to get to where I don't have to spray all these different things and spend all the time on my knees picking and squashing bugs.
I'm not into the netting either so working on a solution for that too. I think I figured it out with the berry patch, I have a bunch of thorny raspberries and blackberries mixed in with the blueberries and so far the birds are leaving it all alone. It seems they don't like getting jabbed. Who knew...
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06-13-2021, 10:27 AM #203one of those sickos
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Our experiment with keeping peppers alive over the winter seems to be paying dividends. The new ones are still 3" tall, so we're going to get shishitos and banana peppers a lot sooner than usual.
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06-13-2021, 06:49 PM #204
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06-13-2021, 06:55 PM #205
I’ve got these to keep birds away. Used it for grass seed and now have them around my strawberries. Seems to work.
https://www.amazon.com/Tapix-Blinder.../dp/B07V5QFJYY
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06-13-2021, 07:48 PM #206Registered User
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^ I was wondering about pinwheels. It's certainly worth a try. Will they also scare away the hummingbirds and butterflies I work to draw?
@BobMc I hadn't heard of that mix for an earwig trap. I love it.
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06-13-2021, 08:11 PM #207
I have hummingbirds feeding on my honeysuckles about 4ft away and I don’t think they mind.
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06-14-2021, 10:40 AM #208"Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise
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06-14-2021, 11:49 AM #209Registered User
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I gave up on getting peppers to come up and got a few 6 packs from a nursery we stopped to check out. They seem happy in their new home. I also got 2 tomato plants to have better sandwich slice options. I feel like such a traitor, everything else this year I started in place from seed. Another half inch of rain (so far today) and more tomorrow on top of 3+ last week is going to be a problem. The slugs are already active
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06-14-2021, 10:59 PM #210
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06-16-2021, 09:50 PM #211
Garden 2021
I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead
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06-16-2021, 10:32 PM #212
Is that just an unfortunate camera angle or does that "doe" have antlers? NTTAWWT.
For the question at hand, some hoops either of small diameter PVC, or rebar/wire kinda shit, with mesh over top of ya raised beds (you have those, right?) will keep deer out. They are pretty easily deterred. Think bridal veil kinda stuff, it keeps em out around here.
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06-16-2021, 10:36 PM #213
Jaysus. If you can wait I'll come help you out when legal hunting start! That buck has some awesome antlers!
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06-16-2021, 11:11 PM #214
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06-17-2021, 07:04 AM #215Registered User
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We have been in an epic battle with the squirrels. Finally was able to get more cedar this spring to build cages over the raised beds, they ran out mid July last year. Amazing how well things grow when the seeds aren’t dug up or plants eaten.
Looks like we lost the battle in the Japanese maple. Even tried using squirrel mace but it didn’t stop them. Guess it’s better than all the damage they did to our neighbors house. Slowly reducing the population. Any thoughts on how to save the tree? Center section is all dead.
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06-17-2021, 09:00 AM #216
Maybe get a dog? I never had a problem with squirrels until my dog passed away then they took over the backyard.
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06-17-2021, 09:02 AM #217Registered User
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06-17-2021, 09:15 AM #218
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06-17-2021, 09:34 AM #219
Garden 2021
Leave the deer alone!!!!!
Nobody with eyes like that would ever mess up a garden.
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06-17-2021, 12:11 PM #220
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06-21-2021, 08:35 PM #221
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06-21-2021, 11:03 PM #222
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06-22-2021, 06:17 AM #223
Yellow (summer) Squash here in New England.........bushes are healthy, big flowers, many small small fruit, but most end up rotting on the stem as small 1-2" fruits - have been proactively plucking off.
Lack of deep watering? Too many fruit? lack of pollenation - Bees seem scarce this year I have been IVF-ing with a q-tip from time to time...
Didnt have this issue last year...FWIW
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06-22-2021, 01:31 PM #224
Blossom end rot? I believe the answer I was given last year here on teh TRG was moar calcium. Right? I foget.
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06-22-2021, 02:27 PM #225
Yeah that's blossom end rot for sure
Use calcium as a foliar feed to fix. Pick off the dead fruit and move on. If you treat quickly and aggressively enough the plant should fruit again.
You could also do calcium foliar feed + compost tea.
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