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Posted: May/20/2008 2:28 PM PST
Ok, I am a first time gardner and am doing organic method. Lord I am loosing a battle to all the critters known to man in my garden. They are eating up everything and it is only spring. I have dome a heavy companion planting session with dozens and dozens of marigolds, petunas, oregano, chives, garlic, onion, borage, basil and and and and the does not help. My next question, is this, I have planted pumpkins on a mound with four healthy plants to each mount is this too many? I am being greedy here and cant bear to thro out any seedlings as I started them in the greenhouse prior to planting outdoors. They are now being attacked by of all things aphid even tho the place is laden with all the herbs and flowers to ward them off, oh well. Next thing, I have potted potatoes in the vicinity of the Pumpkins, is this a danger or only if they are planted directly in the ground in the near of the pumpkin? |
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Posted: May/21/2008 7:05 AM PST
Hi I use dish soap mixed with water and spray the pests I have had luck with this so maybe you will too. As far as the pumpkins I have crouded mine in 3x6 beds. I'm not sure how they will do but I didn't want to give up any of them. Ok I hope that helps I'm sure others will respond with some great ideas for you! Good luck and happy spring! |
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Posted: May/21/2008 12:31 PM PST
Make your own insecticidal soap with organic dish soap or hand soap (not antibacterial). |
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Posted: May/22/2008 6:55 PM PST
Best of luck to you, fedup! I suspect since this is your first year gardening, if your garden is being absolutely decimated by bugs it's because your plants are not getting good nutrition. That leads me to encourage you to give up three of the four plants in each of your mounds, so there will be less competition for apparently scant nutrients. Side dress with compost or well-rotted manure and water generously. Take two aspirin and call me in the morning. Just kidding about that last part. Got mulch? |
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Posted: May/23/2008 5:01 AM PST
Wouldn't that make a great tee-shirt? GOT MULCH? |
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Posted: May/23/2008 5:45 AM PST
Bumper sticker for my wheelbarrow. |
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Posted: May/26/2008 12:15 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by stereoman Best of luck to you, fedup! I suspect since this is your first year gardening, if your garden is being absolutely decimated by bugs it's because your plants are not getting good nutrition. That leads me to encourage you to give up three of the four plants in each of your mounds, so there will be less competition for apparently scant nutrients. Side dress with compost or well-rotted manure and water generously. Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.Just kidding about that last part. Got mulch? My mounds are nearly two and a half feet tall and about four to 6 feet wide, they are primarily made of compost, the only real soil is awy way below. I put 120 literes of compost per mound, that is 264lbs of compost per mound. -The mounds are like hills very high and is spaced with a 3.5 feet walk way between each mouns and around has a good 3 feet also so they are like the pyrimids in Egypt really, not that pointed but that setting standing alone. So I thought by them being so large and high that the four plants could not possibly be eating up the nutrients, I also have marigolds and oregano in the mounds to deter critters.. But then the mound with only one butter nut squash is doing the same very thing, so that led to to believe it cant be the quantity but some kind of disease but what? |
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Posted: May/26/2008 12:19 PM PST
I will go thru my garden tomorrow and post the pics of the diseased plants so you all can see, cuz I think it is hard to describe without pics. |
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Posted: Jun/09/2008 6:02 AM PST
i have a horrible ant issue well everywhere at my house. i went to the organic garden place up the street and asked them (my main concern being that my son, who is 17 months old would get into something i used to kill them) anywho they suggested orange oil, i bought some in a spray bottle for like 4 bucks and that stuff kills them better then any chemical spray i have bought ever! it is great! |
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Posted: Jun/09/2008 9:44 AM PST
Quote: Originally posted by witt Wouldn't that make a great tee-shirt? GOT MULCH?Quote: Originally posted by stereoman Bumper sticker for my wheelbarrow.HAHAHA!!!!!! I want one for my garden cart 
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