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Do you grow your own veggies? If so, how do you keep the bugs off of them? I'm just starting and I'm so excited because I saw two small tomatoes in one of my tomato plants!!! I also have serrano peppers, cilantro and basil. So far, no bugs, but summer in Texas can be a little hot and was wondering if y'all have any tips to help me grow my veggies healthy. Thanks in advance!:) |
Have no clue! But i do know about those Houston BUGS!! :eek: Always nice to see another Texan and Houstonian here!! :hug: |
I don't but my husband has himself quite a little garden going. He is growing some corn, lettuce, radishes, peppers, onions, tomatoes. He has already harvested LOTS of onions. If things don't work out for him....our neighbor keeps us supplied with homegrown tomatoes and cucumbers. |
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Good luck! I am jealous, I just planted my tomatoes and green peppers! |
I've got a couple of tomato plants (we love our jersey tomatoes), some basil and I have been looking all over for some cilantro. I wish I could grow gas! |
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I'm going to regret posting this - but here is my BEAN FARMER HAT with my home grown beans :p:p I made it and wore it to my dads to cheer him up when he was depressed- (yes I'm such a dork) :D but those were GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD green beans ! and then a pic of my 'monkeycrow' ....cause of the birds - I put up my own version of a scarecrow and it worked - problem was my girls really REALLY wanted their monkey back (I had 2 - so he only stayed up during the ripening time and I had to bring him in when it rained lol) Then nosy Chanel trying to figure out how to get under the fence to stomp my plants - she LOVED walking thru the beans |
ps - I only posted that totally ridiculous picture of me cause YOU are in houston too :) - but seriously - spray the bugs and WATER WATER WATER - and you'll be ok |
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V your hat is so funny and so is the monkey. Jerome and Chikis would be barking at it all day long... |
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-Amy |
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Every since gas has gone up I ride my bike to work or walk. ;)I'm lucky to live within walking distance or bike ride distance from work. |
we use seven dust...we will see how well it works. we too got everything at lowes, we have tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelons dfferent colors of meats, onions, green bell peppers, and strawberries |
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You can also take dawn dish soap and mix in a spray bottle...great for the beetle bugs |
Just planted our garden this last weekend....frost and freeze warning last night...grrrrrr:mad:. Looks like everything made it though....We use Seven Dust on everything...works great...but sprinkle it on BEFORE the bugs come...Dont wait for problems....good luck... |
V - Love your hat! Your bean plants looked SO healthy!!! Good to see a pic of you and Chanel. :) |
We got a late start due to frost, but so far we put in : Onions, Garlic, Radishes, Peppers,Green Peas, Green Beans, White Cabbage, Red Cabbage, Cauliflower, a German type Cabbage, 2 diffrent kind of Lettue, Carrots, Cucumbers, and wanted to put some potatoes in , but may be too late, got parsley an chives. |
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Not sure if this helps houston bugs or not but you can buy ladybugs at lowe's. They keep our roses aphid free and i always see a lot in our veggie garden. So far, I haven't seen any other bugs in our garden so i hope they are working in there too :p We planted corn, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, radishes, some melons and a few other things. |
We have grapes but I am also going to plant raspberries and tomatoes |
I don't but i want to. I did buy a strawberry plant before and the strawberries grew and were very small cause they were organic but were soooo sweeet!! |
I'm glad I'm growing my own veggies now that all this salmonella thing is going on. One of my tomato plants it's beautiful and healthy looking and it grows, and grows and grows, but it doesn't produce any tomatoes, on the other hand, the other tomato plant looks a little weaker and I have put some stuff for the bugs and it's not as tall as the other one, but that one is the one that keeps giving me tomatoes like crazy. I don't mind at all, I love seeing the tomatoes growing and turning yellow and the red, it's like a big accomplishment to me, but why is the weaker one producing more tomatoes than the healthy looking plant? Has this happened to ya'll? Any input would be appreciate it :) |
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Anyway, the person asking about bug control - you can also sprinkle on diatamaceous earth. It's a powder and is organic, won't hurt anything. You can get it at organic garden stores. |
We did our first garden this year. Me and dh have been together for 10 years, don't know why we waited this long, we both said we enjoyed tilling and planting with each other. Anyways, we planted corn, lettuce, beans, radishes, cucumber, watermelon, carrots, onions, white and green, 3 tomato plants, and cantaloupe. Everything came up except the carrots, my onions, and 1 row of lettuce. I cant wait till i can have some fried green tomatoes, we have already been able to eat some lettuce and radishes, and they were awesome. |
Yummmm...love fried green tomatoes....this year I only have cherry tomatoes, green bell peppers, cilantro and jalenano peppers. I have a very limited planting space...and would love to plant zucinni/pumpkin/catalope but space doesn't permit it... |
I have a fairly large garden this year. I am going to pick up some borax tomorrow for a few pests I am getting. I dont like harsh pesticides and buy organically whenever I can. My summer squash and tomato plants are doing awesome this year! I have about 15 different types of veggies planted. I will get a pic of the garden tomorrow. |
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