HellfireFarm
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I'm having a variety of problems currently. Fortunately not across all crops, and not hurting my main peppers in the field, but frustrating. Pics of everything at the end.
First off still having problems with the tomatoes. I tried the vole repellent as I DID find some sign of voles. It seems to have helped but still having problems - a new plant in the old bed didn't last a week, one in a different bed is still doing good. But in a third bed with 4 plants, they started wilting/dying off this week. Each one going from looking good to badly wilted in 1-2 days max. Definite sign of Colorado Potato Beetles, which I treated for. Then a couple days later next plant was dying. After a week more beetles. My best guess is I'm somehow missing some of them?
In the field I'm seeing yellowing leaves on some plants, definitely not all. Starting at the bottom & working upward. Trying to keep lower leaves off so there's space above the ground surface, not sure what it might be though. Not causing any major problems so far. My leading suspect is overwatering - not from anything I've done, just we've had a LOT of rain. I have only had the drip irrigation on for maybe a week so far the entire year.
Finally, some late starts from seed are just not growing. Low germination, not unexpected since it was old seed. Planted over a month ago, what you see in the pics is all I've gotten and they're about the same as they've been for the last 2 weeks. Same starter soil as I always use so it's not a lack of soil nutrients. Maybe just because they're old seeds?
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First off still having problems with the tomatoes. I tried the vole repellent as I DID find some sign of voles. It seems to have helped but still having problems - a new plant in the old bed didn't last a week, one in a different bed is still doing good. But in a third bed with 4 plants, they started wilting/dying off this week. Each one going from looking good to badly wilted in 1-2 days max. Definite sign of Colorado Potato Beetles, which I treated for. Then a couple days later next plant was dying. After a week more beetles. My best guess is I'm somehow missing some of them?
In the field I'm seeing yellowing leaves on some plants, definitely not all. Starting at the bottom & working upward. Trying to keep lower leaves off so there's space above the ground surface, not sure what it might be though. Not causing any major problems so far. My leading suspect is overwatering - not from anything I've done, just we've had a LOT of rain. I have only had the drip irrigation on for maybe a week so far the entire year.
Finally, some late starts from seed are just not growing. Low germination, not unexpected since it was old seed. Planted over a month ago, what you see in the pics is all I've gotten and they're about the same as they've been for the last 2 weeks. Same starter soil as I always use so it's not a lack of soil nutrients. Maybe just because they're old seeds?
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