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Gary boy am I having a problem I thought things on my gray zucchini were good. But females aren't opening and the little zucchinis form but then shrivel up. I noticed what looked like a mildew lots of low leaves dying and having dark spot at bottom? What do I do? My first garden I feel helpless everywhere I turn I have problems
This insect dust is a pain. I have an annatto plant that caught it but I was able to control it.Another pain is the white flies it get into the tomatoes and peppers. Thanks God that we have UA-cam and great gardeners like you that helps us new group. Thanks.
Had powdery mildew on my cateloupe leaves (just as bad as what is shown here)... sprayed down for 2 consecutive sunny days with 50/50 whole milk and water...complete success removing the mildew and stayed that way....NO 'cidal' synthesized chemicals !
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Grew a few squash plants last year and they eventually were covered with powdery mildew. It's too humid in July and the mildew overtook my squash and spread it to my other plants. I used Serenade a few times but mostly used baking soda which didn't work well. Eventually I gave up on squash since it was too costly and timely to keep them alive and not producing much. So this year I didn't grow squash but my cucumbers still got some powdery mildew but are somewhat controlled with cutting off the infected leaves. Wanted to use Serenade again this year which was very effective controlling black spots and late blight last year but my locale nursery ran out of the concentrate. Though the Garden Safe Fungicide 3 works well but it's more costly in bottles. Don't recall if it's sold as concentrate. Luckily so far I don't have vine borers or squash bugs. Last year I never had a vine borer but I believe I saw one squash bug in the front yard but not on my plants.
thank you for all your videos .. u r a clever and good man.. my english is very good but not excellent :( but i understand thnx for u again .. talal from jordan .. middle east
I still like to use 2 tablespoons of neem oil into 2 tablespoons of Dr. bronners Sal Suds...mix well...will be creamy.., then add to 1 Gallon of luke warm water. Mix that together, then spray top and underside of leaves. Doesnt damage and works pretty well. Can also add 1/2 cup of antiseptic mouthwash to the mix (if you want) Great work Gary...hope that stuff works well too.
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Vine borers skipped right to my fruit 😅 they are inside my pumpkins and zucchini! My first garden this year, and the evil buggers got it all! And holy hell the cucumber and squash bugs are thick!. Better protecting it next year for sure. Struggling in Iowa. Thx for video 😁
Your plants are beautiful and I love all your variety. None of my squash fruited but it has been really hot here. Usually it likes heat but maybe too much is not good? It will flower but just males and its been months. Any tips?
Hi Gary! Thanks for all the great videos,it is totally helping me out while I venture out as a first time gardener. I was wondering what kinds of liquid fertilizer that you recommend for squash and cucumbers? Thank you!
I use all kinds. Chemical, any type but use it a half strength. The organic stuff is all pretty much the same, so buy what is budget friendly. I find squash feed hard so they get fish fert at times for organic and a chemical at full production.
Gary Pilarchik VINE BORER QUESTION: Do you plant another zucchini in the same spot where you had a zucchini that had a vine borer issue? Do you do anything to the soil BEFORE you put one of your new zucchini plants in the same spot? Thank you Gary!
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Gary, are those your grape vines? If do, can you please do a video or two on growing them. I've had bad luck, and would appreciate some advice so I can be successful.
I had horrid powder mildew last year in my potted black beauty zuchs. I have a feeling it was spread by an earlier aphid infestation. (Joy of gardening.) Anyway, this year I planted a clove of garlic and a marigold in with each of my plants. Perhaps it is just coincidence, but no aphids and no powder mildew (yet). Have a vine-borer in them now though :(
If you “hill up“ the base of the squash plants with soil to keep it from getting exposed, sort of like hilling up potato stems do you think that would be helpful?
Zolotinka is a golden squash/zucchini from Ukraine and it grew in my garden in Virginia. Vine Borers and root-knot-nematodes take out all mu cucurbits every year LOL
Hello. Thanks for this informative video. Can you please write the name of the spray for vine borer? I think my squashes are infected. Thanks in advance!
I dont use a specific spray but maybe I was saying a neem oil spray. Any insecticide spray can work. But I recommend insect dust on stems for them like Spinosad My book The Modern Homestead Garden is available here: I now have an Amazon Influencer's Storefront. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. It is free to use. www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden
Hi - can I water the garden after an application of neem oil? It is very hot here right now and I don't want to treat the plants in the sunny heat of the day. Also I am watering in the evening so I don't loose all water to evaporation. Also it is a large plot at community garden and I use a sprinkler to water the garden.
I got some Bonsai seeds and planted now they have white mold on top and all over the little pots hairy mildew everywhere. I have 4 different bonsai seeds planted. Do I change pots and remove all the seedlings that have grown and replant them. What can I do? Thanks for your help I love watching your videos they are so helpful. Gina
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At 4:41 is that a "younger" squash bug? Those are in my garden too! How long does their eggs take to hatch? I never knew that the squash vine borer was laid by a moth of all bugs! Would love more videos on different pests. There are so many that can be a nuisance in gardens.
Thanks Gary I may try to grow squash and pumpkins again w/ 7...It was just so depressing when you have a patio full of vines and fruit that then die because of 1 tiny grub.
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I have not been able to grow zucchini or squash of any kind since moving to 9b 9 years ago. I have battled the vine borer in so many ways from watching so many youtube videos. For whatever reason I never seen anyone suggest using 7. I have renewed hope for my squash this year. I am transplanting young ones this weekend into the garden. Can you please post the name of the UK squash you tried that you said was earthy and mushroomy. You did not show the tag for that one and I would love to get some seeds on the way asap. Thank you for what you do!
I was told that cucumber will keep the borers away and all I got was borers actually in each of my cucumbers, not the vine but the cucumbers. Do you have any suggestions for next year?
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Baking Soda is good at preventing it from showing up and from slowing it down. Its not always great at killing off established fungus. I use serenade for plants that show signs.
