Guest guest Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 sorry to hear that anouk without seeing the plants, hard to diagnois correctly first off, did the vines have any lil holes in them or little small piles of " stuff " under them, near the holes? did the plants get any fuzzy white stuff on them, especially the leaves? did they just suddenly up wilt and die?? i'm thinking one of the fungus wilts....melons are really susceptible to this.... the only way really t ofight it find a resistant variety.... as fer slugs...copper deters slugs and snails...basically makes a small electrical charge when the try and cross... they sell bands and tape at any garden center... cheers fraggle >Anouk Sickler <zurumato >Jun 5, 2006 7:58 PM > > Re: ah crud nuggets > >Sorry to hear that jo, It must be going around. > >something ate my melons too. >the plants just wilted and tiny little undeveloped melons >were just left there. > >It is a shame, because we were looking forward to eating them >and couldn't wait. > >I might have slugs, although I have actually never seen one. >someone mentioned something about copper here, but how do you >find old information on this site? I did a search on vegan chat >but the search was innefective. > >I cannot stand to hear people in my other group that I belong to >talking about how to drwon them in beer. > >I did remove the corn caterpillars. but, might also have some ohter >damaging insects, because >There are holes in the emerging baby corns, that have not >yet developed for eating. > >I can't tell the good insects from the bad ones. : & > >I shall try again, just like we all do. > > > > I don't wanna be no war hero Don't want a movie made about me I don't wanna be no war hero Just get away from the madness I see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 I'm afraid the copper bands didn't work for us Fraggle - Spent £15 on it! Jo - fraggle Tuesday, June 06, 2006 5:52 PM Re: Re: ah crud nuggets/melons sorry to hear that anoukwithout seeing the plants, hard to diagnois correctlyfirst off, did the vines have any lil holes in them or little small piles of "stuff" under them, near the holes?did the plants get any fuzzy white stuff on them, especially the leaves?did they just suddenly up wilt and die??i'm thinking one of the fungus wilts....melons are really susceptible to this....the only way really t ofight it find a resistant variety....as fer slugs...copper deters slugs and snails...basically makes a small electrical charge when the try and cross...they sell bands and tape at any garden center...cheersfraggle>Anouk Sickler <zurumato (AT) earthlink (DOT) net>>Jun 5, 2006 7:58 PM> > Re: ah crud nuggets>>Sorry to hear that jo, It must be going around.>>something ate my melons too. >the plants just wilted and tiny little undeveloped melons >were just left there. >>It is a shame, because we were looking forward to eating them>and couldn't wait.>>I might have slugs, although I have actually never seen one.>someone mentioned something about copper here, but how do you >find old information on this site? I did a search on vegan chat>but the search was innefective. >>I cannot stand to hear people in my other group that I belong to>talking about how to drwon them in beer. >>I did remove the corn caterpillars. but, might also have some ohter>damaging insects, because>There are holes in the emerging baby corns, that have not >yet developed for eating. >>I can't tell the good insects from the bad ones. : & >>I shall try again, just like we all do. >>>>I don't wanna be no war heroDon't want a movie made about meI don't wanna be no war heroJust get away from the madness I see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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