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Ok, been a couple days and I'm starting to see the Clay now. Yup.
And this is where I stand.... Yup. Smack dab in the middle. CLAY!
There might be little more silt than sand I show here but doesn't make a difference. Still inside the Clay triangle.
If I can reduce the clay soil by 20% I'll be closer to Clay Loam and that would be better!
I know I am predominantly clay and a very small touch of sand in many parts of my yard (former golf course) if my plants were like yours I would be delighted.
2 Hot days (90s), rest of week was mostly cloudy with lots of rain and 70s-80s for temps.
Before the Tropical storm yesterday we had over 4" of rain this month alone and it was only the 9th of July. ITS BEEN WET! I haven't needed to water the garden all week....in JULY. .
After Elsa another 4"+ dropped. So lets start with this...............
My backyard precip totals, includes melting of snow. 8.45" this month and its only the 10th.
I prefer a drought to be honest.
During a heavy band with tropical storm Elsa this is what clay soil is like... but as soon as the rain let up it started draining.
I'll be seeing yellow leaves more due to all the rains we had and I have to start controlling diseases. Dirt splashing up on leaves is not good either..
1st ripe one...........
Looks like a jungle! The magic of Rain water!
Nothing going on in the other bed. Cucumbers aren't good this year. I'll be throwing out all my seeds because I forgot which ones I planted. I may get a few harvests from it. We'll see.
Don't laugh at my corn. LOL
With a Tropical Storm overhead this is what Long Island sound looked like. LOLOL
Watching the weather last night and though of you as I saw the rain cloud over Ct. Your pictures matched what I imagined.
Everything is so lush and green in the area. No complaints for Middle of summer. It's also holding down any extended warming, we haven't had too many 90s. But it is more humid
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Originally Posted by gentlearts
Cambium, how do you protect against tomato horn worms? No matter where I live, they e always been a problem.
Never had a problem. Maybe because I till the soil since the larva isn't that deep, tilling destroys them. Many more benefits in tilling soil than people think.
Everything is so lush and green in the area. No complaints for Middle of summer. It's also holding down any extended warming, we haven't had too many 90s. But it is more humid
Never had a problem. Maybe because I till the soil since the larva isn't that deep, tilling destroys them. Many more benefits in tilling soil than people think.
Tilling is a must
I thought that the moths for hornworms landed on them at night and laid eggs, no? My tomatoes were in new soil in containers.
I thought that the moths for hornworms landed on them at night and laid eggs, no? My tomatoes were in new soil in containers.
Not sure since its not an issue here I never had to deal with them. Sorry. Check YouTube for some solutions. Hope you can figure it out. Nothing worse then something interfering with a harvest
Rain and Clouds. Rain and Clouds. The theme this month. No ripe tomatoes yet but the diseases and yellow leaves are starting thanks to the weather pattern.
So... 1 Tablespoon of Baking Soda with 1 Gallon of water. Mix and spray all leaves underside and top.
Cambium, I think we got the same weather -- we've been drenched up here in southwestern New Hampshire. I desperately need to mow my lawn but it's been raining literally every day!! Even days that were SUPPOSED to be sunny, we got rain and/or the lawn was still totally wet and soggy.
My front yard looks like a jungle!
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