I made a distinction about Powdery Mildew but not sure what the cause is, maybe Gary or someone here knows. I have two 30 foot rows with mildew taking hold everywhere but on the 6 plants (3 plants each row) at the north end which look nearly completely unaffected and in vigorous health compared to the other plants in the same row. The rows are planted North to South and side by side. The only two things I can come up with are that the exposure of the sun is somehow different, or that possibly since this row goes down hill a bit possibly the liquid fertilizer that has been applied a few times has settled toward the end and somehow this is making those 6 plants very strong and resilient. It hasn't rained much in the last few days and neither have the plants been watered. Any ideas, anybody else noticed something like this? I read elsewhere on youtube that keeping the soil moist is supposed to help prevent mildew (which seems counter-intuitive), maybe the soil at the North end/bottom of the hill was saturated and still is more moist even after 3-4 days. I have a vague memory of having the strongest plants in this row position the last year as well, maybe I'm just remembering what I want to. Whatever is at work I'm hoping to make use of this knowledge to keep the zucchini producing.
what Wet in general decreases powdery mildew. It wont spread if wet. It seems counter intuitive but it is true. However Downy mildew which isnt even a true fungus like PM, loves water. I have both. In some cases if you only have PM, water will slow it down.
Hi I know this is somewhat of an older video so I don't know if I'll get a response but I'm hoping so. Anyway I've been scouring the internet looking for answers about the use of neem oil. You touched on this a little bit by saying do not spray until you remove the fruit i had fruit in the process of growing and I sprayed the neem oil on the whole plant. Note that I had the powdery mildew on the stem also. I basically want to know if is zucchini or still good to eat after a washing. Note that I am growing in a pot I don't know if that's important. I would really appreciate some advice and I thank you.
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Hi Gary, have you ever used a milk/water combo on powdery mildew? Just saw the beginnings of powdery mildew and sprayed with baking soda. Just wondering what's most effective. Keep up the great videos!
Another great video. I'm learning so much. I"m following everything from the beginning. I bought a pump spray , but it's in Liters and not gallons, so not sure how to convert. 1- Should I just put everything into a gallon jug, measure, and pour what I can into the pump spray? 2-What is the sprayer you're using in this video? I don't have one of those. So what can I use in it's stead? Is a plain old sprayer bottle OK? Or the pump sprayer I bought? 3-Also, do you just rinse out your bottles and use them for something else? Or do you have designated bottles for all the different pest control, liquid fert( I'm using a plain old spray bottle to spray the leaves, but I'm wondering if I can then use it for the baking soda/water and the aspirin/water spray, or should I keep everything separate) Thanks again for all you do. I''m taking notes on all your videos so I have a journal (it's in my iphone). I would love it if you had a paperback book with chapters from start to finish on container gardening/planter bed gardening/pest control/disease control/how to build your soil/how to amend soil/how to everything from start to finish. I'm sure it's in the works!! I suppose you could put it into an app. But having it bound in paper to keep in your garden would be awesome to leaf through. With all the wonderful pictures of your garden :) Cheers! Debby
Type in google browser .... convert gallons to liters. It does it. And yes you can use a gallon jug that way. Once your fill the container with 1 gallon just mark a line with a marker and you know. That is a roundup brand pump from home depot. I rinse my sprayers. You can use baking soda aspirin etc in 1 sprayer and your really dont need to rinsed though. I dont have book yet but might start writing next year.
Thank you once again, Sensei Gary!! I did end up doing that. All these bottles have different measures! I'm finding that if I follow your gallon method and then just pour it into my hand pump sprayer I can keep my head under control with all the math and conversions. Just an added step of pouring, but it works for me. Would you suggest buying then both a 1 gallon and 2 gallon sprayer pump like your Round Up? Instead of just the 1 gallon or the 2 gallon? My hand pump sprayer only holds 2000ML. I think that's less than a gallon? So if I'm on schedule for aspirin, epsom and baking soda same day, can I put all three into the bottle to save time with either spraying or pouring into the soil? Also, out of my 5 tomatoes in the bed, the two that don't get enough sun and are in the back, more under a tree, are starting to have yellow leaves, and also white on the leaves. But not sure if the white could have been the baking soda sprayed on them. Regardless, they are also wilting as well as drying up. And have some brown spots. The stems are also a bit darker, not pure green. Can I send a picture? They are flowering some with a couple fruits. They are Cherry sweet 100's or Super Sweets. They are not as tall as the other 3 plants, which are probably closing in on 4.5 feet, maybe top of one is close to 5ft. They all do not get even 6 hours of full sun. Maybe an hour in the AM and then 3 hours in the afternoon. I'm in 9a, Oakland, CA, so our weather varies with the heat, but in the 70's this week. Last week we had 87 or just below 90. Nights are 59-61 on average I'd say. Regarding Epsom: I sprayed this past week with baking soda, aspirin. They may be due for epsom now. A little over 2 weeks ago I did put 3 tbsp epsom into liquid fert. But I forgot to do it this past week. I'm doing liquid fert (fish/kelp) every 2 weeks. So, should I spray them with epsom foliar spray every 2 weeks also? They started fruiting right around the time I sprayed the first round of liquid fert and epsom mix (your mex) Thanks again. I'm learning so much. It's amazing. I just bought an Arbol Pepper plant. I'm going to see what happens. It's already flowering at 18 inches tall about. It's still in the 6 inch pot. I hope it 's OK! Would it do better in a raised bed( 4x8 planter bed: soil is mix of my original soil about 40%, Dr. Earth organic planting soil 40%, 1.5 cu ft cow composted manure, about 2 grocery bags of homemade compost, about 1 cu ft of FirMulch). Or, would it be better in a 5 gallon? Thanks again, Debby :)
Thank you Gary! I'll await patiently for the book! BTW: I transplanted some squash that were in 4 inch containers a couple weeks ago. They are small still, but now flowering. They started flowering a couple days after I planted in super rich soil, and I gave them some fish emulsion/kelp. Shouldn't they be huge and bushy? They are small like the ones in your container video, with the 3 containers you planted showing us how to plant squash in containers. I'm just letting them do their thing. There are 5 plants in a 4x8 bed. Should I try and squeeze in another new squash plant? I'm in CA, so hoping it's warm here until end of September. Thanks again debby :)
we are in the same state/zone.. Very cool Maybe one day I can come see your garden! stalker alert! I watch your videos all the time. I am not a beginner nor claim I know everything but I have been gardening since I was a small kid with my grandfather, then mother and now for my family. I frequent your channel because you have a lot of similar crops as I grow. My first year back to gardening since my kids are now just about 5 its easier to make the time commitment. Either way thanks for the vids.
