How long to water with a sprinkler system and how m days a week
These articles will help you.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/watering/watering-garden.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/vgen/water-plants-vegetable-garden.htm
Hi, we have looked for insects or slugs or anything else that might be cannibalizing our vegetable plants, and now our roses. But in spite of looking for culprits as early as midnight and as late as dawn, we don't see any insect or slug activity. We did use a mulch made up of our own green (vegetable) waste and leaves and grasses. The brown waste was an amalgamy of our lawn and garden waste(nondiseased) and that which the gardener brought in. The problem could the mulch but I'd like to know what why. What should I be looking for and what can stop the spread of this occurrence? It does not seem to affect the rose blooms, but our bell pepper plants are not yielding (could be because we used seeds from a store-bought pepper). PS: We also have a small amount of wasp activity at our home.
What can be done to rid it from your vegetable garden
There is no easy answer, blight is not just one pathogen, but there are specific disease organisms and insect pests that attack different host plants, so there is no one cure to fit all.
Plant health and resistance to pests and diseases can be addressed in a general way by improving soil fertility and with good water management.
Specific plant problems need to be identified and managed with specific bio-pesticides. The one general purpose insecticide, miticide and fungicide is 70% neem oil as a foliar spray. This is organic program compatible because it biodegrades and is not persistent in the environment. But to be effective, it has to be sprayed every two weeks for preventive treatment. Active, advanced infections are hard to control and reversal of damage is usually not possible. Prevention of spread and of new infections is what you can shoot for.
Why do I need to discard the tobacco leaves, why not just pour the whole mixture into the ant hills? I literally have 10 or more hills of various dimensions on my property and none of them are near my vegetable garden or fruit trees nor my house. Thanks for you help. Lisa
The leaves could be picked up by animals or even humans and could be toxic to them.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/how-to-control-ants-in-lawns.htm
It's listed as 3-3-3 on the package.It's supposed to be good for all flowering plants but does not specifically mention vegetables.
This is a mild fertilizer, and will benefit anything that you use it on. I would say go ahead! There will be no harm in doing so.
Well the subject is that. How can I kill off the fire ants and their Queen and not kill, harm the veggies I am growing or going to grow. I'm installing 5 more beds but I can't live with fire ants in my beds! I don't feel comfortable eating veggies after using the treatments I use in the yard. I can't let it go or the colony will take over my entire garden beds, yard, acreage! Help!
This article will help you.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/fire-ant-control.htm
My garden just vegetables has not been good in the last several years. Garden soil is about 20 yrs, but each year I add some potting soil My garden just vegetables has not been good in the last several years. Garden soil is about 20 yrs, but each year I add some potting soil ???
Make sure to add some dolomitic lime, as the pH may be off. Also, just in case there is some sort of infection, you should add some wettable sulfur to the area, and work it in. This will help re-mediate your soil.