Recent content by stalk_of_fennel

Just making sure that you know Sevin (carbaryl) is toxic to humans and considered a likely human carcinogen. It also kills beneficial insects. Just figured I'm mention it because I've run into a lot of folks that think it's harmless. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbaryl#Risk

Wow wow wow on your tomatoes. What varieties are you growing? Up in Austin we're suffering... Most people are here have already given up on tomatoes. Ours are still producing a little but not much. Without any rain we've had to resort to watering with our city tap water which is 9.5 - 10.0...

Hello from scorched central Texas. I planted some hops this year... wrong year for it as we've only had 10" of rain this year and it's been over 100 almost every day for the last month. I've got cascade, magnum and nugget planted. The cascade is doing the best, but it's still getting beat up...

DAY LENGTH... omg duh. I was wondering why my cascade started making cones in april-may...

I've got some hops going in Austin as well. Mine are suffering pretty bad from the heat as well. This is what they look like: stalkoffennel.imgur.com/hops I think they're suffering a bit from spider mites and probably some nutrient def. from watering them with out wicked 9.5-10.0 pH city...

how do the tops of the leaves look? Are they green like the small one next to it on the right? do you have more pics? i don't see any webbing that would indicate spider mites. has it been super hot in new york? to check for spider mites or other tiny bugs cut a leaf off and tap it over a...