@Mateo id like to add the moths that emerge in the fall go out and lay their larva/ eggs in tall grass where they are dormant over winter and then emerge as a worm in June. If you can mow down any tall grass around your garden right now it will certainly help you next year
@David1974 thank you for your response.Most of the bad bugs come out of any garden mess laying around at years end. I started raking my food gardens to bare dirt and that helped.Here in the Dark Corner of SC we get some frosts but no enough to disturb the microbial life to bad.
If a person uses a hand held black light and goes out and checks their garden they would be amazed at the amount of bugs.
Tomato horn worms are nearly invisible during daylight hours but glow in the dark.
Since moving from the NE to SC some of the bugs I’ve seen in SC make me want to start packing when I go out at night.
@PlacidHarbor welcome here.Sorry your having issues. Could you post up some pics of close ups on affected.It will help me and others diagnose the issue.
There are some people here with some mad growing skills so ask away with any questions you might have.Your in a good place here.
Welcome to the forum @PlacidHarbor , I also have had issues this season, fusarium is a big thing to watch out for. I have lost 2 plants this season and one I have a single branch that is wilted .
Picture was taken yesterday morning, no wilt, yesterday afternoon, bam!! Just one branch.
Yup thank you. I’m going to investigate that later today after what @Big123 suggested earlier in the thread.
I hear you. We’re in northern MN so not many farms around. Indoor grow isn’t feasible right now. This is the 4th year I grown on the property and this is the first time I’ve had a problem of this magnitude. It’s been a stellar year so far for these plants until this problem popped up to threaten my girls.
I’m happy growing outdoors. This is the 4th year I’ve grown on the property and the first time I’ve had a problem this bad. Thanks for the encouragement!
Thanks so much. I’ll have a follow up once I have a better idea what I’m dealing with.
Thanks buddy. I’ll investigate later today and will take more pics with what I find. Appreciate it!
My issue started about a week ago and basically invaded about 3 branches per day since then and has jumped from the main-problem plant onto 2 others. Hoping I can save the mildly affected plants and recoup what I can from the Frankenstein one. I have 2 more plants unaffected and thriving so hoping to get this under control today.
What city are you near or in, I live in Burnsville
We’re west of Brainerd about 25 minutes into the woods. I grew up in the metro and moved to God’s country after I met my wife who’s from here. Very happy to have left.
I’ll try the peroxide solution. Seems odd to use a chemical like that on a plant but whatever this is I don’t want it spreading due to my carelessness in removing the infected branches. Thanks for tip. Any other suggestions before I tackle this?
I stayed at Crow wing state park this past Spring. Definitely a hidden gem, it was a good place to get lost in the woods and smoke a bowl. Which is the point of getting lost in the first place. I’m heading up to Itasca the beginning of October.
Peroxcide is just hydrogen and oxygen leaves no residue
Water is h20 peroxide is h202 what you buy from the store has been diluted using water to 3% peroxide 97%water
Got it. I used it at the 50/50 admixture with the store bought stuff we had here. Will be posting an update later with what I found.
Awesome. We live at the edge of 3 zones converging where there’s fields to the west, boreal to the north, and scrub wetland to the south. I paint pictures and it’s a great place for different landscapes. Crow Wing is really nice. Glad to hear you get around and see it all.
Riding an e-bike is my ‘rehab’ tool and Crow Wing provides a lot of opportunity.