The Endzone Garden Thread

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Had to pull up and dispose of all my cucumbers...it looked like they developed some fungus on the leaves. ☹️
 
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Souce said:
Had to pull up and dispose of all my cucumbers...it looked like they developed some fungus on the leaves. ☹️
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Noooooo! 😭 I had the same thing last year. I tried pulling off the bad leaves to keep them going, but the cucumbers were all warped and bitter.

Were the leaves blotched with white-ish fuzzy stuff? If so, probably powdery mildew. Or were there yellow and brown splotches on the top of the leaves, and brown fuzz underneath? If so then probably downy mildew.

The rain and heat plus winds from the Gulf have made fungal diseases explode around here recently.

There’s not a lot you can do once it gets loose, although along with fungicides, people have tried spraying with milk, or vinegar, or baking soda. The main thing to be concerned about now is if you have other cucurbits - melons, squash, etc., because they can be infected as well. Maybe next year, look for mildew-resistant varieties.

Cucurbit Powdery Mildew | NC State Extension Publications

Cucurbit Downy Mildew | NC State Extension Publications
 
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VolNExile said:
Noooooo! 😭 I had the same thing last year. I tried pulling off the bad leaves to keep them going, but the cucumbers were all warped and bitter.

Were the leaves blotched with white-ish fuzzy stuff? If so, probably powdery mildew. Or were there yellow and brown splotches on the top of the leaves, and brown fuzz underneath? If so then probably downy mildew.

The rain and heat plus winds from the Gulf have made fungal diseases explode around here recently.

There’s not a lot you can do once it gets loose, although along with fungicides, people have tried spraying with milk, or vinegar, or baking soda. The main thing to be concerned about now is if you have other cucurbits - melons, squash, etc., because they can be infected as well. Maybe next year, look for mildew-resistant varieties.

Cucurbit Powdery Mildew | NC State Extension Publications

Cucurbit Downy Mildew | NC State Extension Publications
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It was powdery mildew for sure. Fun fact -- I actually worked part time in the Entomology & Plant Pathology department as a student assistant during my last couple years at UT. The extension support staff would always assign me chit they didn't want to do...like pull samples from crops or set insect traps in the interstate medians during the middle of July. Definitely saw some powdery mildew samples during my time there.
 
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malinoisvol said:
Watcha gonna do with all them kernels?
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Won’t be that many - only 16 corn plants!

They’re decorative flint corn. It can be used for popcorn or corn meal, but I’ll probably hand them over to the guy at church in charge of the altar flowers and whatnot. (I haven’t a decorative bone in my body.) Once they’re dried and shellacked, they should last for years.

— this is assuming that any of them actually pollinated. lol

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VolNExile said:
Won’t be that many - only 16 corn plants!

They’re decorative flint corn. It can be used for popcorn or corn meal, but I’ll probably hand them over to the guy at church in charge of the altar flowers and whatnot. (I haven’t a decorative bone in my body.) Once they’re dried and shellacked, they should last for years.

— this is assuming that any of them actually pollinated. lol

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I meant the sunflowers.:)
 
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malinoisvol said:
I meant the sunflowers.:)
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Oh, right. 🤪

We’ve got lots of birds and squirrels. Lots and lots and LOTS. I’ll be amazed if we harvest any. But if they haven’t been raided, we’ll dry the flowers and share the seeds with the critters through the winter. I love them on my muesli.

Edit to add: and I wasn’t expecting nearly as many flowers. This is crazy!
 
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Got heirloom tomatoes coming in? Well of course…A Tomato Tart…Good Golly my taste buds!
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My son will not eat tomatoes. Bless his heart. This was out with smoked sausage and fried okra for dinner. He said did you make this pizza. Yep! He ate two pieces. None the wiser. LOL. Bless his almost 20 year old heart.
 
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