Yesterday I posted some pictures of our completely barren apple trees, along with the spotty leaves covering them. Today I thought I'd lump as many of my other gardening problems in to one post as I can. I have not actually figured out what to do about all of these, but the first step is taking my head out of the sand.
This is how the leaves look on EVERY SINGLE eggplant I have. The flea beetles have had a feast this year. |
This is what smashed flea beetles look like. Next year the plan is to manually crush them each day. |
I believe this is downy mildew. One squash has been pulled and the other three are looking sick. |
Another angle showing the issue with my tomatoes. I've begun letting volunteer tomatoes grow all over the garden as insurance against possibly losing all of the properly planted tomatoes. |
There are MANY tomatoes on my Early Girls. But also many dead branch stumps. I just hope the plant survives long enough to ripen them. |
This really is the worst year I have seen for gardening in our area. I try to keep the faith that something will turn around soon but I think that is not going to happen. For example the cucumber beetles decended on me the other day in large mass. Very frustrating.
ReplyDeleteOh no! Our cucumbers got a very late start so I have the benefit of not having expected them to do well anyway...it must be awful when you actually expected them and everything else is going down hill as well. So far beans seem to be the only veggie in my yard without a fungus, bug, mildew, virus or mysterious lack of flowers. Blah.
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