The Knucklehead way to Grow a Blog

[DGBAMA]

That's what Noa said.

Is that Noah or NOAA?

 

[Boboro]

I dont put much value in what they say. You mite as well ask the weatner chanel what they think its gonna do.

 

[leverhead]

Is that Noah or NOAA?

Spell check doesn't catch it all, Noah.

 

[Boboro]

I Hate spell cheak.

 

[Knucklehead]

The bright side is I've got two flats of the seed grow outs planted, with three flats to go. The planting will go better once the ground has dried out some more. Still just a wait and see deal with the first patch.

 

[Knucklehead]

I sprayed the patch with BT today. The last time I visited the patch was Sunday morning. In two days the bud worms had taken over. Either I missed some signs Sunday or it doesn't take them long to infest a patch. I picked off several and sprayed really good with the BT. They hit the 12 YTB really hard, every plant. The rest of the patch was not that bad. The plants are still hanging in there. One of the Virginias had fallen over from lack of support from the root system. I'm still banking on dry weather coming along and saving them. The only other option is taking up the drip and landscape cloth and hauling in a load of dirt to pile up around them. At this point, I just don't see that as an option. Hopefully it will be dry enough to continue planting tomorrow. Chance of isolated thunderstorms for the next ten days so it's just going to be hit or miss.

 

[AmaxB]

With luck they will all go around you! You be the Island in the sea.
Good you got your patch sprayed they hit me and came out of no where it seemed and can sure eat.

 

[Knucklehead]

With luck they will all go around you! You be the Island in the sea.
Good you got your patch sprayed they hit me and came out of no where it seemed and can sure eat.

That's for sure. Like you said they seemed to come out of nowhere. I stayed in out of the rain for a couple days and WHAM.

 

[DGBAMA]

I just mounded a good shovel full of dirt around each one on to of the landscape cloth. Notable difference in plant health in just a few days.

 

[Knucklehead]

I just mounded a good shovel full of dirt around each one on to of the landscape cloth. Notable difference in plant health in just a few days.

Aw, man, please don't talk me into this. That's around 200 plants. I'll just lay down in the traces and keel over.

 

[DGBAMA]

Your decision buddy. I am merely sharing my experiences this year. Lol.

 

[johnlee1933]

I'll just lay down in the traces and keel over.

Knucks, How many of our members do you think know what "Lie down in the traces and die." means?

Members: Googling that question is cheating!

I wish I understood how to start a poll.

 

[Knucklehead]

Knucks, How many of our members do you think know what "Lie down in the traces and die." means?

Five? can you give me a hint?

 

[Boboro]

I dont know.

 

[Webby]

without me mate Mr google, not a clue. When I read the post I thought Base ball. Know I'm wrong cause you all know base ball.

 

[DonH]

No idea.

 

[leverhead]

The only other option is taking up the drip and landscape cloth and hauling in a load of dirt to pile up around them. At this point, I just don't see that as an option.

Pull the soil beside and/or between them up around the stalks. The "trench" will give any further rain a place to go rather than sit and soak in.

 

[Knucklehead]

I dont know.

without me mate Mr google, not a clue. When I read the post I thought Base ball. Know I'm wrong cause you all know base ball.

No idea.

Ok. Now I'm starting to feel old.

 

[BarG]

Keeping in mind that I don't spray for hornworms (I just hand pick them.), my observation is that they always eat through the lamina. From the tiniest hornworms to the biggest, they eat all the way through. Even if they are on the bottom, they eat a hole--full thickness of the leaf. So it would seem to me that for hornworms in particular, just spraying the upper surface should expose them to the BT just a surely.

Perhaps you folks that are spraying with BT could do a trial--some sprayed top and bottom, some sprayed only on the top--and determine if you really need to use up twice as much BT.

Bob

I use a hose sprayer and just spray the top like a rain shower and it works fine.

 

[DonH]

I use a hose sprayer and just spray the top like a rain shower and it works fine.

That would be a great time saver. So for foliar feeding spray the underside for BT the tops. Sound like a plan.