Thursday, April 23, 2009

Plant Disease


I have been doing some research on why my plants have been getting these spots on the fringe of their leaves. What I have learned is that it may be happening from over watering. The picture shows that in the foreground there is a leaf that has suffered from this spot disease. This is Japanese Cucumber; I have noticed that most of my melons along with the cucs and tomatoes have these spots. My wife and I have seriously cut back on the watering and have noticed that our plants have really taken off. The picture shows a new leaf that is virtually spot free and strong this leaf grew after we cut back from the mad watering. All of my tomatoes have also shown great improvement as a result of cutting back on the watering. What we have done was to give a good watering every other day rather than every day. And with regards to the cucumbers we have literally gone to watering this girl once a week. As long as the soil stays moist and is not dry she seems to love the little neglect

3 comments:

Kenneth Moore said...

It's hard not to overtend the plants. We love them so!

I'm glad you figured out what was causing those spots, now I will keep an eye out for them on mine...

ChristyACB said...

That is great news! Especially since it was human error and not some invisible pathogen you can't get rid of.

Makes sense over here too since we had those spells of rain like crazy just like you. Thanks for the info!

ATW said...

Kenneth- I have developed some really good habits with tending the garden, however some of it has been very obsessive. I realized that when we had the scare. My garden is doing great and is making an awesome recovery.

Christy- The rain is insane or at least it has been for a while. It has rained so much here that Atlanta resevoire is dumping water into major streams and rivers. For now I am sticking my finger in the dirt and if it's moist it's good. If its's dry I need to water. Ever since we have followed this SOP we have seen a dramatic change in our veggies growth and over health.