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No summer squash
Okay, I have a couple of squash now. Keeping my fingers crossed that they mature. Increased my watering to this plant and it really seemed to help. Also, I found a bunch of ants in one of the blossom…
Replied Jul 18
No summer squash
So much valuable information here! Thank you everyone!!! I definitely don't have a problem with bees and wasps and hornets in my yard. I have LOTS!!! My yard is very insect friendly (except for bitin…
Replied Jul 9
No summer squash
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So, my summer squash plant is producing lots of flowers, but no squash. I don't see any bugs. It seems that the flower is drying up before it can make a squash. Any ideas???
Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris Byers Jul 20.
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Yeah, I'm thinking the soaker hose we used before we left for a few days caused it. I'm back to watering with the can. Each plant gets a full can. Wondering if that's too much. The melons seem fine though, so not sure.
I think it's mold. The first time I saw it it was under some fruit.
Our black beauty (which was thriving but not producing a lot) and our crookneck (not as big as zuchini and producing small amounts of shriveled squash) has taken a big turn for the worst. We deep watered and then went out of town from Friday-Saturda…
How creative! I love what you've done front and back! Just wondering, did you make or purchase the beautiful little trinkets and bird houses throughout your gardens?
Okay, I have a couple of squash now. Keeping my fingers crossed that they mature. Increased my watering to this plant and it really seemed to help. Also, I found a bunch of ants in one of the blossoms and I'm wondering if ants are pollinators???
I have a few large terra cotta pot bottoms in my coop. I fill them with water in the morning and again in the evening. My hens love standing in them most of the day. Since the increase in temps, I have even found them roosting in the them at night (…
Mabe one of the reasons you have lots of flowers but no squash is because its to hot for the plants and the bees to be flying around,my squash plants have died because it so hot.Another reason could be the location of you garden some say if you plan…
You are so SWEET!!!
You could also plant a vitex. The bees LOVE mine. All kinds of bees, all colors. Zinnias are best.
I'd really like to participate in it this year.
Ours aren't doing well either, seem small and shriveled. My husband wants to blame the ants in the garden, but I keep reading about lack of pollination. We have a lone bee that we've seen recently who also comes around for the water (when we're in o…
Also wearing black or dark clothing around bees is a no-no.
Thanks for your insight. I an old beekeeper myself when I lived back in Texas. It's been almost 20 years since I kept bees and haven't kept up on the African Bees, I thought they'd already covered this area by now. We had them coming into Texas duri…
Chris, that bit on Africanized bees dying in the winter has proven false. There was a special on them on t.v. last year sometime and it showed how the bees acclimatized to the cold and were just as deadly.
It was a VERY interesting documentary, you…
So much valuable information here! Thank you everyone!!! I definitely don't have a problem with bees and wasps and hornets in my yard. I have LOTS!!! My yard is very insect friendly (except for biting ants!). The problem may be that I have SO MANY p…
By sheer luck I came up with a magical solution to this problem. I put a small birdbath by my squash plant and fill it every evening. It works wonders at tracting the bees! The whole rim is covered with them stopping by for a sip of water. It has be…
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- I work as a full-time mosaic artist and I garden as much as possible.
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- At 10:56am on April 22, 2010,
Anita Mahaffey said… - Michelle, your garden is absolutely lovely! Certainly something to aspire to ...
- At 9:38pm on March 24, 2010,
Susan said… - Hi Michelle, I sent you my information via a friend request. I would love see your heavenly yard and have you come give me some pointers on my mess! You are sooo inspring! Let me know what you think, Kind Regards, Susan
- At 8:32am on December 7, 2009,
Ericka Cero Wood said… - Welcome! Your yard is beautiful, and I love your mosaics! Esp. the birds with the fancy table ware for wings :)
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I've got some small, black little bugs on my butternut squash. I'm a Phx native and have never seen bugs like these, but I've also never grown the squash before, either. They seem to hide when I reach for a leaf - creepy! What are they and will they…
Sophia,
The AZ Homegrown Solutions group has a community table at the downtown Phoenix Farmers Market. This is a great way to share your over production and make a little cash in the process. Their website is: http://azhomegrownsolutions.ning.com/.…
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If you can find their hole, squeeze some lemon juice into it. This has worked for me in the past. Sit and observe where the little guys are coming and going. Eventually, this will bring you to their hole.
It seems to me that the ants are not workin…
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