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lorann harris First year growing them. They are doing well for heat tolerance and disease. Very productive and I will see about cold come late September.
Hi. First, thanks for the helpful video. A few questions.... 1. Is need oil comparable to serenade for powdery mildew control? 2. What was the spray you used to control insects? It sounded like ‘spinicad’ but not sure. Thanks again, Gary. Looking forward to hearing from you.
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I think I have / am experiencing my first vine borer. I have 2 squash plants and one of them has very limp / drooping leaves. Classic symptom. But, somehow, I've never had them before. Also, noticed what I believe to be some Powdery Mildew or similar. I'm not too concerned, I've already gotten more squash than I know what to do with. haha!
Tim Sheets Thats great on the production. My goal sometimes is to just outlast the pest and disease and got some good production. Sounds like that happened for you.
Tim Sheets To find out if its a vine borer look at stem near ground. Youll see a hole next to a pile of what looks like sawdust. The books say you can cut that open with a utility knife and remove the grub(but I never had any luck with that).
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I picked up some Serenade after watching your prior video. Any idea how long a healthy zucchini plant will continue to produce if powdery mildew is controlled? Also, does age of plant somewhat dictate if it will be affected and succumb? Last year in our community garden we had squash, zucchini and cucumber all side by side and the mildew came through like a wild fire and everything turned white and shut down. This year we have 4 different succession plantings from this plant family and somewhat separated and I have the backpack sprayer and the serenade.
what Good question. I think it generally will hit them all at anytime but just from watching my gardens, I think younger plants have the edge for a little bit. But you are right it hits like wild fire. If I didnt treat those plants it would have spread in those 4-5 days everywhere.
Gary Pilarchik What I don't know yet is: What's the payoff for keeping the powdery milder in check, will I likely have production until days dip below the 70s? Or maybe when the angle of the sun changes signicantly and all the leaves start to turn. I don't know, I've never had zucchini before this.
what Oh yea. Till frost really. Long as day stay upper 60's. You can get many more weeks out of them. I think younger plants that are growing leaves are a little more resistant but they will fall too.
Gary Pilarchikrden) Thanks Gary, I was able to identify early Powdery Mildew and it's a good thing, it was in the early stages. Are there any tips for using the Serenade on a large scale? I have a charity garden at work and we have the challenge of MANY zucchini, cucumber and squash plants. They are somewhat separated and planted at different times. I applied about 5 gallons of diluted Serenade to two 30 foot rows of zucchini (planted 3-5 per hill) and it took about 2 hours. I'd like to keep these plants producing but doing this weekly is a bit daunting. They are quite dense and take a while to hit the tops, the interior, the bottom sides, etc. Maybe I'm overdoing it. In the future I may need to plant densely, get as much out of these plants as possible and just make peace with the mildew. One of my concerns this year is that this spreads by air 15 feet to the second planting of squash and then 4 feet over to the cucumber that have not yet produced. Sorry if I missed this in a prior vid, is the mildew soil borne, or just a natural process? How far apart is safe to keep one planting from catching the mildew from another planting?
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I haven't sprayed my lettuce with it. Generally, I harvest, then spray. 7 days later harvest and spray again. I wash my produce unless it has zero sprays.
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@Gary Pilarchik, Is there a specific time to spray the plant? I'm usually not a morning person ;) Thanks a million, I always watch your videos for advice. They are an excellent source for reference. :)
i never use 7. It enters the plant, but also the dust can get in the body through the skin and research shows they don't know how to get it out of the body. At least that was the last research i read on it.
I am not sure about that. I researched the studies of the actually workers in the plants, that manufactured it. I feel pretty safe at 5% solution dusted on the leaves. But I can say for sure.
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I just pulled out one of my zucchini plants, in the course of one day it went from green to wilted; opened up the stem and it was riddled with caterpillars, ugh! The other zucchini I have I'm trying to save with injecting BT, but it's more of an experiment at this point to learn for next year. I had seen your video on Sevin dust and wish I had seen it sooner! Still new to your channel and am bookmarking everything for next year. Thank you for this video!
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Just lost two zucchini squash plants. Something got at the stem and ate it away. They were nice big plants too with many flowers and nice big leaves. Vine borers i guess.
Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) i wonder if building up the soil around the stems would prevent the vine borer grubs from getting in? Seems unlikely, but what do you think? What can you use for the vine borers that is organic? I see you use the seven dust.
I have tried all the organic methods but still have major losses from Squash Vine Borer, especially this year! So I'm going to have to use some Sevin I think for next year. Another thing I will experiment with again next year is injecting Neem oil into the stem and spraying it on the base. I think it did help save a few of my plants this year but I should have started this treatment earlier. Thanks for your information.
Thanks Gary. I've got it bad on my acorn squash. Even the vines(runners) are covered with it. A local grower assured me that the fruit (60-80 of them) will not be affected. In the future could you talk about true heirloom tomatoes and the difficulties in growing them. Nobody around here (zone 6a) grows them. Again, thank you.
Powder Mildew is normally caused by having a dry soil in a high humidity atmosphere, so the best tip to avoid it is to keep your cucurbit plants' soil moist at all time (especially around the root system). In America, what do you call a Zucchini that matures to a very large size as I don't think they have a word for it. We call them Marrows as a zucchini is an immature marrow for us. Believe it or not here is the UK we have competition to see who can grow the heaviest marrow (the current world record is 200 lbs)-see 9www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pictured-monster-marrow-weighing-more-6193408).
Antonio Pachowko Marrows here are really large winter squash. I don't think we have a word for zucchini. 200 lbs I but that is what we call the winter squash. And true I just learned I have powdery mildew and downy mildew. PM doesnt like moisture but DM does.
