[Tuppence2]

I think "marrow", is the word you want, Eggy. I like marrows. If we leave courgettes (your zuccini) to mature, they do in deed become marrows. My potatoes continue to be delicious. I've had to spray most of the roses to halt the spread of powdery mildew and they are looking very much better. "Abraham Darby" is covered in buds after producing a few flowers a couple of weeks ago.

Enjoyed all the news and the lovely photos.

Rained again today. We're having a wet spell. It's doing the plants a lot of good, so I don't mind.

I've this miniature flower in a pot and can't remember what it is. Could it be a verbascum?

Good gardening!

[katonca]

*HEELLLP* Could someone tell me what's on my rose leafs and how to get rid of it (black spots - some leafs are turning yellow).......thanks


Edit: I found the answer

[telecom69]

Originally Posted by katonca

*HEELLLP* Could someone tell me what's on my rose leafs and how to get rid of it (black spots - some leafs are turning yellow).......thanks


Edit: I found the answer

I was going to send you this link but since you found the answer you wont need it
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Learning/resea...eblackspot.asp

[katonca]

Originally Posted by telecom69

I was going to send you this link but since you found the answer you wont need it
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Learning/resea...eblackspot.asp

Good info....thanks

[telecom69]

So nice to see all the posts when I went into the forum today seems like we all stopped posting at the same time,my excuse is that it hadnt stopped raining for a week and everything was under water,but Sunday was a rain free day and things are looking a bit better now outside....lots of stuff didnt take kindly to the incessant rain,never really had any chance to see much of my Orange Blossom bushes for instance,they came and now they have gone never really had much chance to smell that wonderful scent they give off this year,its played havoc with my hanging baskets too,since they are mainly trailing Petunias,(surfinias) hoping now that they will recover if we get some better weather ...special congratulations (in my humble opinion) should go to MQC for the way she has turned that bomb site round so quickly into all the colour her photos are showing...well done da Queen

Thanks to Frank for all the links you post,found the one about the plants that dont need watering very much quite interesting,shows promise for the future when we might have plants for containers that dont need watering twice a day perhaps ??

Something Ive been puzzling over for a while,is to how I have got to be renamed Tom a name Penny has been calling me for quite a few posts now not that it matters (I answer to any name) but if you know someone called Tom and are calling him Bob he's probably wondering too it really doesnt matter Penny,you can call me what you like

The grass has been loving all this rain,it really needs cutting bad now,Ill see how it is a bit later in the day and hopefully might be able to do something,the Tomatoes in the greenhouse,despite the lack of sun are going great guns,they are 4ft high now and Im having to tie them in daily to keep them straight,Cucumbers too growing but they really could do with some sun ....some of the Dahlias are growing well and some are not,will post some pics as soon as I have some to post that are worthwhile ....some of my Runner Beans have now reached the top of their canes 8ft so will be stopping those this week,so they can get some leaves growing ....so hoping now that it keeps dry again today,it is at the moment,so fingers crossed and we just might get a bit of pottering done more soon ...take care all ....Bob

[eggplant43]

Of course it's Marrow, I knew that. Must have had a brain far...... Sorry. I like the mallows, so I can understand making the mistake.

I'm living in a trailer park that has irrigation water. We have an irrigation ditch that runs around the perimeter, and a large rubber pipe that runs behind the trailers with spigots. There is a pump somewhere, and someone turns it on with their own, unpublished schedule. So it is very interesting, I never know when I'll have water. A little inconvenient, but is included in the rental cost, so I guess I shouldn't complain too much.

Carolyn, I think that plant you wanted to know about is purple loosestrife

How you doing Bob?

[Tuppence2]

Hello Katonca.

Black spot is a fungal disease and you need to spray to get rid of it. Remove any affected leaves and canes and burn them as the spores remain in the ground to re-infect. I'm using a Bayer product "Multirose", which treats them for blackspot and powdery mildew, among other things. I'm battling powdery mildew at present, as well as blackspot because of our damp, humid weather.

Have you seen the excellent rose site I go to. Lots of information there and you can ask questions.

It's http://www.rosarianscorner.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?

It's hard, continual work to get rid of blackspot once you've got it. When buying new roses look for disease resistant ones. A site that lists varieties of roses and shows photos of them is:

http://www.helpmefind.com/roses/

Good luck.

Penny

[Tuppence2]

Oh dear, Bob. I apologize. There's someone called Tom on another site. My eye catches the end of your name, "Telecom", and converts it to "Tom". I'm sure you'll forgive me. Are you still damp there? It's raining again this morning and I think I'll get the dogs out before it gets any worse. Not a good lookout for "Wimbledon". My niehgbours tobacco plants aren't producing very much scent, pehaps due to lack of sunny evenings and lots of rain.

