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Thread #112882   Message #2393474
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
20-Jul-08 - 11:50 AM
Thread Name: BS: Veggie Gardenin'...
Subject: RE: BS: Veggie Gardenin'...
Depends on your soil. A little water often may be draining away, you may need to do a really heavy soaking a couple of times a week.

For all tomato gardeners getting that early blight (the creeping yellow foliage up the plant), spray store-strength (3%) hydrogen peroxide directly on the plant. Don't do it too often or it will knock out beneficial bugs, but the anti-fungal properties of hydrogen peroxide knock out the early blight. Be careful mixing peroxide with other stuff, don't leave it standing in your sprayer. If you have more dollars, there is a product called Veggie Wash that does the same thing.

Our main plant here now is eggplant, so many off of just three bushes that I am tempted to put a stand at the curb. :-) Johnny-one-fruit, though. Eggplants only, the tomatoes are prolific but still mostly green. I have a few carrots, an experiment, haven't tried them yet. Lots of banana peppers, a few green bell peppers, lots of jalapeno. Only harvested one squash before all of them bit the dust. Wrong place, I think, and the borer got them. Chard is a bit stressed but we get greens every couple of weeks.

Got several gallons of wild mustang grapes from the vines across the road. Several pints of jelly and jam (this was our first time canning these).

SRS