My revenge! My two tiered Squash Vine borer solution . I would still do this but don't solely depend on examining the Vine and physically remove eggs you will spend forever and you will always miss that one that kills your plant! I originally tried covering the stems but found these guys are smart they lay their eggs on the leaves stems then they bore in and travel down to the main stem which renders covering the stems with foil useless, and this also goes for dusting the Vine with seven.. I buy the borer traps from IPM Michigan they are a yellow round plastic trap with a yellow top with the lure that attracts the male moth, then I put the piece of pesticide strip in the bottom once they get trapped it takes care of them. I believe even though it only catches the male moth it slows their population growth down exponentially. Secondly I spray natural BT on all my plants twice a week it kills the bore when it hatches because when it ingest the natural bacterial it gels in it's gut and they stop feeding. Even if they hatch and survive a little while they will do little damage because they will stop feeding after a few days . You will see a tiny hole in the squash Vine and a tiny dead little bore.I had tried everything and could not defeat them but this last year the last several months I was bore free. I apply it with the big gallon sprayer though because I can completely saturate the whole plant. This works against all kinds of worms tomato worms and grubs Etc it is harmless to people. For powdery mildew I use the same giant sprayer because let's face it you can never get the whole top and underside of any plant with those tiny spray bottles. I use the milk solution which seems to control it fairly well I've also tried the baking soda which seems to work fairly well, of course it's an ongoing battle but we'll keep your plant alive to keep producing. Squash bugs are the easiest, spray the soapy water solution which you can look up a recipe online. It interferes with the way they breathe and they will drop dead in about 2 to 3 minutes, which is amazing because I've sprayed other natural insecticides on them and that wouldn't do anything to them. Do this once again when they're little eggs hatch and it will finish off the babies. Jeez, it's a wonder squash can even survive with all the things that try to get it! Before all of this though I roll out the weed barrier then I cut the holes where my plants will come through for a completely weed-free Garden and no place for any of those little bugs to hide. I almost forgot since I don't like spraying any of my leaves with water I went to the Home Depot and bought a drip system ran the main hose right up the center of the garden then use the little tool to puncture a hole where I wanted to place each little hose to go to each plant, then you stake the drip line right next to the plant I had a lot of these little lines going everywhere but all you have to do is turn on your faucet for about 15 minutes it waters just the plant and that way you will not wash any of your BT off. I went to Walmart and bought one of those watering timers that I connected to the hose and set it to water so I basically never had the water my garden! I enjoyed loads of squash this last year and I'm still eating it! Hope this helps!
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Talal Ziad Write your posts in your native language and we can use google translate to read it. Or type your posts in Google Translate and copy and paste them here. You didn't say what language you speak otherwise I would have done it. Happy Gardening from the USA
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Gary needs to touch the leaves to show us clearly but you should never touch a PM infected leaf/plant and then immediately touch another plant. This will help stop the spread and won't diminish the effects of the treatment.
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Your mildew problem is from shade over your plants. They need more (zap) sunlight, it looks like you're growing those things indoors. If you have a shadow from a tree for part of the day or for most of the day, you will have mildew. Mildew is mold. Mold hates sunlight. When the Sun light is gone, nothing will grow. Grow while there is light, & in the light. Preserve for the days ahead. The time approaches that no thing can grow. If those days ahead are not cut short, all flesh will perish.
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Gary boy am I having a problem I thought things on my gray zucchini were good. But females aren't opening and the little zucchinis form but then shrivel up. I noticed what looked like a mildew lots of low leaves dying and having dark spot at bottom? What do I do? My first garden I feel helpless everywhere I turn I have problems
Thanks Gary,your videos have taught me a lot and we in the gardening community appreciate all you do.
DesertDigger1 I enjoy it. And thanks for taking the time to watch!
👍This is a video well worth watching and very easy to understand. Thank you Gary for taking the time to share. Much appreciated
This insect dust is a pain. I have an annatto plant that caught it but I was able to control it.Another pain is the white flies it get into the tomatoes and peppers. Thanks God that we have UA-cam and great gardeners like you that helps us new group. Thanks.
the white flies need a companion plant to breed on.
Find which plant ad remove it. Neem oil sprayed on white fly eggs.
I love your videos, they took all my anxiety out of my gardening (first time). Thank you!
Hey that is my goal. Good for you for getting started!
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Had powdery mildew on my cateloupe leaves (just as bad as what is shown here)... sprayed down for 2 consecutive sunny days with 50/50 whole milk and water...complete success removing the mildew and stayed that way....NO 'cidal' synthesized chemicals !
you are an excellent teacher. thank you for your instructive videos.
Thanks and very glad to share
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Not sure if you like bitter melon but I'm growing them this year as well as long beans. Love growing new plants!
Grew a few squash plants last year and they eventually were covered with powdery mildew. It's too humid in July and the mildew overtook my squash and spread it to my other plants. I used Serenade a few times but mostly used baking soda which didn't work well. Eventually I gave up on squash since it was too costly and timely to keep them alive and not producing much.
So this year I didn't grow squash but my cucumbers still got some powdery mildew but are somewhat controlled with cutting off the infected leaves. Wanted to use Serenade again this year which was very effective controlling black spots and late blight last year but my locale nursery ran out of the concentrate. Though the Garden Safe Fungicide 3 works well but it's more costly in bottles. Don't recall if it's sold as concentrate.
Luckily so far I don't have vine borers or squash bugs. Last year I never had a vine borer but I believe I saw one squash bug in the front yard but not on my plants.
thank you for all your videos .. u r a clever and good man.. my english is very good but not excellent :( but i understand thnx for u again .. talal from jordan .. middle east
Talal Ziad I am very happy to help. Thanks!
The leaves of my plum trees are curled,sticky with lots of holes. I really appreciate any information helping to cure .
Thanks for the information about Serenade. My lilacs and peonies develop powdery mildew as soon as the weather becomes hot and humid.
It is a good product for that.
I still like to use 2 tablespoons of neem oil into 2 tablespoons of Dr. bronners Sal Suds...mix well...will be creamy.., then add to 1 Gallon of luke warm water. Mix that together, then spray top and underside of leaves. Doesnt damage and works pretty well. Can also add 1/2 cup of antiseptic mouthwash to the mix (if you want) Great work Gary...hope that stuff works well too.
That works
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I love button squash and zucchini. Thanks Gary.
Fun to watch grow too.
