Cucumbers

[TNTreeHugger]

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[holeycow]

Or especially boys

 

[holeycow]

I can't remember the last time I saw a ladybug, or a bumble bee.

. I can't even imagine not seeing a bumblebee. Wth?

flowers. Flowers bring good, happy bugs. Almost any kind of flowers...clover, alfalfa, etc,etc,etc.

 

[TNTreeHugger]

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[holeycow]

Well, wild violets are nice too. And bees DO like the sunshine.

 

[farmer steve]

We have been battling caterpillars and slugs a bit in the greenhouse, as well as aphids. Also, we don't (can't) effectively pollinate the cucs by hand because we have things a little (perhaps a lot) too crowded.

So, we've been catching lady bugs and bumble bees like crazy to put them in greenhouse jail for a while. Together with lots of existing spiders and other bugs and the coming-and-going snake we hope we'll get a balance.

what eats slugs?

how are your cucs doing TNT?

What type of cukes are you growing? Parthenocarpic types will produce fruit without pollination from bugs.

 

[holeycow]

That's a big word! Excellent.

my wife has been telling me that the last couple of days.

Idk, and the seed can is not handy..I just tried to find the seed packs. They were not in THAT can. Shoot. Wifey knows....she's just getting ready to start gathering up boxes to start extracting honey today. Mmmmmm.

anyway, thanks for the interest and the help.

some old english, some weird curly ones, and some pickle ones

the bumblebees are working on them pretty good the last couple of days.

does anybody know what eats slugs? Our slugs are tiny little things, maybe up to 3/8" max.

would a garter snake eat escargot?

 

[lone wolf]

That's a big word! Excellent.

my wife has been telling me that the last couple of days.

Idk, and the seed can is not handy..

some old english, some curly ones, and some pickle ones

the bumblebees are working on them pretty good the last couple of days.
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