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jensownzoo · 6 months ago

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Sigh.

Of all the peppers I started this year, the poblano had both the freshest seed and the worst germination. I only got two plants to grow to the point of transplantation.

Which is of course why the squirrels chose those to bite off at the base.

The score for this week:

Squirrels: 2 poblano peppers, 1 sungold tomato

Opossums: 1 Heinz 1350VF tomato and all my new beet seedlings

Roly-Polys: 1 Japanese black trifle tomato, 1 Biquinho yellow pepper, and they're working on 2 bok choy plants

Flea beetles: have turned the leaves of 5 eggplants into lace and the battle is ongoing, found a few on the reserve eggplant seedlings that are still in pots too

Aphids: haven't killed anything yet but are all over the lettuce and kale

Bugs I haven't identified yet (look like cross between aphid and fruit fly): also haven't killed anything yet but are all over the lettuce

#i went ahead and planted some more poblano seed because grrr #while i might get some ancho powder this season there will almost certainly be no chiles rellenos :-(#i have one sungold tomato plant left and i need to seed save from it so hoping everyone leaves it alone #i have excess plants to swap into most spots but mostly not of the same varieties #i was planning on bartering with the extras but now i guess not #at least the cabbage worms haven't gotten a toehold yet #i keep hoping for the aphid-killing beneficials to show up but with the weird weather patterns the lettuce may bolt before they do #gardening woes #destructive wildlife #insect pests #on a good note i've gotten a good harvest of strawberries--neither the squirrels or slugs have noticed the patch yet

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