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Hi everyone! I'm a newbie to the site/forum. Found it this morning while researching some seeds given to us by fiance's brother. We put in a late spring/early summer garden and have had great success with our tomatoes and peppers. Our vining plants, however, are another story. Maybe we planted too late, not sure. We are religious about watering to try and beat the heat and lack of rain. Thankful for the wonderful wetting we got yesterday! We also use Miracle-Gro (or the Hi-Yield equivalent) foliar feeding once every 1-2 weeks and have finally gotten some Black Cow (0.5 - 0.5 - 0.5 composted cow manure) and spread around the plants. Ants ARE a problem in the garden area where we have the beans and vining plants planted. The tomato and pepper garden is in a different section of the yard but still have some ants, though not as many. We've tried Sevin dusting which worked until it rained. Since we have no fruit on the vining plants we've also sprayed diluted Malathion on the soil around the plants to try and get rid of the ants. This year they seem to be especially bad.
I have a couple of questions.
We live in Williston SC and want to know what might be stunting our squash and cukes, other than the oppresive heat! We get beautiful blooms which then shrivel up, brown, and fall off. The plant produces more blooms but they follow the same pattern. We're drooling for some squash! Any idea what we might need to do??
We're thinking of putting in some new seeds for a late summer garden. I know I've seen tomatoes growing rampantly in fields on my way to work. I know I saw them loaded with fruit up until late last October so I'm thinking we should have plenty of time if we start now. We also have some butterpeas, roma bush and, full of hope, more straightneck squash seeds. Does anyone have some hints for our late gardening?
I know this will probably make you laugh, but...any ideas on keeping the deer / rabbits outta the beans other than a sentry-guarded fence around the garden????
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