Re: Gardening Tip of the Day!

[writeone]

I will 2nd Kathy's response that sprays with Chlorothalonil as an active incredient work well.  It's better to prevent fungus than catch up killing it.  However, Chlorothalonil did great for me.  Having grown Sweet Success for a couple years, it is great tasting and nearly seedless should you isolate it from other varieties.

Now, I am going to second this....best control is prevention, spraying every 7 days before the powdery mildew, etc shows up is the best control~!

Is Chlorothalonil a certified organic product?

How does it compare to using a copper product?

How is mildew vs early blight distinguished?

[mjb8743]

I will 2nd Kathy's response that sprays with Chlorothalonil as an active incredient work well.  It's better to prevent fungus than catch up killing it.  However, Chlorothalonil did great for me.  Having grown Sweet Success for a couple years, it is great tasting and nearly seedless should you isolate it from other varieties.

Now, I am going to second this....best control is prevention, spraying every 7 days before the powdery mildew, etc shows up is the best control~!

Is Chlorothalonil a certified organic product?

How does it compare to using a copper product?

Not organic. I understand it's much better than copper. I don't know the details.

[writeone]

Actually, I should have been more clear, I never replace the old plants, just add a new plant every 2 weeks, and I do 5 plants per box. I also start a new "late cuke" box or two right about now, as I just pulled the last of my radishes from an EarthBox, and by this weekend my spinach box will be retired.

Good idea on the topic...I think I will start a new topic Gardening Tip of the Day and move John's and the following posts.

Can this work with tomatoes too? I have two tom plants to be transplanted into a EB. One is about a foot tall, the other is 3"-4". If I plant them both, will the larger one steal the nutrients from the younger? Or will it work much like the succession planting with cucumbers?

[ErnieHodge]

OK,

Here's a question for Kathy and anyone else who plants multiply types of cucumbers.

How far apart do I need to keep the EBs?

Right now I have three Sweet Success in an EB and it's on one side of the house. I plan on putting in two more EBs with Alibi and County Fair. I need to know if I can put the EBs with the last two next to each other and let them share a trellis. Or if that's not advisable how far apart should they be.

I'll be hooking the EBs to the AWS so I need to know how to lay out my garden. It will be on the other side of the house on the slab. We live in a stilt house and have three foot of concrete all the way around the house. Some of the EBs that will be on the side with seven will be visible to the other three that are on the front of the other side. (I hope that makes sense.)

Since I got 'spoiled' last Fall with the AWS I'm getting tired of hand watering the couple of EBs I have set up right now until I get the AWS set up on the other side of the house.

Thanks for any ides on EB spacing for cucumbers. 

[kathy]

OK,

Here's a question for Kathy and anyone else who plants multiply types of cucumbers.

How far apart do I need to keep the EBs?

Right now I have three Sweet Success in an EB and it's on one side of the house. I plan on putting in two more EBs with Alibi and County Fair. I need to know if I can put the EBs with the last two next to each other and let them share a trellis. Or if that's not advisable how far apart should they be.

I'll be hooking the EBs to the AWS so I need to know how to lay out my garden. It will be on the other side of the house on the slab. We live in a stilt house and have three foot of concrete all the way around the house. Some of the EBs that will be on the side with seven will be visible to the other three that are on the front of the other side. (I hope that makes sense.)
Since I got 'spoiled' last Fall with the AWS I'm getting tired of hand watering the couple of EBs I have set up right now until I get the AWS set up on the other side of the house.
Thanks for any ides on EB spacing for cucumbers. 

I am not sure what you mean about spacing, I run my Earth Boxes in a row right down the edge of a walkway, so all 5 cuke boxes are together (like a train) Near the end of the season, I even end up with a mixed variety box or two, when I have a spare box or two sitting around because and earlier crop like spinach is done.

[ErnieHodge]

Kathy,

What I mean is how close to each other makes a difference as far as cross pollination with cukes. I just don't want to them to physically close together. Right now I have two boxes next to each other that will be Alibi and County Fair. I can separate them if need be or if it makes any difference in pollination. I had just set up a trellis that I can break in half any move easily if the two different types should be kept apart.

Thanks for your knowledge of cucumbers.

Ernie