Barb- good luck with the Seabright , they are so much better. We still had a few, put them out, zero trouble. I have been searching all over the yard for a couple days now, haven't seen the little bird, alive or dead. Maybe it is going to be OK......
Barb, Earthboxes don't work unless you fill the water reservoir. Just sayin....
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Larry - Thanks for letting me know you got the seeds. If the GM produce well, I will send you more seeds; My pack contained 100. Had good reviews.
Marsha - I got the sticky traps today; So different than the horrible WebFly ones. I had told DH that I was getting them; he was less than thrilled - His comment was "If a lizard get stuck, don't come to me". So when I opened them, my thought was there is no way a lizard / bird would get stuck.
On the WebFly ones, it is blue on one side and yellow on the other. With a thin plastic on top. Hard to get the plastic off off in one piece; plus it is sticky top to bottom, no where to put your fingers without getting sticky.
I'm sure the WebFly could catch a rat/mouse. Inhumane product. DON'T EVER BUY.
Kurt - I checked out that plant the other day (Sunday), the roots were not soggy at all. I ended up transplanting it in a root pouch. It doesn't look better or worse.
FALL TOMATO woes: I'm slightly embarrassed to post this:
On Sunday, I also ended up transplanting my other 2 best/biggest plants into an earthbox (solarized for 4 months; new Pro-Mix on top). I took them out of the sun (shade cloth) around 2 PM and transplanted around 6 PM.
The plants (GGWT and PBTD) came out of their containers easily and I pretty much just set them in the EB. Basically no trauma to the plants and it was the best I ever did with the shower came. Very Neat (I put the Shower Cap on after the plants were planted) and the best X cuts I have ever made. No trauma getting it over the plants either.
I wanted to take a picture I was so proud. They looked fantastic. I watered from the top. I didn't add a Bamboo pole, or tomato cage so roots, etc were not disturbed.
I didn't fill the EB b/c I'm convinced that a lot of my problems in SWC was water was too wet. (I've eliminated PH - water and mix).
So the next morning, Monday, I went out around 7AM to move my plants in the sun and the 2 EB plants look EXACTLY like the Large Barred Boar (pic above). I couldn't believe it. What is going on?
So in all this time I've been growing tomatoes, I've never had a mature tomato plant wilt - ever. I didn't think the LBB was wilted b/c the branches feel sturdy, not flimsy.
But with the GGWT/PBTD looking exactly the same, other than wilt, what else could it be? Something caused them to go in shock. I've just been keeping all 3 on the porch.
On Monday, I filled the reservoir on the EB. I'm hoping all 3 will recover; leaves are green; stem is healthy.
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