Comments on: With veg, timing is everything http://treevolution.co.za/2009/04/with-veg-timing-is-everything/ Just another WordPress site Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:39:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Riaan http://treevolution.co.za/2009/04/with-veg-timing-is-everything/#comment-166 Riaan Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:17:54 +0000 http://www.treevolution.co.za/?p=2902#comment-166 The grey stuff on the leaves are downey mildew. The best way to reduce it, or prevent it, is to only water in the mornings. If leaves are wet overnight, it helps the formation of the fungus. The grey stuff on the leaves are downey mildew. The best way to reduce it, or prevent it, is to only water in the mornings. If leaves are wet overnight, it helps the formation of the fungus.

]]> By: Lynnette http://treevolution.co.za/2009/04/with-veg-timing-is-everything/#comment-165 Lynnette Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:53:42 +0000 http://www.treevolution.co.za/?p=2902#comment-165 Hi Laura, Your garden sounds lovely. Here is a very good hint which I received and hope to use in my own veggie garden which I will be starting soon. Use Jayes Fluid to spray all unwanted blights on the plants. Kills all the baddies but is harmless to us. Tomatoes can be sprayed and eaten one hour later. Can be used on all other ornamentals trees, shrubs etc. Mixture is: 1 teaspoon to 10 litres of water. You can spray as often as you like and it is best to spray early in the morning or late afternoon when it is cooler. Hope this works for you. Hi Laura,

Your garden sounds lovely.

Here is a very good hint which I received and hope to use in my own veggie garden which I will be starting soon. Use Jayes Fluid to spray all unwanted blights on the plants. Kills all the baddies but is harmless to us. Tomatoes can be sprayed and eaten one hour later. Can be used on all other ornamentals trees, shrubs etc.

Mixture is: 1 teaspoon to 10 litres of water. You can spray as often as you like and it is best to spray early in the morning or late afternoon when it is cooler.

Hope this works for you.

]]> By: Tracy http://treevolution.co.za/2009/04/with-veg-timing-is-everything/#comment-164 Tracy Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:53:29 +0000 http://www.treevolution.co.za/?p=2902#comment-164 Hi Laura, congratulations on your bountiful harvest. I have a suggestion about the butternuts, the same thing happened to me when I was growing them in an allotment in England, and a friend of mine who is a dab hand at growing butternuts advised me that they weren't being pollinated properly and that I'd have to do it by hand. Once I did that, they started producing beautifully. Basically you need to take the male flower (the ones without mini-fruits beneath them) and rub the flowers into the mommy flowers (the ones with the fruits) to get them properly pollinated. If pollination is the problem with yours, maybe this will help. It's probably worth a try anyway. :) Hi Laura, congratulations on your bountiful harvest.

I have a suggestion about the butternuts, the same thing happened to me when I was growing them in an allotment in England, and a friend of mine who is a dab hand at growing butternuts advised me that they weren’t being pollinated properly and that I’d have to do it by hand.

Once I did that, they started producing beautifully. Basically you need to take the male flower (the ones without mini-fruits beneath them) and rub the flowers into the mommy flowers (the ones with the fruits) to get them properly pollinated.

If pollination is the problem with yours, maybe this will help. It’s probably worth a try anyway.
:)

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