Let’s talk garden pests, plant diseases and other gardening issues.

Discussion in 'Gardening' started by doinYoda, Sep 4, 2013.

  1. I'm currently dealing with powdery mildew and have been for a month or so.  Really, it's expected living in an area that has high humidity during the growing season, and started later than normal this season. The PM started on my cucumber vines, and has started showing up on the zucchini, as well as my buttercup squash.  I have been spraying all of my cucumber, squash and melon vines / bushes regularly, since it started (a mix of water, baking soda, and liquid castle soap). It has helped tremendously; I cannot imagine the havoc it would have wreaked by now if I had left it to take over.  :eek:
     
    Japanese beetles don't seem to be quite as bad this year, but they really like my basil. Hand picking them, and either squishing them or dropping them into soapy water has proven helpful. It's probably a good thing they like basil, or I might not have any flowers left. :p
     
    Are you having any issues with garden pests or plant diseases? If so, what has and/or hasn't worked for you?

     
  2. I'm having an issue with my papaya plant. Started from seed. It was doing great the first month of it's life. Then I started to notice light brown/tan spots on leaves. From what I've read, it seems my plant has got the Corynespora Brown Spot which is a fungus. I sprayed it with neem oil and it seemed to stop. Another month later more leaves started to get the spots. I sprayed it down with neem oil again, but this time it had little to no effect on the fungus. I decided to make some colloidal silver and see if that helps. I sprayed it earlier today with colloidal silver mixture. We'll see what happens.
     
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    Sorry to hear that you're having issues with your papaya. Hope the colloidal silver mix works for you. Thank you for sharing this with us. Let us know how it goes. 
     
  4. The other day I was out tending the veggies, and came across a few things to share with you.
     
    First up - tomato horn worm, nicely covered in wasp larvae. I let it be, I'll need their help next season. 
    tomato horn worm parasitic wasp larvae.jpg  
     
    Japanese beetle on basil flowers.
    japanese beetle basil.jpg
     
    Japanese beetle damage on green beans.
    Japanese beetle damage beans.jpg
     
    And last, but not least, the powdery mildew on my zucchini. I've been spraying regularly with a mixture of baking soda, liquid castile soap, and water. It'll keep the PM in check. 
    PM on zucchini.jpg
     
     
     
     
  5. So the colloidal silver stuff did not work. But to be honest I do not know how much silver I needed to extract into water to make it effective. Anyways, I bought some Dr. Earth organic fungicide and sprayed the papaya down a few days ago. Hopefully it will slow it down and get it under control.
     
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  6. Here's an easy to make organic pest repellent that i read about a while back.
     
    [SIZE=large]Homemade All-Purpose Insecticide Spray[/SIZE]
    The Ingredients
    • 15 cloves garlic
    • 1 onion
    • 3 cayenne peppers (or 3 jalapeno peppers or 1 tablespoon cayenne powder)
    • 1/2 teaspoon liquid castile soap (fragrance free)
    • 4 cups warm water
    Method
    1. In a blender combine the water, garlic, onion, and peppers and puree.
    2. Pour the mixture into a glass jar, secure the lid, and steep for 6-24 hours on the counter.
    3. Strain through a cheesecloth, then add the liquid castile soap and mix well.
    4. Load the mixture into a spray bottle and you're good to go.
     
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  7. Never thought it would be this hard to grow a papaya tree. I'm guessing because I'm growing the dwarf variety, it's more prone to diseases and pests. It turns out that my plant is suffering from boron deficiency along with two types of mites infestation. To top it off, it doesn't take pesticides too good. After spraying it down with organic pesticide, the plant was burnt to hell within 48 hours.
     
    I'm now trying a homemade pesticide made from water, dishwasher soap, chopped serrano peppers, and Tabasco sauce. Sprayed the leaves two days ago and no damage so far. I hope it solves my pest problem.
     
    I found a really good papaya disease/pest/deficiencies guide with pictures and descriptions. A good read for anyone who is growing papaya.
     
    http://era.deedi.qld.gov.au/1646/6/5probpap.pdf
     
  8. So I have spider mites on my papaya, but I also noticed these tiny (1mm), round, shiny black bugs underside of the leaves. They leave thousands of tiny black shits underside of the leaves. They can also fly. Black aphids of some sort?
     
