Posted by David WE Roberts on September 1, 2010, 3:17 pm
My outdoor cucumber and courgette seem to have been almost totally wiped out
by mildew.
The butternut squash is soldiering on but is also suffering.
Is there anything I can do to save the plants?
With virtually no leaves left there is not much to power the plant into
producing more fruit or filling out what is already there.
Cheers
Dave R
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Posted by Kathy McIntosh on September 1, 2010, 5:52 pm
> My outdoor cucumber and courgette seem to have been almost totally wiped
> out by mildew.
> The butternut squash is soldiering on but is also suffering.
> Is there anything I can do to save the plants?
> With virtually no leaves left there is not much to power the plant into
> producing more fruit or filling out what is already there.
> Cheers
Changing the subject completely David, was your field the one hit by the
little sods this week?
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Kathy
Posted by David WE Roberts on September 2, 2010, 8:12 am
>> My outdoor cucumber and courgette seem to have been almost totally wiped
>> out by mildew.
>> The butternut squash is soldiering on but is also suffering.
>>
>> Is there anything I can do to save the plants?
>> With virtually no leaves left there is not much to power the plant into
>> producing more fruit or filling out what is already there.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
> Changing the subject completely David, was your field the one hit by the
> little sods this week?
Not aware of anything - do you have a URL?
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Posted by Kathy McIntosh on September 2, 2010, 6:01 pm
>>> My outdoor cucumber and courgette seem to have been almost totally wiped
>>> out by mildew.
>>> The butternut squash is soldiering on but is also suffering.
>>>
>>> Is there anything I can do to save the plants?
>>> With virtually no leaves left there is not much to power the plant into
>>> producing more fruit or filling out what is already there.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>> Changing the subject completely David, was your field the one hit by the
>> little sods this week?
> Not aware of anything - do you have a URL?
'Fraid not. I refer you to Wednesday's Evening Star and a story about the
Cemetery Field allotments in Langley Ave.
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Kathy
Posted by David WE Roberts on September 3, 2010, 6:06 am
X-posted to uk.d-i-y purely because some of the allotment gardeners seem to
be using angle grinders. ;-)
>>
>>>> My outdoor cucumber and courgette seem to have been almost totally
>>>> wiped out by mildew.
>>>> The butternut squash is soldiering on but is also suffering.
>>>>
>>>> Is there anything I can do to save the plants?
>>>> With virtually no leaves left there is not much to power the plant into
>>>> producing more fruit or filling out what is already there.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>> Changing the subject completely David, was your field the one hit by the
>>> little sods this week?
>>
>>
>> Not aware of anything - do you have a URL?
>>
> 'Fraid not. I refer you to Wednesday's Evening Star and a story about the
> Cemetery Field allotments in Langley Ave.
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/news/headstones_damaged_as_cemetery_targeted_in_vandal_rampage_1_617594
Fortunately not where my allotment is.
I am at cow pastures.
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> out by mildew.
> The butternut squash is soldiering on but is also suffering.
> Is there anything I can do to save the plants?
> With virtually no leaves left there is not much to power the plant into
> producing more fruit or filling out what is already there.
> Cheers