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Vine borers skipped right to my fruit 😅 they are inside my pumpkins and zucchini! My first garden this year, and the evil buggers got it all! And holy hell the cucumber and squash bugs are thick!. Better protecting it next year for sure. Struggling in Iowa. Thx for video 😁
Your plants are beautiful and I love all your variety. None of my squash fruited but it has been really hot here. Usually it likes heat but maybe too much is not good? It will flower but just males and its been months. Any tips?
superslyfoxx1 Only tip really is to keep it going. The weather will change. Feed it well and all that.
I have had the same problem--beautiful blooms, but nearly all male. If anyone can help, please do!!!
Lost all of my squash. Thank you for showing me what I didn't know. Next year I'll use your method.
First of many Hands You might be able to drop some seed now for a late season crop.
Hi Gary! Thanks for all the great videos,it is totally helping me out while I venture out as a first time gardener. I was wondering what kinds of liquid fertilizer that you recommend for squash and cucumbers? Thank you!
I use all kinds. Chemical, any type but use it a half strength. The organic stuff is all pretty much the same, so buy what is budget friendly. I find squash feed hard so they get fish fert at times for organic and a chemical at full production.
Gary Pilarchik VINE BORER QUESTION: Do you plant another zucchini in the same spot where you had a zucchini that had a vine borer issue? Do you do anything to the soil BEFORE you put one of your new zucchini plants in the same spot? Thank you Gary!
Same spot. Nothing you can do to clean the soil really.
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Thanks, Gary. Everything seems to hit at once.
+Sherene Bieber Soon as condition get right it does seem to come out of nowwhere
Gary, are those your grape vines? If do, can you please do a video or two on growing them. I've had bad luck, and would appreciate some advice so I can be successful.
I had horrid powder mildew last year in my potted black beauty zuchs. I have a feeling it was spread by an earlier aphid infestation. (Joy of gardening.) Anyway, this year I planted a clove of garlic and a marigold in with each of my plants. Perhaps it is just coincidence, but no aphids and no powder mildew (yet). Have a vine-borer in them now though :(
very nice vedio sir,I like to see your plants
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If you “hill up“ the base of the squash plants with soil to keep it from getting exposed, sort of like hilling up potato stems do you think that would be helpful?
Thank you for the video. I am learning a lot from your channel.
Aaron Davis Homesteading Excellent!
Zolotinka is a golden squash/zucchini from Ukraine and it grew in my garden in Virginia. Vine Borers and root-knot-nematodes take out all mu cucurbits every year LOL
Hello. Thanks for this informative video. Can you please write the name of the spray for vine borer? I think my squashes are infected. Thanks in advance!
I dont use a specific spray but maybe I was saying a neem oil spray. Any insecticide spray can work. But I recommend insect dust on stems for them like Spinosad
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Hi - can I water the garden after an application of neem oil? It is very hot here right now and I don't want to treat the plants in the sunny heat of the day. Also I am watering in the evening so I don't loose all water to evaporation. Also it is a large plot at community garden and I use a sprinkler to water the garden.
Yep water away.
Will adding the liquid nitrogen help stimulate new growth and produce more blooms as well, or do you need something different for abundant blooms?
Blooms are more related to potassium and phosphorous. Nitrogen is great for leaf growth.
So when do you first apply the dust for the vine borers?
Actually early before it even flowes. Not a lot just on the stem.
I got some Bonsai seeds and planted now they have white mold on top and all over the little pots hairy mildew everywhere. I have 4 different bonsai seeds planted. Do I change pots and remove all the seedlings that have grown and replant them. What can I do? Thanks for your help I love watching your videos they are so helpful.
Gina
All mold isn't bad. Can you hit them with some full sunshine. That helps. Cinnamon on surface can help. But molds vary.
My zucchini has small fruit but noticed they are yellowing and browning on the stem, what am I doing wrong? Please help
Will the powdery mildew affect squash/zucchini that are in containers?
Yes it can show up.
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At 4:41 is that a "younger" squash bug? Those are in my garden too! How long does their eggs take to hatch? I never knew that the squash vine borer was laid by a moth of all bugs! Would love more videos on different pests. There are so many that can be a nuisance in gardens.
They hatch fast. I feel like 10 days or so.
Thanks Gary I may try to grow squash and pumpkins again w/ 7...It was just so depressing when you have a patio full of vines and fruit that then die because of 1 tiny grub.
organic method to rid powdery mildew on zuchini
Hi garyI bought calcium nitrate how much should I use for 8 zucchini and for 1 guava tree
Generally 1-2 tablespoons per gallon of water. It is used to add calcium and the nitrogen is a bonus. 1x a month is plenty.
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I cant find the spelling of the spray u r using for powdery mildew. Can you share the name please. Love ur channel & presentation method.
Serenade or Daconil. Would be the names I might have thrown out there.
I have not been able to grow zucchini or squash of any kind since moving to 9b 9 years ago. I have battled the vine borer in so many ways from watching so many youtube videos. For whatever reason I never seen anyone suggest using 7. I have renewed hope for my squash this year. I am transplanting young ones this weekend into the garden. Can you please post the name of the UK squash you tried that you said was earthy and mushroomy. You did not show the tag for that one and I would love to get some seeds on the way asap. Thank you for what you do!
Question for you: can I mix Captain Jack's and Serenade in the same application?
+Sherene Bieber hmmm. Probably but only if you have a fungus and pest problem at once.
I just planted my yellow crook neck squash today,4/26 so when should i start using the dust? Do i wait til i see a problem or pretreat ? Thank you !
Dust for what? Insects or are you talking powdery mildew?
I,m sorry for insects , the vine borer mostly ,,lost all my squash last year to it,, thank you for responding back,,
im,m sorry,, i see i had already ask this in a previous comment ,,My bad !!
How Neem oil and baking soda is used to spray . In what's ratio . And how is mixing
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I was told that cucumber will keep the borers away and all I got was borers actually in each of my cucumbers, not the vine but the cucumbers. Do you have any suggestions for next year?
Really an insect dust of your choice is best. Dust the stems.
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What did you use against powdery mildew and can you use baking soda instead like for tomatoes?
Baking Soda is good at preventing it from showing up and from slowing it down. Its not always great at killing off established fungus. I use serenade for plants that show signs.
Reviews at Gardeners Supply Co stated it was certified organic. Wonder if true....
The leaves from one of my squash plants are wrinkled, do you know how can I fix the problem? Thank you so much!