  9.  For all of you that like to use Praying Mantis's in your garden and you want to save money buying them here's a little tip for you on how to get your own infestation started!! Early in the spring go to an older part of the town that you live in that still has alley ways. Look for the ones with lots of vegetation. Walk down these alley's and look very carefully under the 2" by 4" fencing. This is a place where these insect's like to lay there eggs. Take a pocket knife with you and pry them off the fence. After you have gathered what you need take them home and use some elmers wood glue and glue them to the bottoms of some 1" by 6" wood or 2" by 4". I then place these with the egg side down on top of my pepper and tomato cages and let them hatch out in the garden. You can call me a tweezerbutt for doing this but money don't grow on tree's around here!! :bongin:
     
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  10. Lol, looks like my garden this year... :bolt:
     
  11. I'm resurrecting this thread about a year after the last post but these motherfucking cabbage moths are pissing me off! Looks like I'll be putting up fabric row covers next year. The moths are laying eggs on all my broccoli and Brussels sprouts. I don't how long it takes their eggs to hatch but I've already been picking the green worms off the broccoli.
     
  12. I have had fucking tomato worms/ huge caterpillar like things with single red horn like thing growing out the ass of the worm attack my many types of pepper plants! One single one can cut down all the leaves and newer stalks in one night! They leave there droppings below the plant! All they do is eat and shit everywhere! They are fucking up my pepper crop! Besides picking them off and squishing them or throwing them out on the hot ass street to cook... How to rid my garden of these foul little beast that can grow upwards of four inches long!
     
  13. New to the whole gardening scene, started my strawberries and they look good so far, but a few leaves have now gotten brown (just the tips though) , does anyone know of any diy sprays that could help with this ? And that are effective? Is it signs of fungus ? Just a few questions i would personally like answered by anyone experienced or knows their "stuff", google is cool and all but i thought this would be the best place to ask ^_^
     
  14. i use a assortment of poisions..herbicides. and fungicides on my grows from my tobaccoo to my garden veggies,

    but its also my daily job so i got acess to this stuff all day long,

    if your having aphid issues or really know that your gonna have issues. id suggest getting a systemic product and apply it as a first watering when you plant your plants if you start them in pots as i do and then transplant them

    i use a product called MANA ALIAS 4F...it costs about $30.00 a quart but one ounce makes a gallon, and that goes a long waysm

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    for the worms on your tomatoe plants are '' hornworms'' they must be sprayed regularry the leaf itself becomes poisionous for them to eat and it kills them by eroding thier bodies from the inside,,,,

    i use the product pictured in the green bottle above. it's called THURICIDE H.P.C. and works great.. it's main ingrediant is BACILLIUS THEROGENIOUS..

    for any other incests i find on my plants i use PYRENTIS, which kills most bugs you may find on your tomatoe plants,,,

    i got a assortment of killing solutions.. bugs or a fungus dont have a chance on things i grow,

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  15. a little more of my arsenol

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  16. Hi I'm new to this site I'm still trying to figure it out but yes I am also having issues with plant and now In the house. Does anyone know what this is and how I can fix the issue?? I'm sorry there are so many pictures. 20190319_151939.jpg 20190318_151706.jpg 20190319_135750.jpg 20190319_135916.jpg 20190319_151923.jpg 20190319_151923.jpg 20190319_151939.jpg 20190315_141459.jpg 20190319_135859.jpg 20190318_151706.jpg 20190319_135750.jpg 20190319_135632.jpg 20190319_151923.jpg 20190319_135628.jpg 20190319_135916.jpg 20190319_135912.jpg I tried getting close up.
     
  17. Although I have used galvanized raised beds which may provide some level of protection against specific pests, they may not completely eliminate all pest problems. Some pests, such as flying insects or those that can access plants from above, will not be hindered by the edges of raised beds.

    I must use additional pest control methods, such as companion planting, row covers or natural remedies for specific pests, which can add to the benefits of Raised bed planting in reducing pest problems. Regularly monitoring the garden and taking preventative measures can also help manage pest problems effectively.
     

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