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Originally Posted by Barb_FL
Your tomatoes look great and your kids are adorable. Great to have helpers.
So you got your EB / Plants off the porch.
Was it Russet Mites that did your NBD in? I had RM on most of my fall plants; I'm sure it started with the dwarfs and took them out fast. Here is a cheapo scope that I bought that can really see those bugs/larvae affecting the leaves.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I'm fascinated by it and can't believe I see the RM larvae even on the spring seedlings.
Once I identified it and treated it, some of the plants rebounded quickly. |
Thank you very much Barb and thanks for the link. I am very lucky to share my time with them outdoors rather then them being glued to an electronic device like most their age. As far as moving the EB's to the lawn, I will give you the PG version in that my wife wanted her pool deck back haha.
Yes, same as last year the TRM took out my NBD fast and furious. I went out of town for 3 days and came back to darkened stems same as last year. Not sure why they love this particular varity but very disappointed as I only had 1 this year and it was last year's winner by far. Had 2 more plants nearby get them as well but they fought them off w/ treatment (i.e. permethrin and spinosad).
Next came TSWV on my black cherry, then what looked like either early blight or fusarium on most of my plants lower foliage after the damp December. I strongly attribute this to moving the plants from the pool deck to the lawn especially after the lawn guys cover the foliage w/ dirt/dust/debris from their equipment.
Lesson learned and have to keep on keeping on