I would need to see a picture.
I sent it by email! Thanks!
I made a distinction about Powdery Mildew but not sure what the cause is, maybe Gary or someone here knows. I have two 30 foot rows with mildew taking hold everywhere but on the 6 plants (3 plants each row) at the north end which look nearly completely unaffected and in vigorous health compared to the other plants in the same row. The rows are planted North to South and side by side. The only two things I can come up with are that the exposure of the sun is somehow different, or that possibly since this row goes down hill a bit possibly the liquid fertilizer that has been applied a few times has settled toward the end and somehow this is making those 6 plants very strong and resilient. It hasn't rained much in the last few days and neither have the plants been watered. Any ideas, anybody else noticed something like this? I read elsewhere on youtube that keeping the soil moist is supposed to help prevent mildew (which seems counter-intuitive), maybe the soil at the North end/bottom of the hill was saturated and still is more moist even after 3-4 days. I have a vague memory of having the strongest plants in this row position the last year as well, maybe I'm just remembering what I want to. Whatever is at work I'm hoping to make use of this knowledge to keep the zucchini producing.
what Wet in general decreases powdery mildew. It wont spread if wet. It seems counter intuitive but it is true. However Downy mildew which isnt even a true fungus like PM, loves water. I have both. In some cases if you only have PM, water will slow it down.
Hi I know this is somewhat of an older video so I don't know if I'll get a response but I'm hoping so. Anyway I've been scouring the internet looking for answers about the use of neem oil. You touched on this a little bit by saying do not spray until you remove the fruit i had fruit in the process of growing and I sprayed the neem oil on the whole plant. Note that I had the powdery mildew on the stem also. I basically want to know if is zucchini or still good to eat after a washing. Note that I am growing in a pot I don't know if that's important. I would really appreciate some advice and I thank you.
Yep 100% good to eat and they wash well.
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Hi Gary, have you ever used a milk/water combo on powdery mildew? Just saw the beginnings of powdery mildew and sprayed with baking soda. Just wondering what's most effective. Keep up the great videos!
I haven't. I have heard good things but haven't used it.
What type of sprayer are you using? Brand? I’ve purchased several that do not put out the volume of chemical as yours does.
It probably is the Round Up brand from home Depot.
What was the varietal of squash from the ukraine? I love your videos. Great helpful tips and I am envious of your gardens. Thanks!
Merlin Ramos Oh I cant even pronounce them but the index cards in the video have their name.
He wrote it on a card and showed it at the first of the video dumbass🙄
Another great video. I'm learning so much. I"m following everything from the beginning. I bought a pump spray , but it's in Liters and not gallons, so not sure how to convert.
1- Should I just put everything into a gallon jug, measure, and pour what I can into the pump spray?
2-What is the sprayer you're using in this video? I don't have one of those. So what can I use in it's stead? Is a plain old sprayer bottle OK? Or the pump sprayer I bought?
3-Also, do you just rinse out your bottles and use them for something else? Or do you have designated bottles for all the different pest control, liquid fert( I'm using a plain old spray bottle to spray the leaves, but I'm wondering if I can then use it for the baking soda/water and the aspirin/water spray, or should I keep everything separate)
Thanks again for all you do.
I''m taking notes on all your videos so I have a journal (it's in my iphone).
I would love it if you had a paperback book with chapters from start to finish on container gardening/planter bed gardening/pest control/disease control/how to build your soil/how to amend soil/how to everything from start to finish. I'm sure it's in the works!!
I suppose you could put it into an app. But having it bound in paper to keep in your garden would be awesome to leaf through. With all the wonderful pictures of your garden :)
Cheers!
Debby
Type in google browser .... convert gallons to liters. It does it. And yes you can use a gallon jug that way. Once your fill the container with 1 gallon just mark a line with a marker and you know. That is a roundup brand pump from home depot. I rinse my sprayers. You can use baking soda aspirin etc in 1 sprayer and your really dont need to rinsed though.
I dont have book yet but might start writing next year.
Thank you once again, Sensei Gary!!
I did end up doing that. All these bottles have different measures! I'm finding that if I follow your gallon method and then just pour it into my hand pump sprayer I can keep my head under control with all the math and conversions. Just an added step of pouring, but it works for me.
Would you suggest buying then both a 1 gallon and 2 gallon sprayer pump like your Round Up? Instead of just the 1 gallon or the 2 gallon?
My hand pump sprayer only holds 2000ML. I think that's less than a gallon?
So if I'm on schedule for aspirin, epsom and baking soda same day, can I put all three into the bottle to save time with either spraying or pouring into the soil?
Also, out of my 5 tomatoes in the bed, the two that don't get enough sun and are in the back, more under a tree, are starting to have yellow leaves, and also white on the leaves. But not sure if the white could have been the baking soda sprayed on them. Regardless, they are also wilting as well as drying up. And have some brown spots. The stems are also a bit darker, not pure green. Can I send a picture? They are flowering some with a couple fruits. They are Cherry sweet 100's or Super Sweets. They are not as tall as the other 3 plants, which are probably closing in on 4.5 feet, maybe top of one is close to 5ft. They all do not get even 6 hours of full sun. Maybe an hour in the AM and then 3 hours in the afternoon. I'm in 9a, Oakland, CA, so our weather varies with the heat, but in the 70's this week. Last week we had 87 or just below 90. Nights are 59-61 on average I'd say.
Regarding Epsom: I sprayed this past week with baking soda, aspirin. They may be due for epsom now. A little over 2 weeks ago I did put 3 tbsp epsom into liquid fert. But I forgot to do it this past week. I'm doing liquid fert (fish/kelp) every 2 weeks. So, should I spray them with epsom foliar spray every 2 weeks also? They started fruiting right around the time I sprayed the first round of liquid fert and epsom mix (your mex)
Thanks again. I'm learning so much. It's amazing.
I just bought an Arbol Pepper plant. I'm going to see what happens. It's already flowering at 18 inches tall about. It's still in the 6 inch pot. I hope it 's OK! Would it do better in a raised bed( 4x8 planter bed: soil is mix of my original soil about 40%, Dr. Earth organic planting soil 40%, 1.5 cu ft cow composted manure, about 2 grocery bags of homemade compost, about 1 cu ft of FirMulch). Or, would it be better in a 5 gallon?
