Garden Advice
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05/20/19 08:15 PM
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Last year I remember someone recommending pulling smaller ears off of sweet corn for better health and ear production.
Would pulling some of these smaller squash off help?
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Re: Garden Advice
[Re: HobbieTrapper]
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05/20/19 08:40 PM
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yield boost / stop rot will help a lot
https://www.amazon.com/Southern-Ag-Stop-Blossom-End-Tomatoes/dp/B00ACPDIL6/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2CO5BEOZJS3KI&keywords=stop+rot+for+tomatoes&qid=1558398860&s=gateway&sprefix=stop+rot%2Caps%2C170&sr=8-4
lots of brands but it generally goes by blossom end rot treatment , stop rot , or yield boost it is a calcium supplement.
any garden store should have it.
it works well on tomatoes but it works wonders on squash and cucumbers spray every other week and be ready to pick very regular fruit of the cucumber and zucchini squash families will jump in size inches a day so you can't take breaks in picking check every day to every other day and try and pick at that nice 8-10 inch tender range for zucchini.
calcium is the building block of cell walls in plants , but it gets locked in the soil easily , the supplement is applied with a sprayer to the leaves,
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Re: Garden Advice
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05/20/19 09:35 PM
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While blossom end rot can be caused by calcium magnesium deficiency most of the time it's a water imbalance( to much to little). Before you waste money on a product you don't know if you need get a soil sample and see what you have to begin with. What some people think is blossom end rot in young squash is actually fruit that failed to be fertilized, I see it earlier in the season.
As far as pinching off smaller fruit I wouldn't, those plant look like they are doing well. Only time I pinch bloom off is if plants have bloom at transplant. If you're gonna pinch one off, don't do it in the garden!!! If that's zuchinni, you can't hurt a zuchinni noway nohow.
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05/21/19 09:36 AM
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While blossom end rot can be caused by calcium magnesium deficiency most of the time it's a water imbalance( to much to little). Before you waste money on a product you don't know if you need get a soil sample and see what you have to begin with. What some people think is blossom end rot in young squash is actually fruit that failed to be fertilized, I see it earlier in the season.
As far as pinching off smaller fruit I wouldn't, those plant look like they are doing well. Only time I pinch bloom off is if plants have bloom at transplant. If you're gonna pinch one off, don't do it in the garden!!! If that's zuchinni, you can't hurt a zuchinni noway nohow. ^^^this
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Re: Garden Advice
[Re: HobbieTrapper]
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05/21/19 11:03 AM
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Some of those smaller crooknecks batter fried (blossom and all) are mighty fine eating.
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Re: Garden Advice
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05/21/19 12:30 PM
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Some of those smaller crooknecks batter fried (blossom and all) are mighty fine eating. Just regular batter? Recipe? Gonna have a bunch of them might as well try different ways to enjoy them.
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05/21/19 02:56 PM
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We throw a tums in the planting hole for tomatoes and peppers, no more end rot here.
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05/21/19 03:10 PM
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We throw a tums in the planting hole for tomatoes and peppers, no more end rot here. Blackboard chalk is the same thing, minus the sugar, and a lot cheaper. Chalk can be used in place of Tums if you can stand the taste
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Re: Garden Advice
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05/21/19 03:47 PM
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a seasons Yeild boost is 8 dollars , hardly a garden supplement that can produce the kind of results I see when using it every other week.
too much and too little water lock the calcium up in the soil even if you tested.
I am not growing in a green house ,it wil rain 3-4 days then nothing , yes I can water but can hardly keep enough on when it is bright sun and 90 degrees , I do run a soaker hose around the squash so that I can better water without causing fungus issues.
even then just being outside and our weather can do that.
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Re: Garden Advice
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I grow the Bush cucumbers. They suit my needs.
As far as all the blossom end rot concerns go, I found that hilling and mulching my plants resolved that problem.
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05/21/19 08:18 PM
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I save my egg shells for awhile and freeze them. Then I crush them up and add them when I plant my tomatoes and peppers. Then throughout the summer I crush them and sprinkle on the top of the soil around plants. This has helped me with blossom end rot. Also throughout the winter I scatter egg shells throughout the entire garden. Slow release, free, and organic. Works for me. But also watering does play a part in blossom end rot. To much, to little, and don't let especially tomatoes go to bed with wet fruit and leaves. I know you can't control rain but water if needed early in the day.
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