I like purple loostrife. It grows along the riverside here. I know it's classed as invasive in some countries, Canada included, I believe.

Eggy - Your watering system sounds economical. I expect you have sotrage barrels, etc. Do you save your bath water, etc.?

I need to put up some wire or string to support the mangetout as they get bigger. Plenty of potatoes and strawberries in the garden but not much else at the moment. The runner beans are growing slowly, the second lot I had to plant because of slug damage to the first ones.

I did a "good deed for the day", the other day, and gave away a little computer monitor I didn't want, only to be given, myself, a motor mower for the grass yesterday! One good turn deserves another! I don't have a lot of grass left now, and will have even less when the builder replaces some with gravel in a few weeks time, but it'll come in handy to cut the grass in the vegetable garden area.

My mystery plant has been identified as a verbascum.

Good gardening, everyone.

[katonca]

Originally Posted by Tuppence2

Hello Katonca.

Black spot is a fungal disease and you need to spray to get rid of it. Remove any affected leaves and canes and burn them as the spores remain in the ground to re-infect. I'm using a Bayer product "Multirose", which treats them for blackspot and powdery mildew, among other things. I'm battling powdery mildew at present, as well as blackspot because of our damp, humid weather.

Have you seen the excellent rose site I go to. Lots of information there and you can ask questions.

It's http://www.rosarianscorner.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?

It's hard, continual work to get rid of blackspot once you've got it. When buying new roses look for disease resistant ones. A site that lists varieties of roses and shows photos of them is:

http://www.helpmefind.com/roses/

Good luck.

Penny

Hi Penny,

Thanks, that's a great forum. I've never had this prob before (although, this is only the second time I've tended to rosebushes). Wish me luck.

Dave

[Bush Lady]

The potatoes are doing well. Have been pulling out weeds, am almost done. Tomatoes are doing well, even though the plants were a little long when I transplanted them. I am going to have a lot of cucumbers. Put in some dill in the garden this year. Plan to make some hot dill pickles. My brother has been bugging me for them. Finally gave in. My peas are coming along nicely. Last year didn't have much of a crop. Will be looking forward to having fresh peas again.

I shared some of the garden with a neighbor up the road. She doesn't have any land to make a garden. I have enough space, because ever two or three years I have rotate the potato crop. So I will not get potato bugs.

I neighbor hasn't gardened in a while, it shows. First of all she started her seeding to late and then she used old seeds that were years old. Most of the stuff she put in the ground, didn't come up. She wants to come today and replant things. She had better get her butt moving because it is going to rain here after today for the next four days.

Bush Lady.

[Tuppence2]

I certainly do wish you luck, Dave! Blackspot is an ever present problem here, though the powdery mildew is something new in my garden. I also had rust last year on the rugosa, so I cut it right to the ground. It's grown nicely this year and is flowering at the moment. One good thing about most roses is that they respond to being cut right back by growing again.

Sounds good, Bush Lady. Nice to be able to share ground you have spare. My neighbours wanted to share a garden to spread their planting and eventually bought a couple of fields to trow extra vegetables there. I'm pleased you mentioned rotation of your potato crop. I'll have to do that next year. Plant to put spinach beet, beetroot and runner beans where the potatoes are this year. Does that sound all right to you?

Penny

[katonca]

I bought some spray for the black spot (and also powdery mildew that is present). The instructions say to "apply on a 7 day schedule". What does that mean? Everyday for 7 days or once a week.

Thanks

[Bush Lady]

If you don't have a big space like we do, the other end of the garden is better than nothing.

My brother just goes and plows some ground over somewhere else. That is completely in a different location. In about 2 or 3 years, we want to try a completely new location. We have a spot, that was always a little on the wet side. My brother always had trouble plowing it, because it was to wet. We figure if we put big ditches in for drainage, the potatoes should be OK.

Or if you have to much trouble with Potato Bugs, just try not planting any potatoes one year. Then the next year the potato bugs, might not be there. That should also work.

[franca]

[QUOTE=Tuppence2]

I like purple loostrife. It grows along the riverside here. I know it's classed as invasive in some countries, Canada included, I believe.


True Penny.....


Here are our first Sunlower & Dahlia...

[telecom69]

Originally Posted by katonca

I bought some spray for the black spot (and also powdery mildew that is present). The instructions say to "apply on a 7 day schedule". What does that mean? Everyday for 7 days or once a week.

Thanks

Without knowing what brand of spray it is,I would imagine it means to spray every 7 days,I would think that spraying every day would be a bit extreme,but you never know different manufactures have different ideas