Thanks again,
Debby :)
Thank you Gary!
I'll await patiently for the book!
BTW: I transplanted some squash that were in 4 inch containers a couple weeks ago. They are small still, but now flowering. They started flowering a couple days after I planted in super rich soil, and I gave them some fish emulsion/kelp. Shouldn't they be huge and bushy? They are small like the ones in your container video, with the 3 containers you planted showing us how to plant squash in containers.
I'm just letting them do their thing. There are 5 plants in a 4x8 bed. Should I try and squeeze in another new squash plant? I'm in CA, so hoping it's warm here until end of September.
Thanks again
debby :)
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are your plants from the Ukraine more cold hardy or do you grow them more for taste?
lorann harris First year growing them. They are doing well for heat tolerance and disease. Very productive and I will see about cold come late September.
will be watching for vid. Thanks
I am 7b North Carolina so we can grow much of the same things. Although Maryland seems to have more cooler spring days.
Hi. First, thanks for the helpful video. A few questions....
1. Is need oil comparable to serenade for powdery mildew control?
2. What was the spray you used to control insects? It sounded like ‘spinicad’ but not sure.
Thanks again, Gary. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Spinsad works well for insects. Seranade is probably better for PM. Thaks for watching.
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I think I have / am experiencing my first vine borer. I have 2 squash plants and one of them has very limp / drooping leaves. Classic symptom. But, somehow, I've never had them before. Also, noticed what I believe to be some Powdery Mildew or similar. I'm not too concerned, I've already gotten more squash than I know what to do with. haha!
Tim Sheets Thats great on the production. My goal sometimes is to just outlast the pest and disease and got some good production. Sounds like that happened for you.
Tim Sheets To find out if its a vine borer look at stem near ground. Youll see a hole next to a pile of what looks like sawdust. The books say you can cut that open with a utility knife and remove the grub(but I never had any luck with that).
Will DE works for squash bores also? I'm sorry if you answered this and I missed it I know how annoying that must be lol
Probably not. I found insect dust is what works best.
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Gary how an when do you trim your squash?
I remove bad leaves buts that is it.
Curious as to why you ordered varieties from Ukraine? Had you tasted it before, and liked it, or what?
Wanted to try something new. Just found them one day randomly.
I picked up some Serenade after watching your prior video. Any idea how long a healthy zucchini plant will continue to produce if powdery mildew is controlled? Also, does age of plant somewhat dictate if it will be affected and succumb? Last year in our community garden we had squash, zucchini and cucumber all side by side and the mildew came through like a wild fire and everything turned white and shut down. This year we have 4 different succession plantings from this plant family and somewhat separated and I have the backpack sprayer and the serenade.
what Good question. I think it generally will hit them all at anytime but just from watching my gardens, I think younger plants have the edge for a little bit. But you are right it hits like wild fire. If I didnt treat those plants it would have spread in those 4-5 days everywhere.
Gary Pilarchik What I don't know yet is: What's the payoff for keeping the powdery milder in check, will I likely have production until days dip below the 70s? Or maybe when the angle of the sun changes signicantly and all the leaves start to turn. I don't know, I've never had zucchini before this.
what Oh yea. Till frost really. Long as day stay upper 60's. You can get many more weeks out of them. I think younger plants that are growing leaves are a little more resistant but they will fall too.
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I think it's a cool off in the over nights that sets up the conditions. We're set to have some of that, I'd better get spraying.
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Thanks Gary, I was able to identify early Powdery Mildew and it's a good thing, it was in the early stages. Are there any tips for using the Serenade on a large scale? I have a charity garden at work and we have the challenge of MANY zucchini, cucumber and squash plants. They are somewhat separated and planted at different times. I applied about 5 gallons of diluted Serenade to two 30 foot rows of zucchini (planted 3-5 per hill) and it took about 2 hours. I'd like to keep these plants producing but doing this weekly is a bit daunting. They are quite dense and take a while to hit the tops, the interior, the bottom sides, etc. Maybe I'm overdoing it. In the future I may need to plant densely, get as much out of these plants as possible and just make peace with the mildew. One of my concerns this year is that this spreads by air 15 feet to the second planting of squash and then 4 feet over to the cucumber that have not yet produced. Sorry if I missed this in a prior vid, is the mildew soil borne, or just a natural process? How far apart is safe to keep one planting from catching the mildew from another planting?
You can get "beneficial nemotodes" from specialty garden catalogs. They will probably kill the root nematodes.
Thanks. Ill look into it
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How soon can you eat lettuce after spraying neem oil?
I haven't sprayed my lettuce with it. Generally, I harvest, then spray. 7 days later harvest and spray again. I wash my produce unless it has zero sprays.
What the name of spray u were using
I dont recall in that video.
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@Gary Pilarchik, Is there a specific time to spray the plant? I'm usually not a morning person ;)
Thanks a million, I always watch your videos for advice. They are an excellent source for reference. :)
+Emevol37 Full high sun and temps over 90 degrees is bad. Evening as the sun is lowering is good. I am glad the videos helps. Please ask questions!
I spraying the only way? I would hope there would be predators that could balance against them.
i never use 7. It enters the plant, but also the dust can get in the body through the skin and research shows they don't know how to get it out of the body. At least that was the last research i read on it.
I am not sure about that. I researched the studies of the actually workers in the plants, that manufactured it. I feel pretty safe at 5% solution dusted on the leaves. But I can say for sure.
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The zucchini will show
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What's the names of the squash that taste like mushrooms?
Hmmm I dont know. Let me know if you find it.
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I just pulled out one of my zucchini plants, in the course of one day it went from green to wilted; opened up the stem and it was riddled with caterpillars, ugh! The other zucchini I have I'm trying to save with injecting BT, but it's more of an experiment at this point to learn for next year.
I had seen your video on Sevin dust and wish I had seen it sooner! Still new to your channel and am bookmarking everything for next year. Thank you for this video!
Clara Slate I have a video on the vine borer that shows them in the stem. I am attaching it this one so people can see.
🤔 Do you compost these bad one's or don't compost the bad plant's and the one's that got sprayed??? I hope this isn't a stupid question 😥
Its up to you. The diseases are around. The composting process kills off the mildew. I tend to throw them out.
