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What's eating my chard and basil?
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Ted, are you mixing the neem with Pyrethrin and if so would you mind telling how it is mixed and what hot pepper extract you use? I have an infestation of aphids and white flies on cucumbers and cantaloup and really need to use something or I'm goin…
Thanks Chris. I'll look for it.
Margaret, I want to thank you for all the great things I found for my garden at your sale Saturday. The malabar spinich is happily climbing the trellisses, the hose is getting unkinky in the sunshine and my new leaf rake is getting a workout in thes…
So I signed up for the newsletter but nothing yet, have any of you gotten it? I looks like there is an event this Sat. Does anybody have any details as to where this will take place? This sounds like a great system and I'm really looking forward to…
Yes the neem oil can be use by itself for aphids and whiteflies. However, I prefer to use it with Pyrethrin/ Pyrethrum. When spraying with neem alone you have to hit the insect directly with saturation. When spraying the combination the neem oil is…
Ted, thanks for the info on the grasshopper. I am stumped as I'm not seeing anything actively eating so this may be what is going on. Will the neem also work on an infestation of aphids? I've tried spraying off with water to no avail and they're des…
I wouldn’t rule out the Schistocerca Shoshone - Green bird grasshopper. Especially if the feeding action was quick, short term and now stopped. These are very mobile unlike worms/caterpillars. At the first sign of sighting or damage spray Bacillus t…
There is actually another way to upload photos, still easiest to have your pictures on your computer. Basically instead of uploading a file, click the icon that looks like a little camera and select the "choose file" option. That way the photo appea…
At the upcoming Tree Day, the PPG will be making apples, cherries, pears, peaches, figs, and much more available. Many of them have been tested with success right here in Phoenix! It's coming together right now from an operational standpoing, so ple…
Thanks Erica, I go out as soon as it's light enough so I can water early and still haven't seen caterpillars or droppings. They've pretty much done in the chard for now unless they finish their cycle soon. I don't mind sharing and try to plant for t…
Sounds like a caterpillar of some sort. Check in the early morning hours, that is when you might be able to spot them. Also look for droppings around the plant/leaves.
Just a note about caterpillars, they are going to turn into something else like…
Suze, what variety of pear are you growing? I saw a locally grown pear a couple of years ago that was the size of a softball, beautiful! Don't know what it was but looked great.
The cherries listed above are sweet cherries, the info can be found he…
Something is eating my chard and basil leaves. I'm not seeing insects or worms but something is eating the leaves and leaving the stems. Some leaves are chewed up and look "lacey" with holes everywhere and other leaves are completely eaten except fo…
May be a silly question... but why can't some nurseries send apple trees to AZ?
We have certainly become a country of germaphobes and have bought into the products pushed on us for our "protection". I don't eat raw eggs but know those who do and have never had a problem. I can see the egg industry adopting the rapid cool method…
Green Shoes, thanks for the apple picking info. I've heard that they grow a lot of apples in Wickenburg as in Wilcox and they are somewhat cooler than we are in the valley but apparently chill hours can be flexible with apples more so than stone fru…
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- Compulsive gardener interested in becoming a better gardener and learning more about sustainable agriculture in pursuit of self-sufficiency.
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- At 9:31am on July 18, 2010,
Frizz said… - I am so sorry. He was here, he just didn't hear you. We will be out of
town for a week & then will be back. I work every weekend so I won't
be available at all myself but I am sure that they will be here.
Frizz
- At 7:40pm on July 17, 2010,
Frizz said…
- Hi Judy,
Ted said that you never came today. I hope that you hadn't knocked & he just didn't hear the door..
Off to work now.
Frizz
- At 10:34am on July 17, 2010,
Frizz said…
- our # is (602) 225-9691
I am going to bed now but Ted can hook you up.
- At 9:47am on June 8, 2009,
Charles Calbom said… - Hello, my friends call me Charly. Yes I can do property line fences.
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