Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Thanks, Margie.  I'm trying not to count my melons before they hatch, but it's soooooo tempting.

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> From: Margie Dowler <mddowler@live.com>
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>Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 3:40 PM
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>I have always just let my melons hang down. The vine is very, very tough and it will not break unless the melon is ripe and ready to pick – at least for cantaloupe. I don't know about honeydew melons. The melons come off the vine readily when ripe.
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>From: Rinda Frye
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>A question for the list: I'm growing cantaloupe and honeydew melons this year--only 3 vines--and I'm trellising them so they grow upward instead of on the ground. I have 13 babies so far and I'm supporting them with knee high nylons, something I'd read about. The babies fit in the nylons and I wire the tops of the stockings onto the trellis--the nylons stretch as the babies grow and the wires help support them. My question for you is: now that they have their stockings on, how can I tell when they're ripe? I can't see the color. Do I sniff for that sweet smell? Do I try to open their nylons and peak? Has anyone on this list tried this trick before? If so, any pointers from your experience would be appreciated.
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>>Try neem oil--I got rid of a plague of sugar ants in my fig trees by using this.
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>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:14 PM
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>>>Hi Everybody,
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>>>Last week, I doused my roses being decimated by JBs and some cucumber plants that were being destroyed by tiny, tiny blank ants with diatomaceous earth.
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>>>For several days it worked very well. The JBs were gone or hiding from the heat for most of the week. I don't know which but come Monday and cooler weather, they were back.
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>>>Yesterday I made a concoction from the recipe below and sprayed the buggers all around the rose bushes. Immediately some died on the spot. Others took a little while but they fell off just the same. Today, I went out to check the results and they were back! I have been checking to see if any of them have little wide spots on their backs but sadly, they have none.
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>>>I also made the mistake of leaving the empty spray bottle outside overnight and this morning the bottle was covered in tiny, tiny, black ants! D if I do and D if I don't.
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>>>C.T.
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>>>On Jul 17, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Cheryl Welch <mailto:gardenhappy50%40yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>> Hi C.T.
>>>> Diatomaceous earth works on most bugs but has not worked for me so far on beetles or if it's raining a lot like it does in Florida. Grits really work on the ants, they cannot digest it and blow up. Florida has had one of the worst years in 40 years I have been told for bugs and a few new ones that came off ships in Tampa. It's all in a gardeners job in life I guess.
>>>> Perfect conditions are rare and so we can only do the best we can. The raw unpastureized milk works really well on grass hoppers. They cannot digest it and die. Good luck and happy gardening!
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>>>> From: C.T. Ibanez <mailto:c.t.i.artwork%40gmail.com>
>>>> To: "mailto:Organic_Gardening%40yahoogroups.com" <mailto:Organic_Gardening%40yahoogroups.com>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:55 AM
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>>>> Hello Cheryl,
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>>>> Sometime back, someone suggested using diatomaceous earth (organic). All day yesterday, I spent the day carefully applying it around the base of the rose bushes as well as on one of my cucumber plants. At first, I thought the cucumber plant had a fungus because within a few days, it went from a beautiful healthy plant with green leaves to brown and crumbly leaves. It turns out I have tiny, microscopic ants eating the cucumber plant and any nearby vegetables.
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>>>> Later this evening, I'm mixing a batch of your recipe and spraying the stems (leaves are pretty much gone) of my rose bushes. It sounds like it will be effective.
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>>>> Thank you so much for your very thoughtful suggestion.
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>>>> C.T.
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>>>> On Jul 16, 2013, at 6:48 AM, Cheryl Welch <mailto:gardenhappy50%40yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>> > Hi everyone,
>>>> > I've been down with health issues but am making a good come back. On the bugs on your roses try this recipe:
>>>> > 1 gallon of water in an enamel pan
>>>> > chop 1 garlic clove
>>>> > 1 cayenne hot pepper chopped
>>>> > bring to a boil and shut off and let cool
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>>>> > strain out all and pour into a spray bottle
>>>> > Add: 1 tablespoon of dish soap
>>>> > and 1 tablespoon of oil any oil it's just to help the spay stick to the leaves.
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>>>> > shake before each use gently
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>>>> > DO NOT SPRAY THIS ON PLANTS IF FULL SUN!!!!!!!
>>>> > SPRAY ALL THE GROUND AREA ,BUT NOT THE ROOTS OF THE PLANTS ALSO, AND UNDER LEAVES
>>>> > This should be done weekly for a while like about 4 weeks.
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>>>> > For mildew on plants make a spray of 1 part of raw unpastureized milk and 4 parts water. Spray the squash or pumpkins and then the area around them.
>>>> > Get this milk from a famer.
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