July gardening: Aphids and powdery mildew
July is when most of the squash started growing well, and I realized I planted way too much too close together. I also started getting powdery mildew on the pumpkins and aphids on the kale.
The many varieties of squash I transplanted are barely growing, but they are.
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The zucchinis and cucumbers are barely growing also, probably due to not enough sun up here.
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At least the beans are starting to climb where they can get some sun.
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First grey peas I think. Not enough for a meal, but a nice snack!
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I was excited about the first garbanzo beans, but then disappointed when I realized just one bean is produced in a pod. This is going to be a tiny harvest eventually!
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First tomato flowers!
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Not wanting to make a fourth garden bed in the back, I decided to try some large cloth pots in the front for the sweet potatoes, which I read grow fine in bags. I also have some strawberries growing, barely. I still don’t know where I want those to be.
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The first garden bed is really full now. The afterthought pumpkins on the right half that I was just going to grow for greens are now getting big. I can’t bring myself to tear them out though! Ugh. The butternut and acorn squash on the right are growing huge leaves.
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From the upper (second) garden bed, I have zucchino rampicante squash fruiting.
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And my first zucchini!
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Finally now the transplanted squash are growing larger leaves. I can see this is going to get crazy, and I planted things way too close.
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Garden status 2025-07-03: The butternut squash leaves are fricken' huge.
I made a makeshift enclosure to keep the dogs away from the tomato pots, using the bricks I bought intending to use for my catio, if I ever get to it.
Garden status 2025-07-03: Tomatoes are about 80 days old now.
Garden status 2025-07-11: First peas!
Garden status 2025-07-11: First garbanzo beans. I didn't realize there is just a single bean in a pod. So much work for this?!
Garden status 2025-07-11: At least these Iroquois skunk beans look pretty cool.
Garden status 2025-07-11: All that work for a single garbanzo bean and I didn't even get to eat it!
Garden status 2025-07-17: Now we're getting pumpkin flowers every day. So cool.
Garden status 2025-07-17: Corn is recognizable now.
Garden status 2025-07-17: I planted some strawberries as kind of an afterthought, as I never figured out where I wanted to put them and almost killed the ones I bought.
Garden status 2025-07-17: This is a chayote / merliton squash. Just an experiment.
Garden status 2025-07-17: Potato bags to make use of space in the front, which is all concrete. I should just take out the concrete probably.
Garden status 2025-07-17: Tomatoes at about 94 days, and starting to flower.
The kale are now getting aphids. It’s not a big deal, I just spray them off after harvest.
Garden status 2025-07-20: First pests eating my kale.
Garden status 2025-07-20: First pests eating my kale.
Garden status 2025-07-20: First time eating kale I grew!
And now the pumpkins are getting powdery mildew. I read about this but am not really sure what to do about it.
Garden status 2025-07-29: Starting to get powdery mildew on the first pumpkins I planted. I'll have to research what to do.
Garden status 2025-07-29: Starting to get powdery mildew on the first pumpkins I planted. I'll have to research what to do.
Garden status 2025-07-29: Starting to get powdery mildew on the first pumpkins I planted. I'll have to research what to do.
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