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Burke Dennings
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That one is a bit early yet; those edges will further unfurl until it's a big, wide, flat thing. Even a bit convex. Pollinators go crazy for them. They're a great color.
My sister and I were talking about next year training the pumpkin plant to grow up a tree. Pumpkin vines are hella great climbers, and while they usually like to sprawl out, they're easily trained to be vertical, and grow voraciously. I think it would be awesome to see a tree with pumpkins growing out of it.
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Re: Bugs on Plants thread [Re: California]
#23570271 - 08/23/16 07:23 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Male Green Sweat Bee

Drone Fly
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ferrel_human
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Burke Dennings said: That one is a bit early yet; those edges will further unfurl until it's a big, wide, flat thing. Even a bit convex. Pollinators go crazy for them. They're a great color.
My sister and I were talking about next year training the pumpkin plant to grow up a tree. Pumpkin vines are hella great climbers, and while they usually like to sprawl out, they're easily trained to be vertical, and grow voraciously. I think it would be awesome to see a tree with pumpkins growing out of it.
Is that your regular run of the mill pumpkin or a special variety? Are there varieties? Ive never grown pumpkin.
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karode13
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Burke Dennings said: I was at my sister's house today, she's got this big, healthy pumpkin patch that she took great care of this year. However, despite being really large, great vegetation, tons of flowers for the past month, there is exactly one pumpkin in it!
Even though you mentioned pollinators loving the flowers you might still need to hand pollinate to get more pumpkins. Pollinators are not doing the job. I did this over summer with curcubits and had good results.
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Re: Bugs on Plants thread [Re: karode13]
#23648230 - 09/15/16 05:42 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Didn't see it until after I got home and viewed the pic
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El Torcho
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That thing will maul your plants. I'd move it, at the nicest.
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Re: Bugs on Plants thread [Re: El Torcho]
#23648262 - 09/15/16 05:54 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I know man,I found another type of worm today,on a huge bud,and it had shit all over the whole bud.
I just happened to notice all the fan leaves missing from the bud,and worm shit from the bottom to the top
I hope the rain will wash it all out,if it will ever rain again.
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El Torcho
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I had one of those stick bugs on my sunflowers near the front porch where I was at last summer. I didn't care much about them, as it was just planted bird seed. But i would watch that thing pretty much eat through the shit out of the sunflowers every evening while drinking beer.
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Re: Bugs on Plants thread [Re: El Torcho]
#23648299 - 09/15/16 06:09 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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You mean the walking stick bugs?
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El Torcho
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Yeah. They can munch.
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Re: Bugs on Plants thread [Re: El Torcho]
#23648374 - 09/15/16 06:35 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Somehow I never knew that!
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spaceman101
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kactus.brand.g said:

Didn't see it until after I got home and viewed the pic
OMFG BRO!!!!!!!!!!!
She Looks SOOOOOO Beautiful  
I want to get me some of that baby doll
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Gracias
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Mostly_Harmless
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Strung his web between the trich and the wall
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1. Miner Bee on Poison Hemlock 2. Blow Fly on Poison Hemlock 3. Flesh Fly on Poison Hemlock 4. Black and Yellow Mud Dauber on Poison Hemlock 5. Blue Mud Dauber on Poison Hemlock 6. Japanese Beetle orgy on Sugar Snap Pea
     
7. Laphria thoracica; Robber Fly on Basil with Honey Bee prey. Robber flies mimic the largest bumblebees in stature and coloring but do not have stingers. Instead, they are strong fliers that capture other flying insects and impale them with their sword-like mouth. The mouth then injects neurotoxins and enzymes that neutralize the prey and liquefy the organs, to later be sucked out like a straw.
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Re: Bugs on Plants thread [Re: Icon]
#23660575 - 09/20/16 02:44 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Very nice, lco - and there's a stowaway on the last pic!
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Re: Bugs on Plants thread [Re: LSoares]
#23662304 - 09/20/16 04:25 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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LSoares said: Very nice, lco - and there's a stowaway on the last pic!
Thank you Very proud of that last shot.
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NDStepp84
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Re: Bugs on Plants thread [Re: Icon]
#23664524 - 09/21/16 09:48 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Noticed something that really pissed me off today, what I believe to be fungus gnat larvae muching on my loph grafts. I picked them off, no real damage done, just a few small holes. they were hiding in the center fuzz. I watered with 1 part H2O2 4 parts water to boil them out, going to mix up some neem with soap and water as well 
Also some sort of moth larvae eating the shit out of my peres leaves, just been picking them off and crushing them, I think it's time to drop some neempalm 
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El Torcho
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Re: Bugs on Plants thread [Re: NDStepp84]
#23677482 - 09/25/16 05:49 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Red-headed Bush Cricket missing a hind leg on a bridgesii.

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