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Yep potassium for blooms.
Just lost two zucchini squash plants. Something got at the stem and ate it away. They were nice big plants too with many flowers and nice big leaves. Vine borers i guess.
For sure vine borers. I put dust on stems just for them. Tried a million ways.
Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) i wonder if building up the soil around the stems would prevent the vine borer grubs from getting in? Seems unlikely, but what do you think? What can you use for the vine borers that is organic? I see you use the seven dust.
I have tried all the organic methods but still have major losses from Squash Vine Borer, especially this year! So I'm going to have to use some Sevin I think for next year. Another thing I will experiment with again next year is injecting Neem oil into the stem and spraying it on the base. I think it did help save a few of my plants this year but I should have started this treatment earlier. Thanks for your information.
Any dust... use it respectfully and in a targeted way. The goal is to have great garden. Sometimes you have to use different products.
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Does powdery mildew overwinter in the soil?
Probably on debri left behind. But it also floats in the air and can show up that way from near by areas.
Thanks Gary. I've got it bad on my acorn squash. Even the vines(runners) are covered with it. A local grower assured me that the fruit (60-80 of them) will not be affected. In the future could you talk about true heirloom tomatoes and the difficulties in growing them. Nobody around here (zone 6a) grows them. Again, thank you.
Seven dust did not work for us.
Wym I squash don't grow they are very very smal.
You sound completely like Willem Dafoe !
I'm doing a test spray this eveing.
Great to test spray.
Powder Mildew is normally caused by having a dry soil in a high humidity atmosphere, so the best tip to avoid it is to keep your cucurbit plants' soil moist at all time (especially around the root system).
In America, what do you call a Zucchini that matures to a very large size as I don't think they have a word for it. We call them Marrows as a zucchini is an immature marrow for us. Believe it or not here is the UK we have competition to see who can grow the heaviest marrow (the current world record is 200 lbs)-see 9www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pictured-monster-marrow-weighing-more-6193408).
Antonio Pachowko Marrows here are really large winter squash. I don't think we have a word for zucchini. 200 lbs I but that is what we call the winter squash. And true I just learned I have powdery mildew and downy mildew. PM doesnt like moisture but DM does.
My revenge! My two tiered Squash Vine borer solution . I would still do this but don't solely depend on examining the Vine and physically remove eggs you will spend forever and you will always miss that one that kills your plant! I originally tried covering the stems but found these guys are smart they lay their eggs on the leaves stems then they bore in and travel down to the main stem which renders covering the stems with foil useless, and this also goes for dusting the Vine with seven.. I buy the borer traps from IPM Michigan they are a yellow round plastic trap with a yellow top with the lure that attracts the male moth, then I put the piece of pesticide strip in the bottom once they get trapped it takes care of them. I believe even though it only catches the male moth it slows their population growth down exponentially. Secondly I spray natural BT on all my plants twice a week it kills the bore when it hatches because when it ingest the natural bacterial it gels in it's gut and they stop feeding. Even if they hatch and survive a little while they will do little damage because they will stop feeding after a few days . You will see a tiny hole in the squash Vine and a tiny dead little bore.I had tried everything and could not defeat them but this last year the last several months I was bore free. I apply it with the big gallon sprayer though because I can completely saturate the whole plant. This works against all kinds of worms tomato worms and grubs Etc it is harmless to people. For powdery mildew I use the same giant sprayer because let's face it you can never get the whole top and underside of any plant with those tiny spray bottles. I use the milk solution which seems to control it fairly well I've also tried the baking soda which seems to work fairly well, of course it's an ongoing battle but we'll keep your plant alive to keep producing. Squash bugs are the easiest, spray the soapy water solution which you can look up a recipe online. It interferes with the way they breathe and they will drop dead in about 2 to 3 minutes, which is amazing because I've sprayed other natural insecticides on them and that wouldn't do anything to them. Do this once again when they're little eggs hatch and it will finish off the babies. Jeez, it's a wonder squash can even survive with all the things that try to get it! Before all of this though I roll out the weed barrier then I cut the holes where my plants will come through for a completely weed-free Garden and no place for any of those little bugs to hide. I almost forgot since I don't like spraying any of my leaves with water I went to the Home Depot and bought a drip system ran the main hose right up the center of the garden then use the little tool to puncture a hole where I wanted to place each little hose to go to each plant, then you stake the drip line right next to the plant I had a lot of these little lines going everywhere but all you have to do is turn on your faucet for about 15 minutes it waters just the plant and that way you will not wash any of your BT off. I went to Walmart and bought one of those watering timers that I connected to the hose and set it to water so I basically never had the water my garden! I enjoyed loads of squash this last year and I'm still eating it! Hope this helps!
Thanks so much for the information. I really appreciate it.
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Thanks. Indeed very helpful!
i planted tomatoes last year then i saw flowers this days why that ? one year to give u flowers? y too late ?
Talal Ziad Write your posts in your native language and we can use google translate to read it.
Or type your posts in Google Translate and copy and paste them here. You didn't say what language you speak otherwise I would have done it. Happy Gardening from the USA
Talal Ziad Tomatoes can grow, flower and give fruit in 90 days. I dont fully understand your question. Sorry.
Dang u spend a lot of time in the garden..
So true. I enjoy it.
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Gary needs to touch the leaves to show us clearly but you should never touch a PM infected leaf/plant and then immediately touch another plant. This will help stop the spread and won't diminish the effects of the treatment.
My granddaddy called those patty pan squash.
Yep. That is them
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Why dont you talk about cucumber worms. It just killing my plants and i dont know how to grow without chemicals
Sorry. I dont get them for whatever reason. I havent treated my garden for them
please wear a glove. :-D
Your mildew problem is from shade over your plants.
They need more (zap) sunlight, it looks like you're growing those things indoors.
If you have a shadow from a tree for part of the day or for most of the day, you will have mildew. Mildew is mold.
Mold hates sunlight.
When the Sun light is gone, nothing will grow.
Grow while there is light, & in the light.
Preserve for the days ahead.
The time approaches that no thing can grow.
If those days ahead are not cut short, all flesh will perish.
Timothy Love Even my full sun zukes get it.